Emo is a genre of rock music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations of music, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term has been the subject of much debate. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...

In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, DC music scene of the mid-1980s. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and, slightly later, Moss Icon. The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s. Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States in the late 1970s. ... The music of Washington D.C. is known for two primary scenes, hardcore and associated derivatives and a hip hop-dance music hybrid called go go. ... Rites of Spring was an punk band from Washington, D.C. in the mid-1980s known for their energetic, cathartic live performances. ... Embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986. ... Michael Hampton - guitars, backing vocals Brendan Canty - drums Guy Picciotto - guitars, lead vocals Edward Janney - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals May 1986 - Jan 1987 Amidst the breakup of Rites of Spring in 1986, three of its four members - Picciotto, Janney and Canty - went on to form a new band after... Beefeater were a D.C. punk band (Autumn 1984 - Autumn 1986) Formed by Tomas Squip, Fred Smith, Dug E. Bird, Bruce Taylor and Kenny Craun. ... Gray Matter was a hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., who played in the 1980s and 90s. ... Fire Party were a hardcore band from Washington D.C.. They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990. ... Moss Icon was an Annapolis, Maryland punk rock band from 1986 to 1991. ...

Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to reflect the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason put forth a more indie rock style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic in nature than its predecessor. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles. Fugazi are a rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1987. ... Sunny Day Real Estate or SDRE was an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... Texas Is the Reason was a musical group founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...

As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of music that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture. Whereas, even in the past, the term emo was used to identify a wide variety of bands, the breadth of bands listed under today's emo is even more vast, leaving the term "emo" as more of a loose identifier than as a specific genre of music.

History

The first wave (1985-1994)

In 1985 in Washington, D.C., Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, veterans of the DC hardcore music scene, decided to shift away from what they saw as the constraints of the basic style of hardcore and the escalating violence within the scene. They took their music in a more personal direction with a far greater sense of experimentation, bringing forth MacKaye's Embrace and Picciotto's Rites of Spring. The style of music developed by Embrace and Rites of Spring soon became its own sound. (Hüsker Dü's 1984 album Zen Arcade is often cited as a major influence for the new sound.) As a result of the renewed spirit of experimentation and musical innovation that developed the new scene, the summer of 1985 soon came to be known in the scene as "Revolution Summer".^[1][2] Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack... Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (pronounced ), born April 16, 1962, is an American musician, probably best known as the singer for the highly influential bands Minor Threat, Embrace and Fugazi, and as one of the founders and owners (with drummer and artist Jeff Nelson) of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C... Guy Picciotto (born September 17, 1965) is an American musician from Washington, DC. He is most widely known for his role in the band Fugazi (1987 - Present). ... Embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986. ... Rites of Spring was an punk band from Washington, D.C. in the mid-1980s known for their energetic, cathartic live performances. ... Hüsker Dü were a rock band formed in Minneapolis-St. ... Zen Arcade is Hüsker Düs third full-length album, released in 1984 by SST Records, originally released as a double album on two vinyl LPs. ...

Where the term emo actually originated is uncertain, but members of Rites of Spring mentioned in a 1985 interview in Flipside Magazine that some of their fans had started using the term to describe their music. By the early 90s, it was not uncommon for the early DC scene to be referred to as emo-core, though it's unclear when the term shifted. Rites of Spring was an punk band from Washington, D.C. in the mid-1980s known for their energetic, cathartic live performances. ...

Within a short time, the D.C. emo sound began to influence other bands such as Moss Icon, Nation of Ulysses,^[3] Dag Nasty, Soulside, Shudder To Think, Fire Party, Marginal Man, and Gray Matter, many of which were released on MacKaye's Dischord Records. The original wave of DC emo finally ended in late 1994 with the collapse of Hoover. Moss Icon was an Annapolis, Maryland punk rock band from 1986 to 1991. ... Nation of Ulysses was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. The band formed in spring 1988, with four members and known as simply Ulysses, drawing inspiration from MC5s mix of revolutionary rhetoric and rock music. ... Dag Nasty was a punk/hardcore band formed in 1985 by Brian Baker (guitar) of Minor Threat, Colin Sears (drums) and Roger Marbury (bass), both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and Shawn Brown (vocals). ... Soulside (or Soul Side) were a hardcore punk outfit from the greater Washington, D.C. area, formed in spring 1986 and disbanded in summer 1989. ... Shudder to Think was an American rock group. ... Fire Party were a hardcore band from Washington D.C.. They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990. ... Gray Matter was a hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., who played in the 1980s and 90s. ... Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... Hoover was an American punk rock (or post-hardcore) band. ...

As the D.C. scene expanded, other scenes began to develop with a similar sound and DIY ethic. In San Diego in the early 1990s, Gravity Records released a number of records in the hardcore emo style. Bands of the period included Heroin, Indian Summer, Drive Like Jehu, Angel Hair, Antioch Arrow, Universal Order of Armageddon, Swing Kids, and Mohinder. Also in California, Ebullition Records released records by bands of the same vein, such as Still Life and Portraits of Past, as well as more traditional hardcore punk bands, all having various social and political themes in common. See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Gravity Records is an influential underground independent record label from San Diego. ... Heroin is considered the first true hardcore emo band, coming out of San Diego around 1991. ... Indian Summer was an early and influential emo band originally from Michigan. ... Drive Like Jehu were an American post-punk/post-hardcore band led by Rick Froberg and John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1995. ... Antioch Arrow, from California, was on the seminal hardcore/emo label Gravity Records, responsible for putting San Diego on the map in the mid-90s as one of the epicenters of the movement. ... Universal Order of Armageddon put out a few releases in the 1990s. ... WHAT THE HECK IS THIS THING?? GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGLY! ... Ebullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. ... // Still Life is a 3- piece rock band out of Los Angeles, California. ... Portraits of Past was a emo hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States in the late 1970s. ...

At the same time, in the New York/New Jersey area, bands such as Native Nod, Merel, 1.6 Band, Policy of 3, Rye Coalition, Iconoclast,^[4] and Quicksand^[5] were feeling the same impulse. Many of these bands were involved with the ABC No Rio club scene in New York, itself a response to the violence and stagnation in the scene and with the bands that played at CBGBs, the only other small venue for hardcore in New York at the time. Much of this wave of emo, particularly the San Diego scene, began to shift towards a more chaotic and aggressive form of emo, nicknamed screamo. NY redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rye Coalition is a hard rock band from New Jersey, USA. The band has released four full length albums, two EPs, and one split 7 with Karp. ... Quicksand were one of the most influential New York post-hardcore bands of the early to mid-90s, led by Gorilla Biscuits mastermind/guitarist Walter Schreifels. ... Interior of ABC No Rio ABC No Rio is a social center located at 156 Rivington street in New York Citys Lower East Side that was founded in 1980. ... The outside front facade of CBGB CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a legendary music club located at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

By and large, the more hardcore style of emo began to fade as many of the early era groups disbanded. However, aspects of the sound remained in bands such as Four Hundred Years and Yaphet Kotto. Also, a handful of modern bands continue to reflect emo's hardcore origins, including Circle Takes the Square, Hot Cross, City of Caterpillar, Funeral Diner, and A Day in Black and White. Circle Takes the Square (often abbreviated CTTS) is a screamo band from Savannah, Georgia, USA. The band formed in 2000 as a five piece, however, before recording they lost their vocalist and after their first two releases they lost a guitarist which they replaced in late 2004. ... Hot Cross is a screamo band from New York City currently on Level Plane Records. ... City of Caterpillar were an American screamo rock band. ... Funeral Diner is a screamo/hardcore punk band from Half Moon Bay, California. ... A Day in Black and White are a band based in Washington, DC who formed in 2001. ...

Following the disbanding of Embrace in 1986, MacKaye established the influential group Fugazi, and was soon joined by Picciotto. While Fugazi itself is not typically categorized as emo, the band's music is cited as an influence by popular second-wave bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate,^[6] Braid,^[7] and Jimmy Eat World.^[8] Fugazi are a rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1987. ... Sunny Day Real Estate or SDRE was an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... Braid was an emo/post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Early emo's influence

In California - particularly in the Bay Area - bands such as Jawbreaker and Samiam began to incorporate influences from the "D.C. sound" into a poppier framework; The former's music was described by Andy Greenwald as "a sonic shot-gun marriage between the bristly heft of hardcore, the song-writing sensibility of Cali pop-punk, and the tortured artistry of D.C. emo".^[9] Other bands soon reflected the same sense of rough melody, including Still Life and Long Island's Garden Variety. Bay Area is a common term to refer to a metropolitan area situated around a bay. ... Jawbreaker was a San Francisco punk rock band. ... Samiam is a band from El Sobrante, CA formed in 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. ... GARDEN VARIETY A band made up of three guys from Long Island who created two LPS and a bunch of 7 singles from 1991-1996. ...

Also in the early 90s, bands like Lifetime reacted in their own way to the demise of youth crew styled straight-edge hardcore and desired to seek out a new direction. While their music was often classified as emo, it was also considered to be melodic hardcore. In response to the more metal direction their hardcore peers were taking, Lifetime initially decided to slow down and soften their music, adding more personal lyrics. The band later added a blend of speed, aggression, and melody that defined their sound. Lifetime's sound, lyrics, and style were a virtual blueprint for later bands, including Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday, and The Movielife. For the jazz-rock fusion band led by Tony Williams, see The Tony Williams Lifetime Lifetime is an influential melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. ... Youth crew is a sub-genre of hardcore punk that was most popular from approximately 1986 to 1990, primarily in New York City and, to a lesser degree, Los Angeles. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Saves the Day is a pop-punk indie rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Taking Back Sunday is an alternative rock band which draws influence from emocore from Amityville, Long Island, New York. ... The Movielife was a melodic hardcore band, which was together from 1997 to 2003 and comprised of vocalist Vinnie Caruana, bassist Phil Navetta, guitarist Brandon Reilly, drummer Evan Baken, and guitarist Alex Amiruddin, until 2001 when Alex Amiruddin left and was replaced by Dan Navetta. ...

Similarly, bands such as Converge, heavily influential on modern metalcore, drew inspiration from East Coast emo bands and added a sense of catharsis and atypically introspective lyrics. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Metalcore (also known as hardcore metal) is a fusion genre, mixing elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. ...

The second wave (1994–2000)

As Fugazi and the Dischord Records scene became more and more popular in the indie underground of the early 1990s, new bands began to spring up. Combining Fugazi with the post-punk influences of Mission of Burma and Hüsker Dü, a new genre of emo emerged. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Mission of Burma is a post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA comprising guitarist Roger Miller, bassist Clint Conley and drummer Peter Prescott, with Bob Weston (originally Martin Swope) as tape manipulator and sound engineer. ... Hüsker Dü were a rock band formed in Minneapolis-St. ...

Perhaps the key moment was the release of the album Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate in 1994. Given Sub Pop's then-recent success with Nirvana and Soundgarden, the label was able to bring much wider attention to the release than the typical indie release, including major advertisements in Rolling Stone. The heavier label support allowed the band to secure performances on TV shows, including The Jon Stewart Show. As a result, the album received widespread national attention. Diary is the first studio album from the emo band Sunny Day Real Estate. ... Sunny Day Real Estate or SDRE was an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... Nirvana was an American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Soundgarden was an influential Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The Jon Stewart Show was a short-lived talk show hosted by comedian Jon Stewart on MTV. It premiered in 1993 and became the second highest-rated program on the network behind Beavis and Butt-Head. ...

As more and more people learned about the band, particularly via the fledgling World Wide Web, the band was given the tag emo. Even where Fugazi had not been considered emo, the new generation of fans shifted the tag from the earlier hardcore style to this more indie rock style of emo. It was not uncommon for Sunny Day and its peers to be labeled with the full "emo-core". However, when pressed to explain "emo", many fans split the genre into two brands: the "hardcore emo" practiced in the early days and the newer "indie emo". WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (or the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...

In the years that followed, several major regions of "indie emo" emerged. The most significant appeared in the Midwest in the mid-90s. Many of the bands were influenced by the same sources, but with an even more tempered sound. This brand of emo was often referred to as "Midwestern emo" given the geographic location of the bands, with several of the best-known bands hailing from the areas around Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha and Milwaukee. The initial bands in this category included Boy's Life and Cap'n Jazz. In ensuing years, bands such as The Promise Ring, Braid, Elliott, Bright Eyes, Cursive and The Get Up Kids emerged from the same scene and gained national attention. Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Nickname: Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Government  - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area  - City  118. ... Nickname: Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area  - City  97 sq mi (251. ... Boys Life was an indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri formed in 1993 They released their self-titled debut in 1995 followed by a split EP with Denver, Colorados Christie front drive, and their final album, Departures and Landfalls. ... Compilations Achtung Chicago! Zwei! – compilation LP (Underdog Records, 1993). ... The Promise Ring was an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin started as a side project by Davey von Bohlen during his time as a guitarist/vocalist for Capn Jazz in the year 1995. ... Braid was an emo/post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993. ... Elliott the band is not a good band. ... Bright Eyes is the band of American singer-songwriter and musician Conor Oberst, whose knack for social commentary and philosophy have garnered him countless comparisons to Bob Dylan, although his darker themes of depression, anxiety, and alcoholism are much more reminiscent of Leonard Cohen and Simon Joyner. ... Cursive is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Saddle Creek records. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ...

The area around Phoenix, Arizona became another major scene for emo. Inspired by Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate, former punk rockers Jimmy Eat World began stirring emo influences into their music, eventually releasing the album Static Prevails in 1996. The album was arguably the first emo record released by a major label, as the band had signed with Capitol Records in 1995. Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Static Prevails is the second album by Jimmy Eat World. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the...

Other bands that followed the "indie emo" model included Colorado's Christie Front Drive, New York's Texas Is the Reason and Rainer Maria, California's Knapsack and Sense Field, Baltimore's Cross My Heart, Austin's Mineral, and Boston's Piebald and Jejune. Christie Front Drive was an indie rock/emo outfit formed in Denver in 1993, part of a Colorado post-hardcore scene that also included Savalas, Angel Hair, Junkdrawer, Juhl, Pilot Car, Small Dog Frenzy, etc. ... Texas Is the Reason was a musical group founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly. ... Rainer Maria were an indie rock band originally from Madison, Wisconsin, later residing in Brooklyn, New York. ... Knapsack was an emo band that was formed in 1993 by Blair Shehan (vocals/guitar) and Colby Mancasola (drums). ... Sense Field was a pop-rock/post-hardcore band from California that formed in 1991 out of the ashes of hardcore band, Reason to Believe. ... Cross My Heart may refer to: Cross My Heart: An Introduction to Phil Ochs, a compilation album of songs by Phil Ochs Cross My Heart, a song by Diana Ross from her 1987 album Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Cross My Heart, a song by George Strait from the 1992 soundtrack... Mineral is an Austin, Texas emo band. ... Piebald is an American alternative rock band. ... Jejune is the name of a band which formed in the mid-90s at Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Strangely, as "indie emo" became more widespread, a number of acts who otherwise would not have been considered part of the "indie emo" scene began to be referred to as emo because of their similarity to the sound. The hallmark example was Weezer's 1996 album Pinkerton, which, years later, was considered one of the defining "emo" records of the 90s.^[10] Weezer is a Grammy-nominated rock band from Los Angeles, California. ... Pinkerton is the second album by the American rock band Weezer, released September 24, 1996. ...

As the wide range of emo bands began to attract notoriety on a national scale, a number of indie labels attempted to document the scene. Many emo bands of the late 90s signed to indie labels including Jade Tree Records, Saddle Creek, and Big Wheel Recreation. In 1997, California's Crank! Records released a compilation titled (Don't Forget to) Breathe, which featured tracks by notable indie emo bands such as The Promise Ring, Christie Front Drive, Mineral, Knapsack, and Arizona's Seven Storey Mountain. In 1998, Deep Elm Records released the first installment in a series of compilations called Emo Diaries, featuring tracks from Jimmy Eat World, Samiam, and Jejune. In 1999, famed 70s compilation label K-tel released an emo compilation titled Nowcore: The Punk Rock Evolution, which included tracks by Texas Is the Reason, Mineral, The Promise Ring, Knapsack, Braid, At the Drive-In, and Jawbox, among others. Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ... Saddle Creek Records is an Omaha, Nebraska-based label established in 1993 whose roster includes Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Faint, Son, Ambulance, Desaparecidos, Now Its Overhead, Commander Venus, The Good Life, Mayday, Azure Ray and Sorry About Dresden. ... Boston Based Record Label started by Rama Mayo in the early 90s. ... Crank! Records is a record label Contents // Categories: Record labels | Stub ... The Promise Ring was an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin started as a side project by Davey von Bohlen during his time as a guitarist/vocalist for Capn Jazz in the year 1995. ... Deep Elm Records is an independent record label putting out albums by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars. ... Samiam is a band from El Sobrante, CA formed in 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. ... K-tel International is an As-Seen-On-TV company, which is most noted for their compilation music albums such as The Super Hits series, The Dynamic Hits series and The Number One Hits series. ... Braid was an emo/post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993. ... At the Drive-In was an American band from El Paso, Texas that existed from 1993 to 2001. ... Jawbox was a punk rock/indie rock/post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. Its members were J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Bill Barbot (guitar), Kim Coletta (bass guitar), and Adam Wade & Zach Barocas (drums). ...

With the late-90s emo scene being more national than regional, major labels began to turn their attention toward signing emo bands with the hopes of capitalizing on the genre's popularity. Many bands resisted the lure, citing their loyalty to the independent mentality of the scene. Several bands cited what they saw as mistreatment of bands such as Jawbox and Jawbreaker while they were signed to majors as a reason to stay away. The conflict felt within many of the courted emo bands resulted in their break-ups, including Texas Is the Reason and Mineral.

By the end of the decade, the word emo cropped up in mainstream circles. In the summer of 1998, Teen People magazine ran an article declaring "emo" the newest "hip" style of music, with The Promise Ring a band worth watching. The independent nature of the emo scene recoiled at mainstream attention, and many emo bands shifted their sound in an attempt to isolate themselves from the genre. In the years that followed, Sunny Day Real Estate opted to shift to a more prog-rock direction, Jejune aimed for happy pop-rock, and The Get Up Kids and The Promise Ring released lite-rock albums. People, a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted in 1974. ...

The third wave (2000-present)

At the end of the 1990s, the underground emo scene had almost entirely disappeared. However, the term emo was still being bandied about in mainstream media, almost always attached to the few remaining 90s emo acts, including Jimmy Eat World. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

However, towards the end of the 1990s, Jimmy Eat World had begun to shift in a more mainstream direction. Where Jimmy Eat World had played emocore-style music early in their career, by the time of the release of their 2001 album Bleed American, the band had almost completely removed its emo influences. As the public had become aware of the word emo and knew that Jimmy Eat World was associated with it, the band continued to be referred to as an "emo" band, despite their objections. Newer bands that sounded like Jimmy Eat World (and, in some cases, like the more melodic emo bands of the late 90s) were soon included in the genre.^[11] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bleed American is the fourth album by Jimmy Eat World. ...

2003 saw the success of Chris Carrabba, the former singer of Further Seems Forever, and his project Dashboard Confessional. Carrabba's music featured lyrics founded in deep diary-like outpourings of emotion. Where earlier emo had featured lyrics of a more dark and painful direction, Carrabba's featured a greater focus on love won and lost and the inability to cope. While certainly emotional, the new "emo" had a far greater appeal amongst adolescents than its earlier incarnations.^[12] Christopher Ender Carrabba (born April 10, 1975) is the lead singer and guitarist of the acoustic-alternative band Dashboard Confessional. ... Further Seems Forever (often abbreviated FSF) was a band based out of Pompano Beach, Florida, United States. ... Dashboard Confessional is an American band, led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carrabba from Boca Raton, Florida. ...

With Dashboard Confessional and Jimmy Eat World's success, major labels began seeking out similar sounding bands. Just as many bands of the early-to-mid 1990s were unwillingly lumped under the umbrella of "grunge", some record labels wanted to be able to market a new sound under the word emo. Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. ...

At the same time, use of the term "emo" expanded beyond the musical genre, which added to the confusion surrounding the term. The word "emo" became associated with open displays of strong emotion. Common fashion styles and attitudes that were becoming idiomatic of fans of similar "emo" bands also began to be referred to as "emo". (For further discussion, see Emo (slang).) As a result, bands that were loosely associated with "emo" trends or simply demonstrated emotion began to be referred to as emo.^[13] This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

In an even more expanded way than in the 90s, emo has come to encompass an extremely wide variety of bands, many of whom have very little in common. The term has become so broad that it has become nearly impossible to describe what exactly qualifies as "emo".

Correctly or not, emo has often been used to describe such bands as AFI, Alexisonfire, Brand New, Bright Eyes, Coheed and Cambria, Death Cab for Cutie, Fall Out Boy, From First to Last, Funeral for a Friend, Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Senses Fail, Something Corporate, The Starting Line, Story of the Year, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, The Used, and Underoath.^[14] The classification of bands as "emo" is often controversial. Fans of several of the listed bands have recoiled at the use of the "emo" tag, and have gone to great lengths to explain why they don't qualify as "emo". In many cases, the term has simply been attached to them because of musical similarities, a common fashion sense, or because of the band's popularity within the "emo" scene, not because the band adheres to emo as a music genre. AFI, in recent years short for A Fire Inside, is an American band from Ukiah, California. ... Alexisonfire is a Juno award-nominated five-piece post-hardcore band from St. ... Brand New is a rock band from Merrick, New York[1] on Long Island that formed in the early 2000s. ... Bright Eyes is a band consisting of singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst, multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omahas indie music scene. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois) that formed in 2001. ... From First to Last (shortened into FFTL) is an American Post-Hardcore band. ... For the Elton John song, see Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding. ... Hawthorne Heights is a band formed in Dayton, Ohio in June of 2001. ... My Chemical Romance are an American rock band formed in 2001. ... Panic! at the Disco is an alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Senses Fail is a Ridgewood, New Jersey based band that draws heavily from the punk, emo, screamo,[1] and hardcore genres. ... Something Corporate is a rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... The Starting Line is a four-piece pop punk band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. ... Story of the Year is a band that was originally formed in St. ... Taking Back Sunday is an alternative rock band which draws influence from emocore from Amityville, Long Island, New York. ... Thursday is an unsigned post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey that has released four full-length albums: Waiting (2000 Eyeball Records), Full Collapse (2001 Victory Records), War All the Time (2003 Island Records), and A City by the Light Divided (2006 Island Records). ... The Used are an alternative/punk American band // The Useds demo album, Demos from the Basement. ... Underoath (sometimes stylized as underøath, underOATH, or UnderOath) is an American rock band. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

As a result of the continuing shift of "emo" over the years, a serious schism has emerged between those who relate to particular eras of "emo". Those who were closely attached to the hardcore origins recoil when another type of music is called "emo". Many involved in the independent nature of both 80s and 90s emo are upset at the perceived hijacking of the word emo to sell a new generation of major label music. Regardless, popular culture appears to have embraced the terms of "emo" far beyond its original intentions.

In a strange twist, screamo, a sub-genre of the new emo, has found greater popularity in recent years through bands such as Thrice and Glassjaw.^[15] The term screamo, however, was used to describe an entirely different genre in the early 1990s, and the new screamo bands more resemble the emo of the early 1990s. Complicating matters further is that several small scenes devoted to original screamo still exist in the underground. However, the new use of "screamo" demonstrates how the shift in terms connected to "emo" has made the varying genres difficult to categorize. This article is about the band Thrice. For the definition of the word, see Wiktionary:thrice. ... Glassjaw (usually written glassJAw) is a seminal four-piece Post-Hardcore band (formerly a five-piece) from Long Island, New York. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The difficulty in defining "emo" as a genre may have started at the very beginning. In a 2003 interview by Mark Prindle,^[16] Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring was asked how he felt about "being the creator of the emo genre". He responded: "I don't recognize that attribution. I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me." Mark Prindle (b. ... Guy Picciotto (born September 17, 1965) is an American musician from Washington, DC. He is most widely known for his role in the band Fugazi (1987 - Present). ... Fugazi are a rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1987. ... Rites of Spring was an punk band from Washington, D.C. in the mid-1980s known for their energetic, cathartic live performances. ... Bad Brains are an American all-black hardcore punk band, originally formed in Washington, D.C. in 1979. ...

Backlash

Main article: Emo (slang)

As the music increased in popularity, emo became more and more a target of derision. As certain fashion trends and attitudes began to be associated with "emo", stereotypes emerged that created a specific target for criticism. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

In the early years of the "third wave", the criticism was relatively light-hearted and self-effacing. In September of 2002, web developer Jason Oda put forth Emogame. The game poked fun at numerous emo stereotypes and musicians, but in a manner that could be appreciated by fans and detractors alike.

In ensuing years, the derision increased dramatically. Male fans of emo found themselves hit with homosexual slurs, largely a reflection of the style of dress popular within the "emo scene" and the displays of emotion common in the scene. Complaints pointed to the histrionic manner in which the emotions were often expressed, not necessarily to the emotions themselves. In psychiatry, histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder which involves a pattern of excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, that usually begins in early adulthood. ...

In October of 2003, Punk Planet contributor Jessica Hopper leveled the charge that the "third wave" era of emo was sexist. Hopper argued that where bands such as Jawbox, Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate had characterized women in such a way that they were not "exclusively defined by their absence or lensed through romantic-specter",^[17] contemporary bands approached relationship issues by "damning the girl on the other side ... its woman-induced misery has gone from being descriptive to being prescriptive". Regarding the position of women listening to emo, Hopper went on to note that the music had become "just another forum where women were locked in a stasis of outside observation, observing ourselves through the eyes of others". Punk Planet is a 16,000 print run punk fanzine, based in Chicago, USA, that focuses most of its energy on looking at punk as a sub-culture rather than as simply some music that teenagers listen to. ...

Collective reaction to Hopper's article was mixed, and many dismissed the charge outright, noting that rock music as a genre had a long history of issues with sexism; the problem wasn't unique to emo music or directly related. By comparison to a genre like 1980s glam metal, in which popular songs (such as Warrant's "Cherry Pie") often objectified women, the perceived sexism in emo was more of an intellectual argument than something that could be specifically cited in the music. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s in the United States. ... A band with the 1991 hit single Cherry Pie Categories: Musical group stubs ...

Critics of modern emo have argued that there is a tendency toward increasingly generic and homogenized style.^[18] Many popular bands have attempted to disassociate themselves with the "emo" tag; some have adopted the genre designation post-hardcore. Despite the criticism, the modern version of emo has maintained mainstream popularity. However, given the disfavor of the term "emo", the question of whether new bands will openly associate with "emo" leaves the future unclear. Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ...

See also

• Emo (slang)
• Screamo
• Straight edge
• Emo rap

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References

Jim DeRogatis (born 1964 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a U.S. music critic. ... Mark Prindle (b. ... Punk Planet is a 16,000 print run punk fanzine, based in Chicago, USA, that focuses most of its energy on looking at punk as a sub-culture rather than as simply some music that teenagers listen to. ...

Bibliography

• Radin, Andy. What the heck *is* emo, anyway?. Retrieved on July 17, 2005.
• Andersen, Mark (2001). Dance Of Days, Two Decades of Punk In The Nations Capitol. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 1-887128-49-2. 
• Greenwald, Andy (2003). Nothing Feels Good. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-30863-9. 

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External links

• Fourfa.com – a site about (mostly older) diy/underground emo.

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