Since their inception in 1995, the Get Up Kids have amassed somewhat of an underground yet diehard emo/pop-punk/rock following. And while they’re not necessarily tethered to the band’s sound and aesthetic, groups such as Coheed and Cambria, Fall Out Boy, and Blink-182 have each cited the Get Up Kids’ albums—especially 1997’s Four Minute Mile and 1999’s Something to Write Home About—as major influences on their own output.

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