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Im aware of all of this, but your broad classification of post y2k as emo has me feeling the same way about you.

And you may still be right about me. Im younger and I wasnt there, and im always down to understand it better. I should have specified though, that all I can do is hold it to today's standards, and while I know it was not an artistic choice at the time. When kt shuffles up on Spotify today, it just sounds worse.

But it is interesting that we can both agree some sort of divide happened around y2k.
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Bill Cypher 2w ago 💬 1

Old guy and young guy disagree. News at 11.

I think a lot of it is that the machine decided to market it at that time. Radio play and hot topic. It still wasn't top40 hits but if it was a counter culture statement that you grew up with before that point you could smell the corporate stink on it.

Did you ever listen to Fugazi? That seems like a really good in between band to transition to older punk to me.

Give me a band. Keep in mind one of my biggest complaints about newer punk is that the vocals sound whiny instead of angry.

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R̸̘̰̘̈́͑̚e̶̪̥̲͖̊̽̈́͒d̷̨͉̯̀͌̈́̚a̶͕̖̿́̏̏c̸͖̫̋̆̈́ť̷̛̖̜̼̘̍e̸̳̯͋̀d̸̠̳̖̣̤̋́̈́͝ 2w ago

Hahaha yeah, and i caught the tail end of that too growing up. I never got to experience the culture beforehand, besides just being friends with people who did at the skatepark or whatever.

As for fugazi, yeah, they aren't really who my initial point was referring to, and you pretty much hit the nail on the head with it being a solid transitional example. I still hear some slop on the guitar, and find the bassist to the most interesting part of that band, personally.

For something more modern (covid era), id recommend desperate pleasures by every time I die. They kicked off around y2k and broke up a few years ago. There's definitely some southern rock influence in there too, but at least they have some riffs. I think that is one that I really wish I heard more on older punk, do you know anything more riff based?