Entaxei, tha ginei kai emo topic sto er, as to antexete kai ayto. Vevaia to emo sto opoio anaferomai, oudemia sxesh me ayto pou paizetai shmera (oute ais8htika, oute ideologika kai se periptwseis oute kan mousika), kai oloi vgazete spyrakia sto akousma tou. Perissotero epidrastiko sta8hke sto post-hardcore kai sthn alternative mousikh genikotera. Mias loipon kai apofasisa na grapsw ena past perfect gia ton omwnymo disko twn Embrace, thewrhsa pws tha htan logiko na ''prow8hsw'' thn olh fash, anoigontas ena topic.
Emo-core loipon h emotional hardcore. Me ayton ton arketa asteio xarakthrismo, ta media onomasan mia genia mousikwn toy prwtoy kymatos tou hardcore (79-85), oi opoioi kinh8hkan se pio melwdika plaisia, exontas ws apotelesma na emploutisoun kai na epekteinoun ton hxo tous, me peripoihmenh ki8aristikh douleia, kai axiomnhmoneftes-''catchy'' melwdies (dixws aparaithta na xanoun se epi8etikothta). Polloi pantws apopoih8hkan ton sygkekrimeno xarakthrismo mias kai me sygkekrimenes dhlwseis tonizan pws to hardcore einai outws h allws synais8hmatikh mousikh.
To emocore edrase sthn enniaetia 85-94 kai polloi tha diafwnhsoun sto an h arxh tou yphrxe to Zen arcade twn Husker Du, h to televtaio eptaraki twn Minor Threat. Opws kai na xei, shmantikoterh douleia sthn exaplwsh ths sygkekrimenhs skhnhs, ekane to label tou Ian MacKaye (teen idles, minor threat, embrace, fugazi, evens & genika ths panagias ta matia), Dischord ka8ws kai h Gravity records. Gamata pragmata ths epoxhs, pou exw stamparei kai goustarw, einai ta 2 televtaia twn Articles of Faith (se paragwgh Bob Mould), to Double Image twn Marginal Man (aleeex ), h diskografia twn The Faith, oi Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty kai apo pio prosfata oi Jawbox & oi Antioch Arrow. Exw paraleipsei na akousw les-thugs pou olws paradoxws exoun perasei kai apthn sub pop (den vriskw kai tpt edw pou ta leme).
Tha anevasw kapoious diskous an pshnetai kaneis, na mou peite gnwmes. Hcpunks, Pitsadoros, phantom duckz kai opoios allos thelei, as anevasei, proteinei, syzhthsei.