Still one of my favorite bands to this day. Not typical of what I would normally listen to either most would say. But there was something about them that I loved, they were just FUN, and each album really had its own personality.

Another one of my notorious favorite bands I never got to see live . But hey at least I can soon scratch the pumpkins off my list

From picking up their 1996 woodson EP shortly after its release to missing their 2005 farewell tour, heres to one of the most fun and nostalgic bands I still listen to. Hopefully there are some other fans out there..

3/27/2007 8:28:02 PM

i'm way into the first few 7"s, the first two lps and the woodson ep. good shit!

3/27/2007 8:43:48 PM

FORGIVE ME

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3/27/2007 8:48:53 PM

LAST NIGHT ON THE MASS PIKEEEE I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU!

i've been a GuK fan for so many years and was very lucky to see them live at Cats Cradle in 2004. It was a great show, can't remember who opened for them, but they played a great set. One of my best college memories cause i went with a cute little blonde who loved them just as much as me.

3/27/2007 8:52:10 PM

I think they were there with Recover and Rocky something, that was an awesome show

3/27/2007 8:56:33 PM

Quote :

"FORGIVE ME"

FOR RUNNING OFF TO FIND, THE ONE THING I HAVE TO DO

3/27/2007 9:36:54 PM

and rich, yea. the very early stuff is probably my favorite. The EPs, and four minute mile. But then again something to write home about was a great album as well. on a wire has its own place in their disco for sure but it doesnt have the classic guk sound. and then guilt show was definitely about the only album or EP theyve ever put out that i dont love from start to finish.

3/27/2007 9:41:29 PM

Hell yes, I love all Get Up Kids; I probably didn't listen to their last CD too much though. Can listen to their live CD on repeat and their EPs as well. I got to see them with Thrice at Cat's Cradle in what was probably their last tour.

3/27/2007 10:03:06 PM

late 90's. Go! Studios @ Chapel Hill. Pouring Rain outside. One of the best show i've seen.

3/27/2007 10:09:28 PM

oh man, highschool days...4 minute mile/something to write home about/red letter day are all time favorites...never saw them either...i still vividly remember not going to a show they played in charlotte with some buddies from school circa 2000...classic mix tape band

3/27/2007 11:06:40 PM

this thread has inspired me to listen to four minute mile, gg.

3/27/2007 11:19:38 PM

i just recently gave it a listen after i went through all my old highschool burned cds

3/27/2007 11:20:37 PM

yea i was on a 4 minute mile kick last week and something to write home about this week

3/27/2007 11:29:30 PM

there was a decent pop punk band back in the day named red letter day...just was thinking about them

3/27/2007 11:44:40 PM

pop done right.

3/27/2007 11:56:48 PM

i know it's blasphemy, but i really like their cover of the cure's "close to me".

3/28/2007 12:55:47 AM

^as do i.

and

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"pop done right."

probably not a bad way to describe it.

They have a decently big disco but i still find myself wanting more

3/28/2007 1:18:22 AM

just bought taht shit of itunes b/c of this thread, got to see them live at cats cradle in 2002 i believe...first date where i went and picked girl up and everything, heh kinda cool

3/28/2007 1:59:36 AM

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"close to me"

great song

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3/28/2007 2:09:33 AM

im still kinda pissed at myself that i sold on ebay the split w/ coalesce and the woodson 7"

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3/28/2007 7:04:18 AM

close to me is an awesome cover.


I'm a loner Dottie, a rebel

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3/28/2007 7:24:20 AM

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"im still kinda pissed at myself that i sold on ebay the split w/ coalesce and the woodson 7""

Hah, that coalesce 7" is one of the greatest 7"s in 7" history. You done f'ed up.



I still remember going down to the Record Exchange's old location the day Something to Write Home About hit the shelves. It was like Christmas day for me.



I approve of this thread...

3/28/2007 8:59:03 AM

stay gold, ponyboy. (outsiders ftw )

3/28/2007 9:13:11 AM

speaking of which

is there still a market for some older emo and hardcore 7"s and vinyl?

ive got a ton of old jejune, briad, guk, converge, coalesce, botch etc etc etc etc stuff on vinyl

several that are pretty rare left.. (like the JEW/Jejune 7")

most on colored, latest being circa 2000.

but they havent been used in years, my reciever shat itself



and if anyone remembers the get up kids show at go! a few days after the red letter day ep came out.....

that was the heat.

big controversy over tickets being presold, after announcing ont he webpage etc, that it'd be first come first serve...

so me and my buddies drove up from rocky mount, stood in the rain all day (with a ton of people), to find out it was sold out...

pryor came out and was smoking cigarettes with us for about an hour before the show started, then told us to hang around the door during the show, they'd prop it open and we could watch, but that they'd have something special planned.

then they let all the kids outside in after the first show ended, for a second show..

IIRC lazy cain, no knife, and hot rod circuit played appreviated like 2 song sets as openers, all on GUK's equipment so there'd be no changeover time.

then they played a longer set than the first show..

and hung around go till like 4, they didnt kick anyone out.. just getting drunk and shooting the shit with anyone who cared to hang around.

if anyone remembers the red drape behind the stage at go for a long time, the huge loogi on the upper right corner was generated that night.

ahah, goddamn that was a long time ago

3/28/2007 9:13:14 AM

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" think they were there with Recover and Rocky something, that was an awesome show "

rocky votolato probably

saw him and owen last night in philly.

3/28/2007 9:14:01 AM

^jealous.

3/28/2007 9:21:34 AM

Hell fucking yes.

I still smile when they come up on random and occasionally get on a Getup kick that lasts for days on end.

Saw them at Cat's Cradle in that 04 show. Top 3 best shows ever.

3/28/2007 9:40:55 AM

cats cradle a few years ago with thrice...A+

3/28/2007 10:05:56 AM

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"then they let all the kids outside in after the first show ended, for a second show.."

that is the coolest thing i have ever heard

3/28/2007 12:58:09 PM

loved this band in high school

saw them at the ritz (disco rodeo now) with hot rod circuit and superchunk in 2002 or 2003. great show.

3/28/2007 1:02:08 PM

oh this totally got me breaking out 4 minute mile at work

love 'em, totally brings me back to highschool/early college

i did see them live once at that place that i think is called disco rodeo (dont know, dont live in nc anymore) and it was actually one of the worst concerts i've ever been too. i dont know, the sound was pretty crappy and it just wasnt that exciting. i was so unbelievably disappointed

3/28/2007 1:06:31 PM

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3/28/2007 3:46:44 PM

^^ Was it the On a Wire tour in 2002 (I have that on mp3 by the way)? Because that was a weaker setlist, since they mainly played that album (and it's only got a few high points).

My favorite band, I've been lucky enough to see them 6 times. The Cat's Cradle show back in 2000 is still the best show I've ever seen. Something To Write Home About had just came out and they played pretty much the whole thing and a bunch of older stuff.

On their final tour I saw them in DC and then the next night drove up to Philly to see them again. Awesome. They always seemed to be having fun on stage.

I have a lot of live shows if anyone is interested.

PS Check out Jim Suptic's new band Blackpool Lights http://www.myspace.com/blackpoollights if you like TGUK. His songs were always highlights on the albums I thought. And from what I here they've been playing Forgive and Forget at their live shows.

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3/28/2007 4:53:31 PM

Oh and I know of someone (clears throat) that set up a Gmail account containing a bunch of live shows, unreleased songs, acoustic sets, radio appearances etc. I don't want to post it here since someone would probably delete everything as a joke, but if you want the username and password PM me.

3/28/2007 5:03:52 PM

id definitely be interested in checking some of that stuff out sometime

3/28/2007 10:09:08 PM

^^the timing of 2002 seems about right.....problem is, i went to that show with my best friend from highschool, so its not like i can even base what time in my life i saw it by who i saw the concert with

3/28/2007 11:46:03 PM

haven't heard much about hot rod circuit in a few years but i think they just released a new album iirc...and speaking of kansas bands, lets give some love to the appleseed cast

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3/29/2007 12:03:26 AM

WE'RE LOYAL LIKE BROTHERS...

3/29/2007 12:41:25 AM

and yea i used to listen to a little appleseed cast. and yea hot rod circuit..i liked them a little. never a ton, but the CD with 'the pharmacist' on it was decent.

3/29/2007 12:47:00 AM

i used to be real into kansas bands. coalesce, the casket lottery and a some more. oh, high school.

3/29/2007 1:15:28 AM

hot rod circuit's first album was fan-fucking-tastic, but after that they got REALLY shitty.

3/29/2007 6:43:43 AM

ahahah

this thread totally got me all nostalgic yesterday

and was rockin out in my car to casket lottery - choose bronze loud as fuck on the way home from work..

ahah



oh and the mention of appleseed cast, they are still around, their last album peregrine last year was ok.

they were just up here monday night playing, but i didnt go

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3/29/2007 6:44:52 AM

never seeing coalesce is one of the things that really makes me

3/29/2007 6:50:09 AM

on the topic of nostalgia, i just rediscovered Mock Orange - The Record Play.

3/29/2007 11:01:12 AM

i saw em twice, at the cradle and the MB house of blues back in the dizzay

i listen to them from time to time when i want to hear some 'emo' thats not too 'emo'. know what i mean?

3/29/2007 2:02:04 PM

Yup.

3/29/2007 3:50:23 PM

bah listening to their EPs and four minute mile reminds me of all the local shows i used to go to in charlotte in HS.

friend's mom owned an art gallery in downtown. The place had a stage in one back corner and behind the stage was a HUGE glass window that was wider than the stage with a train track not more than 10ft behind the window. It looked badass at night with shows there and the train in the background, dono why i liked it. but yea the local group of bands that played there were all actually really good then and they pulled some bigger bands there (who were small at the time) or people who are in bigger bands now, the first bands they were in and all played there.

I really miss going to shows every weekend and driving all over the state/region to go to good shows. :/ just kinda lost touch with new music that way over the past few years

3/29/2007 10:40:46 PM

I think you just made me tear up.

3/29/2007 10:53:41 PM

haha. although ill tell you what i miss more...playing with CTA . if there is anything i ever get all /wrists about its the fact that CTA just kinda died at our peak without even a last show and without ever releasing the CD we recorded...

hoping there is still time to fix that...even if its one more show. I need some closure. To be able to make music that other people enjoyed, no other feeling like it.

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3/29/2007 10:56:34 PM

set em up

3/29/2007 11:27:17 PM