Role Singer Name Mike Herrera | Years active 1992–present Spouse Holli Herrera (m. 2001) | |
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Instruments Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano Albums Let's Rock, Slowly Going the Way of th, Life in General, Pokinatcha, Teenage Politics Profiles | ||
Birth name Michael Arthur Herrera Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter | ||
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Michael Arthur Herrera (born November 6, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and musician best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and songwriter for the punk rock band MxPx. He is also the frontman of Tumbledown and the bassist of Goldfinger.
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- Mike herrera mxpx aces up at guitar center
- Mike herrera mxpx secret weapon at guitar center
- Early life
- MxPx
- Mike Herrera solo
- Tumbledown
- Side projects and production
- Equipment
- Studio albums
- EPs
- Compilations
- Live albums
- As producer
- References
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Early life
Herrera was born in Bremerton, Washington to Art and Michele Herrera and is of Mexican and English / Welsh descent. He is the middle of three children and has an older sister and a younger sister. His parents live in Bremerton in the house he grew up in. He grew up playing guitar, inspired by listening to country and punk rock music. Herrera started MxPx while he was in high school with friends Andy Husted and Yuri Ruley with the band's first performance in his back yard.
MxPx
Herrera is the primary songwriter, vocalist and bassist in MxPx. Herrera started the band with Andy Husted and Yuri Ruley in the summer of 1992, just before starting high school.
Mike Herrera solo
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 Something." 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
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 inspired sound.
Side projects and production
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'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 as the group's new bassist. His first single with the band is "Put The Knife Away", which was released on May 24, 2017.
Equipment
Herrera endorses Music Man StingRay basses and Ernie Ball strings 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 acoustic guitars, Sparrow guitars, Mesa Boogie amps, Samson Tech, Hartke and Latin percussion.