Q 01/05

Emo emerged in the mid-1980s from the hardcore punk scene of which US city?

A) Washington, D.C.

B) Los Angeles

C) Chicago, Illinois

D) New York City

Answer · why

A) Washington, D.C.

The style was first called 'emotional hardcore' or 'emocore', and its pioneers were Rites of Spring and Embrace.

Q 02/05

Which Minor Threat frontman formed Embrace and ran Dischord Records?

A) Guy Picciotto

B) Ian MacKaye

C) Henry Rollins

D) Jello Biafra

Answer · why

B) Ian MacKaye

The DC scene's 1985 'Revolution Summer' was a deliberate break from hardcore's macho conventions.

Q 03/05

Rites of Spring's Guy Picciotto and Brendan Canty co-founded which post-hardcore band?

A) Jawbox

B) Bad Brains

C) Fugazi

D) Government Issue

Answer · why

C) Fugazi

Rites of Spring played only about 19 shows and hated the 'emo' tag; Picciotto asked why emotion should be a separate category at all.

Q 04/05

Which 1994 Sub Pop album by Sunny Day Real Estate is often called the founding record of second-wave emo?

A) Clarity

B) Pinkerton

C) Dear You

D) Diary

Answer · why

D) Diary

Rolling Stone put it at number one on its 2016 list of the greatest emo albums; the band's rhythm section later joined Foo Fighters.

Q 05/05

Which two members of Sunny Day Real Estate joined Foo Fighters after the band split in 1995?

A) Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith

B) Jeremy Enigk and Dan Hoerner

C) Mike Kinsella and Tim Kinsella

D) Jim Adkins and Zach Lind

Answer · why

A) Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith

Singer Jeremy Enigk's Christian conversion is often cited among the tensions that broke up the Seattle band.