MxPx 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! === Early start (1992) === MxPx was formed in Bremerton, Washington in July 1992 by [[Mike Herrera]], Yuri Ruley, and Andy Husted, who were 15 years old at the time, playing their first show in Herrera's parents' backyard.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} Herrera and Ruley were classmates at [[Central Kitsap High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=MxPx poised for success |url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1998/06-20/0059_mxpx_poised_for_success.html |access-date=February 22, 2022 |website=products.kitsapsun.com}}</ref> in [[Silverdale, Washington]], and Husted attended [[South Kitsap High School]] in Port Orchard, Washington.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} The group was originally called Magnified Plaid, which was a tribute to Husted's fascination with [[Tartan|plaid]] shirts, but did not fit on the band's posters. Consequently, the name was [[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] to M.P. on show posters. Yuri Ruley, who used Xs in place of periods, made the [[posters]] for the band, resulting in the four-letter [[moniker]].<ref name="MATHhistory">{{Cite web |title=Magnified Plaid (MxPx) History |url=http://www.math.ku.edu/~parker/mxpxinfo.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031013025124/http://www.math.ku.edu/~parker/mxpxinfo.html |archive-date=October 13, 2003 |access-date=October 26, 2011 |publisher=Math.ku.edu}}</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