Pokinatcha is the debut album of the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 pop punk

Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 band MxPx

MxPx

MxPx is a pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington with connections to the Christian punk scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and released 20 singles....

, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music

1994 in music

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). It is the only album to feature original guitarist Andy Husted

Andy Husted

Andy Husted is the former guitarist for the Washington state pop punk band MxPx.Andy played guitar for MxPx starting with the release of their first album Pokinatcha. After he refused to go on a Tooth & Nail tour in 1994, the other members decided it would be best to find another guitarist...

. The album is popular with fans because of its quick, catchy rhythms and raw punk sound.

The name "Pokinatcha" comes from a Snickers

Snickers

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 commercialhttp://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/5126/, where the tagline

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 is about hunger "poking at you". The track "PxPx" stands for "Pokinatcha Punx".

Track listing

Personnel

• Mike Herrera
  Mike Herrera
  Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Andy Husted
  Andy Husted
  Andy Husted is the former guitarist for the Washington state pop punk band MxPx.Andy played guitar for MxPx starting with the release of their first album Pokinatcha. After he refused to go on a Tooth & Nail tour in 1994, the other members decided it would be best to find another guitarist...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , yells
• Yuri Ruley
  Yuri Ruley
  Yuri Zane Ruley is an American drummer who plays in the pop punk band MxPx. In 1992, while still in high school, Ruley started MxPx with Mike Herrera and Andy Husted; Husted was replaced by Tom Wisniewski two years later...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Pokinatcha Punks - background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
   on Pokinatcha Punks
• Eric - background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
   on Pokinatcha Punks and Weak
• Matt - background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
   on Pokinatcha Punks and Another Song About TV
• Aaron Sprinkle
  Aaron Sprinkle
  Aaron Sprinkle is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Seattle, Washington.-Career:His career in music began in high school with a group called BellBangVilla. BellBangVilla became Poor Old Lu and they released a number of albums . Aaron Sprinkle also sang and played...
  
   - producer, engineering, background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
   on Walking Bye and Twisted Words
• Brandon Ebel
  Brandon Ebel
  Brandon Ebel is the founder, President & CEO of Tooth & Nail Records. He founded the label in 1993 in California, USA. The label has since grown to include sub-labels BEC Recordings, Solid State Records and Uprok Records...
  
   - executive producer, A&R, photography, art direction, background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  on Pokinatcha Punks
• Brian Gardener - mastering
• John Nissen - covert art, internal pictures

Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1995	CD	Tooth & Nail	1014
1995	CS	Tooth & Nail	1014