A discovery of pop-punk superstars Fall Out Boy, the Las Vegas emo band Panic! At the Disco (named for a Smiths song), stormed the charts in 2005 while its members were barely old enough to vote. Offering a highly danceable take on the emo formula of…

Better known as the vocalistsongwriterkeyboardist for the West Coast punk-pop quintet Something Corporate Andrew McMahon explores the dark side with his emo pop side project Jacks Mannequin Utilizing the talents of numerous friends and collaborators …

Emo-pop outfit Cute Is What We Aim For emerged from Buffalo NY in January 2005 Originally a quintet the band ultimately stripped down to four members vocalist Shaant Hacikyan guitaristpianist Jeff Czum drummer Tom Falcone and bassistguitarist Fred Ci…

Formerly in rival bands on the Chicago local scene guitarist Mike Carden and vocalist William Beckett came together in 2002 to mark the beginning of indie-emo rockers the Academy Is originally just named the Academy Naming influences from U2 to Weeze…

The mercurial term "emo" has meant many different things since its first appearance in the mid-1980s hardcore punk underground. By the mid 2000s, the term was best exemplified by the band Fall Out Boy. Playing an accessible brand of melodic rock mark…

Poprock outfit Paramore began humbly enough in Franklin TN when lead singer Hayley Williams met brothers Josh and Zac Farro guitar and drums respectively after moving into town from Mississippi The two had a young band that the burgeoning singer was …

Motion City Soundtrack featured Joshua Cain guitar Tony Thaxton drums Justin Pierre vocalsguitar Jesse Johnson moog and Matthew Taylor bass The indie rock quintet originally formed in 1999 when Pierre and Cain were still in high school The two were b…

Born in the suburbs of Chicago lead singer Tom Higgenson was originally fascinated with the drums performing in various pop and rock bands in high school One of these groups was Harveys Daughter where he met bass player Ken Fletcher The group disband…

As the legend of Cobra Starship would have it frontman Gabe Saporta fled into the deserts of Arizona one day to find the true meaning of his existence away from his emo-rock band Midtown Saporta spent days and nights pondering life mysterious lights …

Unafraid to wear their heart on their collective sleeve Boston-based poprock outfit Boys Like Girls feature singerguitarist Martin Johnson bassist Bryan Donahue drummer John Keefe and guitarist Paul DiGiovanni the last two being cousins After Boys Li…

Drawing heavy influence from Green Day and blink-182 early on pop-punk quartet All Time Low formed in the suburbs of Baltimore MD in 2003 around singerguitarist Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat The two soon added bassist Zack Merrick and drum…

Formed in 1999 Amityville NYs Taking Back Sunday took their version of melodic hardcore from bands like Lifetime Endpoint and Sunny Day Real Estate as well as guitarist Ed Reyes emo band the Movielife The bands first demo a five-song CD was released …

Like Bright Eyes or Five for Fighting the Spill Canvas began as the pseudonym for a solo singer and songwriter but has since transformed into a traditional band Sioux Falls SD native Nick Thomas played in a variety of local punk bands in his early te…

New Jersey hardcore band My Chemical Romance achieved a surprising degree of success with their Goth-tinged, woe-is-me take on punk. Labeled everything from emo and pop-punk to post-hardcore and screamo, My Chemical Romance are one of several bands f…