Rather appropriately, Prince's "Party Like It's 1999" served as ring music to the the main event at The Get Up Kids TLA show. Read More
Matt Pryor, the singer-guitarist for Kansas pop-punk band the Get Up Kids, may be experiencing déjà vu. Read More
Following a surprise reunion last year in its hometown of Kansas City and a handful of instantly sold out reunion shows at venues on both coasts this spring, The Get Up Kids come to the Theater of Living Arts tonight after a sold out gig at the Trocadero last night. Read More
We've been waiting for this tour since the "Very Last" Reggie and the Full Effect show at the TLA in September of 2008. Read More
When The Get Up Kids announced their disintegration in March 2005 after a decade-long run, guitarist/lead vocalist Matt Pryor felt a fantastic sense of relief. Read More
The Get Up Kids may not have been the hottest act in town last night. Read More
Like a single pebble that nondescriptly plopped into the '90s music pond, The Get Up Kids have watched their albums become influential ripples to new generations. Read More
The Get Up Kids were a band of a short portion of a generation - that generation of young men and women growing up in the Midwest, now in their early-to-mid-30s getting on with their serious lives. Read More
The Get Up Kids were a band of a short portion of a generation - that generation of young men and women growing up in the Midwest, now in their early-to-mid-30s getting on with their serious lives. Read More
A decade ago, when grunge bands were no longer encompassing the emotional turmoil felt by the next generation, angst-ridden adolescents sat on their bedroom floors yearning for a style of music that would provide them with some solace during the awkward, unnerving high school years. Read More