History Main / EmoMusic

* Music/PhoebeBridgers

* [[Music/LydiaGraceBlezard Different Devils]]

* Music/RozwellKid
* Music/{{Saywecanfly}}

* Music/IronChic

* HotWaterMusic

* KEN mode (bit of a GenreBusting example, but emo was a significant component of their style up until ''Success'')

* Music/MyChemicalRomance (Their first three albums were emotive hardcore and hardcore punk.Their fourth album is standard pop punk. Also served as the {{Trope Codifier}} for the Gothic, AFI-influenced emo look that came into vogue by 2004)

* Music/{{Finch}}

{{Emo}} isn't just a subculture, you know. It's a form of music.

A woefully misunderstood form of music, emo (short for "emotive hardcore") has a long and varied history that touches the early 2000's and extends all the way back to the 1980's. Despite the fact that emo has become a polarizing term in our current critical establishment, emo music has produced a great deal of highly talented but highly underrated (and often multi-platinum selling) acts who aren't quite given proper critical respect due to the rise of modern hipsterdom.

It was in the later part of TheNineties when emo began to capitalize on its increased appeal. In 1996, Music/{{Weezer}} released their sophomore album ''Pinkerton'' which, despite being initially bashed by critics and listeners alike, [[VindicatedByHistory is now regarded]] as one of the greatest albums of the decade, and is viewed as having introduced emo to the mainstream (emo bands that had gotten famous before were, at the time, mostly associated with HardcorePunk) and influenced the genre. Emo firmly broke into the mainstream in 2001, when Jimmy Eat World released their hit album ''Bleed American'', with its hit single "The Middle". Thanks to Jimmy, a whole new subculture evolved. The emo scene, once associated with underground music, developed and evolved as a result of mainstream exposure, and out of it grew the {{Emo Teen}}s. For the exact definition of an emo, go see the article. We're describing the music, not the person who listens to it, and emo music is listened to by people of all ages, genders, cultures and ethnicities.

* Music/TwentyOnePilots (also RapRock and {{Electronicore}}

* Music/{{Paramore}} (Along with Panic!, We Are the In Crowd and Fall Out Boy, they are one of the respected emo-pop bands, especially because they are clearly influenced by old school emo such as Sunny Day Real Estate.)

A woefully misunderstood form of music, emo has a long and varied history that touches the early 2000's and extends all the way back to the 1980's. Despite the fact that emo has become a polarizing term in our current critical establishment, emo music has produced a great deal of highly talented but highly underrated (and often multi-platinum selling) acts who aren't quite given proper critical respect due to the rise of modern hipsterdom.

In addition to the constant output of new, acclaimed music from Music/{{AFI}}, Music/TheUsed and Music/TakingBackSunday, and the recent resurgence of Music/{{Thrice}}, Music/AtTheDriveIn, Music/{{Thursday}}, Music/{{Glassjaw}}, Music/AmericanFootball, and Music/{{Saosin}}, there's been a recent influx of Indie Emo bands reinvigorating the Classic Emo and Post-Hardcore sound, many notably on the ''Count Your Lucky Stars'' label. Empire! Empire! I Was a Lonely Estate, Music/TheWorldIsABeautifulPlaceAndIAmNoLongerAfraidToDie , Get Scared and Snowing are just a few of them. These particular bands also seem to be mixing in elements of PostRock, NoiseRock and Shoegazing music to great acclaim from fans of indie rock, as well as the related and parallel DefendPopPunk movement. Bands from ''The Wave'' (Music/LaDispute, Pianos Become the Teeth) have also taken cues from this particular genre.

In addition to the constant output of new, acclaimed music from Music/{{AFI}}, Music/TheUsed and Music/TakingBackSunday, and the recent resurgence of Music/{{Thrice}}, Music/AtTheDriveIn, Music/{{Thursday}}, Music/{{Glassjaw}}, Music/AmericanFootball, and Music/{{Saosin}}, there's been a recent influx of Indie Emo bands reinvigorating the Classic Emo and Post-Hardcore sound, many notably on the ''Count Your Lucky Stars'' label. Empire! Empire! I Was a Lonely Estate, [[OverlyLongName The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die]] , Get Scared and Snowing are just a few of them. These particular bands also seem to be mixing in elements of PostRock, NoiseRock and Shoegazing music to great acclaim from fans of indie rock. Bands from ''The Wave'' (Music/LaDispute, Pianos Become the Teeth) have also taken cues from this particular genre.

* Music/TheAppleseedCast

* Music/{{Waterparks}}

* Nada Surf

Emo-Pop was born in the mid-2000's and combines elements of pop rock, classic emo introspection, and punk rock. The first and most well known of these is Music/FallOutBoy. Although many earlier emo bands had a poppy sound (i.e. Music/JimmyEatWorld, Music/MotionCitySoundtrack and Music/SavesTheDay, for instance) and Fall Out Boy was the first to take emo into an overtly pop direction. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, since Fall Out Boy was generally treated more favorably by the critical spectrum by often going against the stock formula used by their emo-pop followers: adding elements of {{Soul}}, R&B, orchestral flourishes, and even Hardcore Punk, before abandoning all semblances of emo-ness in 2013. This is much less common among their emo-pop contemporaries, who often are more than a bit formulaic, and lacks the emotion, depth and sensitivity of the previous emo scenes. When people who don't like emo despite minimal exposure to the genre say that it's all about teenage self-absorption, whining about one's parents/girlfriend/life, they're actually referring to emo-pop. These tropes are almost never found in the other two types. Along with {{Metalcore}} and post-grunge, emo-pop is a divisive genre -- it is insanely popular with some groups, while the rest... well, you know. Emo-pop continues to be hugely successful into TheNewTens, with Fall Out Boy, Music/PanicAtTheDisco, Music/{{Paramore}}, Music/TwentyOnePilots and Music/AllTimeLow more popular than ever.

* Music/TheUsed (Also AlternativeRock and PunkRock, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly among other things]])

The history can be separated into three different eras (or four if you count [[ScreamoMusic screamo]], a more HardcorePunk-influenced offshoot of emo mostly defined by the use of HarshVocals). To avoid confusion, we'll name the three types "classic emo", "2000's post-hardcore", and "emo-pop".

A woefully misunderstood form of music, emo has a long and varied history that touches the early 2000's and extends all the way back to the 1980's. Despite the fact that emo has become a polarizing term in our current critical establishment, emo music has produced a great deal of highly talented but highly underrated (and often multi-platinum selling) acts who aren't quite given proper critical respect due to the rise of modern hipsterdom. The history can be separated into three different eras, four if you count [[ScreamoMusic screamo]], which is a more HardcorePunk-influenced offshoot of emo mostly defined by the use of HarshVocals.

Now, for the "three forms of music" thing. The three are commonly just known as "emo". To avoid confusion, we'll name the three types: "classic emo", "2000's post-hardcore", and "emo-pop".