List of early emo groups
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Emo is a musical genre derived from hardcore punk. The term was initially short for "emotive hardcore" and was coined to describe the music of the mid-1980s DC scene and associated bands.
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[edit] 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
- Mission of Burma - particularly the album Vs.
- Violent Femmes - particularly the eponymous album Violent Femmes
- The Replacements - particularly the album Let It Be
[edit] Early Emo bands
- Beefeater
- Embrace
- Fire Party
- Gray Matter
- Ignition
- The Hated
- Moss Icon
- Nation of Ulysses
- Rain
- Rites of Spring
- Shudder To Think
[edit] 1990s Emo Groups
- American Football
- Angel Hair
- Antioch Arrow
- The Anniversary
- Appleseed Cast
- At the Drive-In
- .baxter.
- Blownapart Bastards
- Braid
- Bright Eyes
- Cap'n Jazz
- Clikatat Ikatowi
- Christie Front Drive
- Commander Venus
- Crown Hate Ruin
- Cursive
- Dahlia Seed
- Elliott
- Embassy
- Focused
- Four Hundred Years
- Friction
- Frodus
- Gauge
- The Get Up Kids
- Halfman
- Heroin
- Hoover
- Hot Cross
- Indian Summer
- Jimmy Eat World
- Joan of Arc
- Kosjer D
- Lifetime
- Lincoln
- Lync
- Maximillian Colby
- Merel
- Mineral
- Mohinder
- Native nod
- Navio Forge
- Nulset
- Nuzzle
- Owls
- 1.6 Band
- Policy of Three
- Portraits of Past
- The Promise Ring
- Quicksand
- Rainer Maria
- Rorschach
- Saetia
- Samiam
- Shotmaker
- Sleepytime Trio
- Slint
- Stavesacre
- Still Life
- Struggle
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Swing Kids
- Texas Is the Reason
- Torches to Rome
- Unwound
- Chris Stevenson
- Violent Femmes
- Yaphett Kotto
[edit] Record labels
- Deep Elm Records
- Dischord Records
- Ebullition Records
- Gravity Records
- Gern Blandsten Records
- Lovitt Records
- Saddle Creek Records
- Troubleman Records
[edit] Venues
- ABC No Rio
- CBGBs
- The Cocodrie
- Mission Records
- 924 Gilman
- Bottom of the Hill
- The Sitcom
- Cabbage Collective