@TheHappySpaceman
Watchmojo actually did a Top 10 Emo Bands list. Since they didnt want to offend the music elitists out there they made the list more dedicated towards 90s Midwest Emo (Jawbreaker, American Football, Sunny Day Real Estate) and bands from the early 2000s who diversified the genre (Thursday, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids). Buuuuut the people of Watchmojo obviously wanted more clicks so they shoehorned in My Chemical Romance at #3 so that they could put them in the thumbnail and thuuuus
With a comment section filled with mall kids going
“OMG WHY ISNT MCR #1”
“WHERES DA FALL OUT BOY PARAMORE GREEN DAY AND PIERCE THE VEIL WTF?!?”
“LOL DAFUQ I NEVER HEARD OF ANY OF DESE BANDS B4 DEY ARENT EMO”
It seriously is fucking hilarious how bad Watchmojo failed on this one.
Though in my personal opinion despite the hilarious fail its an okay list for their standards. I was pretty sad when they played Saves the Day in the intro and didnt put them anywhere on the list, like cmon they deserved more than just that and plus they completely left out Alkaline Trio, like not even an honorable mention for them, they were one of the first Punk bands to mix dark lyrics with catchy melodic guitarwork they were such an influential band. Also wished that Thursday, Brand New, and Jawbreaker were up higher since theyre my favorite bands off of the list.