Emo
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
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
Husker Du Rites Of Spring Embrace Dag Nasty Jawbreaker