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Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes formed in Long Island, New York in 1997 with Travie McCoy on vocals, Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo on guitar, Eric Roberts on bass, and Matt...

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Gym Class Heroes, the pop-rap band from Long Island

A 2000s band that turned high school angst into radio hits like 'Cupid's Chokehold' and 'Stereo Hearts'.

If you want to hear what they were about, start with 'Cupid's Chokehold' and 'Stereo Hearts'. Those two songs frame their whole run pretty well.

They were one of those groups that made the mid-2000s feel like a specific time. 'Cupid's Chokehold' with Patrick Stump was everywhere in 2008, a pop-rap song that sounded like a mixtape from a locker room. Then 'Stereo Hearts' with Adam Levine became a bigger radio staple, pushing them into a different level of visibility.

They formed in 1997 in Long Island and got noticed with the 2006 album 'As Cruel as School Children'. 'The Quilt' in 2008 broke them through, and 'The Papercut Chronicles II' in 2011 gave them their biggest hit. By 2013, two original members had left, and the band went on hiatus in 2014.

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Gym Class Heroes formed in Long Island, New York in 1997 with Travie McCoy on vocals, Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo on guitar, Eric Roberts on bass, and Matt McGinley on drums. Their 2006 debut album 'As Cruel as School Children' got them noticed, but it was the 2008 follow-up 'The Quilt' that really broke through, thanks largely to the single 'Cupid's Chokehold' featuring Patrick Stump.

A year later, 'The Papercut Chronicles II' gave them their biggest hit with 'Stereo Hearts,' featuring Adam Levine. That song became a radio staple and pushed the band into a different level of visibility. They had other notable tracks like 'Clothes Off!' and 'Ass Back Home,' but 'Stereo Hearts' defined that period for them.

By 2013, Lumumba-Kasongo and Roberts had left the group, leaving McCoy and McGinley as the core. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2014, during which McCoy worked on solo material. They played a few shows in 2018 but haven't been consistently active since.

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