Pokinatcha

Infobox Album | Name = Pokinatcha
Type = Album
Artist = MxPx


Released = Start date|1994|10|4
Recorded = July 1994 at Avast in Seattle, Washington
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 48:03
Label = Tooth & Nail
Producer = Aaron Sprinkle
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ty5f8qbnbtc4 link]
Last album =
This album = "Pokinatcha"
(1994)
Next album = "Teenage Politics"
(1995)

"Pokinatcha" is the debut album of the American Christian punk band MxPx, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). It is the only album to feature original guitarist Andy Husted. The album is popular with fans because of its quick, catchy rhythms and raw punk sound.

The name "Pokinatcha" comes from a Snickers commercial [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/5126/] , where the tagline is about hunger "poking at you". The word "poking" may be shortened to "pokin", and the words "at you" is sometimes simplified to the word "atcha", hence "pokinatcha".

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Herrera.

# "Anywhere But Here" – 3:25
# "Weak" – 3:02
# "Want Ad" – 1:23
# "Realize" – 2:26
# "Think Twice" – 1:52
# "Unopposed" – 2:26
# "The Aspect" – 2:50
# "Ears to Hear" – 2:49
# "Bad Hair Day" – 1:52
# "Too Much Thinking" – 3:41
# "PxPx" – 1:04
# "Time Brings Change" – 2:25
# "Jars of Clay" – 2:18
# "High Standards" – 2:21
# "Another Song About TV" – 1:40
# "Twisted Words" – 2:16
# "Walking Bye" – 1:48
# "No Room" – 2:01
# "Jay Jay's Song" – 1:55
# "One Way Window" – 2:00
# "Dead End" – 2:45

Miscellanea

* "PxPx" stands for "Pokinatcha Punx" (the x's are periods)

Personnel

* Mike Herrera - bass, vocals
* Andy Husted - guitar, yells
* Yuri Ruley - drums
* Pokinatcha Punks - background vocals on Pokinatcha Punks
* Eric - background vocals on Pokinatcha Punks and Weak
* Matt - background vocals on Pokinatcha Punks and Another Song About TV
* Aaron Sprinkle - producer, engineering, background vocals on Walking Bye and Twisted Words
* Brandon Ebel - executive producer, A&R, photography, art direction, background vocals on Pokinatcha Punks
* Brian Gardener - mastering
* John Nissen - covert art, internal pictures

Music Videos

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhtXzRn6hmY Want Ad]

Releases