Matthew Pryor

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Matt Pryor
Pryor performing live in Montral, Canada
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Pryor
Origin	Kansas City, Missouri
Genre(s)	Alternative rock, Indie rock, Power-Pop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1995-Present
Label(s)	Vagrant Records, Doghouse Records, Curb Appeal Records
Associated acts	The Get Up Kids The New Amsterdams The Terrible Twos Reggie and the Full Effect
Website	The Get Up Kids The New Amsterdams

Matthew Pryor is an American musician who lives in Lawrence, Kansas. Matt was in the band Secret Decoder Ring, and through playing shows in the Kansas City area, met the members of his future band, indie rock group The Get Up Kids, who formed in 1995. While he was in The Get Up Kids, Matt started his side-project The New Amsterdams which released its first album Never You Mind in 2000. Since The Get Up Kids' retirement in 2005, The New Amsterdams have become Matt's primary focus. The New Amsterdams, has an "alter-ego" called The Terrible Twos, who occasionally perform songs from their children's album "If You Ever See An Owl" released in 2006.

On May 8, 2008 it was announced that Pryor would be releasing a solo album entitled Confidence Man on Vagrant Records on July 29, 2008.^[1]

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 with The Get Up Kids 1.2 with The New Amsterdams 1.3 with The Terrible Twos 1.4 Solo Material 2 References

[edit] Discography

[edit] with The Get Up Kids

• Four Minute Mile (1997, Doghouse Records)
• Something to Write Home About (1999)
• Eudora (2001)
• On a Wire (2002)
• Guilt Show (2004)
• Live! @ The Granada Theater (2005)

[edit] with The New Amsterdams

• Never You Mind (2000)
• Para Toda Vida (2002)
• Worse for the Wear (2003)
• Killed or Cured (2005)
• Story Like a Scar (2006)
• At the Foot of My Rival (2007)

[edit] with The Terrible Twos

• If You Ever See an Owl (2005)

[edit] Solo Material

• Confidence Man (2008)

[edit] References

v • d • e The Get Up Kids Matthew Pryor – Jim Suptic – Rob Pope – Ryan Pope – James Dewees Studio Albums Four Minute Mile – Something to Write Home About – On A Wire – Guilt Show EPs Woodson – Red Letter Day Compilation Albums Eudora Live Albums Live! @ The Granada Theater Singles Shorty – A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts – Ten Minutes – Action & Action – Wouldn't Believe It Labels Vagrant – Doghouse Side Projects Reggie and the Full Effect – The New Amsterdams – Blackpool Lights – Terrible Twos – Spoon – White Whale – Tijuana Crime Scene Related Articles Emo – Ed Rose – Black Lodge Studios