Editing Vagrant Records (section)

===The Get Up Kids===
In 1999, Vagrant Records signed Kansas City, Missouri, band [[the Get Up Kids]], and the band's Vagrant debut, ''[[Something to Write Home About]]'', was released in September 1999. Egan and Cohen borrowed $50,000 from Cohen's parents to fund the recording of the Get Up Kids album, derived from the mortgaging of the family house.<ref>[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] Issue 204 "Say Goodnight, Mean Goodbye: The Oral History of The Get Up Kids"</ref> The album was successful, and single-handedly made Vagrant Records one of the top independent labels in the country.<ref>{{Citation |last=Paul |first=Aubin |title=About Vagrant Records |url=http://www.punknews.org/labels/vagrant |publisher=Punk News |access-date=2008-03-02}}</ref><ref name="Post">{{Citation |last=Grubbs |first=Eric |title=Post: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore-1985-2007 |publisher=[[iUniverse]] |year=2008 |pages=224–266 |isbn=978-0-595-51835-7}}</ref>