Editing Emo (section)

===Predecessors===
According to music writer Luke Britton, "it's generally accepted that the genre's pioneers" came later in the 1980s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Britton |first=Luke Morgan |date=May 30, 2018 |title=Emo never dies: How the genre influenced an entire new generation |work=[[BBC Online]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1tM7yZdRsNn2qZth0WMCRBs/emo-never-dies-how-the-genre-influenced-an-entire-new-generation |access-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813010046/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1tM7yZdRsNn2qZth0WMCRBs/emo-never-dies-how-the-genre-influenced-an-entire-new-generation |url-status=live }}</ref> During the decade, many [[hardcore punk]] and [[post-hardcore]] bands formed in [[Washington, D.C. hardcore|Washington, D.C.]] Post-hardcore, an experimental offshoot of hardcore punk, was inspired by {{nowrap|[[post-punk]]}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Post-Hardcore |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/post-hardcore-ma0000012125 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514162611/https://www.allmusic.com/style/post-hardcore-ma0000012125 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hardcore punk bands and post-hardcore bands who influenced early emo bands include [[Minor Threat]],{{sfn|Greenwald|2003|p=12}} [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] and [[Hüsker Dü]].<ref name="rites">{{Cite web |title=Rites of Spring {{!}} Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rites-of-spring-mn0000282800/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731010459/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rites-of-spring-mn0000282800/biography |url-status=live }}</ref>