Smoking Popes

The Get Up Kids Plot North American Tour Celebrating 'Something to Write Home About' 25th Anniversary

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2024

Back in 1999, the Get Up Kids released their seminal album 'Something to Write Home About,' and now, 25 years later, they're bringing it...

Smoking Popes on Deck to Get the Reissue Treatment

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2009

Despite being on the independent alt-rock scene from 1991-1999, Chicago's Smoking Popes are one of those bands that never garnered the resp...

Smoking Popes

At Metro

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

Somehow, the Smoking Popes missed the boat and it really wasn’t their fault. The release of their second album, Born to Quit, in 1995 saw t...

Smoking Popes

Live

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2000

The Smoking Popes never caught my attention in the first few years of their existence and their jump to the majors in the post-Green Day "p...