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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.
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 ...
Emo pop (or emo pop punk) is a subgenre of emo known for its pop music influences, more concise songs and hook-filled choruses. [99] AllMusic describes emo pop as blending "youthful angst" with "slick production" and mainstream appeal, using "high-pitched melodies, rhythmic guitars, and lyrics concerning adolescence, relationships, and heartbreak."
It is distinguished from other punk-variant genres by drawing more heavily from 1960s bands such as the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Beach Boys. The genre has evolved throughout its history, absorbing elements from new wave, college rock, ska, hip hop, emo, boy band pop and even hardcore punk and metalcore.
Punk aesthetics determine the type of art punks enjoy, usually with underground, minimalistic, iconoclastic, and satirical sensibilities. Punk artwork graces album covers, flyers for concerts, and punk zines. Usually straightforward with clear messages, punk art is often concerned with political issues such as social injustice and economic ...
Emo, whose participants are called emo kids or emos, is a subculture which began in the United States in the 1990s. [1] Based around emo music, the subculture formed in the genre's mid-1990s San Diego scene, where participants were derisively called Spock rock due to their distinctive straight, black haircuts.
Moose Blood has been described as emo, [4] pop punk [24] and emo pop. [25] Their 2013 EP Moving Home is "like a combination of Brand New 's Deja Entendu , The Get Up Kids ' Something to Write Home About and American Football 's self-titled ."