THE GET UP KIDS

The Get Up Kids are an American band from Kansas City, formed in 1995. They were a prominent act in the mid-1990s Midwest emo scene, known as the "second wave" of emo music. Their second album, Something to Write Home About, is considered their most acclaimed and a key release of the second-wave emo movement. The band is regarded as a forefather of the emo genre and has been credited with influencing bands such as Saves the Day, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, and the Wonder Years. They toured with bands including Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners and undertaking international tours in Japan and Europe. The band founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of Vagrant Records, initially to release their own albums but also serving as a platform for side projects like the New Amsterdams and Reggie and the Full Effect.