What are some good "emo" bands?

Question

That ARENT P!ATD or FOB or MCR?

Please, no sarcasm answers.
Those have no point.
I mean stuff like Silverstein or Saosin or something...
I know there aren't hardly any good ones, but I just wanna know.

Answer 1

Those bands that have been mentioned so far aren’t actually emo, emo was a movement in the hardcore genre that came to be known as "Emotive Hardcore," spearheaded by Rites Of Spring. It started in the 1990s and died in the 1990s. For whatever reason, bands like My chemical romance, funeral for a friend, fall out boy, etc. were branded as being emo to the masses but its just a name the media latched onto. As far as I can tell, some lazy journalist somewhere, writing an article about them, decided "Well, f*ck, no one knows what emo is anyway, so I'll call these bands "emo" - sounds more appealing than pop rock..." and the spiral continued downwards into the current amalgamation of bands MTV has told everyone is "emo." There’s a lot of diverse music within that category. It’s become a meaningless genre; these new bands that are being called emo are defined so because of the style in which they dress, but the music has nothing to do with that. Like everything else, the media tries to find the next big trend thus changed “emo”tive hardcore into “emo”tional which is obviously nonsense of the highest order since 99% of bands make music to illicit emotion, which would make "emotional" a completely all-encompassing genre from classical to opera to pop to rap.

So to conclude:
My Chemical Romance are not emo.
Rites of Spring are emo.

Answer 2

Grateful Dead - Working Man's Dead & American Beauty (thanx for listing this great band) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River the Band - Music From Big Pink Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield & Buffalo Springfield Again Moody Blues - Days of Future Past Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Janis Joplin - Pearl Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland the Bryds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Answer 3

v Aiden
v Hit the lights
v Sugarcult
v Stole your woman
v From first to last
v Mayday parade
v As I lay dying
v H.I.M
v Blink-182
v Angels and airwaves
v The rocket summer
v Paramore
v Flyleaf
v Panic! At the diso
v Bullet for my valetine
v 1997
v Norma jean
v The starting line
v UnderOath
v Finch
v Scary kids scaring kids
v Story of the year
v The red jumpsuit apparatus
v Thursday
v From autumn to ashes
v AFI
v My chemical romance
v The used
v 30 seconds to mars
v bowling for soup
v Comeback kid
v Cute is what we aim for
v Dashboard confessional
v Fountains of Wayne
v Good charlotte
v I am ghost
v Kill Hannah
v The killers
v Lit
v Motion city soundtrack
v Boys like girls
v Boys night out
v Amber pacific
v Rise against
v Saosin
v Simple plan
v Taking back Sunday
v Three days grace
v Yellow card
v Framing hanley
v All time low
v Darkest hour
v Falling forward
v Further seems forever
v The get up kids
v Hawthorn heights
v Jimmy eat world
v The junior varsity
v Matchbook romance
v My American heart
v Saves the day
v Senses fail
v Against me!
v Anti-Flag
v Dead Kennedys
v The acadmey is…
v Alkeline trio
v All time low
v Hawk nelson
v Hellogoodbye
v Hidden in plain view
v Hit the lights
v Less than Jake
v New Found Glory
v No use for a name
v The offspring
v Plus 44
v Rancid
v Relient K
v The starting line
v Sum 41
v Simple plan
v JamisonParker
v Coffin Caddies
v The misfits
v Karate High School
v 36 crazy fist fights
v Bad religion
v Flogging molly
v NOFX
v Rise against
v The suicide surfers
v Cartel
v Brand new
v Drop dead gorgeous
v Big D and the kids table
v Sublime
v Buckcherry
v Hinder
v Incubus
v Lostprophets
v Poison
v Queens of the stone age
v Rise against the machine
v Rush
v Saves the day
v The early November
v Alexisonfire
v Dear whoever
v The promise ring
v Sunny day real estate
v Modest mouse
v Joan of Arc
v Boy sets fire
v The dangerous summer
v The ramones
v A thorn for every heart
v Chiodos
v Duran Duran,
v Avenged sevenfold,
v Silverstien
v blinded black
v the spill canvas
v down to earth approach
v four year strong
v sound the alarm
v four letter lie
v glasseater

Answer 4

Well, There's one: Hurt.
Not really emo style, but the lyrics are heart wretching.

Also try Smile Empty soul, Hawthorne Heights. For classics, when emo originated: Rites of Spring, Moss Icon, Native Nod, Hoover, Still life, and Portraits of Past

Answer 5

Well, the bands you mentioned wouldn't be considered emo, but...Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Mineral, The Appleseed Cast.

Answer 6

No Knife
Embrace
Further Seems Forever
Blindside
Texas is the Reason
My Bloody Valentine
The Cure

Answer 7

If you ask a question like this, expect sarcasm. Even worse when you qualify it with "please no sarcasm." You will always get what you don't want.

Where emo is at the moment, they all suck. The only band that is worth checking out would be the original emo band, Fugazi. Today, they seem a lot closer to hardcore punk than emo but that's what the rock critics say at least.

Answer 8

Paramore, The Academy Is..., Gym Class Heroes (although they're more like emo rap), and if you're a fan of emo, then try Ok Go's most recent cd, Oh No, or any Weezer cd. You might like them.
Enjoy

(Note: I think emo is dying)

Answer 9

bright eyes, underoath, the devil wears prada, the bled, chiodos, circa survive, taking back sunday, jimmy eat world, dashboard confessional, brand new, saves the day, senses fail, aiden, red jumpsuit apparatus, commander venus, blesstehfall, norma jean, the chariot, atreyu, bayside, fall of troy, sparks the rescue, amber pacific, flyleaf, hit the lights, used, sugarcult, billy talent, cobra starship, august burns red

Answer 10

go for:

Embrace (absolutely love Ian MacKaye)
Shudder To Think
Moss Icon
Rites of Spring