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1.) Emo stands for ‘Emotive Hardcore.’

2.) Emo would prove to be the main influence to the genre screamo.

3.) Original Emo is a thing of the past… died out in the early 90’s, giving rise to the post emo, screamo, and modern emo (hardcore emo).

4.) Hailing from the D.C. area emo came to be in the summer of ‘84.

5.) The founding artists of the emo genre include bands such as The Rites Of Spring and Husker Du.

~ by thearchangel on May 26, 2007.