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About the band MxPx started as three 15-year-old kids calling themselves Magnified Plaid playing music inspired by and similar to The Descendents, NOFX and other Southern California skate-punk bands. The trio were classmates at Central Kitsap High School in nearby Silverdale, WA. They didn't really love their band name, however, which was a tribute to the original guitarist's fascination with plaid shirts. Consequently, the name was abbreviated to M.P., but in Yuri Ruley's handwriting, periods become "X"'s and since he made up the show posters for the band, the four-letter moniker stuck.[citation needed]MxPx caught the attention of Tooth & Nail Records when they played a "showcase" for the label in 1993 in Herrera's parents' back yard. Mike Herrera had practiced so much before the first show, he lost his voice.MxPx released three albums with Tooth & Nail Records: Pokinatcha in 1994, Teenage Politics in 1995, and Life in General in 1996. After a falling out with Tooth & Nail, MxPx left the label and signed with A&M Records. After the re-release of Life In General, MxPx released three more studio albums with A&M: Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo in 1998, The Ever Passing Moment in 2000, and Before Everything & After in 2003. MxPx had fulfilled their contract obligations and decided to part ways with A&M, which had been acquired by media giant Universal. In 2005, MxPx dropped A&M records and signed with SideOneDummy Records and released their seventh full-length album Panic. In 2006, MxPx came out with Let's Rock, a b-sides compilation album released by SideOneDummy, and Let it Happen deluxe edition, a Tooth and Nail Records re-release of Let it Happen with new songs and a DVD of their music videos.Band Members Mike Herrera Tom Wisniewski Yuri RuleyDiscography 1994 Pokinatcha Tooth & Nail CD Debut album. 1995 Teenage Politics Tooth & Nail CD First album recorded with guitarist Tom Wisniewski. 1996 Life in General Tooth & Nail CD Last release on Tooth & Nail Records. 1998 Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo A&M CD First release on a major label A&M Records. The album recently went Gold. 2000 The Ever Passing Moment A&M CD 2003 Before Everything & After A&M CD Last release on A&M Records. 2005 Panic SideOneDummy CD First album released on SideOneDummy Records. 2007 Untitled 8th album unknown