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So... I've found myself in the following scenario often:

Someone: mentions "emo" bands, the fashion associated with it or its effect on pop music.

I almost always respond: "That b.s. is not emo. It is poppy punk."

Someone: Why do you think that?

Me: Because it has nothing to do with the original movement. It doesn't sound anything like it. It falls much more in line with the history of pop-punk (i.e. Green Day, Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Warped Tour bands, New Found Glory, Ataris etc....are all part of the same sound and history.)

Them: Well what is real emo then? What are some of the bands?

So............ I've decided to post some "real emo" bands which I acknowledge is a completely retarded thing to do, considering the word wasn't even attached to some of them before they broke up, and I fully realize the psuedo-hipster implications.

So you see, I fully know I'm not cool before you have a chance to tell me...

Bands: Mineral, Moss Icon, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Gloria Record, Elliot, Sleepytime Trio, The Jazz June, Christie Front Drive, Jejune, Jets to Brazil, Karate, Moss Icon, Recess Theory, Sensefield, Grade, Ink and Dagger, Bloodshed, Promise Ring, Camber, American Football, Tha One Up Downstairs, Early Get Up Kids, At the Drive In, Focused