Herrera was the frontman of Arthur (MxPx with the band's former bass tech Neil Hundt), having released a six-song EP and a full length album before disbanding, as well as the Cootees (Mike Herrera, Jiles Brandon, Tom Wisniewski, and Dale Yob), a Tooth & Nail side project in the mid-1990s. Herrera opened Monkey Trench studio in Bremerton in 2008. In 2016, Herrera was recruited by John Feldmann to join ska punk band Goldfinger as the group's new bassist. His first single with the band is "Put The Knife Away", which was released on May 24, 2017. Equipment Herrera endorses Music Man StingRay basses and Ernie Ball strings and has used them on almost every MxPx recording. For amplification he uses a Hartke LH1000 head and a Hartke 8x10 cabinet. Herrera is also endorsed by Takamine acoustic guitars, Sparrow guitars, Mesa Boogie amps, Samson Tech, Hartke and Latin percussion. In March 2020 Ernie Ball announced a new Mike Herrera signature Music Man StingRay bass featuring an ash body, maple neck, Schaller tuners, and a unique electronics configuration, being the pickups are wired directly to the input jack with three "dummy" knobs for aesthetic purposes. Personal life Herrera married his wife Holli in 2001 and together they have two children. In 2017 the Herreras moved from Washington to Waco, Texas (Holli's home state) and appeared in Season 5, Episode 18 HGTV of the HGTV series Fixer Upper in which their new home was renovated and decorated for the show. As of 2015, Herrera has said he is no longer Christian and identifies as an agnostic. Discography With MxPx Pokinatcha (1994) Teenage Politics (1995) Life in General (1996) Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998) The Ever Passing Moment (2000) Before Everything & After (2003) Panic (2005) Secret Weapon (2007) On the Cover II (2009) Punk Rawk Christmas (2009) Plans Within Plans (2012) MxPx (2018) As a producer Marine View Drive – Five Days Down EP (2010), producer and engineer, vocals on "Let's Go Out" The Water Tower Bucket Boys – Sole Kitchen (2010), producer and engineer, vocals on "Blackbird Pickin' At a Squirrel" References External links Mike Herrera on Twitter 20th-century American bass guitarists American people of English descent American musicians of Mexican descent American people of Welsh descent American punk rock guitarists Pop punk singers Living people American punk rock singers People from Bremerton, Washington Singers from Washington (state) American