The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids formed in Kansas City in 1995 with Matt Pryor on vocals, Jim Suptic on guitar, Rob Pope on bass, and Nathan Shay on drums. Their first album, 'Four Minute Mile,' came out in 1997 and established their raw, emotional style. Two years later, 'Something to Write Home About' brought them wider attention with songs like 'I'll Catch You' and 'Action & Action' that connected with listeners looking for something more personal than mainstream rock offered at the time.

After Suptic left in 2001, the band kept going but broke up in 2005. They got back together in 2008 and put out 'There Are Rules' in 2011 and 'K.' in 2019. Those later records showed a band that had grown up a bit, moving away from the straightforward emo of their early work without losing the melodic sense that made songs like 'Holiday' or 'Close To Me' stick in your head.

Their catalog includes six studio albums along with EPs and singles. While they never became huge commercial stars, their influence on the indie and emo scenes of the late '90s and early 2000s is hard to ignore. You can hear it in bands that came after them, even if The Get Up Kids themselves were just making the music they wanted to make.