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A genre of modern music, emo is short form for [[Emotionally Charged Punk Rock]]. Though it originally emerged in the late [[1980]]'s, the genre has recently gained popularity thanks to bands such as: [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[Brand New]], and many others.

A genre of modern music, emo is short form for [[Emotionally Charged Punk Rock]]. Though it originally emerged in the late [[1980]]'s, the genre has recently gained popularity thanks to bands such as: [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[Brand New]], and many others.

==Early Days==

=Early Days=

In [[1983]], the DC [[punk]] scene began to lose popularity and many of the bands of the [[era]] had started to break up. In [[1984]], the band [[Husker Dü]] began the slow start of the early emo movement with the releaso of their album, [[Zen Arcade]]. The album featured melodic songwriting, intense vocals, and punkish guitars. Soon afterwards, bands such as [[Rites Of Spring]] and [[Embrace]] began to perfect the "DC Sound" with their music. Later on, this style of music begins to be referred to as "emo-core".

In [[1983]], the DC [[punk]] scene began to lose popularity and many of the bands of the [[era]] had started to break up. In [[1984]], the band [[Husker Dü]] began the slow start of the early emo movement with the releaso of their album, [[Zen Arcade]]. The album featured melodic songwriting, intense vocals, and punkish guitars. Soon afterwards, bands such as [[Rites Of Spring]] and [[Embrace]] began to perfect the "DC Sound" with their music. Later on, this style of music begins to be referred to as "emo-core".

=Noteworthy Bands=

==Noteworthy Early Bands==

[[Husker Du]],

[[Husker Du]],