Mike Herrera Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Career== ===MxPx=== Herrera is the primary songwriter, vocalist and bassist in [[MxPx]]. Herrera started the band with Andy Husted and Yuri Ruley in mid-1992, just before starting high school. ===Mike Herrera solo=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=March 2016}} [[File:Mike_Herrera.jpg|thumb|Herrera in 2006]] As MxPx became less active in the late 2000s, Herrera increasingly appeared as a solo act. These performances include both MxPx and Tumbledown songs, and are generally performed with only vocals and acoustic guitar, though Herrera is occasionally joined by one or two others, including at times Kris Roe of the Ataris. In Herrera's own Monkey Trench Studio, he recorded ''Live In the Basement'', consisting of six Tumbledown songs, five MxPx songs, and a cover of the Beatles' "[[I've Just Seen a Face]]". The album was released digitally with a limited CD pressing. Live online performances are also available as digital albums, ''Live&Raw on StageIT.com'' and ''Live.Web.Feb.4.2013''. ''Live in Southampton'' was released to MxPx fanclub members only. ===Tumbledown=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=March 2016}} Herrera started the band [[Mike Herrera's Tumbledown]] with guitarist Jack Parker, bassist Marshall Trotland, and drummer Harley Trotland. The band draws influences from being on tour as well as from "great American songwriters" such as [[Hank Williams]], [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Johnny Cash]]. The sound of Tumbledown differs greatly from MxPx, taking a lighter, more [[Country music|country]] inspired sound. ===Side projects and production=== {{BLP sources section|date=March 2016}} Herrera has produced albums such as ''At Any Rate'' by Too Bad Eugene and ''Future Plans Undecided'' by Element (101). He sang backing vocals on "Radio #2" from [[the Ataris]]' album ''[[So Long, Astoria]]'' and "Runaway" by [[Amber Pacific]], on the group's album ''[[Truth in Sincerity]]'' and shared lead vocals [[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]]'s album, ''The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton''. In addition to Tumbledown, Herrera was the frontman of Arthur (MxPx with the band's former bass tech Neil Hundt), having released a six-song EP and a full-length album before disbanding, as well as the Cootees (Mike Herrera, Jiles Brandon, Tom Wisniewski, and Dale Yob), a Tooth & Nail side project in the mid-1990s. Herrera opened Monkey Trench studio in Bremerton in 2008. In 2016, Herrera was recruited by [[John Feldmann]] to join ska punk band [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] as the group's new bassist. His first single with the band is "Put The Knife Away", which was released on May 24, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYkEJgXu49U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/oYkEJgXu49U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Goldfinger - Put The Knife Away (Official Lyric Video)|last=riserecords|date=May 24, 2017|access-date=October 11, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ===Equipment=== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=March 2017}} Herrera endorses [[Music Man StingRay]] basses and [[Ernie Ball]] strings<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.music-man.com/artists|title=Artists|work=Ernie Ball Music Man|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> and has used them on almost every MxPx recording. For amplification he uses a Hartke LH1000 head and a Hartke 8x10 cabinet. Herrera is also endorsed by [[Takamine (guitar manufacturer)|Takamine]] acoustic guitars, Sparrow guitars, [[Mesa Boogie]] amps, Samson Tech, Hartke and Latin percussion. In March 2020 [[Ernie Ball]] announced a new Mike Herrera signature [[Music Man StingRay]] bass featuring an [[ash (tree)|ash]] body, [[maple]] neck, Schaller tuners, and a unique electronics configuration, being the [[Pickup (music technology)|pickups]] are wired directly to the input jack with three "dummy" knobs for aesthetic purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ernie Ball Music Man Mike Herrera StingRay Bass|url=https://shop.music-man.com/ernie-ball-music-man-mike-herrera-stingray-bass.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=shop.music-man.com|language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page