CHAOTIC EMO
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Early 90s to Late 90s
The missing link between early emo bands like Indian Summer and the current sound of bands like Orchid, City of Caterpillar, et al was when proper angry young hardcore kiddies starting jamming the emotional element into their music. Bands like HONEYWELL, MOHINDER and SWING KIDS set the tone for the screamo phase of the late 90s whilst PORTRAITS OF PAST set the blueprint for so many modern emo bands.
This stuff is obviously far more chaotic and screamy than the previous brand of emo and also far less cheesey. This era of emo certainly set the groundwork for the next wave of bands, who became even more chaotic even taking influences from grindcore and metal. Canada, of all places, had a whole apocalyptic hardcore thing going on in the mid-90s which had a huge influence on the late 90s sound. One Eyed God Prophecy, The Breakwater, Jonah, Drift and UNION OF URANUS are just a few that later emo bands (whether any of these Canadian bands are emo is up for debate) ripped off in a big way. SAETIA appeared around the mid-90s to late-90s mark and are credited with influencing a lot of the current modern emo stuff.
influence of all the above bands on the modern emo sound should be obvious. Bands like Joshua Fit For Battle, Love Lost But Not Forgotten, You And I and Spirit of Versailles all seemed to take what Saetia did and make it less emo and more good. Whilst the amount of bands that ripped off the Canadian sound is pretty much all of the next section...
Honeywell - You and Me (4.46 MB)
Swing Kids - 43 Seconds (4.03 MB)
Mohinder - Numb (2.34 MB)
Portraits of Past - Implications of a Sinkhole Personal (5.37 MB)
(Saetia - Venus and Bacchus)
