>>127172391 (OP)Pretty much every emo band denied the classification of "emo", similar to how every "hipster" vehemently opposed the term when used against them.
Curiously, bands which predated, or which were definitively NOT emo now somewhat fall within the category retroactively.
FOR EXAMPLE: If you were to host an "Emo Nite" event, bands like Blink 182, Papa Roach etc would fit right in.
In short: Emo was always a derisive term, and only the most soulsucking of these groups [Hawthorne Heights, Panic! At the Disco] leaned heavily into it, to market themselves.