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Yuri played his last show with the guys in Las Vegas on July 18th and now many fans are wondering what the future of MxPx is. On the PxPx message board, a few members were asking if or how MxPx should continue now that Yuri has retired and Tom has taken on a full time job. Mike responded with his thoughts on the subject:

"first let me say.. thank you to everyone on here for taking the time to put down your thoughts and ideas.

everyone is right in some ways...

yuri and tom have been great.. and still are... (for the record, tom did miss a tour where Neil from arthur filled in on guitar) so yuri has missed tours.. and tom has missed one.

i haven't missed any.. how could i? even when i was so sick i couldn't talk.. i was still onstage trying while tony from mest was bailing me out one tour.. at least i can play bass no matter how sick i am!!

ok

it's not just economy.. it's life.. i would rather die singing than live not..

but i don't have children. that's just me.
i get by. my TD guys live on 500 a month.. and we make no money on the road.. they live in poverty, the crazy thing is.. a hundred bucks is a lot of money when you have to drive all day and play all night to get it.. then part of it goes in the tank.

funny how the big companies always get their dam money. airlines.. fuel, food.. but music? nope.. we put people on the guest list.. and if it's 5 bucks to get in? let's just go to the next bar..

that's tumbledown.. we don't make money, but we love it! it IS a young man's game. it's hard to sleep on floors.. in the van, or not at all, but it's more life and experience than most people get in 10 years.

it's like a drug. i'm tolerant. yes it's bad for me, for my relationships, for my finance, for my future.. but i'm a junkie and i can't stop. you people in some ways enable me to keep going. in most addiction cases this would be bad, but in this case it's good!!! i need your encouragement to know that what i do matters. .if not.. then i may as well get a real job too..

for yuri and tom.. yes.. they need insurance.. so do i..

who the **** don't? i'm just on a little health plan where i can't really go unless it's an emergency. lucky me. it's still way too expensive.

i think the other mxpx guys will join me in the studio.. if they don't.. i'll make a new punk band.. not metal. but i think they will.

right now tom, yuri and I are feeling really great about our future.. not like we think we'll sell out the enormo dome.. but more like.. we love making records and playing shows.. for yuri and tom. the occational show because they both work full time. me? i work full time, but don't really get paid full time. i'm sure many of you feel the same way!!! but i love it. i need it. i want it. i knew monkey trench wouldn't make money.. studios don't make money anymore.. but i built it because i NEEDED to.

i had to have a place to document my songs. ours songs.

i want to do what's right for the legacy of mxpx. we all helped build it. let's keep building.

mike."

Posted By Yuri

It's always hard for me to believe when we start a project that we'll ever see the end of it. There's just so much work that goes into every little detail of a record release. We're doing this one on our own so the work is compounded that much more. But it's always such a great feeling to be done because then all our hard work can be enjoyed by our fans. That's the pay-off. That's what it's always been about with MxPx. The fans. And so it is with LCP EP. All the energy we put into making a full length record went into making this little gem. So then it would stand to reason that there is more energy per song on this than... OK, maybe I'm getting a little carried away. All that to say, as always, I hope that you the listener get as much out of it as we put into it. Thanks for all of your support over the years. It really means the world to us. Yuri

Posted By Mike

On The Cover II has turned out to be a success! We can't wait to play these songs live! This is the first MxPx album that we recorded at my new studio, Monkey Trench. Be sure and get a copy now at iTunes !

Posted By Mike

Hey everyone

Some of you may know and some may not. I am currently on tour with my other band Tumbledown. Yes, I'm having a good time and no, MXPX is not breaking up. MXPX Has the new cover album coming out this Tuesday, as well as the Triple Threat Live DVD. Tumbledown is releasing a split 7 inch with the Canadian band,"Yesterday's Ring" on April 21. The full length is coming out in May.

Posted By Yuri

So... our latest DVD release has been delayed a bit. It's done and everything... just getting it printed and shipped to us has been the main hold up. Supposedly it's on the way to the Merch Arsenal in Bremerton as I write this. So our trusty Oompa Loompa slaving away in the package headquarters should be putting all those pre orders together soon (probably late, late into the dark, scary, morning hours).

Other than that, things are going well. Our brand new cover album ON THE COVER 2 is scheduled to hit the shelves next week! We have a ton of pre sales up all over the net with all kinda different extras. It's also available at the Merch Arsenal... and it's going for a great price of $10 over there!

OK. That's it for now. Hope you are all doing well!

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4-14-2008 On tour.. when are we not? today is a day off and we were so bored that we went and saw 2 movies in the theatre. Leatherheads and 21. The shows have been so insane, really fun. The karaoke nights tour is going over huge and the winners have been great so far. Alot of people have been coming out to see the shows. The Chiodos shows have been really good too. The show goers have really treated us well and alot of our own fans are coming out to see us.. Not much else to report, or maybe i'm just brain dead.