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…

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 …

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…

The members of Three Days Grace began bashing punk chords when they were in their teens carving a derivative yet energetic sound that fueled their live performances Three Days Grace was formed in Norwood Ontario Canada in 1997 by Adam Gontier vocals …

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…

Equipped with a newfound social conscience, former Blink 182 co-frontman Tom Delonge abandoned the scatological humor-driven pop punk of his old band in favor of the anthemic, inspired rock of his new band Angels And Airwaves. While still adept at wr…

Post-grunge rockers Hinder got started in the early 2000s in Oklahoma City where Joe Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson found Austin Winkler singing cover songs at a college party The three formed the nucleus of Hinder and started landing gigs opening lo…

Chicagos Rise Against began in 1999 when ex-88 Fingers Louie bassist Joe Principe tapped area vocalist Tim McIlrath for a new project rooted in the sound and social vision of traditionalist hardcore Joined by fellow 88 Fingers vet Dan Precision on gu…

The members of metalcore outfit Avenged Sevenfold or A7X were still in high school when they formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach CA Still it didnt take long for M Shadows vocals Zacky Vengeance guitar Synyster Gates guitar the Reverend drums and Johnn…

The Belton TX-based heavy rock quintet Flyleaf formed in 2000 when frontwoman Lacey Mosley tried out a string of the dark hard-edged songs she consistently wrote as a brooding teen on drummer James Culpepper After a brief period of playing together t…

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…

The Texas indie rock quintet Blue October came together in the late 90s with vocalistguitarist Justin Furstenfeld drummer Jeremy Furstenfeld violinist Ryan Delahoussaye bassist Matt Noveskey and lead guitarist Brant Coulter In 1998 Blue October indep…

Denver-based band the Fray was formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade vocals piano and Joe King guitar vocals when the two former school friends met up again in a local music store They soon began regular two-man jam sessions that led to writing songs and dev…