The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City-based American emo band. Formed in 1995, … Read Full Bio ↴The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City-based American emo band. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's 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 & 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.[4] 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."Years later, guitarist Jim Suptic even apologized for having the influence they did on many of the modern third-wave emo bands, commenting that "the 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.”
Influential Kansas City five piece, The Get Up Kids, return in January 2011 with a new studio album,There Are Rules – the band’s fifth full-length collection, and the first on their own Quality Hill Records imprint.
Seven years after what looked to be their final album Guilt Show, with the group disbanding a year later in 2005 after 10 years of constant touring, The Get Up Kids returned to the studio in 2009, sparked by a spur-of-the-moment decision to start writing songs together again, made while they were rehearsing to promote the tenth anniversary edition of their breakout album ‘Something to Write Home About’.
The first fruits of these new recordings was ‘Simple Science’, released in April 2010 - an EP that burst, unannounced, into the Billboard Top 200. But that was just a taste – a precursor to the full-length album, which Alternative Press magazine, upon hearing a whisper of its existence, placed on their “most anticipated…” list.
The band re-convened at their Black Lodge studio in Eudora, KS at various times in 2010 to complete the recordings, and so ‘There Are Rules’ came to be - twelve new songs that will prove to be both surprising, and familiar. The result is a collection of songs that are fresh and inspired, created by a band that has been given new life and isn’t looking back. In some fashion, the new tracks mark a return to the early days of The Get Up Kids, when they formed fifteen years ago above a drum store in downtown Kansas City. The recording involved lots of analog 2” tape – live takes and a feel for the unexpected. Long time producer Ed Rose was once again seated behind the mixing desk, and the band even turned to Chicago luminary Bob Weston, who recorded their debut, Four Minute Mile, to master the album. “This record came together really organically. We'd throw out an idea and if it didn't work after 30 minutes we'd scrap it and move on to another one. We all wrote together really spontaneously and then fleshed it out with Ed in the studio," says Matt Pryor.
At the same time, ‘There Are Rules’ marks a new chapter for The Get Up Kids, as they return to their independent roots, forming their own label – Quality Hill Records – and reigniting the DIY spirit that originally launched the band onto the worldwide stage. Says Pryor, “"We had a really great relationship with Vagrant but we felt that with the proverbial rebirth of the band we wanted to start our own label. Do everything ourselves like we did in the beginning." And as to naming the imprint? "Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood in Kansas City. It's not far from where we first formed the band. It seems like an appropriate name for the label." And of course, echoing their formative years, there is a 7” single involved. That 45 would be ‘Automatic’ – a limited edition release due in January 2011.
And so, after touring across four continents to sold out crowds too many times to count, after becoming a crucial part of what has been called the “second wave of emo” in the 90’s along with bands like Braid and The Promise Ring and influencing a list of bands as long as your arm, after 15 years, 4 acclaimed studio albums, a collection of rarities, a live record, numerous 7"s and EPs the Kansas City five piece – Matthew Pryor on vocals and guitar, Rob Pope on bass, Jim Suptic on guitars and vocals, James Dewees on keyboards and Ryan Pope on drums - are excited to unveil ‘There Are Rules’ in 2011, proving that the final chapter for The Get Up Kids has yet to be written.
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.[4] 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."Years later, guitarist Jim Suptic even apologized for having the influence they did on many of the modern third-wave emo bands, commenting that "the 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.”
Influential Kansas City five piece, The Get Up Kids, return in January 2011 with a new studio album,There Are Rules – the band’s fifth full-length collection, and the first on their own Quality Hill Records imprint.
Seven years after what looked to be their final album Guilt Show, with the group disbanding a year later in 2005 after 10 years of constant touring, The Get Up Kids returned to the studio in 2009, sparked by a spur-of-the-moment decision to start writing songs together again, made while they were rehearsing to promote the tenth anniversary edition of their breakout album ‘Something to Write Home About’.
The first fruits of these new recordings was ‘Simple Science’, released in April 2010 - an EP that burst, unannounced, into the Billboard Top 200. But that was just a taste – a precursor to the full-length album, which Alternative Press magazine, upon hearing a whisper of its existence, placed on their “most anticipated…” list.
The band re-convened at their Black Lodge studio in Eudora, KS at various times in 2010 to complete the recordings, and so ‘There Are Rules’ came to be - twelve new songs that will prove to be both surprising, and familiar. The result is a collection of songs that are fresh and inspired, created by a band that has been given new life and isn’t looking back. In some fashion, the new tracks mark a return to the early days of The Get Up Kids, when they formed fifteen years ago above a drum store in downtown Kansas City. The recording involved lots of analog 2” tape – live takes and a feel for the unexpected. Long time producer Ed Rose was once again seated behind the mixing desk, and the band even turned to Chicago luminary Bob Weston, who recorded their debut, Four Minute Mile, to master the album. “This record came together really organically. We'd throw out an idea and if it didn't work after 30 minutes we'd scrap it and move on to another one. We all wrote together really spontaneously and then fleshed it out with Ed in the studio," says Matt Pryor.
At the same time, ‘There Are Rules’ marks a new chapter for The Get Up Kids, as they return to their independent roots, forming their own label – Quality Hill Records – and reigniting the DIY spirit that originally launched the band onto the worldwide stage. Says Pryor, “"We had a really great relationship with Vagrant but we felt that with the proverbial rebirth of the band we wanted to start our own label. Do everything ourselves like we did in the beginning." And as to naming the imprint? "Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood in Kansas City. It's not far from where we first formed the band. It seems like an appropriate name for the label." And of course, echoing their formative years, there is a 7” single involved. That 45 would be ‘Automatic’ – a limited edition release due in January 2011.
And so, after touring across four continents to sold out crowds too many times to count, after becoming a crucial part of what has been called the “second wave of emo” in the 90’s along with bands like Braid and The Promise Ring and influencing a list of bands as long as your arm, after 15 years, 4 acclaimed studio albums, a collection of rarities, a live record, numerous 7"s and EPs the Kansas City five piece – Matthew Pryor on vocals and guitar, Rob Pope on bass, Jim Suptic on guitars and vocals, James Dewees on keyboards and Ryan Pope on drums - are excited to unveil ‘There Are Rules’ in 2011, proving that the final chapter for The Get Up Kids has yet to be written.
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Anne Arbour Sooner or later more, These words to paper pour. Compose apo…
Automatic The kid's alone just watching static The circuit's blown I…
Beer for Breakfast All I want to do is drink beer for breakfast All…
Better Half i saw my better half the better half of a decade slip…
Better Lie This trespass My weaker wings couldn't carry much of anythi…
Better This Way If there was a way If there was a way out Well…
Birmingham Skip the introduction Because we're gonna take a step outsi…
Brakelines Impossible outcomes There's an outside chance You may not wa…
Burned Bridges I've met that point in my life. Want came to need. Burn…
Campfire Kansas woke up at eight, started a fire had a few drinks,…
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Close To Home Summer swallowed us whole Waited for you to come around Ever…
Close To Me I've waited hours for this, I've made myself so sick, I wish…
Coming Clean Found my place in the sun, Lied my way there. I look…
Common Ground One day the kids will have a clue They can fill…
Conversation Of all of the space in this small world There's room…
Don Forgive me For running off to find The one thing I have t…
Don't Hate Me Forgive me For running off to find The one thing I have to…
Fairweather Friends Ride it out Into the setting sun Signalling the chapter has …
Fall From Grace it rains and pours in twos I wonder if I'll…
Fall Semester If I tried Would you still call me son? If I tried Would…
Forgive And Forget I think I've waited long enough Our world was once forget-me…
Grunge Pig I didn't take that blow to heart You couldn't tear…
Hannah Hold On I never asked to be sorry If its over its over…
High As The Moon I built an altar for you Out of polaroids and…
Holiday What became of everyone I used to know? Where did our…
Holy Roman Road map is a bitter pill, Scene stinks of a double…
How Long Is Too Long You keep hanging on for more building walls around the words…
I'll Catch You Can you sleep as the sound hits your ears? One at…
I'm a Loner Dotie a Rebel Come tomorrow I'll be on my way back home In the…
I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel Come tomorrow I’ll be on my way back home. In the…
I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel... Come tomorrow I'll be on my way back home. In the…
I'm a loner dotty a rebel Come tomorrow I'll be on my way back home In the…
I'm Sorry Years and years ago, back when I thought I knew…
i’ll catch you Can you sleep as the sound hits your ears? One at…
Impossible Outcomes In the sky is the moon This large yellow circle finds…
In Your Sea every afternoon a point i hammer home you have no follow thr…
Is There A Way Out If ever I'm wrong, whatever i do If anyone asks, i…
I’ll Catch You Can you sleep as the sound hits your ears one…
Keith Case You'll turn away Calling back As you run Say it can Say that…
Last Place You Look The grass is always greener as I'm sure that you've…
Let The Reigns Go Loose Can you take the bullet back? Change it to a heart…
Like A Man Possessed I go on forever Older burns are overturned My life for wor…
Lion and the Lamb I've never been One for war Sand were sinkin' in As thick…
Long Goodnight Every attempt to Is filled with holes Reads like a polygraph…
Lou Barlow I saw Lou Barlow on the street I don't think he…
Lowercase West Thomas It's easier to say it's over. It's easier, But I might still…
Man Of Conviction God bless here's a man of conviction With the evidence enoug…
Martyr Me just to get by i try to stay high its a good…
Mass Pike I wonder when I wander home If I'll be fit…
Maybe Sound off, the only way Same fight as yesterday Or maybe the…
Michelle With One "L" Same holds from the same hands. Five years strong, many time…
My Apology You'll be accepting my apology For taking things too serious…
Never Be Alone Never love anyone else a promise you made to yourself there'…
New Found Mass If I told you that I Was thinking of moving…
No Love if i gave everything would you still listen to me? it…
now or never The tick of a clock brings the work to a…
Off The Wagon They're my reasons for getting over this And it's not…
On A Wire I'm the one you've been hanging 'round Just stop hearing any…
On With The Show Frankie died just the other night Some say it was suicide Bu…
One Year Later Wandering the K-10 at anniversaries end, pondering events th…
Out Of Reach Long way from home Lost by an echo I'd never have…
Overdue You're a few years overdue I spent them waiting here for…
Pararelevant I could run a finger full Temperance won't want to drive…
Rally 'Round The Fool Rally 'round the fool We all fall The promise of a better…
Red Letter Day You've got some nerve I never knew What with the world…
Regent's Court After the bombs have fallen After the words have left my…
Regret Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address Of everyone I'…
Rememorable Speak here on the cue Now look in a camera fire See…
Salina It would be raining today The storm rolled in right as…
Satellite By myself I don't think anybody else Even cares If all is…
Second Place It's been proven, hundreds over since, The decision was th…
Shatter Your Lungs Shout it out Shatter your lung Long fall to the floor Crying…
Shorty It's certainly true, there's better things to do And though…
Sick in Her Skin baby delilah sick in her skin out on the highway living for…
Stay Gold This is the closest To this friend that I've been I…
Stay Gold, Ponyboy This is the closest to this friend that I’ve been. I…
Stay Gone I'll fawn over photographs That you never would get to see …
Suffragette City Hey man, oh leave me alone you know Hey man, oh…
Sympathy Way to fight You never threatened to stop breathing Countles…
Symphony of Silence An instrument of good intent A virtue left revealing Noble a…
Ten Minutes Ten minutes to downtown Is ten minutes too far? When my frie…
The Advocate It's not your battle yet One day it might be I will…
The Breathing Method Made a grave mistake An all too common place Not…
The Company Dime I watched it all come crashing down On the verge…
The Dark Night Of The Soul Never thought anything lasts forever Hanging on every word …
the most depressed song Long way from home, lost by an echo, never have known, I've …
The Most Depressing Song Long way from home, lost by an echo, never have known, I'…
The One You Want Can you sleep as the sound hits your ears? One at…
The Problem Is Me After the hours we spent at the interpass Two liars fooling…
The Reigns Go Loose Can you take the bullet back? Change it to a heart…
The Widow Paris After the slaughter She walked on the water It happened ti…
The Worst Idea i'll go with the worst idea if everyone takes the toll keep…
Tithe You've got the dirty bones And I've got nothing to wash…
Tommy Gentle Long night, just to Disappoint the one who loves most Anyt…
Up On The Roof Sometimes these fantasies come true, and now the whole thing…
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waking up alone I can't stop thinking that there was something that I…
Walking On A Wire I'm the one you've been hanging 'round Just stop hearing any…
Washington Square Park it's better than nothing it's better than you can get what m…
When It Dies As it sharpens and it's shimmering Every cut, a song All the…
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Woodson We can not work out what has to be said.…
Wouldn Rows of houses on forever what the neighbors never know…
Wouldn't Believe It rows of houses on forever what the neighbors never know when…
Your Ghost is Gone Is this house a home? The photographs lay on the floor Time…
Your Petty Pretty Things All of your pretty things Your petty pretty things are gon…