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The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids in 2009
The Get Up Kids in 2009
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , indie rock , emo
founding 1995, 2008
resolution 2005
Website http://www.thegetupkids.com/
Current occupation
Matthew Pryor
Robert Pope
Ryan Pope (from 1996)
guitar
 Jim Suptic
former members
Drums
 Thomas Backer (1995)
Drums
 Nathan Shay (until 1996)
James Dewees (1999-2005; 2008-2019)

The Get Up Kids is an emo band from Kansas City ( Missouri , USA ) with a strong indie rock influence .

history

Early Years (1995-1997)

While in high school, Ryan Pope, Rob Pope, and Jim Suptic formed a short-lived band called Kingpin. Matt Pryor wrote songs as a teenager and played in a band called Secret Decoder Ring. In 1995, after the end of the two bands, the group "The Suburban Get Up Kids" was formed. Later it was decided to simply use the shorter name "The Get Up Kids". The founding date is October 14th, 1995, the 18th birthday of guitarist Jim Suptic.

At that time the cast consisted of Matt Pryor on guitar and lead vocals, Jim Suptic on guitar, Rob Pope on bass and Thomas Becker on drums. Becker, however, soon left college in California and was replaced by Nathan Shay, an old school friend of Jim Suptic. The first split single " Shorty / The Breathing Method " was released in 1995 under self-financing . Due to a lack of willingness to tour, Nathan Shay was replaced on drums in April 1996 by Robert Pope's younger brother Ryan Pope. The band caused a stir in the burgeoning underground music scene and also cultivated relationships with numerous other bands, which they also repeatedly accompanied on tours. There were also numerous split single releases. After recording another EP " Woodson ", the record label Doghouse Records approached the band with a two-album deal and offered them $ 4,000 for the recording of their first album.

Four Minute Mile (1997-1998)

After signing with Doghouse, the band went to Chicago to record their debut album with producer Bob Weston. The album was recorded in just two days, with Ryan Pope still doing collage at the time. Two months after the album was recorded, the band went on their first national tour with Braid and Ethel Meserve, with the first date of the tour taking place the day after Ryan graduated from high school.

A few months later, on September 30, 1997, the band released their debut album Four Minute Mile , which received a lot of attention from critics, fans and labels alike. The band was invited to join the group Braid on their European tour in 1998, and the band quickly built a new fan base.

As the band became better known nationally and internationally, they became dissatisfied with their record company Doghouse Records. The small label struggled to keep up with the band's increasing popularity. GetUp Kids' announcement that it would be leaving Doghouse Records piqued the interest of prominent record labels such as Sub Pop , Geffen and Mojo Records. The band eventually met Rich Egan, the founder of Vagrant Records from Los Angeles. He convinced the band to sign with Vagrant and offered them $ 50,000 for a second album as well as their own subsidiary label Heroes & Villains Records.

Something to Write Home About  (1999-2001)

On September 21, 1999, the band released their best-known work Something to Write Home About on Vagrant Records. The lyrics of the album reflected, among other things, the dispute between the record company and the band after their move to Los Angeles, as well as the distance between friends and family at home.

Something to Write Home About has often been cited as the band's only "true" emo album, as the album's aesthetic also met the contemporary definition of the genre. In addition, the album brought the ailing Vagrant label decisive profit. The album sold over 140,000 copies after its release. Not only did it make the Get Up Kids the figurehead of emo , it also brought the genre into the public consciousness, which was far broader than some locally scattered scenes. The album gave Vagrant Records the financial boost to grow and also to sign a number of other bands.

In 2000 her tour with Koufax and The Anniversary was sponsored by Napster. Their fan base grew steadily through word of mouth.

The GetUp Kids toured tirelessly for nearly three years promoting the record. The tour took them through Europe, Japan and Australia, often accompanied by other bands. In order to shorten the waiting time for the band's next album, Vagrant Records presented the rarity compilation Eudora in 2001 .

On a Wire (2002-2003)

After three years touring for Something to Write Home About , the band burned out and wanted to say goodbye to the power-pop sound they have since been associated with. They also wanted to work with a new producer who challenged them creatively. Eventually the band chose Scott Litt, who was already known for his work with REM and Nirvana .

The third studio album by the band On a Wire was released on May 14, 2002 and was characterized by a more moderate, alternative style. Just as Something to Write Home About sometimes alienated some fans with its more produced sound, On a Wire was also criticized by fans who were disappointed by the softer musical direction of the album. By contrast, the album was generally well received by the mainstream press.

Shortly after the album was released, the band went on tour in late spring to promote the album. In Germany they were accompanied by the band Koufax .

Guilt Show (2003-2004)

In 2003 the band began recording their fourth studio album. The album would be the first to be recorded at Black Lodge Studios in Eudora, Kansas. A renovated studio owned by the Pope brothers and producer Ed Rose. The writing process for the album this time differed from the previous ones in that most of the songs were written by only three band members. This resulted in less collaboration, but gave the Pope brothers a more prominent role in writing. Pryor was lyrically inspired by the life of his friends and acquaintances by extracting stories of abuse, betrayal and feelings of guilt. The lyrics of the album also deal with the subject of adultery (" Wouldn't Believe It ", " How Long Is Too Long "). The first single " The One You Want " is supposed to be about a woman who Pryor says she sucks the soul out of people.

In March 2004, the band released the studio album Guilt Show , which was produced by Ed Rose. Sonically, the album combined the more measured, sophisticated sound of On a Wire with the frenetic style of their previous albums. Guilt Show was received slightly better critically and commercially than its predecessor On a Wire .

Separation and solo activities (2004-2008)

On Tuesday, March 8th, 2005, after ten years, The GetUp Kids announced their desire to go their separate ways and embarked on a nationwide farewell tour. On July 2, 2005, The Get Up Kids gave their last concert in Kansas City, their hometown.

Matt Pryor was also part of The New Amsterdams , an acoustic alt-country band that he formed in 2000. He expanded her sound and consolidated her line-up, which had been changing until then. In 2007 he formed The Terrible Twos , a children's band with whom they released two albums on Vagrant Records.

Jim Suptic founded the band Blackpool Lights . Her debut album, This Town's Disaster , consisted largely of pieces that Suptic had previously written for The Get Up Kids but never recorded.

The Pope brothers joined the band Koufax before splitting up on various projects. Rob was a founding member of the Lawrence, Kansas group White Whale before becoming a full-time member of the group Spoon , while Ryan became the drummer of the Lawrence-based experimental rock band The Roman Numerals.

James Dewees joined several bands as a tour and session keyboardist. During this time, his alcohol and drug problems worsened. After a rehab, he processed this on the fifth Reggie and The Full Effect album Last Stop: Crappy Town .

Reunification and New Music (since 2008)

In November 2008 the band announced on their MySpace page that a reunion was planned for 2009. Performances have meanwhile been announced for Groezrock 2009 in Meerhout (Belgium) and Area4 2009 in Lüdinghausen (North Rhine-Westphalia), as well as in Berlin at the Postbahnhof at Ostbahnhof .

2010 appeared with the EP Simple Science, the first publication in its five years. The following year, There Are Rules, their first album in seven years, was released on January 25, 2011 , this time on the Quality Hill Records label.

Eight years later, Problems, the Get Up Kids' last album to date , was released in 2019 . In the same year the group announced that James Dewees had left the band.

Band members

Current occupation

  • Matt Pryor - vocals, guitar (1995-2005; 2008-today)
  • Jim Suptic - lead guitar, backing vocals (1995-2005; 2008-today)
  • Rob Pope - bass, backing vocals (1995-2005; 2008-today)
  • Ryan Pope - drums, percussion (1996-2005; 2008-today)

former members

  • Thomas Becker - drums, percussion (1995)
  • Nathan Shay - drums, percussion (1996)
  • James Dewees - keyboard, backing vocals (1999-2005; 2008-2019)

Tour members

  • Nate Harold - bass (2010)
  • Dustin Kinsey - Keyboard (2011)

timeline

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
On a wire
  US 57 01/06/2002 (3 weeks)
Guilt Show
  US 58 03/20/2004 (2 weeks)
There are rules
  US 124 02/12/2011 (1 week)
EPs
Simple science
  US 194 05/01/2010 (1 week)

Albums

  • 1997: Four Minute Mile (Doghouse)
  • 1999: Something to Write Home About ( Vagrant Records )
  • 2001: Eudora (Vagrant Records, collection of rarities)
  • 2002: On a Wire (Vagrant Records)
  • 2004: Guilt Show (Vagrant Records)
  • 2005: Live! @ The Granada Theater (Vagrant, live album)
  • 2010: Simple Science (EP)
  • 2011: There Are Rules (Quality Hill Records)
  • 2019: Problems (Big Scary Monsters)

Others (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  46. ↑ Chart source: US