The Get Up Kids: Rock Band in New York

About The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City band formed in 1995, identified with the Midwest emo current that shaped rock and pop in the late 1990s. Their album *Something to Write Home About* helped define the style’s melodic urgency and plainspoken writing, and their influence is often traced through later generations of alternative bands. In New York City they appear at Brooklyn Paramount, including a billing tied to Jimmy Eat World’s “25 Years of Bleed American” event. Their approach favors direct songs and ensemble drive over studio polish.