Quote unquote real emo bands i like and you should check out:
- Taking Back Sunday
- Brand New
- Straylight Run
- Jimmy Eat World
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Thursday
- Dashboard Confessional
- Say anything
- Something corporate
- At the drive-in
- The get up kids
- Mineral (arguably)
Post hardcore bands which isnt emo by definition but lets be true to ourselves and admit that real emo is long gone (that genre of music where guys and gals wear theyr bangs to the floor and whine slash scream into the mic):
- The Used
- From First to Last
- Glassjaw
- Chiodos
- Destroy rebuild until god shows
- Lovehatehero
- Burden of a day
- Picture me broken
- Senses fail
- Funeral for a friend
- Hawtorne heights
- Alesana
- Get Scared
- Escape the fateĀ
- Falling in reverse (ONLY the first album, maybe also sexy drug)
- Pierce the Veil
- Sleeping with sirens
The true real angry emocore/screamo (first wave of emo) that emo elitists like a big lot:
- Rites of Spring
- Pg 99
- Embrace
- Mineral again
- Orchid
- Cap'n Jazz
- Loma Prieta
Lmk if you'd want more recs!!! I also have a big "intro to emo-adjacent genres" on yt music if youre interested