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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.
List of emo pop bands. 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.
Emo / ˈiːmoʊ / is a music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of hardcore punk and post-hardcore from the mid-1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore. The bands Rites of Spring and Embrace, among others, pioneered the genre.
Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. Emo revival groups (46 P) Screamo musical groups (1 C, 25 P) First-wave emo bands (13 P)
Whether due to catchy melodies, unforgettable lyrics, or teenage nostalgia, …Is a Real Boy remains a fan-favorite and a staple in the emo scene. The band will perform …Is a Real Boy at When We ...
Midwest emo bands shifted away from the genre's hardcore punk roots and drew on indie rock and math rock approaches. [4] According to the author and critic Andy Greenwald , "this was the period when emo earned many, if not all, of the stereotypes that have lasted to this day: boy-driven, glasses-wearing, overly sensitive, overly brainy, chiming ...
The Emo Nite event, now a full-fledged national business in its 10th year, started out as a way for creators Petracca and Freed to listen to the kind of music they enjoyed — despite it not being ...
Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes. According to both Pitchfork [ 1] and NME, [ 2] proto-goth bands included Joy Division, [ 1][ 2][ 3] Siouxsie and the Banshees, [ 1][ 2] Bauhaus [ 1][ 2] and the Cure. [ 1][ 2] The term was first used by critic John Stickney in 1967 to ...