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{{other uses|Robert Pope (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|American musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Rob Pope
| image                 = Rob Pope Piknik i Parken 2017 (174122).jpg
| caption            = Rob Pope performing in 2017
| image_size            = 
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Robert Pope
| origin              = [[Olathe, Kansas]], U.S
| instrument          = Bass 
| genre               = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[emo]]
* [[indie rock]]
* [[experimental rock]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[power pop]]
* [[pop punk]]
}}
| occupation          = Musician
| years_active        = 1995–present
| label               = {{flatlist|
* [[Vagrant Records|Vagrant]]
* [[Merge Records|Merge]]
* [[Doghouse Records|Doghouse]]
}}
| current_member_of   = [[The Get Up Kids]]
| past_member_of      = {{flatlist|
* [[White Whale (band)|White Whale]]
* [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
* [[Koufax (band)|Koufax]]
* [[Reggie and the Full Effect]]
* [[The New Amsterdams]]
}}
| website                 = 
}}

'''Robert Pope''' is an American musician, best known as the bassist for [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] and [[The Get Up Kids]].

==History==
Rob Pope grew up in [[Olathe, Kansas]]. In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother [[Ryan Pope (musician)|Ryan]] and future Get Up Kids bandmate [[Jim Suptic]]. After the band broke up due to internal conflicts, Rob and Jim re-formed with [[Matt Pryor (musician)|Matt Pryor]], who had been playing with Secular Theme and friend Nathan Shay on drums. After Shay was replaced with Rob's brother Ryan, the band recorded its first release, [[Four Minute Mile]].

After The Get Up Kids called it quits, Rob joined the band [[Koufax (band)|Koufax]], along with his brother Ryan to form their new rhythm section. Together they recorded the album ''[[Hard Times Are in Fashion|Hard Times are in Fashion]]'' in 2005. In the same year he joined the band [[White Whale (band)|White Whale]] to record their album [[WW1 (album)|WW1]]. Soon afterward he joined the band [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] and recorded their album ''[[Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga]]''. He currently lives in [[Lawrence, Kansas]].

On July 9, 2019, it was announced that Pope was leaving Spoon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/spoon-bassist-rob-pope-exits-band/|title = Spoon Bassist Rob Pope Exits Band| website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date = 10 July 2019}}</ref>

==Discography==

===with The Get Up Kids===
{{main|The Get Up Kids discography}}
*''[[Four Minute Mile]]'' (1997)
*''[[Something to Write Home About]]'' (1999)
*''[[On a Wire]]'' (2002)
*''[[Guilt Show]]'' (2004)
*''[[There Are Rules]]'' (2011)
*''[[Kicker (EP)|Kicker]]'' (2018)
*''[[Problems (album)|Problems]]'' (2019)

===with The New Amsterdams===
*''[[Never You Mind]]'' (2000)

===with Reggie and the Full Effect===
*''[[Songs Not to Get Married To]]'' (2005)

===with Koufax===
*''[[Hard Times are in Fashion]]'' (2005)
*''[[Why Bother at All EP|Why Bother at All]]'' (2005)

===with White Whale===
*''[[WW1 (album)|WW1]]'' (2006, [[Merge Records]])

===with Spoon===
*''[[Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga]]'' (2007, [[Merge Records]])
*''[[Transference (album)|Transference]]'' (2010, [[Merge Records]])
*''[[They Want My Soul]]''  (2014,  [[Republic Records]])
*''[[Hot Thoughts]]'' (2017, [[Matador Records]])
*''[[Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon]]'' (2019, [[Matador Records]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Get Up Kids}}
{{The New Amsterdams}}
{{Reggie and the Full Effect}}
{{Spoon}}

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[[Category:Guitarists from Missouri]]
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[[Category:Spoon (band) members]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Reggie and the Full Effect members]]
[[Category:The New Amsterdams members]]


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