The Mike Herrera Podcast

#367 with Sim Williams New Album - White of the Eyes - Listen everywhere now! Sim Williams is a British singer-songwriter currently residing in Los Angeles, California. After playing guitar in punk rock bands for almost a decade, it was spring of 2015, after recording his debut E.P "Devil on Your Back" in his hometown of Portsmouth which saw the transition from punk rock guitarist into acoustic tr...

William Ryan Key is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He's most known as the former lead vocalist and guitarist of the former pop punk band Yellowcard . Since then he's changed directions with his solo EPs.   He's   one half of JEDHA, a newer project as well.   He is currently under contract live streaming his songwriting process live on Twitch full-time. New and exciting projects are...

Hailing from Southern California. We talk about Wiretap Records. After 90+ releases and 7 years later we sit down together and talk about how how and why he started a record label in 2014. And how it's going now! Wiretap bands and artists I've had on the podcast previously include, Spanish Love Songs, Audio Karate, Decent Criminal,   Mercy Music, Divided Heaven, Movin In Stereo, and Taken Days. Wi...

#364 with Ian Cook We get a rare exclusive live performance of the new song, "What's Done is Done" and it's really good!! Beyond The Lamplight is the musical continuation of Larry And His Flask. The latter being the pioneering folk/punk/rock outfit hailing from Bend, Oregon that exploded onto the scene in the 2000s with their unique brand of high energy, rip-roaring, roots-rock that quickly garner...

Hunter is an American drummer and one of the founders of his band Decent Criminal out of the Bay Area of California.  We break down the latest Decent Criminal music DC/EP and talk about living life on the road, couch surfing between tours, songwriting and much more! I love the sound of his band a lot! It's really got something.  Find Decent Criminal below on Bandcamp DC on Facebook IG - @decentcri...

Chuck Robertson is an American Singer Songwriter best known for being the frontman of the band, Mad Caddies. His new music will be released under Chuck Robertson and Friends. Chuck has a lot of great songs. We go into some of them and the stories of how it started and how it's going. This is a great conversation! Topics: Musical origins, growing up together, riding the roller coaster, touring, son...

Ryan Seaman   Ryan is an American musician and singer who is known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the rock duo I Dont Know How But They Found Me . Ryan on the success and hotness of his band IDKHOW and where we go from here!  This was a great look inside the music business as well as the creative process and the life of a drummer.   Ryan on- Instagram Twitter Facebook Ryan and Friends Podc...

Mike Moen is a Bremerton Punk   Rock Legend, songwriter and performer. We talk about forming his band Neutralboy, Bremerton Punk history and how he joined the crew of one of my favorite bands, ALL. (So many connections from last week's episode) His band, Neutralboy has been around since 1992! They are a hard hitting punk band and always rip it up when they set up and play live.  Support local punk...

Legendary bass player and songwriter,   Karl Alvarez joins the podcast to talk Bass playing and much more.   Some more topics-   Joining Descendents, Bass rigs and brands, musical life and mental health Descendents Website ------------------------- Listen to MxPx "Can't Keep Waiting" Now on Spotify MXPX and Podcast INFO BELOW:   https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast ------------------------- Have y...

Beebs is an American Singer, Songwriter and collaborator known for her band Beebs and Her Money Makers. There's funk. There's punk. There's struggle, success,   drug busts and undercover FBI agents. There's even ska and Warped tour stories too! Let's get funky! Beebs takes us on a wild ride through her life in music and more! Listen now! New Beebs song "Strength from the Struggle" coming May 28 ev...

Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band, from Queens, New York. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Since forming in 1986, SOIA have traveled the world many times over, played in front of hundreds of thousands and released 11 acclaimed full-length albums, so far. Lou is one of...

Brendan has developed an edgy and intense guitar sound. His songwriting is so well done and unique. And I really love the sound of his band Mercy Music! Give them a listen.   We talk about music, life in Las Vegas, what it takes to persevere in the music business, songwriting and more!   FIND MERCY MUSIC ONLINE: MERCY MUSIC STORE Bandcamp Twitter @mercymusic1   Instagram @mercymusic Facebook Booki...

Ryan is one of the singer/songwriters for the Philadelphia, PA area pop band Goalkeeper. And the only bass player!   We talk about: Ryan's band - Goalkeeper Songwriting Pop Punk now Music business tactics Crypto Currency and NFTs.   Follow Ryan on Instagram:  @ryanbeeebe Follow Ryan on Twitter:  @ryancbeebe Check out the latest from Goalkeeper here: GoalKeeper Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Yo...

Brent had a nagging idea so he actually followed through with it. After 10 years of working a full time job as a fire fighter and EMT, Brent started playing music again. He just picked up a guitar and bought an amp on the way to his first band audition. Listen everywhere! He plays guitar for Southern California's TakenDays.net with new music on @wiretaprecords   as well as guitar for   @toxicenerg...

Noodles is known as the lead guitar player of The Offspring. He also does plenty of backing vocals. He and the band hail from Orange County, California. I always love getting to chat it up with this guy! He's always so much fun when we hang out on the road and is a really genuine and nice person all around. This was a fun one!   We catch up on his life for the last few years since we last hung out...

Davey Warsop is known as a Songwriter, Producer, Engineer and Englishman in Southern California.   Davey started his career with the Birmingham band Beat Union. His current band is called Sharp/Shoc k and he runs a recording studio called Strong Studios.     I caught up with Davey Warsop and we went for it. In this episode we talk:   The Royals Mental Health and Punk Rock His Studio and the fire F...

Anthony is now one of my favorite people! Just listen to this episode to find out why! We talk about music and living a creative life, day to day routines, songwriting, band business, Patreon perks, his new release Let's Start a Band, collaboration projects with friends, being inspired by John Feldmann, being grateful and finding perspective to keep you going. Let's go. Don't miss this!   Find ant...

We go from Tom's very first guitar to his current main guitar. We also talk about all our other gear and sponsors. This is for all the band gear nerds!   Tom Wisniewski is a good guy, a legendary friend and the guitar player for MxPx.   Follow @Tomwisniewski on Instagram and Twitter Big Thanks to these sponsors - RØDE MICS, Ernie Ball, Mackie Gear, Takamine Guitars, In-Tune Guitar Picks, Orange Am...

The Dangerous Summer is an American Rock and Roll band that formed in Maryland and now is based in Denver, CO.    The Dangerous Summer  is AJ Perdomo  and Matthew Kennedy     We talk about The Dangerous Summer and all the turmoil that has led them to take some big chances that are paying off!  Or maybe a better description for this adventure is: Modern life The process of making music and how it f...

Joey LaRocca is known as the frontman of LA based street punk band The Briggs   Joey and I catch up on: -His latest music projects including producing pop and hip hop Example and new personal projects called Vintage Warfare and Back Alley Lecture. -The Briggs -Vinyl collecting -growing up punk   -Living the creative life -living with tattoos and getting tattooed   Give this one a listen for some g...

Scott is a Singer - Songwriter - Vinyl Pressing Plant Manager, Music Mixer and all around hard worker.  Living in Gothenburg, Sweden. Scott sings for his band Movin In Stereo but wait there's so much more.   I couldn't believe Scott's story about moving his whole life from New Zealand to Sweden and how that led him to learn some very useful and interesting skillsets. In this episode we discuss: -N...

Glynnis Brennan (vocals) and Haley Senf (bass) from the band Shallow Pools join me for an exploration of what it's like to be part of a new and modern alt-pop scene.  Shallow pools is a four-piece alt-pop band from Massachusetts. They offer a unique sound that bridges the gap between alternative and pop-rock. Their latest song is called, Ice Water We discuss the band and the various ways these lad...

Peg is the founding member of the ska punk band, The Dingees as well as his other projects, Dread Pirate Roberts, Peg & The Rejected and Staflos. He currently lives in Humbolt County, California. Peg and I go way back to when MxPx met up with The Dingees in Southern California. We talk about his rotating musical projects, the Dingees and why Peg has taken a Vow of Poverty.   Peg on Twitter: @PegBo...

Singer songwriter and guitarist of San Diego, California's Pierce the Veil and CEO of the Non-profit LTD Foundation joins me on the podcast.   This is a great episode if you need a little inspiration and positive outlook in your life! We discuss -collabs -Pierce The Veil -The LTD foundation -The songwriting process -Habits and routines -Singles vs Albums -and more If you like the podcast tell a fr...

Creative and fun conversation with musician and podcaster Jeff Berman about life as a creative but we get into memories and experiences that I know you will relate to.   This was too much fun chopping it up. Enjoy the week!   —— Find Jeff online @DividedHeaven and his podcast   @TheBermanHour   ------------------------- MXPX INFO BELOW: MXPX Live JANUARY 15 and 30th 2021! Listen to the NEW Goldfin...