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the get up kids

the get up kids are an american rock band from kansas city , missouri .
formed in 1995 , the band was a major player in the mid-90s emo scene , otherwise known as the '' '' of emo music .
as they gained prominence , they began touring with bands such as green day and weezer before becoming headliners themselves , eventually embarking on international tours of japan and europe .
they founded heroes & villains records , an imprint of the successful indie rock label vagrant records .
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 the new amsterdams and reggie and the full effect .
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 .
their second album `` something to write home about '' remains their most widely acclaimed album , and is considered to be one of the quintessential albums of the second-wave emo movement .
however , like many early emo bands , the get up kids , sought to dissociate themselves with the term , as it was considered dismissive to be seen as an `` emo band . ''
the band departed heavily from their established style with the release of their 2002 album `` on a wire '' , which saw the band take on a much more layered , alternative rock sound .
years later , guitarist jim suptic even apologized for having the influence they did on many of the modern third-wave emo bands , commenting that `` 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 internal conflicts , the band broke up in 2005 .
three years later , the band reunited to support the tenth anniversary re-release of `` something to write home about '' , and soon afterward entered the studio to write new material .
in early 2010 , the band released `` simple science '' , their first release in six years , followed in 2011 by the full-length `` there are rules '' .
