Yuri Ruley, who used Xs in place of periods, made the posters for the band, resulting in the four-letter moniker.
MxPx released two further albums with Tooth & Nail: Teenage Politics in 1995, and Life in General in 1996,[7] which features the single "Chick Magnet" and artwork by the artist Coop.
At the time of the recording, the band was touring in support of Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo as well as the B-sides collection Let it Happen, also released in 1998.
The band gained critical recognition for this album and landed a slot supporting the Offspring and Cypress Hill on the Conspiracy of One tour.
The video, directed by The Malloys, features the band messing around and causing mayhem while caddying at a golf course, and also includes an appearance by Cheers star George Wendt.
The band once again joined the cross-country Vans Warped Tour in 2002 alongside Bad Religion, NOFX, Reel Big Fish, and more.
[17][18] In 2005 MxPx was dropped by A&M, signed with SideOneDummy Records and then released their seventh full-length album Panic in June.
[7] Panic turned out to be a breakthrough moment for the band when their single "Heard That Sound" proved a radio hit.
[19][20] In support of Panic, MxPx joined the 2005 Vans Warped Tour alongside supergroup Transplants, Fall Out Boy, The Offspring, and more.
On November 21, 2006, Tooth & Nail Records re-released Let It Happen, an earlier rarities compilation, in a "Deluxe Edition" which included a bonus DVD featuring 12 music videos, new artwork, and two new songs.
[33][34] In late 2009, Mike Herrera teamed up with frontman of The Ataris, Kris Roe, and Chris Wilson, the drummer of The Summer Obsession and formerly of Good Charlotte, for the MxPx All Stars tour in Japan and Malaysia.
In honor of the 20th anniversary Life in General, the band released a re-recorded version free of charge for a limited time on September 18, 2016.
[38] In 2017 it was added to the Rolling Stone "50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums of All Time" article, landing the esteemed record at No.
[citation needed] On March 29, 2018, the band announced a Kickstarter campaign to fund their tenth full-length studio album.
According to ScreenRant, MxPx's "Let's Ride" joined new and returning artists for the famous soundtrack that made tracks such as Goldfinger's "Superman" a mainstay.
[43] An audio recording at their San Antonio show in early 2020 was captured for a future live album release.
The first round of the series titled Between This World and the Next premiered on October 16, 2020, in which the band performed a full livestream concert.
[48] The group hosted several rounds of Between This World and the Next which featured new tracks, custom set lists, and fan questions.
[51] To thank fans for instantly selling out the exclusive box set, the group organized and announced the release of their new single "Can't Keep Waiting" and a free live show hosted on April 16, 2021.
[52] Of "Can't Keep Waiting", Herrera told SPIN Magazine in an interview, "[‘Can't Keep Waiting’] morphed a little bit as we played it on the livestreams, and people kept asking when it was coming out, so we finally were like, ‘OK, we should probably record this thing.’"[53] In July 2021, MxPx teamed up with Kalie Wolfe of rising band RIVALS to release an upbeat track titled, "Say Yes", which was placed on Five Guys’ streaming station and later featured on Fortnite Radio.
On July 6, the band officially announced on their social media platforms that their next album Find A Way Home, would release August 25, with pre-orders up for sale on their website.
The lead single, “Stay Up All Night”, was dropped on July 21, with the music video releasing a day prior.
[1] MxPx's influences include Descendents, NOFX, Bad Religion, Rancid, Social Distortion, All, the Clash, the Dead Milkmen, The Who, Sex Pistols, Black Flag, and the Ramones.