List of early emo groups
}|month = January|day = 5|year = 2008|time = 13:40|timestamp = 20080105134043}} Emo is a MusicAL genre derived from hardcore punk. The term was initially short for "emotional hardcore" and was coined to describe the music of the mid-1980s DC scene and associated bands.
Roots of original Emo
- Minor Threat's final 7", a slowed down approach with more personal and doubting lyrics, instead of pushing a specific message. In fact, the music to Embrace's "Last Song" was actually practiced by Minor Threat, but was never performed live.
- Hüsker Dü - particularly the albums Zen Arcade and New Day Rising
Early Emo bands
- Beefeater
- Dag Nasty
- Embrace
- Fire Party
- Gray Matter
- The Hated
- Moss Icon
- Nation of Ulysses
- Rites of Spring
- Shudder to Think
1990s to Now Emo Groups
A
- Antioch Arrow
- Armor for Sleep
- At the Drive-In
B
- Braid
C
- Cap'n Jazz
- Closure
D
- Dahlia Seed
E
- Elliott
F
- Friction
- Frodus
- Fugazi
G
H
- Hawthorne Heights
- [...]
- Hoover
I
- Indian Summer
J
- Jeromes Dream
K
- Karate
L
- Lync
M
- Maximillian Colby
- Mineral
- Mohinder
- Moonraker
N
- Native Nod
O
P
- Policy of 3
- Portraits of Past
Q
- Quicksand
R
- Rorschach
- Rye Coalition
S
- Saetia
- Sarin
- Shotmaker
- Sleepytime Trio
- Stavesacre
- Still Life
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Swing Kids
T
- Texas Is the Reason
- The Get-Up Kids
- The Spill Canvas
- Typecast (Philippines)
U
- Unwound
V
- Vanilla Sky (band)
W
Y
Record labels
- Dischord Records
- Ebullition Records
- Gravity Records
- Gern Blandsten Records
- Troubleman Records
- Eyeball Records
Venues
- ABC No Rio
- Mission Records
- Bottom of the Hill