The Get Up Kids were an 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. They released most of their albums on their own Heroes & Villains label, under Vagrant Records. 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." The Get Up Kids were viewed throughout their existance as a prototypical 'indie' band.

The Get Up Kids was a Kansas City-based American rock band. They debuted in 1995, and in 1996 released their first single on the band’s own label, Huey Proudhon Records. In 1997, Four Minute Mile, their debut full-length, was released and immediately garnered attention. They spent the following two years touring with bands such as The Promise Ring and Jimmy Eat World . In September of 1999, The Get Up Kids released Something to Write Home About. Their first for punk label Vagrant Records, the