Ryan Pope is an American musician who lives in

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History

Ryan Pope grew up in Olathe, Kansas. In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother Rob and future

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' ...

bandmate Jim Suptic. 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 to form The Get Up Kids. After Shay quit the band due to a reluctance to tour, the band asked Ryan to become their new drummer. In 1997 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 ...

. Ryan also played drums with

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. He has also toured with

Reggie and the Full Effect Reggie and the Full Effect is an American rock band, the solo project of James Dewees, the former keyboardist for The Get Up Kids. It has released seven full-length albums, the latest in 2018, and has toured with various associated acts in their pr ...

and

The New Amsterdams The New Amsterdams is an American band featuring Matthew Pryor of The Get Up Kids. In a certain sense, they represented the acoustic counter-project to The Get up Kids. In contrast to The Get Up Kids, this project features acoustic guitars, the ...

. After

broke up in the summer of 2005, Ryan and his brother Rob joined the band Koufax. They recorded the album Hard Times are in Fashion. Pope also is a member of The Cavaliers and did a short stint drumming for the Lawrence Kansas techno-indie fusion group Roman Numerals. In 2008, The Get Up Kids re-formed and recorded material for release in 2010. He was married on July 2, 2011.

Discography

with The Get Up Kids

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'' (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'' (2002) *'' Guilt Show'' (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) *'' Problems'' (2019)

With Koufax

* '' Hard Times Are in Fashion'' (2005) *'' Why Bother At All'' (2005)

with Reggie and the Full Effect

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Songs Not to Get Married To ''Songs Not to Get Married To'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Reggie and the Full Effect. The album still follows the same musical style as previous albums, but the concept of the album is a lot darker than past releases from ...

'' (2005)

With Safety in Numbers

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Ryan Living people American rock drummers Indie rock drummers Musicians from Lawrence, Kansas The Get Up Kids members Reggie and the Full Effect members The New Amsterdams members 1978 births