PUP

PUP (abbreviation for Pathetic Use of Potential) is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2010, originally under the name Topanga. PUP's debut album PUP was released on October 8, 2013, on Royal Mountain Records. In December 2013, PUP signed with SideOneDummy Records and re-released their debut album in the United States on April 8, 2014. The group was in the studio in late 2015 recording their second album The Dream Is Over which was released on May 27, 2016, through SideOneDummy. The band's third album, titled Morbid Stuff, was released on April 5, 2019. This Place Sucks Ass, a six-track EP, was released on October 27, 2020. Their fourth album, The Unraveling of PUPTheBand, was released on April 1, 2022.

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Album Review: PUP - Morbid Stuff

"You’ll be singing about dying while simultaneously dancing your heart out."

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Live Review: DZ Deathrays, PUP, Violent Soho

"The iconic opening notes of 'Covered In Chrome' ring out and our wildest dreams are a reality."

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Live Review: DZ Deathrays, PUP, Ali Barter

"It’s simply not possible to leave a DZ show without at least a solid buzz."

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Live Review: PUP, Bugs

"When the crowd surfers launch themselves on top of the pit you can see the huge shit-eating grins plastered across their faces."

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Second and final show at the Reverence Hotel on Friday 7 Oct.

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Lessons From A Life On The Road

"We got to spend two days a week on the beach, which for four pale Canadians coming from the middle of winter was a dream come true."

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PUP

PUP are easily one of the most exciting up and coming punk rock bands of today. With their second album, ‘The Dream Is Over’, the band maintain this flowing energy with straight-up honest songs that basically say ‘Fuck you’ to anyone who says the band can’t.

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PUP To Head To Australia This October For Headline Tour

New album out today!

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Album Review: PUP - 'The Dream Is Over'

Album #2 and a big F.U.C.K.Y.O.U.

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