The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids
Formed: 1994 in Kansas City, MO
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Disbanded: 2005 in Kansas City, MO
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Emo
Group Members: James Dewees, Ryan Pope, Jim Suptic, Robert Pope, Matthew Pryor, Nathan Shay
Biography: Kansas City's Get Up Kids play melodic, pop-inflected emo similar to the Promise Ring and Braid, with whom the band released a split single in 1998. The influential group -- vocalist/guitarist Matthew Pryor, guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic, bassist Robert Pope, and drummer Ryan Pope (Robert's younger brother, ...Read full biography
Something To Write Home About
Released: 1999
Label: Vagrant Records
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Imagine if the kids that got made fun of on the back of the bus ended up being the coolest ones in the school. Not through any kind of terrorist revenge fantasy or post-apocalyptic last-people-alive-on-Earth ...Read full review
Four Minute Mile
Released: 1997
Label: Golf
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The album that put this Kansas City, MO, band on the map as everyone's favorite emo-pop rockers, with catchy lyrics, fairly unique and powerful pop/rock composition, and an overall sense of energy. Their ...Read full review
More The Get Up Kids albums: Main Albums (5), Compilations (2), Singles & EPs (4)
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