PUP (band)

PUP
PUP performing at Bogart's in 2019. From left to right: Steve Sladkowski, Stefan Babcock, Zack Mykula, and Nestor Chumak
PUP performing at Bogart's in 2019. From left to right: Steve Sladkowski, Stefan Babcock, Zack Mykula, and Nestor Chumak
Background information
Also known asTopanga
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
Members
  • Stefan Babcock
  • Nestor Chumak
  • Zack Mykula
  • Steve Sladkowski
Websitepuptheband.com

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.[2] In December 2013, PUP signed with SideOneDummy Records and re-released their debut album in the United States on April 8, 2014.[3] 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.[4] The band's third album, titled Morbid Stuff, was released on April 5, 2019.[5][6] This Place Sucks Ass, a six-track EP, was released on October 27, 2020.[7] Their fourth album, The Unraveling of PUPTheBand, was released on April 1, 2022.

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  2. ^ "Check out Toronto Punk Band – PUP". Indie88. August 22, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "SideOneDummy Records signs PUP". Propertyofzack.com. December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "PUP Announce 'The Dream Is Over' LP". Exclaim.ca. March 30, 2016. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "PUP Announce New Album With Zine Mailed To Fans". Stereogum. January 12, 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "PUPs New Album Coming in April". chorus.fm. January 11, 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "PUP: This Place Sucks Ass EP". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.