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…

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…

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…

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…

Originally known as the Chiodos Bros the sextet better known as simply Chiodos pronounced chee-OH-dose -- named after an obscure 80s horror movie term -- came together during high school in their hometown of Davison MI located just outside of Flint C…

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…

California-based Saosin burst onto the post-hardcore scene in March 2003 with their explosive screamo-tinged debut EP Translating the Name on Death Do Us Part For the recording the band was comprised of vocalist Anthony Green former Slayer guitar tec…

Say Anything is the pop-punk brainchild of singersongwriter Max Bemis The band first started up while its members were still in high school and has had a rotating cast of characters throughout its existence with the most recent lineup featuring found…

Coming from an early twenty-first century hot bed of promising young punk influenced bands in Long Island, New York, USA, the members of emo band Brand New - Jesse Lacey (vocals/guitar), Vinnie Accardi (guitar), Garrett Tierney (bass), and Brian Lane…

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…

Halifax is a five-piece pop-punkemo-rock band out of Southern California Comprised of Mike Hunau vocals Chris Brandt guitarvocals Tommy Guindon drums Adam Charles guitar and Doug Peyton bass by the mid-2000s the group owed much of its rabidly loyal f…

The five-piece San Diego emoalternative group My American Heart burst onto the scene with their crunchy debut album The Meaning in Makeup Warcon Entertainment in the fall of 2006 At the time of its release none of the group members was above the age …

Emo poprock act This Providence came together in the summer of 2003 in Seattle WA recording and self-releasing their first EP soon after their formation Comprised of vocalistguitarist Dan Young guitarist Gavin Phillips bassistvocalist Phil Cobrea and…

Orlando FLs Anberlin formed out of various other area projects including the Christian punk outfit SaGoh Servants After Gods Own Heart Led by the soaring vocals of Stephen Christian the positive-thinking Anberlin also included Joseph Milligan guitar …

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 …

Like From Autumn to Ashes Nora and Hopesfall just to give three examples Emery is an alternative poprock outfit that has been described as melodic hardcore That means that they arent providing pure unadulterated hardcore let alone metalcore in the tr…

Originating from Canton, Ohio, USA, this spiritually inclined pop punk band was formed by Matt Thiessen (b. Canada; guitar/vocals), Matt Hoopes (guitar), Brian Pittman (bass), and David Douglas (drums). The quartet took their unusual name from the be…