List of emo artists
Template:Emo portal This is a list of notable musical artists who have been referred to or have had their music described as emo by journalists, music critics, and other independent sources.
References
Bibliography
- Greenwald, Andy (2003). Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-30863-9.
Notes
- ^ Fletcher, Alex (2007-09-17). "30 Seconds to Mars: "The Kill" (review)". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
[Jared Leto]'s now insisted on creating the latest emo, screamo, rock outfit to come storming out of the States [...] 'The Kill' (if you haven't heard it) is an operatic, grandiose, soaring tune that manages to wrap up all the tension from the season crescendos to Lost, 24 and Heroes into a three-minute emo classic.
- ^ a b McKinlay, Fiona (2006-01-20). "The Academy Is... + Panic! at the Disco @ Cathouse, Glasgow, 20 January 2006 (review)". Music OMH. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
It's not often that an emo band get tipped in the NME these days, but there's something about Panic! at the Disco that makes them universally acceptable to like [...] Other emo bands would shy away from synthesisers and such twinkly piano, but Panic! at the Disco make it all sound like it was always meant to be together [...] [The Academy Is... is] emo by numbers, but it does the job.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "A Day to Remember: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
A Day to Remember were formed in 2003 and mix emo, hardcore, and metal into a blend affectionately referred to by their fans as 'pop mosh.'
- ^ Parker, Nick (2006-07-19). "AFI Brings Emo Punk to Salt Lake City". The Globe. Salt Lake Community College. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Emo-punk band AFI set 'a fire outside' of the Utah State Fairgrounds Thursday night.
- ^ Shepherd, Sam. "Alexisonfire - Crisis (review)". Music OMH. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
this'll be the third album from this bunch of Canadian emo types [...] if you will play the emo-band by numbers game and remove all the spaces from between the words in your name then you deserve everything you get [...] There's the familiar clash of the dual vocals, part screamo, and part pop melody chanting in evidence, as well as an endless squall of pepped up guitars, which feature heavily in these days of post hardcore and emo.
- ^ Leahey, Andrew. "The All-American Rejects: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
[Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler] formed the emo-pop group All-American Rejects in 2000...
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "The Almost: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
The Almost is an emo solo project by Aaron Gillespie, drummer and occasional lead singer for Underoath...
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b Phares, Heather. "American Fooball: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Kinsella's emo/post-rock pedigree includes stints with bands like Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arc; American Football shares a similar esthetic, blending jazzy tempos, pop hooks, and earnest vocals into their sound.
- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (3rd ed.). Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 27. ISBN 0-879-30653-X.
Excellently named emo band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was formed in late 1994...
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ DePasquale, Ron. "The Anniversary: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
The Anniversary brought their own blend of male-female vocals, jangly guitars, and synth keyboards to the emo scene after signing with Heroes and Villains in 1999.
- ^ Luerssen, John D. "The Possibility and the Promise: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
[The] emo-punk stalwarts in Amber Pacific return with a heightened presence of rock muscle...
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "The Appleseed Cast: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Lawrence, KS-based emo quartet Appleseed Cast [...] Overdubbing new elements over the older songs, Appleseed Cast blended the tense emo of their early work and the broad experimentation of their new material.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-843-53105-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. New York: Feral House. p. 157. ISBN 0-922925-71-7.
During the 'Revolution Summer' of '85 many harDCore types reinvented themselvs. 'Emo,' for emotional post-Hardcore, described the move to softer, more emotive music, embodied in Ian [MacKaye]'s project Embrace, Brian Baker's Dag Nasty, Thomas Squip's Beefeater, Kingface with Mark Sullivan, Bobby Sullivan's Lunchmeat, and Rites of Spring with Guy Picciotto and Eddie Janney.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ a b c Greenwald, p. 14. "Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, Embrace, explored similar themes of self-searching and emotional release. Other peers followed suit, including Grey Matter, the archly political and arty Beefeater, and Fire Party, whom Jenny [Toomey] termed 'the world's first female-fronted emo band.'"
- ^ Schabe, Patrick. "Benton Falls: Fighting Starlight (review)". Retrieved 2009-04-20.
...the songs here are compact slices of emotion that fit right into the indie/emo brand of power rock underpinned by mopey sentimentalism [...] Perhaps with time Benton Falls will write a spring/summer album to compliment it, although being an indie/emo Deep Elm band, it's not likely.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|ublisher=ignored (help) - ^ Greenwald, p. 46. "What Braid did better than any other band of its era was truly live the egalitarian spirit of emo. If emo is, on one level, the ability to move from sympathy for song subjects to outright empathy, then Braid blurred the line even further, engendering empathy for itself."
- ^ Zemler, Emily (2004-06-21). "Braid Singer Speaks on Roots of Emo". The Eagle. American University. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Braid - a so-called emo band that is considered a forefather of the contemporary emo genre - has reunited for a U.S. tour...
- ^ Nanna, Bob (in Zemler). "When we first started it was [that] we kind of said, 'Yeah, we're an emo band' because the bands we liked we thought were emo bands - like Jawbox or Fugazi. Then it kind of took on this negative context and it got used against us. Nowadays it's just a catch-all term and it doesn't really mean anything to me anymore."
- ^ Carioli, Carly (2003-08-29). "Roadtripping". The Providence Phoenix. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Brand New are the latest emo kids on TRL's block...
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Apar, Corey. "Boys Like Girls: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Unafraid to wear their heart on their collective sleeve, the Boston-based emo-pop outfit Boys Like Girls features...
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Boys Night Out: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
Ontario-based pop-punk/emo/lotsa yelling combo Boys Night Out included...
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Cap'n Jazz: Biography". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Short-lived but highly influential, Cap'n Jazz helped transform emo from a deeply underground punk subgenre into a more widely accepted subset of indie rock...along with Pinkerton-era Weezer, they helped shift emo's always-elusive musical focus from post-hardcore prog-punk to an arty but more accessible punk-pop.
- ^ John, Tracey (2004-03-29). "Coheed and Cambria, The 'Emo Rush,' Bring Prog-Rock to the Mosh Pit". MTV.com. MTV. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Most bands that fit the 'emo' or 'hardcore' descriptions follow the same scream-sing/ scream-sing formula, but Coheed and Cambria are bringing something different to the scene. That something is an unusual blend of prog-rock, emo and sci-fi fantasy. Consequently, the band has often been described as an 'emo Rush' due to its elaborate concept albums...
- ^ Cunningham, Jonathan (2008-02-28). "Last Night: We the Kings, the Cab, Metro Station, and Cobra Starship at Culture Room". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Finally, it was time for the ultimate '80s emo dance party of Cobra Starship...
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Breakers: Cute Is What We Aim For -- Emo Just Got Even More Fun". AOL Music. AOL. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ Dashboard Confessional Grows Up, and Emo Gets Its Own Generation Gap
- ^ Bogdanov, Woodstra, and Erlewineare, p. 320. "Washington, D.C.-based emo quartet the Dismemberment Plan...", "the Plan [...] are a fairly thrash-crazed example of what the term 'emo' used to mean. There aren't any apologetic weepouts, just calmer moments amidst pretty explosive performances."
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Drive Like Jehu: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
Drive Like Jehu had a tremendous impact on the evolution of hardcore punk into emo [...] The term 'emo' hadn't yet come into wider use, and while Drive Like Jehu didn't much resemble the sound that word would later come to signify, they exerted a powerful pull on its development. Moreover, they did fit the earlier definition of emo: challenging, intricate guitar rock rooted in hardcore and performed with blistering intensity, especially the frenzied vocals.
- ^ DePasquale, Ron. "Elliott: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
...Elliott, a Louisville emo band known for its intense stage presence, replete with piano and percussion samples.
- ^ Gitlin, Lauren (2005-03-10). "Emanuel: Soundtrack to a Headrush (review)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Hard-rocking, loud-screaming Kentucky emo-punks rush blood to your head...
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ DePasquale, Ron. "Embrace: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Along with Rights of Spring...Embrace is considered to have pioneered the emocore sound. [...] Legend has it the new sound prompted someone in the audience to yell that Embrace was 'emocore.'
- ^ Glynn, Lee (2006-07-10). "Escape the Fate: There's No Sympathy for the Dead (review)". Gigwise. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Las Vegas 5 piece emo hardcore outfit known as Escape the Fate, release their debut EP...Shunning the typical fashionably suicidal aesthetic that seems to come part and parcel with most emo bands, Escape the Fate are awesome musicians...These Las Vegas boys will surely break free from the stigma attached to the Emo label as their sound is fresh, violent and full of promise.
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Fall Out Boy: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Fall Out Boy rose to the forefront of emo-pop in the mid-2000s...the quartet used the unbridled intensity of hardcore as a foundation for melody-drenched pop-punk, with a heavy debt to the emo scene.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Caramancia, Jon (2008-07-28). "Dependent, Independent, Metalcore, Emo: It's All Punk to Them". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
...a stage-overwhelming turn by the promising young emo band Forever the Sickest Kids...
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Eliscu, Jenny (2005-09-08). "From Autumn to Ashes: Abandon Your Friends (review)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
From Autumn to Ashes are torn between emo's impulse toward the heartfelt and metalcore's urge to shred.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Funeral for a Friend". BBC Wales. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
The band members themselves prefer not to be lumped in with emo groups, and opt instead for the simple term 'rock', though that doesn't do justice to their unique pop-tinted fusion of metal, rock and emo.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "The Get Up Kids: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Kansas City's Get Up Kids play melodic, pop-inflected emo similar to the Promise Ring and Braid...[Something to Write Home About] garnered high critical and fan praise and made the Get Up Kids heroes of the emocore scene.
- ^ "Hawthorne Heights Cancels Tour After Guitarist's Death". The Seattle Times. 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
Hawthorne Heights, a popular emo-screamo band, canceled its tour Monday after the death of Casey Calvert, the band's guitarist.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Breihan, Tom (2007-02-06). "Hellogoodbye: Emo Doesn't Always Suck". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
["Here (In Your Arms)" is] an emo band's take on uber-cheesy Euro-technopop [...] If more emo sounded like this, I'd spend a lot more time watching Fuse.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ D'Angelo, Peter. "Hey Mercedes: Biography". Retrieved 2009-04-22.
Hey Mercedes was a more accessible and melodic entity, and it didn't take long for their songs to win the hearts of a new generation of young music fans caught up in the burgeoning emo trend.
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- ^ a b c d e f Greenwald, p. 40. "Bands that were lumped together in the emo camp back then [in the mid-1990s] varied wildly, much more so than today. The dominant sound was the melodic punk of the Promise Ring and Texas Is the Reason, but peers and tourmates like Karate, The Van Pelt, and especially Chicago's Joan of Arc played with elements of post-rock, including odd instrumentation and ample amounts of droning, wordless minor-key dirges. The Shyness clinic adored the Scottish noisemakers Mogwai, and emo mix tapes often included the Ivy League folk of New York city's Ida. At the Boston basement shows it wasn't uncommon to see the fresh-faced boys of Braid sharing the bill with the heavy rawk bombast of the Rye Coalition."
- ^ a b Greenwald, p. 19. "Sunny Day Real Estate was emo's head and Jawbreaker its busted gut—they two overlapped in the heart, then broke up before they made it big. Each had a lasting impact on the world of independent music. The band shared little else but fans, and yet somehow the combination of the two lays down a fairly effective blueprint for everything that was labeled emo for the next decade."
- ^ Greenwald, p. 20. "Spanning two coasts, three genres, countless throat polyps, and an entire generation of heartsick boys, Jawbreaker is the Rosetta Stone of contemporary emo."
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- ^ Greenwald, pp. 40-41. "No band embodied [the mid-1990s emo] aesthetic more than Texas's Mineral, a quartet of deathly serious young men...In many ways, "If I Could" is the ultemate expression of mid-nineties emo. The song's short synopsis—she is beautiful, I am weak, dumb, and shy; I am alone but am surprisingly poetic when left alone—sums up everything that emo's adherents admired and its detractors detested."
- ^ Jason Ankeny. "Allmusic The Gloria Record Bio". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ^ Greenwald, p. 146. "'Absolutely, says [Ben] Holtzman. 'It's the depoliticization. I don't think there's anything not safe about [rising Long Island emo act] The Movielife.'"
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- ^ Greenwald, pp. 127-128. "'I'm sick of smiling / and so is my jaw / can't you see my front is crumbling down?' asked the first song on Sticks and Stones, the New Found Glory album that stunned the world when debuted at number four in the summer of 2002. It's an interesting contradiction—the celebration of misery, the simultaneous privileging and subsuming of the self—but one that's pure emo, no matter what the band or its label says."
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- ^ Greenwald, p. 44. "[Nothing Feels Good] is the pinnacle of its generation of emo: a convergence of pop and punk, of resignation and celebration, of the lure of girlfriends and the pull of friends, bandmates, and the road."
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- ^ Greenwald, p. 14. "If Minor Threat was hardcore, then Rites of Spring, with its altered focus, was emotional hardcore or emocore."
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- ^ Greenwald, pp. 38-39. "For many, the New York City-based quartet Texas Is the Reason was the perfect bridge from indie-rock to emo."
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- ^ Jerry Gordinier (2004-10-26). "The Used take emo to new levels on 'Death'". The Michigan Daily.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Greenwald, p. 51. "Although no one was paying attention—perhaps because no one was paying attention—Pinkerton became the most important emo album of the decade."
- ^ Edwards, Gavin (2001-12-09). "Review: Pinkerton". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
[Pinkerton] became a cornerstone of the late-Nineties emo movement.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Montgomery, James (2004-10-25). "The Argument: Weezer Are the Most Important Band of the Last 10 Years". MTV. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
Weezer were an introductory course in all things indie and emo...with their second album, 1996's Pinkerton, Weezer took those wide-eyed kids and shoved them face-first into a whole new genre of music: emo...Weezer were by no means the first modern 'indie band'; they weren't even on an indie label. Nor were they the first 'emo' act (that was probably Washington, D.C.'s Rites of Spring). But they did perfect both genres — and made them both accessible to the masses.
- ^ Jon Caramanica (July 28, 2008). "Dependent, Independent, Metalcore, Emo: It's All Punk to Them". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-19.