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| Group Members: James Dewees, Ryan Pope, Jim Suptic, Robert Pope, Matthew Pryor, Nathan Shay
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| 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 |
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Released: 1999 Label: Vagrant Records Critics' Rating:  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 reviewReleased: 1997 Label: Golf Critics' Rating:  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
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