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Emo or emocore is a subgenre of hardcore punk music. Use of the term (and which musicians should be so classified) has been the subject of much debate. Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... 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. ... The Northeast Mid Atlantic scene was an early dirogatory expierement between emotionally hardcore and crappy music. ... New Brunswick is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... A Fender Jazz Bass Bass Guitar refers to an electric or acoustic stringed instrument with a similar appearance to the guitar, but with a larger body, commonly 4 strings, longer scale neck and tuned an octave lower in pitch than a guitar. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... The term synthesizer is also used to mean frequency synthesizer, an electronic system found in communications, or video synthesizer. ... Emo is a term that originated as an abbreviation of emotive hardcore, but is now broadly used to describe almost any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that expresses emotions relating to heartbreak, angst or depression. ... A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... Main article: Emo Emocore (abbreviated from emotional hardcore) was a term that was used most popularly in the 1980s and 1990s to describe a genre of music that was an offshoot of the hardcore music scene. ... Hardcore Emo is a style of music that existed primarily in the early-mid 90s, also known as emo violence or chaos emo. The first hints of the sound began with bands like Merel and Iconoclast on the East Coast, but it is considered to have primary started in 1991... Emo Violence, also related to Hardcore Emo, is a subgenre of music that evolved from Emo in the early 1990s, primarly in San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston. ... Screamo is a musical genre that developed out of emo, more specifically hardcore emo, in the early 1990s. ... 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. ... In the United States, California is commonly associated with the film, music, and arts industries; there are numerous world-famous Californian musicians. ... 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. ... New Brunswick is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ... Emo fashion relates to the Emo scene and can relate to the hairstyles, clothing and demeanor of those involved. ... See also: List of Emo groups Emo is a musical genre derived from hardcore punk. ... These groups predominantly play emo music. ... This is a timeline of alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present. ... Emo may refer to: Emo, Emotional Hardcore musical genre, prevalent amongst classic 80s Washington D.C. bands and their descendents 21st Century Emo, wherein the term emo is used as an umbrella term for a diverse section of guitar-based musical genres and their accompanying sub-cultures Emo Philips, the... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ...

In its original incarnation, the term "emo" was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s DC scene and its associated bands. In later years, the term "emo-core", short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene. The term "emo" was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and literally emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Grey 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. The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... 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 a punk rock band from Washington, D.C., often cited as pioneering the emocore movement. ... Embrace was an emocore band from Washington, D.C. 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. ... 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. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining a similar mindset. ...

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 brand of emo, which was more melodic and less chaotic in nature than its predecessor. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the end of the 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted their style to the mainstream. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining a similar mindset. ... Alternate meanings: Fugazi (disambiguation) Fugazi (left to right): Ian MacKaye, Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, and Guy Picciotto Fugazi is a rock music group from Washington, D.C., formed in 1987. ... Sunny Day Real Estate performing early in their career Sunny Day Real Estate or SDRE was an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... Texas Is the Reason is 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". This article is about the year. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Ian Mackaye Ian MacKaye (pronounced Mc-Eye) (b. ... Guy Picciotto is a punk rock singer and guitar player from Washington DC. He is most famous for his role in the band Rites of Spring (which broke up during the 1980s), and his former band, Fugazi. ... Embrace was an emocore band from Washington, D.C. from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986. ... Rites of Spring was a punk rock band from Washington, D.C., often cited as pioneering the emocore movement. ... Top: Publicity photo distributed by SST Records, 1985. ... 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. ...

Within a short time, the DC emo sound began to influence other bands such as Moss Icon, Nation of Ulysses, Dag Nasty, Shudder To Think, Fire Party, Marginal Man, and Grey 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 is an indie/emo band formed in 1988 in Washington, D.C. One of the best-loved bands on the Dischord record label, the Nation of Ulysses are best remembered for lifting the motor-mouthed revolutionary rhetoric of the MC5 and blowing it up to an elaborate... 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). ... Shudder to Think are a difficult band to pigeonhole. ... Fire Party were a hardcore band from Washington D.C.. They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990. ... Dischord founders Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... Hoover was an American punk rock (or post-hardcore) band. ...

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.

As the DC scene expanded, other scenes began to develop with a similar sound. 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, Angel Hair, Antioch Arrow, Universal Order of Armageddon, Swing Kids, and Mohinder. At the same time, in the New York/New Jersey era, bands such as Native Nod, Merel, 1.6 Band, Rye Coalition and Rorschach 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". Indian Summer was an early, influential emo band from Oakland, California. ... Angel Hair was a USA punk band, originally formed in Colorado, that played a borderline chaotic style of hardcore punk (often known as, among other names, spazzcore, screamo or extremo). ... 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. ... Mohinder was a rock band from Cupertino, California during 1993 and 1994. ... Rorschach were a New Jersey-based band that existed from 1989 to 1993, and blended Hardcore and Metal to create what is now known as Metallic Hardcore and played a significant role in shaping of the genre and its aesthetic as it exists today. ... 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, also CBGBs or CBs is a club in the Manhattan Bowery district of New York City, New York. ... Screamo is a musical genre that developed out of emo, more specifically hardcore emo, in the early 1990s. ...

By and large, the more hardcore style of emo began to fade as many of the early era groups disbanded. Even still, 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 2001 as a four piece and after their first two releases they lost a guitarist but gained another in late 2004. ... Hot Cross are a screamo band from New York City currently on Level Plane Records. ... City of Caterpillar is an American screamo rock band. ...

Back in DC, following the disbanding of both Rites of Spring and Embrace, MacKaye and Picciotto decided to join forces in a new band, called Fugazi. While Fugazi itself was not categorized as emo, the music it created would soon influence the second major wave of emo. Alternate meanings: Fugazi (disambiguation) Fugazi (left to right): Ian MacKaye, Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, and Guy Picciotto Fugazi is a rock music group from Washington, D.C., formed in 1987. ...

Early Emo's Influence

In California, particularly in the Bay Area, bands like Jawbreaker and Samiam began to mix the DC influence with pop punk to come up with their own take on the classic DC emo sound. On Jawbreaker's album Bivouac, singer Blake Schwarzenbach evolved from the traditional hardcore vocal sound into a more melodic crooning, which displayed a more emotional feeling of loss than the desperation and frantic nature of MacKaye's voice. Other bands soon reflected the same sense of rough melody, including Still Life and New Jersey's Garden Variety. The style continued to evolve into the 2000s through bands like Avail and Hot Water Music. Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Jawbreaker was a popular San Francisco musical group who had seemed poised for critical and commercial success by the time of their last album, Dear You. ... A bivouac may be: Look up camp on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Stub of this article. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... Avail is a punk/rock/post-hardcore band hailing from Richmond, Virginia. ... Hot Water Music is a post-hardcore/punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. ...

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 and The Movielife. Lifetime was a 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. ... Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk. ... Saves the Day is an emo/indie rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, known for its punk roots. ... The Movielife The Movielife were a hardcore punk/pop-punk band that were together from 1997 to 2003. ...

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 LP cover 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. ... Top: Publicity photo distributed by SST Records, 1985. ...

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 performing early in their career Sunny Day Real Estate or SDRE was an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... Sub Pop logo Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. ... Nirvana was a popular American grunge rock band founded in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington. ... (L-R) Ben Shepherd, Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron. ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music and popular culture. ... Jon Stewart For the Green Lantern, see John Stewart (comics). ...

As more and more people learned about the band, particularly via the fledgling Internet, 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 wasn't uncommon for Sunny Day and its peers to be labelled 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". 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. These bands included Boy's Life, Christie Front Drive, and Cap'n Jazz. This brand of emo was often referred to as "Midwestern emo" given the geographic location of the bands. In ensuing years, bands such as The Promise Ring, Braid, Elliott, and The Get Up Kids emerged from the same scene and gained national attention. Boys Life is an indie rock band from Midwestern United States formed in 1993 whose records include a self-titled LP and Departures and Landfalls. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Capn Jazz were a seminal Chicago emo/punk band, locally very popular in the early 1990s. ... Image:Http://en. ... Step by step creation of a basic braid using three strings To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern. ... The Get Up Kids is a Kansas City-based American indie rock band. ...

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 in 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. Phoenix was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. ... Jimmy Eat World is an American rock group from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. ... Static Prevails is the second album by Jimmy Eat World. ... Capitol record by Wingy Manone Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ...

Other bands that followed the Sunny Day Real Estate model of emo included New York's Texas Is the Reason, California's Knapsack and Sense Field, Austin's Mineral, and Boston's Piebald and Jejune. Texas Is the Reason is a musical group founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Sense Field were an emo band from California that formed in 1994. ... Mineral is an Austin, Texas emo band. ... Piebald is an Alternative rock band. ...

Strangely, as "indie emo" became more widespread, a number of acts who otherwise would not have been considered part of the "indie emo" scene had their albums referred to as "emo" because of their similarity to the sound. The hallmark example was Weezer's 1996 album Pinkerton, which, in later years, was considered one of the defining "emo" records of the 90s. Weezer is an American alternative rock band. ... 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. California's Crank Records released what many considered the defining compilation of 90s emo in 1997, titled (Don't Forget to) Breathe, which featured tracks by The Promise Ring, Christie Front Drive, Mineral, Knapsack, and Arizona's Seven Storey Mountain. In 1998, Deep Elm Records released the first in a series of compilations called Emo Diaries, which featured tracks from Jimmy Eat World, Samiam, and Jejune. In 1999, famed 70s compilation label K-Tel even released an emo compilation titled Nowcore: The Punk Rock Evolution, which, regardless of its source, was surprisingly comprehensive. (Nowcore 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. ... Samiam was a punk/post-punk band from San Francisco, CA formed in 1988. ... At the Drive-In: (l-r) Omar, Tony, Jim, Paul, Cedric At the Drive-In were a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas from 1993 until 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. ...

While "indie emo" almost completely ceased to exist by the end of the decade, many bands still subscribe to the Fugazi / Hüsker Dü model, including Thursday, The Juliana Theory, and Sparta. Thursday is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1997. ... The Juliana Theory is an indie, emo, and post hardcore quintet from Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1997 by Brett Detar (a former guitarist for Zao and Pensive) and Chad Alan. ... Sparta is an alternative rock/post hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. ...

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.

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. 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. Jimmy Eat World is an American rock group from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. ... Bleed American is the fourth album by Jimmy Eat World. ...

2003 saw the success of Chris Carrabba and 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 teenagers experiencing love for the first time, who found insight and solace in Carrabba's words and music. 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chris Carraba is not living life 100% Christopher Ender Jacob Daniel Roman Carrabba (born April 10, 1975) is the lead singer and guitarist of emo-alternative band Dashboard Confessional. ... Dashboard Confessional accepting an Award at the MTV VMAs Dashboard Confessional is an American Acoustic/Electric guitar driven emo rock outfit led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carrabba from Boca Raton, Florida. ...

With Dashboard and Jimmy Eat World's success, major labels began seeking out similar sounding bands. Whereas Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the other Seattle scene bands of the early 1990s were unwillingly lumped into the genre "grunge", the labels wanted to be able to market a new sound under the word "emo". Which sound that was didn't particularly matter. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of indie rock inspired by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock. ...

In turn, the term "emo" shifted to describe a form of music significantly different from its forebearers. And, in an even more expanded way than in the 90s, the term came to encompass an extremely wide variety of bands, many of whom had very little in common. Today, "emo" is often used to describe such wide-ranging bands as Funeral for a Friend, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria, The Starting Line, Brand New, Something Corporate, The Used, A Static Lullaby, From First To Last, Finch, Silverstein, From Autumn To Ashes, Hawthorne Heights, and My Chemical Romance. Funeral for a Friend are a post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales in the United Kingdom. ... Taking Back Sunday Taking Back Sunday is a Third-Wave Emo band from Amityville, Long Island, NY and signed to Warner Bros. ... Coheed and Cambria publicity photograph c. ... The Starting Line is a four piece pop-punk/emo band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. ... From left to right: Vinnie, Jesse, Brian, Garrett Brand New are an Emo/Rock band from Long Island, New York. ... Something Corporate is a rock band hailing from Orange County, California. ... The Used The Used is an emo-punk screamo or a post-hardcore alternative rock band, from Orem, Utah, United States consisting of Bert McCracken (vocals), Quinn Allman (guitar), Jeph Howard (bass) and Branden Steineckert (drums). ... A Static Lullaby is a hardcore, rock, and emo band formed in Chino, California in 2001. ... From First To Last promo picture From First to Last is a four piece band, with members from Georgia, California and Florida. ... Finch is a rock band from Temecula, California, USA. They are signed to Drive-Thru Records, home of New Found Glory and The Starting Line. ... Silverstein is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario of debatable sub-genre. ... From Autumn to Ashes or FATA is a post hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island. ... Hawthorne Heights is an American emo/alternative/pop-punk band that formed in Dayton, Ohio in June of 2001. ... My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated MCR) is a rock band—variously but debatably described as emocore, goth-punk, Emo Violence, horror punk and post-hardcore—whose members come from Belleville and Kearny, New Jersey (except drummer Bob Bryar, from Chicago, Illinois). ...

In many cases, "new emo" bands are simply trying to pursue their own version of the "emo" that came before on their own terms. However, the backlash stemming from the success of a few seemingly "less emo" (and more popular in the mainstream) bands, including Dashboard and The Used, has brought an increasingly substantial pool of detractors.

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. The term "screamo", however, was used to describe an entirely different genre in the early 1990s, and the bands themselves more resemble the emocore of the early 1990s. (As a reference, see Jim DeRogatis' November 2002 article about Screamo.) Screamo is a musical genre that developed out of emo, more specifically hardcore emo, in the early 1990s. ... Thrice Formed in 1997, Thrice is an experimental American post-hardcore band from Irvine, California. ... Glassjaw Glassjaw is a four-piece post-hardcore band from Long Island, New York. ... Main article: Emo Emocore (abbreviated from emotional hardcore) was a term that was used most popularly in the 1980s and 1990s to describe a genre of music that was an offshoot of the hardcore music scene. ...

As a result of the continuing shift of "emo" over the years, a serious schism has emerged between those who ascribe 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 has embraced the terms of "emo" far beyond its original intentions, out of the control of the independent-minded.

Backlash

As the chorus of detractors increased, emo became more and more a target of derision. Like the Goth scene, people who focus on emo music often share a dark and emotional psyche that makes them feel like they belong outside the mainstream. They tend to thrive on the emotional ups and downs that are typically prevalent in emotionally-driven music such as emo. At the same time, fans of other rock genres, which often emphasize aggression and anger, accuse emo of being too "soft" and whiny. Gothic girl, medieval style, with spikes and piercings This article is about the contemporary goth/gothic subculture. ...

In the early years of the "third wave", however, the derision was relatively light-hearted and self-effacing. In September of 2002, web developer Jason Oda put forth Emogame. In the game, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith kidnapped The Get-Up Kids, and players could assume the identities of several popular emo singers (including Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes) to fight him and his minions, along with more or less every subculture in the American landscape. The game referenced numerous emo stereotypes, but also included pop culture references such as R2-D2 from Star Wars. The game was well-received by both fans and critics of emo alike, eventually spawning multiple sequels. This kind of self-awareness gave emo a much more respectable image to outsiders, as it showed emo to be self-conscious enough to see the humor in itself without abandoning what made it unique.

In recent years, the derision has increased dramatically. Male fans of emo are often hit with homosexual slurs, largely a reflection of the style of dress popular within the "emo scene" and the fact that in many cultures, males are expected to be stalwart and strong, not overly emotional; emotions are "weak" and "feminine". In recent years however, western male culture has shown many new signs of change and acceptance on the outlook of expected stereotypes from male culture. Recent TV programs such as A&E, feature highschool faculty changing its curriculum to teach young kids the dangers of "teasing" or "condemning" a male peer for showing his true emotions. Other shows such as 7th Heaven and Prince of Bel Air have also preached such values. This new awareness most likely owes much of its inception due to such tragic events such as the Columbine High School massacre and not emo music. However, emo has subconsciously challenged such notions and has stirred an evaulation of this draconian trend in our culture. The abbreviation A&E can refer to: A&E Network (Arts and Entertainment), an American television network the Accident and Emergency department of a hospital This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... 7th Heaven is a U.S. television series about a ministers family living in the fictional town of Glenoak in California. ... Prince of Bel Air was a 1986 television movie which starred Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, and Robert Vaughn. ... Staff and Students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, near Denver and Littleton, Colorado, in the United States. ...

Regardless of the criticism, emo music retains a loyal audience that includes many who would otherwise consider themselves outside the so-called "emo scene". As with punk rock, the term "emo" may persist for years to come and evolve into even more styles and sounds. Whether or not recognition of the genre will persist and which version of "emo" will be best remembered remains to be seen.

See also

• Art rock
• Criticism of Emo
• Emo fashion
• Emo Violence
• Hardcore Emo
• Math rock
• Pop hardcore
• Screamo
• Straight edge (sXe)
• Youth crew

Art rock is a sub-genre of rock music that is characterized by ambitious lyrical themes and melodic or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard pop song forms and toward influences in jazz, classical, or the avant-garde. ... Emo is a term that originated as an abbreviation of emotive hardcore, but is now broadly used to describe almost any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that expresses emotions relating to heartbreak, angst or depression. ... Emo fashion relates to the Emo scene and can relate to the hairstyles, clothing and demeanor of those involved. ... Emo Violence, also related to Hardcore Emo, is a subgenre of music that evolved from Emo in the early 1990s, primarly in San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston. ... Hardcore Emo is a style of music that existed primarily in the early-mid 90s, also known as emo violence or chaos emo. The first hints of the sound began with bands like Merel and Iconoclast on the East Coast, but it is considered to have primary started in 1991... Math rock is a style of rock music that emerged in the late 1980s. ... Screamo is a musical genre that developed out of emo, more specifically hardcore emo, in the early 1990s. ... For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ... 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. ...

Sources

• DeRogatis, Jim. Screamo. Guitar World.  URL accessed on August 24, 2005.
• Heller, Greg. Bands Seek Emotional Rescue, young postpunk stars sick of 'Emo-core' label. San Francisco Chronicle.  URL accessed on September 10, 2000.
• Radin, Andy. What The Heck Is Emo Anyways. What The Heck Is Emo Anyways.  URL accessed on July 17, 2005.
• Andersen, Mark (2001). Dance Of Days, Two Decades of Punk In The Nations Capitol, Soft Skull Press. ISBN 1-887-128-49-2.
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External links

• Emo-ology – an attempt to create an Emo discography.