MxPx at Metro

MxPx at Metro
Metro Chicago – Chicago, IL, USA – September 20, 2008
by Jackie Lee King

Magnified Plaid (M.P,), a.k.a. MxPx., played a smashing set at Chicago's club Metro with a show that many will be talking about for years. These guys have been rawking since 1992, and don't show any signs of slowing down. The misleading representation of the band's name comes from a stylistic quark of drummer Yuri Riley's handwriting, as his periods appear as X's. Riley was the one who initially made the posters for the band, so in lieu of trying to correct the name, it just stuck.

When MxPx hit the stage the club became alive with the charged vibe of punk rawk, circa 1976. There were mohawks, piercings and tattoos scurrying against the barricade to get a good view of the band. The difference from old school punk and MxPx is that they seem to have fun instead of having an eternal bad day. Lyrically their music is like a pierced tongue playfully placed into a young punk's cheek. Other contemporaries, and some retro-punks, have the musical dynamic of pissing shattered glass; it's all ARGH!!!!!

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