Bergen County NJs Senses Fail consisted of vocalist James Buddy Nielsen guitarists Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki bassist Michael Glita ex-Tokyo Rose and drummer Dan Trapp Forming in 2002 SF developed a slick amalgam of post-hardcore chuggery and e…

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…

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 …

Story of the Year began as Big Blue Monkey in St Louis Missouri At the time the late 90s the bands sound was much heavier think Deftones and the lineup that would become Story of the Year was not yet in place Big Blue Monkey played frequently in and …

New Jersey dream rock quartet Armor for Sleeps emotionally charged lyrics energetic live shows and DIY work ethic have won them a loyal fan base Singersongwriterguitar player Ben Jorgensen began writing songs the summer before his freshman year at co…

Since their inception Floridas Underoath has evolved from a run-of-the-mill Christian metalcore band into a fluid dynamic and energized rock group that adeptly blends emotive melody charged punk rock rhythm and chunky engaging bottom end Underoath fo…

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…

Post-hardcoreemo-pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001 Originally called A Day in the Life the Dayton OH collective saw numerous lineup changes and shifting music styles before settling on its current formation Composed of …

Based in Los Angeles by way of Florida From First to Last formed in 2002 with guitarists Travis Richter and Matt Good With a rotating lineup early on the post-hardcorescreamo outfit released the EP Aesthetic on New York-based Four Leaf Recordings in …