Robert Pope is an American musician, best known as the bassist for

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and

The Get Up Kids The Get Up Kids are an American rock band from Olathe, Kansas. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s Midwest emo scene, otherwise known as the " second wave" of emo music. Their second album ''Something to Write Home About' ...

History

Rob Pope grew up in

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. In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother

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and future Get Up Kids bandmate

Jim Suptic Jim Suptic (born October 14, 1977) is an American musician and entrepreneur, best known for being the guitarist for the rock band The Get Up Kids. Career The Get Up Kids Jim Suptic is best known for being the guitarist and sometime lead singer ...

. After the band broke up due to internal conflicts, Rob and Jim re-formed with Matt Pryor, who had been playing with Secular Theme and friend Nathan Shay on drums. After Shay was replaced with Rob's brother Ryan, the band recorded its first release,

Four Minute Mile ''Four Minute Mile'' is the debut studio album by American rock band The Get Up Kids. Background The Get Up Kids evolved out of the breakup of Kingpin, which consisted of high school friends guitarist Jim Suptic, bassist Rob Pope and his brother ...

. After The Get Up Kids called it quits, Rob joined the band Koufax, along with his brother Ryan to form their new rhythm section. Together they recorded the album ''

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'' in 2005. In the same year he joined the band

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to record their album

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. Soon afterward he joined the band

and recorded their album ''

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''. He currently lives in

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. On July 9, 2019, it was announced that Pope was leaving Spoon.

Discography

with The Get Up Kids

*''

'' (1997) *''

Something to Write Home About ''Something to Write Home About'' is the second studio album by American rock band the Get Up Kids, released on September 28, 1999, through Vagrant Records and the band's own label Heroes & Villains Records. Following the promotional tours for t ...

'' (1999) *''

On a Wire ''On a Wire'' is the third studio album by American rock band The Get Up Kids on Vagrant Records. Released three years after their breakout sophomore album ''Something to Write Home About'', ''On a Wire'' was a massive departure from the band's est ...

'' (2002) *''

Guilt Show ''Guilt Show'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Get Up Kids. It was released on Vagrant Records on March 2, 2004. Background The Get Up Kids released their third album ''On a Wire'' in May 2002 through independent label Vagrant ...

'' (2004) *''

There Are Rules ''There Are Rules'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Get Up Kids, the band's first studio album release since 2004's ''Guilt Show''. After their initial reunion, the band decided to challenge themselves to write and record an al ...

'' (2011) *''

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'' (2018) *''

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'' (2019)

with The New Amsterdams

*''

Never You Mind ''Never You Mind'' is the first album by The New Amsterdams recorded in March/April 2000 at Z'gwonth Studios in Lawrence, Kansas and released September 19, 2000 on Vagrant Records and Heroes & Villains Records. Background The record was release ...

'' (2000)

with Reggie and the Full Effect

*''

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'' (2005)

with Koufax

*''

'' (2005) *'' Why Bother at All'' (2005)

with White Whale

*''

'' (2006,

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)

with Spoon

*''

'' (2007,

) *''

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'' (2010,

) *''

They Want My Soul ''They Want My Soul'' is the eighth studio album by American indie rock band Spoon. It was released on August 5, 2014 through the band's new label, Loma Vista Recordings. It is the band's first album to feature Alex Fischel, who plays keyboards an ...

'' (2014,

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) *'' Hot Thoughts'' (2017,

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) *'' Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon'' (2019,

)

References

Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Guitarists from Kansas Guitarists from Missouri The Get Up Kids members Spoon (band) members Year of birth missing (living people) Reggie and the Full Effect members The New Amsterdams members {{US-bass-guitarist-stub