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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.
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 .
Tell All Your Friends was eventually certified gold by the RIAA in 2005 [110] and is considered one of emo's most-influential albums. As of May 8, 2009, Tell All Your Friends sold 790,000 copies. [111] Articles on Vagrant Records appeared in Time and Newsweek, [112] and the word "emo" became a catchall term for non-mainstream pop music. [113]
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 ...
This is a list of Midwest emo bands. This is not a list of emo bands from the Midwestern United States, but bands that are a part of the specific Midwest emo genre.
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.
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This is a list of notable emo rap artists. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .