- Rob Pope
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Name = Rob Pope
Img_capt = Rob Pope (left), with his brother Ryan
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Birth_name = Robert Pope
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Origin =Olathe, Kansas
Instrument =Bass Guitar
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Genre =Alternative rock ,Indie rock ,Emo ,Experimental rock , Pop, Power-Pop
Occupation = Musician
Years_active =1995 -Present
Label =Vagrant Records ,Merge Records ,Doghouse Records
Associated_acts =The Get Up Kids White Whale Spoon KoufaxThe New Amsterdams Tijuana Crime Scene
URL = [http://www.thegetupkids.com/ The Get Up Kids] [http://www.spoontheband.com/ Spoon] [http://www.whitewhale.us/ White Whale] [http://www.koufaxmusic.com/ Koufax]
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Notable_instruments =Bass Guitar Robert Pope is an American musician.
History
Rob Pope grew up in
Olathe, Kansas . In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother Ryan and future Get Up Kids bandmateJim Suptic . After the band broke up due to internal conflicts, Rob and Jim re-formed withMatt 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 it's first release,Four Minute Mile . He has also toured withReggie and the Full Effect andThe New Amsterdams .He was also a member of Alex Brahl's group Tijuana Crime Scene for their only album "Change of Venue". After The Get Up Kids called it quits, Rob joined the band Koufax, along with his brother Ryan to form their new rhythm section. In 2005 he joined the band White Whale to record their album WW1. Soon afterward he joined the band Spoon and recorded their album
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga . He currently lives inLawrence, Kansas andSeattle, Washington .He also co-owns Black Lodge Studios in
Eudora, Kansas with his brotherRyan Pope and former Get Up Kids producerEd Rose .Discography
with
The Get Up Kids *"Woodson" (1997,
Doghouse Records )
*"Four Minute Mile " (1997,Doghouse Records )
*"Red Letter Day" (1999,Doghouse Records )
*"Something to Write Home About " (1999), (Vagrant Records )
*"Eudora" (2001), (Vagrant Records )
*"On a Wire " (2002), (Vagrant Records )
*"Guilt Show " (2004), (Vagrant Records )
*"Live! @ The Granada Theater " (2005), (Vagrant Records )with Tijuana Crime Scene
*"Change of Venue" (2001)
=with Koufax=*"
Hard Times are in Fashion " (2005)
=with White Whale=*"WW1" (2006,
Merge Records )
=with Spoon=*"
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga " (2007,Merge Records )
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