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1984 The Untouchables/Faith Deadline Rites Of Spring. , . Guy Picciotto , , . , , .
1985 " ", , -, : Police of Three, Gray Matter, Soulside, Ignition, Marginal Man, Fire Party, Rain, Shudder to Think, . , , Dag Nasty.
Minor Threat, Ian MacKaye, Embrace ("") ( DC Minor Threat (" "), Void(""), and State Of Alert (" ")) , . , ( Faith) , -. MacKaye , .
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( 1986) "" . , Rites of Spring The Hated ( ). Moss Icon, "" , (Tonie Joy, Born Against, Lava, Universal Order of Armageddon .) / . , .
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1994 Sunny Day Real Estate ( «Diary») . — , , - (« »). Sunny Day Real Estate — Mineral, Christie Front Drive, Braid, Boys Life . . , - .
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«emo» — Moss Icon, Native Nod, Still Life, Hoover, Milemaker
«emocore» — Embrace, Rites Of Spring, Split Lip, Four Hundred Years, SOG
«french emocore» — Fingerprint, Jasemine, Vanilla, Anomie, Amanda Woodward
«screamo» — Orchid, Funeral Diner, Joshua Fit For Battle, Circle Takes The Square, Page 99
«San-Diego hardcore» — Heroin, Swing Kids, Iconoclast, Antioh Arrow, Angel Hair
«emoviolence» ( ) — Union Of Uranus, Shikari, Tristan Tzara, The Apoplexy Twist Orchestra, Jerome's Dream
«emo indie rock» — Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral, Cursive, Pop Unknown, Monochrome
«pop emo» — The Used, Thursday, Early November, Time Spent Driving, Finch