I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Sunny Day Real Estate yet. They are the kings of 90's emo.

Other bands: Mineral, 764-Hero (Kinda of a mix between SDRS and Modest Mouse and Built To Spill), Texas Is The Reason, and The Promise Ring.

~Jeremy~

I knew you'd mention Sunny Day Real Estate, no reason why, you just seem like the kind of dude that'd be into them. They're cool though, Diary is boss.

Hah, thanks Derek, I'll take that as a compliment.

Diary is awesome, my personal favorite though is How It Feels To Be Something On.

~Jeremy~

ikara cult, I love Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence.. brilliant cd.. I think that was more "hardcore" though.


Sunny Day are gods! LP2 is my fav.

Dairy for me, but LP2 is really great to.

Also Mineral's collector came out which hold their two albums in re-masterd form but has been oop already.

most of these bands don't do much for me, but i really like moss icon

Glassjaw aren't too shabby... some really cool riffs. Been listening to Indian Summer.

The best time I had listening to Indian Summer was driving around in April of last year. It was sunny but there were scattered clouds everywhere, each dropping their payload of rain as passed underneath.

Intense shit, twas.

I really like Off Minor.

Which of these bands sound similar to them?

Off Minor are unique... but the members were in a band called Saetia so you should check them out.

My highest recommendation from this whole thread is probably Jeromes Dream. Download their discography but be prepared because it changes about 10 tracks in (the first 10 or so is the band's final EP where the singer couldn't scream anymore so he sort of talks through this distorted flanger). But after that, embrace yourself for some of the most chaotic passionate and intelligent emotional hardcore ever.

Also check out hot cross then, the other oftershoot of Saetia

Hot Cross have the sort of vocals he wants to avoid. Great band though.

I fucking LOVE Heroin, Swing Kids, Crimson Curse, Clikitat Ikatowi, Angel Hair, VSS, Spanokorzo, and all that shit. San Diego was the shit at that time. I wish I'd been old enough to have been around.

When I first heard Risk Revival a few months ago, it was the first time in a great long while that I thought to myself "How the Hell is a human playing this guitar?!!"

This track in particular:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dxgdQabKhc

One of their best guitar tracks.

OFF FUCKING MINOR!!!

Oh I'm listening to Circle Takes The Square right now.

REJOICE! REJOICE A NOBLE BIRTH!

This was my shit when I was 16 or so, still dig a lot of those bands, especially Rites of Spring and Orchid.

Lots of good bands listed here.

Anyone here listen to Metroschifter?

Saetia are so good, one of the best ever.