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Emo

Emo (/ˈiːmoʊ/ EE-moh) is a genre of rock music that combines musical characteristics of hardcore punk with 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…

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Cultural origins
Mid-1980s · Washington, D.C.
Derivative forms
Soft grunge (grungegaze)
Other names
Emotional hardcore · emocore
Stylistic origins
Post-hardcore · hardcore punk · indie rock · post-punk

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related to 1997–2002: Independent success · 60
Emo → According, Alkaline Trio, Andy Greenwald, Anniversary, Billboard, Billboard's Top Heatseekers, Bleed American, Clarity, Coca-Cola, Dashboard Confessional, Day, Deep Elm Records, Despite, DreamWorks Records, Drew Barrymore, Drive-Thru Records, Drive-Thru's, East Coast, Emo's, Emphasizing
related to 2002–2010: Mainstream success · 59
Emo → Alkaline Trio, American, As, Australia, Billboard's Alternative Songs, Blink-182, Brand, Brand New, Bright Eyes, Carraba, Carrabba, Chris Carrabba, Come, Dashboard Confessional, Dashboard Confessional's, Deja Entendu, During, Dusk, Fear, Further Seems Forever
related to 1991–1994: Reinvention · 29
Emo → Although Jawbreaker, As, Brazil, Chief, Dear You, Despite, During, Emerging, Geffen Records, Green Day, Hour Revenge Therapy, In, Jawbreaker, Jawbreaker's, Jets, New, New York City, Nirvana, Nirvana's Nevermind, Often
related to Etymology · 29
Emo → According, Additionally, Although, Andy Greenwald, Baker, Brian Baker, But, Dag Nasty, DC, Embrace, Ian MacKaye's Dischord Records, If Minor Threat, Jenny Toomey, MacKaye, Michael Azerrad, Minor Threat, Nothing Feels Good, Other, Others, Our Band Could Be
has impact · 25
Emo → After, Bebo, British, Daily Mail, Hannah, Hannah Bond, Hannah's, Heather Bond, Hundreds, In, Internet, It, Judas Priest, Kerrang, My Chemical Romance, NME, Our, Ozzy Osbourne, The, The Guardian
related to 2010–present: Mainstream decline, underground revivals · 22
Emo → Alexisonfire, Andrew Sacher, Brooklyn Vegan, By, Danger Days, Die, Disco, Fabulous Killjoys, Fall Out Boy, Live, Many, My Chemical Romance, My Chemical Romance's, Panic, Paramore, Roll, Save Rock, The, The True Lives, Thursday
related to 1994–1997: Underground popularity · 21
Emo → After, Arizona, As, California's Weezer, Diary, Dookie, Experience, Green Day, Horace Pinker, Hour Revenge Therapy, In, Jawbreaker's, Jimmy Eat World, Mineral, Mr, Offspring, Smash, Sunny Day Real Estate's, The American, Weezer's
related to 1984–1991: Origins · 20
Emo → According, Bands, Beefeater, Dag Nasty, Embrace, Fire Party, Gray Matter, Greenwald, However, Ian MacKaye, Its, Many, Minor Threat, Revolution Summer, Rites, Similar, Soulside, Spring, The Washington, Washington
related to Characteristics · 14
Emo → According, American Songwriter, Chris Payne, CNN, Early, Em Casalena, Emo's Mainstream Explosion, Kerrang, Ryan De Freitas, Sandra Song, The Oral History, There, Tonight, Where Are Your Boys
related to Subculture and stereotypes · 13
Emo → Antioch Arrow, As, Buddy Holly, Converse, During, Heroin, Justin Pearson, San Diego, Swing Kids, T-shirts, The, Thick, Vans

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EmoCultural originsWashington, D.C.1.00infobox
EmoDerivative formsSoft grunge (grungegaze)1.00infobox
EmoOther namesEmotional hardcore1.00infobox
EmoOther namesemocore1.00infobox
EmoStylistic originsPost-hardcore1.00infobox
EmoStylistic originshardcore punk1.00infobox
EmoStylistic originsindie rock1.00infobox
EmoStylistic originspost-punk1.00infobox
My Chemical Romanceinstance ofBands0.80text
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Fall Out Boyinstance ofBands0.80text

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