MxPx, one of the biggest and most influential pop-punk/punk rock bands of the past decade, among others such as Sum 41, Green Day, Blink 182, Good Charlotte, and New Found Glory and influenced by bands like NOFX, Black Flag, and The Descendents. They formed their band in 1992 in Bremerton, Washington. The band initially had three members which were Mike Herrera on bass and vocals, Yuri Ruley on drums and Andy Husted on guitar, but after their debut album Husted left the band for college and was replaced by Tom Wisniewski on guitars. The line-up has remained strong since then. MxPx has been called a Christan band but they don't like being labeled. So far they have released 9 full length studio albums being "Pokinatcha" in 1994, "Teenage Politics" in 1995, "Life In General" in 1996, "Slowly Going The Way Of The Buffalo" in 1998, "The Ever Passing Moment" in 2000, "Before Everything And After" in 2003, "Panic", which is my personal favorite MxPx album, in 2005, "Secret Weapon" in 2007, and now their 9th release "Plans Within Plans" which was released on April 3, 2012 and their first release through their own record label, Rock City Records. The album has 13 tracks and totalling a little over 35 minutes. I have listened to this album an extreme number of times and I have decided to give this album an overall rating of
4.9 Out Of 5 Stars
because of the fact that this album is hands down one of the best that they have ever done, MxPx are living punk rock legends and have always put out amazing material. It is very difficult to pick out my favorite song but I think that if I had to pick one it it either "Best Of Times" or "When It Comes To You", even though those are a couple of the slower songs on the album but I think they are a couple of the most powerful songs on the CD, and the most passionate. The album featured a ton of faster paced songs and a few of my favorites were "Screw Loose", "Nothing Left", and "Stay On Your Feet". If you were to download or listen to only one song to get the feel for this album I think it would be the opening track "Aces Up" because of the classic MxPx feel and with great strong lyrics and fast punk rock music. The only reason that this album did not receive a 5/5 is because their were some points during the album where it felt as if I was listening to the same songs, but a little repetition is not bad because if you like it once your bound to like it twice, repetitiveness only bothers me when I cannot distinguish between songs, but other than that it was a perfect album. If you are a fan of MxPx or you just discovered them, you can pick up their album at your local Best Buy like I did and order it off of Amazon.com. That's all I got for you guys on this one, so until the next one,
STAY ALTERNATIVE!
4.9 Out Of 5 Stars
because of the fact that this album is hands down one of the best that they have ever done, MxPx are living punk rock legends and have always put out amazing material. It is very difficult to pick out my favorite song but I think that if I had to pick one it it either "Best Of Times" or "When It Comes To You", even though those are a couple of the slower songs on the album but I think they are a couple of the most powerful songs on the CD, and the most passionate. The album featured a ton of faster paced songs and a few of my favorites were "Screw Loose", "Nothing Left", and "Stay On Your Feet". If you were to download or listen to only one song to get the feel for this album I think it would be the opening track "Aces Up" because of the classic MxPx feel and with great strong lyrics and fast punk rock music. The only reason that this album did not receive a 5/5 is because their were some points during the album where it felt as if I was listening to the same songs, but a little repetition is not bad because if you like it once your bound to like it twice, repetitiveness only bothers me when I cannot distinguish between songs, but other than that it was a perfect album. If you are a fan of MxPx or you just discovered them, you can pick up their album at your local Best Buy like I did and order it off of Amazon.com. That's all I got for you guys on this one, so until the next one,
STAY ALTERNATIVE!
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