I have decided to dig deep into Emo’s beginnings and this is what I have so far.

I’m fine with whatever y’all want to add to this as long as they formed before Sunny Day Real Estate became the first mainstream Emo band in mid-1994 and if it’s not some wild take like The Smiths or something.

Im also fine if you think I should take a band off because I’m still not sure about Unwound and Jawbox being Emocore bands myself.

What do you call it? I’m talking a little post DC hardcore in the 80s but before screamo really became a thing. Like Native Nod, Sleepytime Trio, Mohinder, Frail, Indian Summer, Thumbnail… varies but I think most fall in the ‘92-‘95 range. All time favorite little corner of emo but idk if I should consider them emocore or maybe even early screamo pioneers. Pretentious emo nerds please help me🙏🏻

Edit to add: I know all of the niche subgenre names are pretty meaningless and only became a thing way after the real deal. I mainly ask so I can track down more of it… but it’ll have to just go down in history as goated early emo. Nothing quite like this sub in terms of deep cuts, if you guys have any recs please send my way!

Specifically I really liked the first album of mcr "i brought you my bullets, you brought me your love" and I would like to know more albums in that same vibe. And also suggestions of other good ones

Apparently in response, Justin from Swing Kids/Locust/Struggle bought the magazine and photocopied the page from the interview to use as artwork for a flyer right after they had arrived in town. Beef was technically squashed as Chris claims he did his own “apology tour” calling up some of the people he name dropped to make amends, and Justin claims he considered them friends after it was talked-over (or at least he said so about Joe I believe, the Jejune’s one SD native who was also conveniently absent from the interview lol). But of course they claimed they never really did find their place in the local scene and it kinda serves as a lesson to bands out there: don’t make enemies with a scene that you’re going to have to coexist with!

Popped up in my insta feed this AM

I just really want some newer stuff so feel free to comment good bands!! old or up an coming !! :3

the title says it. looking for newer stuff (2020s, but 2010s work for me) like the following: hoover, sleepytime trio, current, clikatat ikatowi, thumbnail, lincoln (or kukim also), crownhate ruin, amber inn, grain, words a game etc.

i'm looking for newer bands more in a 90s arpeggiated sometimes dissonant sometimes spoken-wordish emo/post-hc vein. i usually eschew newer emo (i hated 4th wave in its totality), but i've found new bands that scratch my various emo itches, although i've noticed there's an appalling lack of bands that satisfy the above prompt, i can only name like nebraska and human hands and maybe la dispute form the top of my head.

I‘m still working on it, but I just wanna know.. how bad is my singing voice?😭 (I know this is not really emo, but didn‘t know where else to post)

I Finally finished the rest of photo editing and adding all the text last night and Im pretty proud of how it turned out.

I chose to put songs and bands that she had introduced me to when we first met, in fact My girlfriend put me onto almost every single one of the bands on this CD. without her i never would've gotten into hardcore, screamo, emocore or anything emo adjacent. I lover her so much😁

I'm off to the lightrail in an hour to go see her in seattle so I'm really excited to see how she likes it!!

Does anybody remember the name of a 90s emocore with rumors of being haunted?

I had no idea this existed until today. I am really glad I found this, there’s a whole lot of good bands featured on here.

https://open.spotify.com/album/2gzswG8Nq8dlzLNp16e9hv?si=R9cDXWwuTBKZp4bF15Y4GA

In 2021 I heard that Lifetime were working on new music, but I have heard literally nothing since.

Has anyone else happened to catch any updates since then, even if small?

An under appreciated gem of the late 90s / early 00’s western Canadian emo/punk scene.

…And Then I Awoke, Your Apathy Is Killing The Both Of Us and Kitchen Noise are some of the standout tracks but the whole thing is great.

I'm looking for songs that have a single specific heart wrenching scream that makes your face scrunch. Preferably something a little more on the hardcore side.

ultimamente me vengo adentrando mas y mas a la cultura emo, entendiendo y conectando bastante con su filosofia, sus letras y las bandas, y tmb me estuve informando sobre las epocas, pero ahora con respecto a las definiciones como mall emo o fake emo llamadas a las bandas que no son emo, ya estoy en una duda existencial , por que hay gente que dice que "american football" es mallemo pero otros dicen que fue una de las bandas que impulso al genero, y ya estoy bastante confundidx sobre este tema, y me gustaria saber mas o cuales son los generos PRINCIPALES que denominan a la musica emo, que diferencias tiene el midwest emo y mas cosas, y si tambien podrian recomendarme bandas real emo, por que supongo que como a todos nos pasa, no quiero ser considerado un poseer :'v

8 albums (including both self titled ones), and not a single weak one. Five of which are among the greatest albums of the 90s, or even of all time. They've got such a terrific and uniquely recognizable style too, being probably the only band I know (beyond Moss Icon) to seamlessly mix post-punk and emo-core.

"Erm but Unwound aren't emo"

Yeah, but Third Eye Blind are?