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Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.
Emo pop is a fusion genre of emo with pop-punk, pop music, or both. The genre developed during the 1990s with it gaining substantial commercial success in the 2000s. The following is a list of artists who play that style in alphabetical order.
According to AllMusic, most 1990s emo bands "borrowed from some combination of Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Weezer". [1] The New York Times described emo as "emotional punk or post-hardcore or pop-punk. That is, punk that wears its heart on its sleeve and tries a little tenderness to leaven its sonic attack.
Emo music specifically features emotional and often confessional lyrics. It’s largely associated with themes like social alienation, sensitivity, and angst. Some of the most famous bands include ...
“The band asks for your patience and understanding as they process the news of Bob’s passing,” the spokesperson for the highly influential emo band said in a short statement that didn't ...
It was the early 2000s: emo music was making its mark on the world, and Say Anything’s Max Bemis was creating a masterpiece—while simultaneously losing his mind. While the band has since ...
The emo revival, or fourth wave emo, [2] was an underground emo movement which began in the late 2000s and flourished until the mid-to-late 2010s. The movement began towards the end of the 2000s third-wave emo, with Pennsylvania-based groups such as Tigers Jaw, Algernon Cadwallader and Snowing eschewing that era's mainstream sensibilities in favor of influence from 1990s Midwest emo (i.e ...
The 25 Most Influential People in Music In 2025. SPIN Staff. January 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM ... But we wanted to start the new year by looking ahead at the people who will most influence music in 2025.