Punk Bands

[Queefer Sutherland]

That's probably true, on a musical level. Who would you say was the first, or at least who predated them?

The thing about Emo is that it seemed to start out as a certain subgenre from HC on a musical level, but quickly just became a scene since not every punk band that was "emotional" was called emo. I think the ROS may have been the first to be CALLED emo, but of course that has little to do with the music. It's hard to say who were the first punk band to focus on the emotions expressed by ROS.

what's the earliest Emo you can think of?