  Gym Class Heroes began forming
in 1997 in New York when Travis McCoy and
drummer Matt McGinley started a friendship
(in gym class) and got Milo Bonacci and Ryan
Geise to join them in a band. Within a few
years, two self-produced LPs (Hed Candy
and Greasy Kid Stuff) were recorded.
Bonacci and Geise were later replaced with
guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo and bassist
Eric Roberts. Gym Class Heroes got help to
launch their success from Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.
 Gym Class Heroes released For
The Kids.
Gym Class Heroes released The
Papercut EP.
 Gym Class
Heroes released The
Papercut Chronicles.
 # 136
Singles Artist of the Year
Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 40
with "The Queen And I."
 Gym Class Heroes released As
Cruel As School Children.
 # 18
Singles Artist of the Year
Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 40
with "Cupid's Chokehold."
 Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 10 with "Cupid's Chokehold."
Gym Class Heroes could be heard
on the soundtrack for Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles on the track "Shell
Shock."
Gym Class Heroes topped the
Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart with "Cupid's Chokehold."
 Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 40
with "Clothes Off."
The single "Cupid's Chokehold" was certified
platinum.
 As
Cruel As School Children was certified gold.
Gym Class Heroes won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist and Best Group.
 Gym Class Heroes could be heard
on the 2008
Warped Tour compilation with the live
version of "Shoot Down The Stars."
Gym Class Heroes released The
Quilt.
 # 33
Singles Artist of the Year
 Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 40
with help from Adam Levine with
"Stereo Hearts."
Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 10 with help from Adam Levine with
"Stereo Hearts."
 Gym Class Heroes topped the
Billboard Pop chart with help from Adam Levine with
"Stereo Hearts."
Gym Class Heroes released The
Papercut Chronicles II.
Gym Class Heroes hit #1 for 1 week with help
from Adam Levine with
"Stereo Hearts."
Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 40
with Neon Hitch with "Ass Back Home."
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
 Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 10 with Neon
Hitch with "Ass Back Home."
Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 40
with "The Fighter."
Gym Class Heroes hit the Top 10 with "The Fighter."
The video for "The Fighter" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video
With A Message.
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Hed Candy
Released: 1999
Tracks: "Thinking
Out Loud" - "Food For Mic
Skills" - "Oh My God" -
"A Beautiful Day" - "Extra
Extra" - "Crab Apple Kids"
- "Happy Little Trees" -
"How It Was" - "Noah"
- "This Thing Called Life" -
"Eighty-Five" -
"Wejusfreestyin" - "Pig
Latin" - "Eighty-five
Remix" - "Hey Mina" |
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Greasy Kid Stuff
Released: 2000
Tracks: "Thinking
Out Loud" - "Food For Mic
Skills" - "Oh My God" -
"A Beautiful Day" - "Extra
Extra" - "Crab Apple Kids"
- "Happy Little Trees" -
"How It Was" - "Noah"
- "This Thing Called Life" -
"Eighty-Five" -
"Wejusfreestyin" - "Pig
Latin" - "Eighty-five
Remix" - "Hey Mina" |
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For The Kids
Released: December, 2001
Tracks: "Thinking
Out Loud" - "Food For Mic
Skills" - "Oh My God" -
"A Beautiful Day" - "Extra
Extra" - "Crab Apple Kids"
- "Happy Little Trees" -
"How It Was" - "Noah"
- "This Thing Called Life" -
"Eighty-Five" -
"Wejusfreestyin" - "Pig
Latin" - "Eighty-five
Remix" - "Hey Mina" |
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The Papercut EP
Released: October, 2004
Tracks: "Makeout
Club" - "Papercuts" -
"Taxi Driver" - "The
Boomerang Theory" |
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The Papercut Chronicles
Released: February, 2005
Tracks: "Za
Intro" - "Papercuts" -
"Petrified Life And The Twice Told
Joke / Decrepit Bricks" - "Make
Out Club" - "Taxi Driver"
- "So Long Friend" -
"Everyday's Forecast" -
"Pillmatic" - "Simple
Living" - "Cupid's Chokehold" -
"Faces In The Hall" -
"Graduation Day" - "Apollo
3-1-5" - "Wejusfreestylin' Pt.
2" - "To Bob Ross With
Love" - "Papercuts / The Reason
For The Lesions" - "Nothing Boy
Vs. The Echo Factor" - "Band
Aids" |
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As Cruel As School
Children
Released: November, 2006
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 35
Tracks: "The Queen
And I" - "Shoot Down The
Stars" - "New Friend
Request" - "Clothes Off!!" -
"Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 1" -
"Viva La White' - "7
Weeks" - "It's OK, But Just
This Once!" - "Biters
Block" - "Boys In The Bands
Interlude" - "Scandalous
Scholastics" - "On My Own Time
(Write On!)" - "Cupid's Chokehold" -
"Sloppy Love Jingle Pt. 3" |
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The Quilt
Released: September, 2008
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Billboard
peak:
# 14
Tracks: "Guilty As
Charged" - "DRNK TXT Rmeo"
- "Peace Sign/Index Down" -
"Like Father, Like Son (Papa's
Song)" - "Blinded By The
Sun" - "Catch me If You
Can" - "Cookie Jar" -
"Live A Little" - "Don't
Tell Me It's Over" - "Live
Forever (Fly With Me)" -
"Kissin' Ears" -
"Home" - "No Place To
Run" - "Coming Clean" |
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The Papercut Chronicles
II
Released: November, 2011
Tracks: "Za
Intro" - "Martyrial Girls"
- "Life Goes On" - "Stereo Hearts" (featuring
Adam Levine) - "Solo Discotheque
(Whiskey Bitness) - "Holy Horsesh**
Batman" - "Ass Back Home" -
"Nil-Nil-Draw" - "Lazarus,
Ze Gitan" - "The Fighter" - "Kid
Nothing And The Never-Ending Naked
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