The F-Ups are a punk rock band started in 1999, when the members first joined forces in their suburban Rochester, Minnesota junior high for a battle of the bands competition. The actual band name is The Fuck-Ups, but to avoid being openly criticised of the profanity in their name, they shortened it down to the F-Ups. Eighteen and just out of high school, the F-Ups may be young, but the self-described outcasts and longtime friends have quite a handful of experience, having started their band in 1999 .