The Get Up Kids "10 Minutes" 7" Sub Pop (US)

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A 10 Minutes B Anne Arbour

The Get Up Kids are an band from . Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's scene, otherwise known as the "" of emo music. As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as and before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of and . They founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label . 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 and .

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. However, like many early emo bands, The Get Up Kids began to dissociate themselves with the term, as it came to be seen as insult to be known 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 "[t]he 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.”

Due to some internal conflict, the band broke up in 2005. However, in 2008 the band announced that they would embark on a 2009 reunion tour to support the tenth anniversary re-release of , the band's most successful studio album. They have also begun writing new material, although a new album has not been confirmed, and the band is considering alternative release methods.
Early years (1995–1997) The Get Up Kids performing at in 1997

While in high school, , , and formed a short-lived band called Kingpin. had been writing songs since he was a teenager, and was playing in a band called Secret Decoder Ring. Following the demise of the two bands in 1995, The Get Up Kids were formed. The band originally planned on calling themselves "The Suburban Get Up Kids", until reasoning that there were fewer band names beginning with the letter 'G' than there are with the letter 'S', and that therefore they were more likely to be noticed in a record store if their name began with a 'G'. The band was formed on October 14, 1995 on Suptic's 18th birthday.

At the time the lineup consisted of Pryor on guitar and lead vocals, Suptic on guitar, Rob Pope on bass, and Thomas Becker on drums. However, Becker soon left for college in California, and was replaced by Nathan Shay, who was attending school with Suptic at the . In 1995, Pryor, Suptic, and friend Kevin Zelko saved to self-release "", their very first . However, due to an unwillingness to tour, Shay was replaced by Robert's younger brother in April 1996. The band became increasingly integral in the growing midwest music scene, forming strong relationships with bands such as , and . After "Shorty", the band released "." Soon afterward, driven by interest created by the band's first 7", they recorded their first EP, . It was released on 7" vinyl through Contrast Records, with releasing a CDEP version that included the songs from both Woodson and A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts. After Woodson, Doghouse approached the band with a two-album contract, offering them $4,000 to record their first full-length album.

Braid is an influential / band from that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on: on guitar/vocals, on , on guitar/vocals and, on . Roy was replaced in 1997 by . In 1999 Braid disbanded and went on to form with all band members minus (who went on to form ) and adding Mark Dawursk. The band reformed for a comprehensive US/Canada tour from June–August 2004 & a brief Japanese tour in August 2004. 2011 saw Braid active again, with a new EP recorded and shows planned.

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