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* Hawthorne Heights

* FallingInReverse

* Musci/BrandNew (Mixed with IndieRock)
* BulletForMyValentine (the most metal-influenced of the lot)

* EnterShikari

* Music/{{AFI}} (mixes this with punk and goth rock)

Of the emotive hardcore bands only Weezer, The Get Up Kids, and Jimmy Eat World had real commercial success due to their greater reliance of conventional pop song structure.

After Jimmy Eat World hit multi-platinum it also popularized a new darker variation of the sound. This early 2000's movement known as the 2000's post-hardcore Emo movement managed to balance a dark hardcore punch with introspective pop craft to create a powerful and moving variation of the emo sound that was more abrasive than the first, but was also more accessible. The bands in this genre act as a sort of midpoint between emotive hardcore and emo-pop since it combines elements of both post-hardcore and pop punk. Many bands of this genre are greatly influenced by GothRock and PostPunk as well as The Misfits horror influenced take on Hardcore. The bands in this genre became widely popular with many groups and are sometimes confused with emo-pop despite their innovative song writing, as well as there intense hardcore derived sound. The most well known members of this genre are: the hardcore punk revivalists (and dabbling post-industrialists) called Music/{{AFI}}, the suburban art rockers that make up Music/BrandNew, the gothic, theatrical, and over the top PostHardcore meets GlamRock act Music/MyChemicalRomance, eclectic screamers Music/TheUsed and Music/{{Thursday}}, the bunch of indie ironists and music philosophers known as Music/SayAnything, and finally Music/TakingBackSunday who pretty much personified the whole movements combination of darkly romantic hardcore punk and poppy, melodic rock.

Emo-Pop was born in the mid-2000's and combines elements of pop rock, classic emo introspection, and punk rock. The first and most well known of these is Music/FallOutBoy. Although many earlier emo bands had a poppy sound Fall Out Boy was the first to take emo into an overtly pop direction. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing, since Fall Out Boy is generally treated more favorably by the critical spectrum by often go against the stock formula used by their emo-pop followers: adding elements of {{Soul}}, R&B, orchestral flourishes, and even Hardcore Punk. This is much less common among their emo-pop contemporaries, who often are more than a bit formulaic, and lacks the emotion and sensitivity of the previous emo scenes. Along with {{Metalcore}} and post-grunge, emo-pop is a LoveItOrHateIt genre -- it is insanely popular with some groups, while the rest... well, you know.

* Music/{{Underoath}}

There's been a recent influx of Indie Emo bands reinvigorating the Classic Emo sound, many notably on the ''Count Your Lucky Stars'' label. Empire! Empire! I Was a Lonely Estate, [[OverlyLongName The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die]], and Snowing are just a few of them. There's also the ''{{Defend Pop Punk}}'' scene, which has revived elements of Emo with PopPunk and Melodic Hardcore. Big names in that scene include Transit (another American Football-influenced band also part of the above Indie Emo revivalists with their recent output), Man Overboard, The Wonder Years, most of ''Rise Records''' roster, etc. Bands from ''The Wave'' (Music/LaDispute, Pianos Become the Teeth) have also taken cues from this particular genre, mostly from Screamo.

Emo hit its high-water mark around 2008, and has lost mainstream appeal since then; although it still has a very loyal fanbase.

* Underoath

* From First to Last (you know, Music/{{Skrillex}}'s first band)

* Music/TheAllAmericanRejects

After Jimmy Eat World hit multi-platinum it also popularized a new darker variation of the sound. This early 2000's movement known as the 2000's post-hardcore Emo movement managed to balance a dark hardcore punch with introspective pop craft to create a powerful and moving variation of the emo sound that was more abrasive than the first, but was also more accessible. The bands in this genre act as a sort of midpoint between emotive hardcore and emo-pop since it combines elements of both post-hardcore and pop punk. Many bands of this genre are greatly influenced by GothRock and PostPunk as well as The Misfits horror influenced take on Hardcore. The bands in this genre became widely popular with many groups and are sometimes confused with emo-pop despite their innovative song writing, as well as there intense hardcore derived sound. The most well known members of this genre are: the hardcore punk revivalists (and dabbling post-industrialists) called Music/{{AFI}}, the suburban art rockers that make up Music/BrandNew, the gothic, theatrical, and over the top PostHardcore meets GlamRock act Music/MyChemicalRomance, eclectic screamers Music/TheUsed and Music/{{Thursday}}, The bunch of indie ironists and music philosophers known as Music/SayAnything, and finally Music/TakingBackSunday who pretty much personified the whole movements combination of darkly romantic hardcore punk and poppy, melodic rock.

* Music/DeathCabForCutie

* SunnyDayRealEstate

* Dashboard Confessional
* Music/EscapeTheFate

* From First to Last (you know, Music/{{Skrillex}}'s first band)

* Music/{{Weezer}} (straddles the fine line between being an [[AlternativeRock Alternative]] PowerPop band and an emo one, but their first album and especially the self-produced ''Pinkerton'' are commonly accepted as key parts of the 90's emo scene as well as being a large influence on later emo bands)

* Music/MyChemicalRomance (First three albums were a mix of this genre, GothRock, and '70s GlamRock. Danger Days was instead PunkRoc amd {{Dance-Punk}}.)

* Music/MyChemicalRomance (First three albums were a mix of this genre, GothRock, and '70s GlamRock. Danger Days was instead PunkRock.)

* Music/{{Yellowcard}} (they've got a violin!)

* Music/{{AFI}} (mixes this with the deathrock/horror punk style of {{goth rock}})

* Musci/BrandNew (Mixed with Indie Rock)

* Music/EscapeTheFate (switched to emo-pop on their sophomore album)

* From First to Last (you know, Music/{{Skrillex}}'s first band)

* Music/MyChemicalRomance (First three albums were a mix of this genre, deathrock/horror punk style GothRock, and '70s GlamRock. Danger Days was instead a mix of PopPunk and {{Dance-Punk}})

* Music/CobraStarship (Mixed with {{synthpop}}, also Gabe Saporta from Midtown's second band)

"Emo-Pop" bands (the controversial bit):

* Music/MyChemicalRomance (First three albums were a mix of this genre, deathrock/horror punk style GothRock}}, and '70s GlamRock. Danger Days was instead a mix of PopPunk and {{Dance-Punk}})

* Music/AllAmericanRejects

A very woefully misjudged form of music actually, emo has a long and varied history that touches the early 2000's and extends all the way back to the 80's. Despite the fact that emo has become a... polarizing term in our current critical establishment, Emo has produced a fair share of talented but underrated (and often multi-platinum selling) acts who aren't quite given proper critical respect due to the rise of modern day hipsterdom.

!! 2000's Post-hardcore/Emo bands:

* Music/PanicAtTheDisco (another critically acclaimed emo-pop band, mainly because they added elements of vaudeville, {{Psychedelic Rock}} and {{dance-punk}} to their sound instead of the usual formula.)
* Music/{{Paramore}} (along with Panic! and Fall Out Boy, they are one of the respected emo-pop bands, especially because they are clearly influenced by old school emo such as Sunny Day Real Estate)

* We The Kings

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