The History of Midwest EMO (Might Delete Later)
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- From emotional beginnings in D.C. to the emo revival, emo has seen it all. Emo’s not dead. Let's be honest, we've all been a little emo at some point. In this video I go over the history of Midwest EMO. A cozy, soft, melodic sound that defined the 90s. From punk rock and hardcore roots, to mainstream success and rise and fall and the emo revival. From D.C to warped tour to When We Were Young. From Rites of Spring to American Football, to Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, the promise ring, braid, to Blink 182, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Paramore to Modern Baseball, Title Fight, Touche Amore, Joyce Manor, Pool Kids, Oso Oso, Hot Mulligan, Neck Deep, Origami Angel, Spanish Love Songs, Alkaline Trio and Glass Beach. Embrace Midwest EMO and the 902s/2000s nostalgia and be an elder emo.
00:00 Intro
01:02 Midwest Emo 101
05:47 The Midwest Emo Pioneers
14:18 Maturity In Melody
17:40 The Midwest Emo Aesthetic
19:06 Midwest Emo In The 2010s
24:43 Modern Midwest Emo
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Spotify Playlist, 10 hours, enjoy!
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00:00 Intro
01:02 Midwest Emo 101
05:47 The Midwest Emo Pioneers
14:18 Maturity In Melody
17:40 The Midwest Emo Aesthetic
19:06 Midwest Emo In The 2010s
24:43 Modern Midwest Emo
You are a saint for this playlist!!! Yesssss
The 90s emo scene (if you want to call it a scene) had such a high density of amazing bands. Sunny Day Real Estate, Braid, Mineral, Texas is the Reason, Rainer Maria, The Get Up Kids, Cap n’ Jazz, Jimmy Eat World, The Promise Ring, Knapsack, Everyone Asked About You, Christie Front Drive, Boys Life, Jejune, American Football, Endive, and more.
so many great bands, Thanks for watching!
endive❤
jejune❤
Texas Is The Reason and The Get Up Kids❤
Midwest Emo: The sound of your parents arguing over the Final Fantasy VIII OST playing on the file select screen while you learn to noodle in alternate tunings
Love your music!
NO WAY! 😭😭 Thank you
Hitting your playlist up to research the album I'm recording next month. Thank you for this audio/video reference guide. Going to make it way easier 🫡@@NeverNormal
Was never into emo when I was a teenager but now twenty years later I'm starting to appreciate it more and more.
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@@NeverNormal Thanks for creating!
Was literally searching YT for a Midwest emo iceberg or Documentary like 16 days ago so glad this exists now
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i'm 40 and grew up on this stuff. i'm a barber and i was cutting a 24 year olds hair the other day and we got on to talking about emo via hardcore. he told me the first time he ever heard American Football was AT A CONCERT. i was like "bruh...i hate you." lol
The front bottoms. I know they’re not technically Midwest emo but I they come up a ton when I listen to Midwest emo bands.
Thanks! Making this my whole personality now!
lol please don't Thanks for watching!
Here in brazil we had a pretty good year for emo/midwest emo records! here's a few that were released last year:
Um quarto (¼) - do que somos capazes (full disclosure, this is my band)
Quarto vazio - fábulas
Polara - Partilha
Quem é você, alice? - rolê trevas pt II
Bella e o Olmo da Bruxa is also another great one!!! They even sample Tim Maia in one of their songs (Tu Me Trocou por um Cara Que Usa Sapatênis). Maybe not Midwest Emo, but definitively good Brazilian emo hehehe.
ps: listening to your album as a write this and hell yeah man! parabéns, muito foda
@@Ossowicki1 n curto muito eles, mas respeito demais o corre deles
Caramba cara, conheço algumas bandas de Math Rock brasileiras, mas nunca conheci as de Midwest emo e já procuro faz tempo. Muito obrigado!
i just watched your history of emo video the other day and it sent me into a state where like all i can listen to is midwest emo and then now theres THIS VIDEO as im fixating on midwest emo its a blessing its a blessing
haha thanks so much for watching! Enjoy the midwest road trip!
just watched the emo video! so glad you posted this, skramz next?
maybe....Thanks for watching!
It’s a good point that the Emo scene embraces the different sound. The first time I was introduced to them I was given a mix CD. The other kid said track 16 is the twinkle one I like by American football. The other half of the CD? Planes Mistaken for Stars.
I also saw Owen (Mike Kinsella solo project) in a show with planes mistaken for stars, from autumn to ashes, and Thursday). It was completely normal.
I LOVE MIDWEST EMO!! i've been going to a lot of local emo shows and they're always amazing, i've honestly seen a lot more ppl in my generation start making diy emo and it's so fun to be a part of
God the water boy returns fucks so hard I can’t even argue. Probably my favorite off of that album. All around great takes. Can we get a playlist on Apple or CZcams for both this video and the last one 🥹🥹
Really cool video, I really enjoy the long format information videos.
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Great video man! Glad I found this genre a month ago and get to listen to it while still being 16 haha you deserve wayyyy more subs
thanks so much!
@@NeverNormal ofc man 👊🏻
Love the video. Extremely informative. Can you consider a video about the fashion style of Midwest emo? I find it interesting how simple it looks. Thank You
I"m loving these videos please do more!
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Third comment, so you know the video stuck with me. It's a good video! I'd love one on the history of post-hardcore or the history of pop-punk.
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The local metro Detroit, Michigan “emo” / indie scene was thriving in my youth. 2000-2006: some great hall shows and local bands in that era.
a lot of albums for me to dig in! glad I watched this video
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what a great video!! I myself am a former indie rock artist BUT my newest album Losercore drops on March 29th and is VERY Midwest emo/math rock derived. I've always loved the genre but never had the balls to jump into it haha. I kinda played around with a more midwest emo sound on my last album, Carpe Diem but it feels really good to just jump 10 toes deep into it now. Excited to share my project with the world and am proud to contribute to the ever expanding Genre that is, Midwest Emo.
Just found american football, and i was looking for a place to dive in. Thanks for the video 😊
Thanks for watching!
I loved this!!
If you get around to the Cap’n Jazz family tree/KinsellaCore video, please dont leave out Owen; his music and style of playing entirely in alternate/open tunings is so under appreciated
I love new leaves. Thanks for the kinds words!
@@NeverNormal i thought i was trippin when i read your response omg i was like “wait, wasnt there a similar video that i commented this on and got a similar response?” I had to look back 😂
To add on because I listened to some stuff today; Cap’n Jazz’s Little League, at the third verse you have:
Hey Ringwald haze
We're using bruises like Bruce Lee
In a haste to bruise me
And I've given all I could give
I've taken all I could take
I've pushed all that I could push
I've pulled all that I could pull
This is one of those lyrics that make you wanna shout while driving after a breakup
Then I listened to The Appleseed Cast from Kansas, idk if they count but they’re close enough lol their song Steps and Numbers:
Do you feel alone in the secret?
Are you standing there just weeping?
Do you feel the light is gone?
Is it hard to remain strong?
In the face of all you know
In a world that's brought you low
Stand there, dance with
Stand there, dance with a memory
The caption reads "it's all over now"
This whole song is an instant thousand stare no matter what im doing
Thank for pointing out that spanish song lol I listened to it and its pretty catchy!
It's pretty awesome to see that a Latino rock song like "A La Hora Señalada/Hermanita" has a style that predates an entire genre in another part of the world. I have recently been getting into Latino alternative rock because I am Venezuelan-American myself, and I have been wanting to brush up my Spanish. I highly recommend "Otro Dia Mas" by Bye Sami, "Apoyo Emocional" by Estoy Bien, and uklao's self-titled album.
Thanks for watching!
@@NeverNormal Hey, no problem!
It does predate midwest emo but it doesn't predate US and UK post punk, jangle pop and/or dream pop which was already incorporating that type of guitar style into its music in the early 80s. R.E.M. in the early to mid 80's was laying a foundation for a lot of what the midwest emo, indie and slowcore bands did later on. Cocteau Twins and the Cure were doing it too.
The style evolved from a ton of different genres probably as far back as the 60s with maybe The Beach Boys. It's fair to credit hardcore and punk because you can trace the lineage easily with band members and record labels, venues, etc but it's evident that there were much earlier examples of the sound. I'm sure eventually we'll find some finger style guitarist from the 50s who did a twinkle daddy riff at one point.
It's pretty fun to hear the evolution of music.
Turnover, american beauty, mallcops are my favorite
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The most beautiful genre ive ever heard
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I like these videos, homie.
Thanks homie
I come from Extreme metal, especially Death-Doom. I found "I Hate Myself:10 Songs" and really loved the sound and emotion, im not sure how it were mixed up in my music but im glad it did. It took me down a rabbit hole, into Screamo & Midwest in an effort to find similar vibes. American Football is great, got their first two albums. Vs Self is great too, love their album "Everything Seems better now" just wish i could snag it on CD! Music I want preserved beyond digital media. Camping in Alaska, Fkin supreme too.
Hits the feels, but in a good way.
Great video, and i definitely gleaned to learn more about Midwest Emo.
this was great! would be sweet if you made playlists to go along with these videos for us to reference after watching :)
I'll put together a spotify playlist later today, Thanks for watching!
Playlist - open.spotify.com/playlist/5gJnwV9ti34dpBs7lj4Wh3?si=2ec4aecd018744a5
@@NeverNormal hell yeh thanks for this!
Another great video, thanks
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There is nothing more Midwest than these lyrics which succinctly summarizes my childhood from 1978-1983 in rural Ohio:
Lemonade stands and memories
Of innocence and purity
And the noonday sun at ninety degrees
The things I carry with me
The ice cream man at four or five
How'd we flag him down and ask for rides
And evenings when we'd sit outside
And name the cloud shapes in the sky
Those days are gone now and we must carry on
But I will not forget the things I learned on your front lawn
And how we rode those dusty trails
On Huffys and Schwinns from Christmas sales
Made forts out of crates with rusty nails
And only came home when our stomachs failed
Thank you for the 'Banger after banger after banger.' You're not wrong.
Lol thanks for watching
Fucking nailed it. Not only do I think youre pretty accurate in your retelling, but you take the right attitude into it. Lets delve into the nuances of subgenres for the FUN of it, not so we can take ourselves so seriously.
thanks for the nice words!!! thanks for watching!
I would add movements and sweet pill to your list. I love this genre of music.
both great bands! Thanks for watching!
I think a band often overlooked is Prawn, a very nice catchy sound with poetic lyrics!
Something to Write Home About is the first emo album I got. I can't remember for the life of me how I heard about them - I feel like there was a compliation or something that had a song of theirs, but I can't put my finger on it. Needless to say, it was my absolute favorite album in High School. That and Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes by Propagandhi.
6 years ago ended my relationship with my ex fiancé, drifted around for 6 months drinking, sleeping with random girls, and partying hard trying to get my head straight. Ran into a meme page with someone flipping off a house and everyone saying American Football, had to look it up and heard Never Meant and fell in love instantly. Later I heard a Ska Version from Skatune Network which I started to love as well which later on put out a version of Misery Business with the lead singer of Pool Kids and led me to Math Rock and more Midwest Emo and I was fully hooked. Now I search out Midwest Emo Mixtapes daily, try to find new bands, and sink my teeth into everything
And some of my favorite bands right now are Pool Kids, Ben Quad, and Tiny Moving Parts. Not fully Midwest but they're in bubble ya know
that was awesome
Hot mulligan mentioned 🔥🔥🔥🗣
You know it’s gonna be a good vid when it’s starts out “hey didn’t see you there”
lolol thanks for watching!
To anyone saying every midwest emo album is about break-ups. I counter that with sports.'s We'll Get To It Eventually, that album perfectly encapsulates existential dread, self-doubt, the experience of losing friends, and such without a break-up song that I can think of.
I don’t even listen to Midwest Emo… but this is a GREAT video!
Thank you!
Bro mentioned charmer this time HUGE W tbh
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glocca morra mentioned 😭💕 y’all boots hats is a great example of good lyrics, calling out to philosophers of the past in existential angst . one of my favorite bands ever
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you have summoned us
Newfound Interest in Connecticut is a personal favorite not mentioned here. Although I think they lean more towards post rock than Midwest emo. Please check them out if you haven’t
We're gonna need a capital 'C' in Chicago. Nice CTA map ♥️
Not me realizing I’ve been saying Joie De Vivre wrong after saying their name CONFIDENTLY in my own video 😅
lol totally didn't google it to make sure.....
Also Midtown is 100% underrated! First heard them in Madden 05 haha
Thank you for introducing me to sideshow
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Love origami angel favorite band been listening to them since summer
second besstttttt friend
@@NeverNormal that is probably my favorite song from that album. in general out of all their albums. My favorite song is probably caught in the moment from Gami Gang
man i love a lot of the modern midwest emo bands too
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Kitty Hawk mentioned 🎉
Real Friends not mentioned 😢
pop punk, wish you were here is a banger. Can't wait for the album
For anyone looking for another recommendation, I'd add Elliott (from Kentucky), song "Miracle" as an example. Seems to me very Jimmy
I'm Glad Its You - Minor Acts Of Cannibalism will forever have a place in my heart. Carly Cosgrove is also really good. The Great Doheny is also really good
every sun and every moon is such an underrated album
@@NeverNormal thinking of even more underrated bands, Michael Cera Palin, Jank (Hate Matt Diamond but jank was good), Microwave, Frat Mouse, Sports., Sport, Dogleg and Ben Quad Also come to mind!
Worst Party Ever too. Damn there are so many!
palette knife mentioned tyty
For as great and important as American Football is, I have trouble viewing that album as particular quintissential for the genre ('quintissential' in the sense of 'the MOST midwest emo thing,' rather than the best midwest emo thing). The jazz influences and lack of angsty breakup lyrics really make it feel very different from most other midwest emo albums to me. Which is great! I like that they clearly aren't like other bands in the genre. They really are as good as everyone says!
If I had to pick a quintissential album for the genre, I think either one of Mineral's albums would be candidates for the most pure refinement of that sound -- I think modern midwest emo bands resemble them more than anything else in the 90s. Texas Is the Reason's Do You Know Who You Are and The Promise Ring's Nothing Is Good would also be strong candidates in my book. (The Promise Ring is there for people who like the hypier elements of midwest emo -- I like those too, but when a band leans too much into them, I have trouble hearing it as emo anymore. This is why I wouldn't put Something to Write Home About or Frame and Canvas as candidates for the quintessential emo album, even though Frame and Canvas is my favorite album you mentioned in this video and one of the best albums of the 90s. I don't want to angst to most of those albums, I just want to headbang to them.)
I think maybe mineral gets overlooked sometimes. Maybe because American Football and other bands are more immediately catchy. Thanks for watching!
I agree “The Power of Failing” is the best Midwest Emo album. Less twinkling and more crashing but still melodic as hell.
Angels In The Architecture Mentioned ‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥💯💯
lol Thanks for watching!
Cool!
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What do you think of French Screamo bands? I dont' find any video about this scene if not only in old forum.
I don't know if is from an european perspective but for me it's been very important for my backkground in this genre.
It would be interesting to have a talk of this fantastic scene.
Can you give me some bands to check out?
Like Mihai Edrisch,Suis La Lune, Daitro,Anomie,Amanda Woodward. But there are also many screamo band that took from that type of screamo like Raein,la Quiete,Shizune from Italy,but french scene seems so disitinctive for what usually been called Skramz.@@NeverNormal
You should look into TRSH, I love their music so much.
Will do.
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As i sit in my Front bottoms Sweat shirt, i cry. Unitl glass beach mentioned
lol thanks for watching!
Hot Mulligan is my main reason for living
Also, while they really can't be considered Midwest emo from my understanding, I still want to give a shoutout to Prince Daddy & the Hyena because they're one of the best emo bands out right now and I was OBSESSED with them in 2022 and the beginning of 2023 and all of their albums are 10/10 masterpieces
Please don’t delete later I would be sad
I won't lol Thanks for watching!
BRVAE LITTLE ABACUS MENTIONED!!!
i may be a 2000s emo but midwest emo gose hard
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i really see so few people talking about Mayday Parade online, i dont know if i would call them Midwest exactly, but they are very Midwest leaning .. even "is this band emo?" says they aren't emo, but wiki does, and they were big in my emo friend group in 2010-ish!
love mayday, I actually think sunnyland is a verrryyyy underrated album.
@@NeverNormal it truly is!
I saw them live in Berlin, February 1st, with State Champs and Simple Plan! That was fucking magical! They played Piece of Your Heart from Sunnyland, and one of their new songs, More Like A Crash, such a banger!
State Champs is also really good, it was the first time i heard about them when i booked the tickets, but now I'm hooked!
moses campbell, panucci's pizza, and worst party ever are also some really great underrated mwe bands :)
flight patterns and niiice also make great mwe music
08:45 the reason it was adopted by the schmorgasborg that is indie, underground, DIY, hardcore kids is in the video that immediately preceeds. The Fireside Bowl was the venue, since 1994 was basically a garden of musical divesity with shows intentionally booked with bands that should never have, and today would never play with each other. Just Google Fireside Bowl fliers and look at any other the fliers lets see...
I stumbled across a band called deadramonoes, they are super good check out their songs 'Shine Dog' and 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring'
What about the Bright Eyes and EmOmaha ?
Would you really like a 5-hour video just listing off every single band thats ever been described as emo? I will say though, in a decade chock full of buried treasure, Slowdown Virginia and Commander Venus are some of the best hidden gems of the 90's!
Should have talked about the front bottoms they have been really influential in the scene
yup, fair point, missed them
+ Arm's Length. If you like Charmer or Hot Mulligan, this is your new favorite band
Cursive!
yuppppp, missed them Thanks for watching!
spotted a chillwavve records release 👀
saw you uploaded the captain jazz album. Tell them I love them and I talked to the emo council and they're in the kinsella family tree.
Great video. I love weatherday (*´-`)
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Why haven't you spoken of or even mentioned Scary Kids Scaring Kids? Tyson Stevens was like no other vocalist in the genre & they're Ep, The City Sleeps in Flames 05 & self titled album 07 are all near perfect works. & the band name itself is from a song from Capp n' Jazz
yup missed that one, Thanks for watching!
Retirement Party, kississippi & teen suicide ! Good video👍🏼
Still jam shoulder it from the time to time. Indigo by kississippi is a jammmmmmmm
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no michael cera palin mention 😔😔
real emo only consist
CIA fr said let’s do a tour & vinyl release
Oso oso mentioned woahhhhh
Basking in the glow all summer
thoa histoRAYYYY of miiiidwest *EMAAAOO*
My Top 5 Midwest Emo Bands in no particular order:
Free Throw
Chinese Football
Tiny Moving Parts
Castevet
Sports.
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WHAAAAT ABOUUUUTTTT TTTTTTNNNNGGGGGGG
Shocked there wasn’t a Turnover mention
Turnover is tough but yes peripheral vision is emo but there first album was pop punk and everything after peripheral vision is shoegaze or something else idk.
@@NeverNormal Totally fair, I viewed them as pop punk but everyone told me no and I’m like.. welp okay lol. Appreciate you!
Free Throw
yup, missed them Thanks for watching!
19:46 MARIETTA MENTIONED!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
I’d love to see a history of ska punk like less than Jake🙏
ohhh maybe, Thanks for watching!
palette knife mentioned
I thought you were Jake Ewald for a good few seconds
lololo Thanks for watching!
No water boy returns is the best mobo song
PALETTE KNIFE MENTION!!!!!!!
Awwww shit it’s about that time
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I have fallen for that copy pasta and scolded the trolls using it...much to their delight I assume
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When you talk about midwest emo pioneers I feel like there's a big misunderstanding here. Even Mike and Steve from the band said that they weren't labelled as emo at the time because it was so disjointed from the punk kind of sound. the band started to gain notoriety with the internet age and was labelled as emo after. so no one was comparing the sound of american football with what other midwest emo bands were doing, at least for a period of time.
so i think cap'n jazz is kind of more important to the scene, it came way before and really defined the 90s emo sound, and american football defined the late 2000s emo sound
Shit makes me want to be a better parent...
MAUVE SWEEP 🧹🧹🧹
dont delete this one either
(please)
I won't! Thanks for watching!
Hi
hi, Thanks for watching!