The older harder version of emo. Emocore was what emo was called in the
mid '80s when it was first started. Rites Of Spring was the first emocore band, but not many
people knew about them. One of the members of Rites Of Spring joined Fugazi when it first started. Ian Mackaye, who was also the inventor of Straight Edge, wanted to copy ROS'
s style, but make it more like hardcore so that more
people agreed with it. After them came Jawbreaker, who widened emocore's by going more into modern and indie rock. Sunny
Day Real Estate, who came out at around the same time as Jawbreaker, did the same.
Emocore bands are: Alexisonfire, Underoath, Saosin, A Static Lullaby, The Bled, Dead Poetic, From Autumn To Ashes, Engine Down,
Thursday,
Finch, Dismissed, Matchbook
Romance, Earth Crisis, Snapcase and Boysetsfire.