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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 .
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 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 ...
Midwest emo (or Midwestern emo [1]) refers to the emo scene and/or subgenre [2] that developed in the 1990s Midwestern United States.Employing unconventional vocal stylings, distinct guitar riffs and arpeggiated melodies, [3] Midwest emo bands shifted away from the genre's hardcore punk roots and drew on indie rock and math rock approaches. [4]
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The Get Up Kids performing at Emo's in 1997. While in high school, Ryan Pope, Rob Pope, and Jim Suptic formed a short-lived band called Kingpin. Matt Pryor had been writing songs since he was a teenager, and was playing in a band called Secret Decoder Ring. [8]
This is a list of Midwest emo bands. ... The Get Up Kids [40] Ghosts and Vodka [26] Glocca Morra [15] Gods Reflex [3] Gulfer; H. Harrison Gordon [41] Hop Along [15]