Gym Class Heroes

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Formed:
1997, over 15 years ago.
Snapshot:
A Group with 12 releases, and credited once on others' music. 4 members.

Biography

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Gym Class Heroes are an American hip-hop band who have found crossover success in the indie circuit as a result of their liaison with the pop-punksters Fall Out Boy.

They began by self-releasing a number of CDs (Hed Candy (1999), Greasy Kids Stuff (2000), ...For The Kids (2001) and The Papercut EP (2004)) and touring, eventually playing at bigger and bigger venues. As a result, the band began to develop a cult following in the indie circuit and, after hearing the song “Taxi Driver”, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy invited the band to one of his shows. Stump’s ongoing support led to a record deal with Decaydance.

Once they were signed they released The Papercut Chronicles (2005), and in 2006 they released As Cruel as School Children. This resulted in their most successful single to date “Cupid's Chokehold”, though a different version of the track had originally been included on The Papercut Chronicles.

Music

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Genres

Alternative Hip-Hop, Alternative Rock,
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Discography

13 releases – 12 under their own name and 1 credit on others' music Edit

Members

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Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo

Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo

current & founder member
    • 1997-

Matt McGinley

current & founder member
    • 1997-
Travis McCoy

Travis McCoy

current & founder member
    • 1997-

Eric Roberts

current member
    • 2004-

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