INTERVIEW: MXPX - Starting Over … Sort Of

Punk rock band MxPx has been together for over a decade—and has been around the block when it comes to record labels. Frontman/bassist Mike Herrera, guitarist Tom Wisniewski and drummer Yuri Ruley kicked off their career as MxPx back in 1994 on Tooth & Nail with the debut Pokinatcha. After a few full-length and EP releases, MxPx left T&N and signed with mainstream label A&M, releasing four albums over a half dozen years. But the band never gained much momentum through A&M, and chose to go independent in 2005 with Panic, and more recently a collection of “B sides” called Let’s Rock (released October 24) with Side One Dummy Records. Now MxPx returns from whence it came—Tooth & Nail—to re-release its 1998 compilation, Let It Happen (Deluxe Edition), with three new songs. Whether the band will continue with T&N is unknown at this time, but the band seems to be keeping all options open. We talked to Herrera about the band’s journey there and back again. […read more]

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