The F-Ups is tagged as: punk, punk rock, pop punk, rock, pop-punk The F-Ups are a punk rock band started in 1999, when the members first joined forces in their suburban Rochester, Minnesota junior high for a battle of the bands competition. The actual band name is The Fuck-Ups, but to avoid being openly criticised of the profanity in their name, they shortened it down to the F-Ups. Eighteen and just out of high school, the F-Ups may be young, but the self-described outcasts and longtime friends have quite a handful of experience, having started their band in 1999 . After five relentless years of daily practice sessions and local gigs, they’re realizing their dream of releasing a CD and going on the Vans Warped Tour to play alongside punk veterans like Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, NoFx, and the Vandals. The F-Ups paid their share of dues playing in basements and pool halls across Rochester, but things didn’t really start happening for them until they entered a talent contest hosted at Minneapolis’s Quest Club. The first time they competed, they only managed to receive an honourable mention for being the youngest band ever to enter; but in the next year, they won first place. Not surprisingly, the F-Ups hard work started to pay off as singer, guitarist, songwriter Travis, bassist Andy Collett, guitarist Chris deWerd, and ... Read More About The F-Ups Biography...  Send The F-Ups ringtones to your cell
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