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.

Washington, D.C. Its hardcore shows had turned violent by 1984, and the bands of 1985's 'Revolution Summer' answered with more personal songs, soon ta...

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

Ian MacKaye. He co-founded the label in 1980 to put out his own band's record, and when a magazine filed Embrace under 'emocore' he told a crowd it wa...

Q 03/05

Rites of Spring's Guy Picciotto and Brendan Canty went on to join which post-hardcore band?

A) Jawbox

B) Bad Brains

C) Fugazi

D) Government Issue

Answer · why

C) Fugazi

Fugazi. Picciotto never accepted the tag pinned on his earlier band: 'I've never recognized emo as a genre of music,' he later said, asking whether ot...

Q 04/05

Which 1994 Sub Pop album by Sunny Day Real Estate is widely seen as a defining record of second-wave emo?

A) Nothing Feels Good

B) The Power of Failing

C) Dear You

D) Diary

Answer · why

D) Diary

Diary. Rolling Stone ranked it first among emo albums in 2016; at the time the band gave a single interview, allowed one publicity photo and refused t...

Q 05/05

After Sunny Day Real Estate split in 1995, Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith became the rhythm section of which new band?

A) Pearl Jam

B) Soundgarden

C) Foo Fighters

D) Modest Mouse

Answer · why

C) Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl left the pair a note at one of their last shows; Mendel stayed on, but Goldsmith quit in 1997 after Grohl secretly re-recorde...