The Get Up Kids apologise for inventing emo

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, someone has apologised for helping invent emo. The Get Up Kids, the recently re-formed Missouri band that launched the soundtrack to 10 million eyeliner-wearing adolescences, have said that they are sorry."If this is the world we helped create," guitarist James Suptic said, after looking into the crowd at a reunion gig, "then ...

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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

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