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The Get Up Kids were an United States|American indie rock band. Forming in Kansas City, Missouri in 1995, the band opened for bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, including tours in Japan and Europe.<ref name="rollingstone">{{Citation |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |title=The Get Up Kids Get Up |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegetupkids/articles/story/5937851/the_get_up_kids_get_up |publisher=''Rolling Stone'' |date=2002-08-05 |accessdate=2008-03-02</ref> They released most of their albums on their own Heroes & Villains label, under Vagrant Records.<ref name="aversion">{{Citation |last=Schild |first=Matt |title=Get Up, Stand Up |url=http://www.aversion.com/bands/interviews.cfm?f_id=36 |publisher=''Aversion.com'' |date=1999-09-06 |accessdate=2008-03-02</ref> Like many early emo bands, the Get Up Kids came to dissociate themselves with that label, as it came to be seen as insult to be known as an "emo band."<ref>{{Citation |last=Heller |first=Greg |title=Bands Seek Emotional Rescue |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2000/09/10/PK92338.DTL |publisher=''San Francisco Chronicle'' |date=2000-09-10 |accessdate=2008-03-02</ref> The Get Up Kids were viewed throughout their existence as an archetypal 'indie' band.<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=POP AND JAZZ G... read all