Did The Get Up Kids Really Invent Emo?

The Get Up Kids' guitarist James Suptic recently apologised for his band's part in inventing what is now considered emo, but was he right to? "If this is the world we helped create, then I apologise," he said to Drowned In Sound, and there's no denying 'Something To Write Home About' and 'Four Minute Mile' are seminal pop-punk albums. And considering Pete 'Fall Out Boy' Wentz's effusiveness on the importance of TGUK in inspiring his own band, Suptic would appear to have a point. [...] Read mo...

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08:58 on July 29 2009

The Get Up Kids apologise for inventing emo

Guardian Music — The heart-on-sleeve indie rockers have said sorry for inadvertently helping to spawn a generation of miserable, eyeliner-wearing bands with not a song between themFinally... more info

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11:15 on July 29 2009

Did The Get Up Kids Really Invent Emo?

NME - Notes From The Underground — The Get Up Kids' guitarist James Suptic recently apologised for his band's part in inventing what is now considered emo, but was he right to? "If this is the world we hel... more info

The Get Up Kids Fall Out Boy