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The Get Up Kids are an American alternative rock band from Kansas City,
Missouri. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90s emo
scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music. As they
gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and
Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on
international tours of Japan and Europe. They founded Heroes and
Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label Vagrant
Records. While the imprint was started to release albums by The Get Up
Kids, it served as a launching pad for several side-projects such as The
New Amsterdams and Reggie and the Full Effect.
The Get Up Kids were viewed throughout their existence as a prototypical emo band, having been major players in the Midwest emo movement of the mid-1990s.Their second album Something to Write Home About remains their most widely acclaimed album, and is considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the second-wave emo movement. However, like many early emo bands, The Get Up Kids, sought to dissociate themselves with the term, as it was considered dismissive to be seen as an "emo band." The band departed heavily from their established style with the release of their 2002 album On a Wire, which saw the band take on a much more layered, alternative rock sound. Years later, guitarist Jim Suptic even apologized for having the influence they did on many of the modern third-wave emo bands, commenting that "[t]he punk scene we came out of and the punk scene now are completely different. It's like glam rock now ... If this is the world we helped create, then I apologize."
Due to internal conflicts, the band broke up in 2005. Three years later, the band reunited to support the tenth anniversary re-release of Something to Write Home About, and soon afterward entered the studio to write new material. In early 2010, the band released Simple Science, their first release in six years, followed in 2011 by the full-length There Are Rules.
The Get Up Kids were viewed throughout their existence as a prototypical emo band, having been major players in the Midwest emo movement of the mid-1990s.Their second album Something to Write Home About remains their most widely acclaimed album, and is considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the second-wave emo movement. However, like many early emo bands, The Get Up Kids, sought to dissociate themselves with the term, as it was considered dismissive to be seen as an "emo band." The band departed heavily from their established style with the release of their 2002 album On a Wire, which saw the band take on a much more layered, alternative rock sound. Years later, guitarist Jim Suptic even apologized for having the influence they did on many of the modern third-wave emo bands, commenting that "[t]he punk scene we came out of and the punk scene now are completely different. It's like glam rock now ... If this is the world we helped create, then I apologize."
Due to internal conflicts, the band broke up in 2005. Three years later, the band reunited to support the tenth anniversary re-release of Something to Write Home About, and soon afterward entered the studio to write new material. In early 2010, the band released Simple Science, their first release in six years, followed in 2011 by the full-length There Are Rules.
Four Minute Mile (1997)
Eudora (2001 Compilation)
On a Wire (2002)
Guilt Show (2004)
On a Wire (2002)
Guilt Show (2004)
Live @ The Granada Theater (2005)
Simple Science EP (2011)
There Are Rules (2011)
There Are Rules (2011)
Promos
Action Action (1999)
Overdue (2002)
Stay Gone (2002)
Man of Conviction (2004)
The One You Want (2004)
Holiday (2009)
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