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…

Mayday Parade resulted from the merger of two popular Tallahassee local bands Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment which helped the newly minted melodic rock unit amass a quick buzz around its hometown scene upon forming in the mid-2000s The sextet …

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 …

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…

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 …

Sprinkling their impassioned brand of alternative rock with touches of screamo pop-punk and metal Middleburg FLs the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus were originally born in 2003 Writing and rehearsing for about 18 months with no real intentions of performing …

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…

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 …

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 …

Seattle-based Amber Pacific first formed in 2002 as Follow Through while the guys were still juniors in high school Hopeless Records heard some of the bands initial recordings and signed them up and the combo made its debut as Amber Pacific in May 20…

Cartels earnest take on emopop-punk emerged out of Atlanta around 2004 when vocalist Will Pugh guitarists Joseph Peppers and Nic Hudson bassist Ryan Roberts and drummer Kevin Sanders released an initial EP that caught the ear of the California-based …

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…