The Get Up Kids / Rocket from the Crypt

Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof
EP (Split EP) by Rocket From the Crypt/The Get Up Kids
Released	December 2000
Recorded	Big Fish Studios in San Diego, California West Beach Recordings in Hollywood, California Mixed at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia
Genre	Punk Rock Emo Indie rock
Length	5:18
Label	Vagrant
Producer	Rocket From the Crypt Alex Brahl The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids chronology
Central Standard Time/Vasil + Bluey (1999) Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof (2000) Eudora (2001)
Rocket From the Crypt chronology
Cut Carefully and Play Loud (1999) Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof (2000) Group Sounds (2001)

"Free Language Demons / Up On the Roof" is a split EP between Kansas City, Missouri emo band The Get Up Kids and the San Diego, California punk outfit Rocket From the Crypt. The album was released on colored vinyl in 2000 on Vagrant Records. There were seven different pressings of the album, with each pressing on different colored vinyl.^[1] Each song was recorded separately; "Up On The Roof" was recorded at West Beach Recorders in the summer of 1999 while the band was recording their second full-length album Something to Write Home About. "Free Language Demons" was recorded at Big Fish Studios in San Diego, during the recording session for the band's Vagrant Records debut, Group Sounds.^[2]

Track listing

Side A - Rocket From the Crypt
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Free Language Demons"	2:33

Side B - The Get Up Kids
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Up On the Roof"	2:45

Release Info

The EP was released on 7" colored vinyl, in four batches; The most widely available was the white vinyl, with 3,000 copies produced. There were also 800 orange copies made, 500 blue copies, and only 300 gray colored records.^[3] The Get Up Kids re-released "Up on the Roof" on their B-Sides collection Eudora in 2000.

Personnel

Rocket From the Crypt - Band Speedo - guitar, vocals Petey X - bass Apollo 9 - saxophone Atom - drums ND - guitar JC 2000 - trumpet Rocket From the Crypt - Production Production - Rocket From the Crypt Ben Moore - Engineer, Mixing Other Personnel Jeremy Dean - Package Design

The Get Up Kids - Band Matt Pryor - Vocals, Guitar Jim Suptic - Guitar, Backing Vocals Rob Pope - Bass Ryan Pope - Drums James Dewees - Keyboards The Get Up Kids - Production Alex Brahl - Producer, Engineer Don Zientara - Additional Engineer (Inner Ear Studios) Jay Gordon - Additional Engineer (West Beach Studios)

References

1. "Rocket from the Crypt Discography - Split w/ the Get Up Kids - Pette Discographies: A Record Collector's Guide". Pette Discographies. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
2. "Rocket From The Crypt / Get Up Kids, The - Free Language Demons / Up On The Roof (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
3. "Rocket from the Crypt Discography - Split w/ the Get Up Kids - Pette Discographies: A Record Collector's Guide". Pette Discographies. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2013-08-09.