There is no hardcore cult, so this is the best place
I'm sick of people asking what im into and saying, Indie, Ska, some punk, and emocore, and a little bit of metal.
Then they think i like dashboard.
Real emo started in 84 and is rooted from bands like television, husker du, mission of burma, and other punk and hardcore bands. Just a few bands in DC grew sick of the violence and repetiveness of their scene, and sang about their personal anguish, rather than social anguish. Emocore means emotive hardcore, if you arent hardcore, you cant be emo.
And people are not emo, as people are not genres of music
Boysetsfire, Malady, Pg. 99(grindcore but from emo scene with emo lyric style), Circle Takes The Square, Love Lost But Not Forgotten, Pygmy Lush, The birds are spys they report to the trees, A day in black and white(Their split 7inches and my heroes have always killed cowboys only), Planes mistaken for stars(fuck with fire cd), A petal Fallen, After school knife fight, On the might of princes(post-hardcore with emo roots), Antioch Arrow(brilliant hardcore), RITES OF SPRING AND EMBRACE(ian mackaye, NOT the indie band: THESE BANDS STARTED THE GENRE) INDIAN SUMMER, MOSS ICON, Gospel, La quite(italian), The Apoplexy twist orchestra, 1.6 band(converge mentions this band at shows alot), ENVY(japan), Nervous light of Sunday (japan), 1000 travels of jawaharlal(japan), An Albatross, Assfactor 4, Black Castle, Cowboys Become Folk Heroes, Saetia, Die Emperor DIE!, Four Hundered Years, The Hated, Yaphet Kotto.
These bands encompass aa wide variety of style and sound, From softer more melodic to thrashy grindcore. If you listen to ANY one of these bands, you will hoipefully find some music that is long in history, and incredibly passionate in its fan base.
BANDS THAT ARE NOT EMO: Underoath, Taking Back Sunday, Alexisonfire, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Sunny Day Real estate, etc
This is nota shot at those bands either, I have seen alexisonfire 4 times, TBS 3, and LOVE sunny day real estate.
But they are not emo
