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[50] Emo band Texas Is the Reason bridged the gap between indie rock and emo in their three-year lifespan on the East Coast, melding Sunny Day Real Estate's melodies and punk musicianship and singing directly to the listener. [53] In New Jersey, the band Lifetime played shows in fans' basements. [54]
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 ...
Mineral is an American emo band originally from Houston, Texas. Soon after their formation, they relocated to Austin. All four members of Mineral were signed to Interscope Records, but disbanded before a release was made. The band worked on other musical projects after disbanding, including The Gloria Record, Pop Unknown, Zookeeper, and ...
Cursive is an American indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. Stylistically described as emo and post-hardcore, [4] Cursive came to prominence with 2000's Domestica and found commercial and critical success with 2003's The Ugly Organ. [5] The band has released eight studio albums, a compilations album, and a mix of singles and EPs since 1997.
Braid is an American emo band from Champaign, Illinois, formed in 1993.. Following several early line-up changes, the band eventually settled on Bob Nanna on guitar and vocals, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar and vocals, and Roy Ewing on drums until he was replaced in 1997 by new drummer Damon Atkinson.
Home Is Where is an American emo band from Palm Coast, Florida. The band has released two EPs and two albums. Their first EP, Our Mouths to Smile, was released in 2019. [1] Their debut album, I Became Birds, was released in 2021 and brought them considerably more attention, including landing on numerous end of the year lists.
The emo genre formed in the Washington D.C. music scene as a subgenre of hardcore punk in the 1980s, before reaching mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. [1] [2] Tom Mullen, who had discovered the genre through the underground punk scenes, first created the blog Washed Up Emo in 2007 in response to its increasing mainstream prevalence.