The Get Up Kids

50 bands in 1 month. I figured #50 had to be something special. This band probably doesn't need an introduction, but here's one anyway. The Get Up Kids are a five-piece indie/alternative/emo/pop punk band from Kansas City, Missouri that formed in 1995 and broke up in 2005. They reunited three years later in 2008, and have been active ever since. Without a doubt, The Get Up Kids are one of the most seminal and influential bands to come out of the 90's, particularly on emo and indie in the next decade. From small, underground bands to very, very well-known names such as Pete Wentz and Mark Hoppus, The Get Up Kids have really made an impact on music. This is mostly due to one particular album, 1999's incredible Something To Write Home About, which features 12 insanely catchy pop songs that simply never get old.

Prior to Something To Write Home About, they had released a handful of material, including a great EP titled Woodson and another full-length, Four Minute Mile. This was fairly standard, catchy, 90's pop punk/emo fare, and their punk roots somewhat show. They gained a lot of attention in the following years as their sound grew more and more popular, until they made some huge changes in the early 2000's. On A Wire and Guilt Show found the band exploring new sounds, more in an indie/alternative range, with keyboards and a more mature approach to their music. After their reunion, this sound became even more prominent on their last album, There Are Rules, which is the last recorded material to date. It's all great stuff, so I highly advise checking all of it out, but Something To Write Home About is the clear essential here. Enjoy.

The Get Up Kids/Coalesce (1997)

1. The Get Up Kids - Burned Bridges (Coalesce cover)

2. Coalesce - I'm Giving Up On This One (The Get Up Kids cover)

Woodson (1997)

1. Woodson

2. Second Place

3. Off The Wagon

4. A Newfound Interest In Massachusetts

The Get Up Kids/Braid (1997)

1. The Get Up Kids - I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

2. Braid - Forever Got Shorter

Four Minute Mile (1997)

1. Coming Clean

2. Don't Hate Me

3. Fall Semester

4. Stay Gold, Ponyboy

5. Lowercase West Thomas

6. Washington Square Park

7. Last Place You Look

8. Better Half

9. No Love

10. Shorty

11. Michelle With One 'L'

Red Letter Day (1999)

1. One Year Later

2. Red Letter Day

3. Forgive And Forget

4. Anne Arbour

5. Mass Pike

Something To Write Home About (1999)

1. Holiday

2. Action & Action

3. Valentine

4. Red Letter Day

5. Out Of Reach

6. Ten Minutes

7. The Company Dime

8. My Apology

9. I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

10. Long Goodnight

11. Close To Home

12. I'll Catch You

Live In Seattle 10/9/99 (1999)

1. One Year Later

2. No Love

3. Holiday

4. Out Of Reach

5. Talking Shit About MxPx

6. Red Letter Day

7. Coming Clean

8. I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

9. Ten Minutes

10. Last Place You Look

11. Pabst Blue Ribbon

12. Action & Action

13. Mass Pike

14. Woodson

15. Company Dime

16. I'll Catch You

17. Don't Hate Me

18. Off The Wagon

19. Shorty

The Get Up Kids/The Anniversary (1999)

1. The Get Up Kids - Central Standard Time

2. The Anniversary - Vasil + Bluey

Action & Action (2000)

1. Action & Action

2. Close To Me

3. I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel (Demo)

Eudora (2001)

1. Up On The Roof

2. Suffragette City (David Bowie cover)

3. Central Standard Time

4. Close To Me (The Cure cover)

5. Forgive And Forget

6. Regret (New Order cover)

7. Beer For Breakfast (The Replacements cover)

8. Newfound Mass (2000)

9. Alec Eiffel (Pixies cover)

10. Impossible Outcomes

11. On With The Show (Motley Crue cover)

12. Ten Minutes (Demo)

13. Anne Arbour

14. Burned Bridges (Coalesce cover)

15. I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel (Demo)

16. Shorty (Demo)

17. The Breaking Method

On A Wire (2002)

1. Overdue

2. Stay Gone

3. Let The Reigns Go Loose

4. Fall From Grace

5. Grunge Pig

6. High As The Moon

7. All That I Know

8. Walking On A Wire

9. Wish You Were Here

10. Campfire Kansas

11. Worst Idea

12. Hannah Hold On

On A Wire Demos (2002)

1. Overdue

2. Stay Gone

3. Let The Reigns Go Loose

4. Take The Fall

5. Grunge Pig

6. High As The Moon

7. All That I Know

8. Walking On A Wire

9. Wish You Were Here

10. Campfire Kansas

11. The Worst Idea

12. Hannah Hold On

13. All Eyes On The Liar

14. The End Is In Sight

15. My Photographs

16. Wings And Wheels

17. Through The Haze

Black Lodge Sessions (2004)

1. Hannah Hold On (acoustic)

2. Dreaming Underwater

3. How Long Is Too Long (alternate version)

4. Overdue (acoustic)

5. Let The Reigns Go Loose (alternate version)

6. Wish You Were Here (alternate version)

7. Grunge Pig (alternate version)

Guilt Show (2004)

1. Man Of Conviction

2. The One You Want

3. Never Be Alone

4. Wouldn't Believe It

5. Holy Roman

6. Martyr Me

7. How Long Is Too Long

8. Sick In Her Skin

9. In Your Sea

10. Sympathy

11. The Dark Night Of The Soul

12. Is There A Way Out

13. Conversation

Guilt Show Demos (2004)

1. Man of Conviction (Piano Demo)

2. Man of Conviction (Acoustic Demo)

3. The One You Want (Robbie's House Demo)

4. Never Be Alone (Piano Demo)

5. Wouldn't Believe It (Robbie's House Demo)

6. Holy Roman (Acoustic Demo)

7. Holy Roman (Live at the Lodge Demo)

8. Martyr Me (Version #1 Demo)

9. Martyr Me (Version #2 Acoustic Demo)

10. While You Were Sleeping (Demo)

11. Martyr Me (Live at the Lodge Demo)

12. How Long is Too Long (Scott Litt Demo)

13. Sick in Her Skin (Robbie's House Demo)

14. Take The Fall (Demo)

15. In Your Sea (Robbie's Basement Demo Vocal #1)

16. In Your Sea (Robbie's Basement Demo Vocal #2)

17. Sympathy (Solo Acoustic Demo)

18. The Dark Night of the Soul (Piano Demo)

19. Is There a Way Out (Robbie's House Demo)

20. Conversation (Robbie's Basement Demo)

Guilt Show Secret Site (2004)

1. I'll Catch You (Acoustic)

2. Overdue (Ed Rose Mix)

3. Wish You Were Here (Demo)

4. Walking On A Wire (Ed Rose Mix)

5. Lost In The Light

6. Send Us A Saint

iTunes Sessions (2004)

1. The One You Want

2. Sympathy

3. Never Be Alone

4. Holy Roman

5. Action & Action

6. Better Half

Live! @ The Granada Theater (2005)

1. Coming Clean

2. The One You Want

3. Holiday

4. Action & Action

5. Stay Gone

6. Woodson

7. Martyr Me

8. I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

9. Mass Pike

10. Campfire Kansas

11. Red Letter Day

12. Sick In Her Skin

13. No Love

14. Shorty

15. Ten Minutes

16. I'll Catch You

17. Don't Hate Me

18. Is There A Way Out?

Something To Write Home About Demos (2009)

1. Forgive And Forget (Demo)

2. Red Letter Day (Demo)

3. Close To Home (Demo)

4. Central Standard Time (Demo)

5. My Apology (Demo)

6. Holiday (Demo)

7. Valentine (Demo)

Note: Bonus downloads with 10th anniversary edition of the album

Daytrotter Session (2010)

1. Welcome To Daytrotter

2. Sharin' Stone

3. Your Petty Pretty Things

4. I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

5. Overdue

Simple Science (2010)

1. Your Petty Pretty Things

2. Keith Case

3. Tommy Gentle

4. How You're Bound

There Are Rules (2011)

1. Tithe

2. Regent's Court

3. Shatter Your Lungs

4. Automatic

5. Pararelevant

6. Rally 'Round The Fool

7. Better Lie

8. Keith Case

9. The Widow Paris

10. Birmingham

11. When It Dies

12. Rememorable

Kicker (2018)

1. Maybe

2. Better This Way

3. I'm Sorry

4. My Own Reflection

Problems (2019)

1. Satellite

2. The Problem Is Me

3. Salina

4. Now Or Never

5. Lou Barlow

6. Fairweather Friends

7. Common Ground

8. Waking Up Alone

9. The Advocate

10. Symphony Of Silence

11. Brakelines

12. Your Ghost Is Gone