The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids were a Kansas City-based American indie rock band. They debuted in 1996 (see 1996 in music) and began releasing singles on Doghouse Records. In 1997 (see 1997 in music), their debut full-length, Four Minute Mile, was

The Get Up Kids were a Kansas City-based American indie rock band. They debuted in 1996 (see 1996 in music) and began releasing singles on Doghouse Records. In 1997 (see 1997 in music), their debut full-length, Four Minute Mile, was released, followed by Something to Write Home About (1999, 1999 in music) on Vagrant Records. The band consisted of brothers Robert (bass) and Ryan (drums) Pope, Matthew Pryor (guitar/vocals), Jim Suptic (guitar/vocals), and James Dewees (keyboards). Their May 2002 release, On a Wire (see 2002 in music), marked an evolution in their music, a maturity that was continued in March 2004's Guilt Show.

The group disbanded after their sold-out July 2, 2005 farewell show at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO.