#2nd wave emo

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What are some 2nd wave emo bands?

I'll list the well known ones and less well known ^_^

Also 2nd wave emo isn't strictly bands from the Midwest.

(That's all I'm going to say about that for now, but if u wanna know more about that, let me know.)

The most well-known/important are mostly-

lifetime, braid, jawbreaker, glassjaw, cap n jazz, American football, sunny day real estate, the get up kids, mineral, jets to Brazil, dashboard confessionals, pen fold, boys life, hot rod circuit, the jazz june, thursday, Jimmy Eat world, death cab for a cutie

(Some may argue a few bands just listed arnt 2nd wave emo, but they r 2nd wave emo adjascent n still impacted 2nd wave emo/later on Midwestern emo)

Other 2nd wave emo bands-

Edaline, Texas is the reason, Christie front drive, the promise ring, giant chairs, February stars union, Luke, into it. Over it, the van pelt, camber, mid Carson July, lungfish, the Juliana theory, alkaline trio, at the drive-in, jawbox, the casket lottery, time spent driving, unwound, dismemberment plan, pedro the lion

There's so many more!

(Theys were what came to my brain first ^_^)

Side note-

I fucking love lungfish and alkaline trio

Also I'm gonna be super busy soon so apologise if I slack a bit on posting :(

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fav sunny day real estate song❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

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“Do you blog here often?”

“Am I Emo?”, Seventeen (2002)

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A Brief Explanation of the Waves of Emo

Emo is divided up into 5 waves (or sometimes just 4, because we're still early in 5th wave and it's very difficult to draw a distinction). Here's a quick explanation of each of them:

1st wave - 1984ish-1991 - Emotional hardcore/emocore. These bands are all still hardcore punk (or sometimes just barely post-hardcore), but with more focus on melody, and lyrics that tend to be about more personal topics ("i'm depressed and my girlfriend broke up with me" as opposed to punk's typical "capitalism fucking sucks you guys"). It originated in DC during the Revolution Summer. Most of the well known bands from this era are either from there or another part of the east coast.

2nd wave - 1992-2001 - Midwest emo, skramz, and the start of emo pop. This is when we see people inspired by emocore start to get further into the melodic side of things while keeping true to the confessional lyrics, creating the subgenre of midwest emo (named for the fact that the scene started in Illinois and then spread around the midwest). We also see screamo, or skramz, develop in San Diego and later parts of the east coast, heavily inspired by emocore and hardcore. The difference is that skramz bands, you guessed it, use a vocal style referred to as screaming (because that's... basically what it is). We also see the start of emo pop, whose origins are quite messy, but are considered part of the scene due to the confessional lyric style and similar punk influences.

3rd wave - 2002-2008 - Emo pop, post-hardcore, and metalcore influences. This is the scene most people think of when they hear 'emo'. The genre became mainstream, specifically the emo pop side. It grew less confessional and more produced as bands tried to appeal to wider audiences. Post-hardcore, a more experimental form of hardcore punk, also became very closely connected with the scene due to their shared origins and sound. Because metalcore was also getting popular around the same time, you can see its influence in many 3rd wave bands. This is where you'll see probably the most debate around which bands are and aren't emo. Skramz and Midwest were also still definitely being made but they were not very popular.

4th wave - 2009-2018ish - Midwest emo revival. This is a straightforward one. Emo pop-punk fell out of mainstream and more people started to move their focus back towards midwest emo, creating a revival movement. While for the most part the sound is incredibly similar to that of 2nd wave's midwest emo, it should be noted that many of these bands had more pop than punk influences.

5th wave - 2018ish-now - all of the genres. This is a very difficult genre to define. Midwest emo is still very, very prevelant, and you can hear at least a little of it in most popular 5th wave bands. Screamo is also gaining traction again. There's a lot more external influence, as we see genres like shoegaze and bedroom pop start to get incorporated into some bands.

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