What is the biggest EMO BAND? (I was WRONG)

What EMO BAND has the most Spotify listeners? Find out here!
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[@nichande]

Used vs Brand New. Missed joke opportunity

[@adammurray365]

Very

[@josephstoneback2024]

My toxic trait is thinking I can convince Finn to like Thrice if I had 5 minutes to convince him.

[@jrod1287]

Thrice is amazing. Top 2 band of all time for me.

[@josephstoneback2024]

@@jrod1287 dude same, it’s literally Circa then Thrice for me. I’m always so disappointed when I see their streaming numbers. Criminally underrated.

[@jrod1287]

I’m more of an epitaph/fat/lookout guy who went to high school in the early 2000s so I also grew up with a lot of these bands he’s talking about here. Something about Thrice always clicked. And almost each album I feel like they’re matching my new tastes. Seeing them this week in Michigan play Artist in full! Going to be the shit!

[@itmeurdad]

​@@jrod1287 with no hint of irony, watching them advance musically for more than two decades has been one of the greatest musical joys in my life.

[@joannayannotti9076]

Thrice is good. Underrated for sure. One of the only bands from that scene I still like

[@NovaSixx]

When I think of the peak Emo days the first band that comes to mind is Silverstein & then Alesana.

[@robertoalvarez5652]

Thank you for including a good amount of post hardcore bands. I love Thursday, Saosin, Underoath, Senses Fail, and From First To Last. Also Senses Fail has a song with Connie from SeeYouSpaceCowboy and I think its really good. I hope there's another installment of Spotify listeners emo edition.

[@wanderingwanderer1016]

Thursday is criminally underrated. Hope Finn can get Geoff Rickly on his podcast one day.

[@theechidna0721]

I’m just happy Bless the Fall made the list. HUGE fan growing up.

[@DrDipsh1t]

I think Finn forgot the hype they've gotten for the last single and

[@myrastanek717]

I’m a Senses fail Stan. Thanks for including them.

[@codyscards6698]

Me too. Best of that era with Silverstein

[@pwners4u]

It’s funny that it was pierce the veil vs sleeping with the sirens and pierce won but their biggest song is featuring Kellin

[@sonictemple2925]

Thrice are incredible people and great live. I think people punish about them because they are one of those bands who actually take the time to talk and treat their fans like people. Plus they do a lot for smaller bands like us. Playing with them has done so much for us.

[@itmeurdad]

They're incredible in both ways. Personally one of my favorite live bands. Saw them in a record store during the alchemy index tour for a signing and they took time to talk to everyone in the line of probably 100 instead of resting before that night's show. Full eye contact and sincere questions for every fan. Show was amazing too, as always.

[@Darrkness]

Those guys are really nice and down to earth.

[@charly_george]

Loving this “Who has more Spotify listeners” series, it’s one of my favourite formats you’ve done

[@lalacoe8678]

Brand New's album Deja is one of my favorites and I listen to it a lot still.

[@RiggedandReady]

I've fallen out of love with that album. It still holds a spot in my heart in a lot of ways, tho.

[@jerryrose9472]

Not even a dashboard fan, but the thought of anyone not knowing Hands Down is wild. Like imagine being 40 and tasting ketchup for the first time.

[@cjroberts2566]

We need a deathcore version of this

[@B-Shells]

Yes

[@coryleblanc]

isn't the obvious answer Lorna Shore?

[@erichargis7466]

It's so crazy to me how underrated circa survive is, I'm pretty young I'm 20 so I grew up in the 2010's but I have a circa survive tattoo and I've put hundreds of hours listening to circa and I really think more young people need to get into them.

[@RiggedandReady]

I'm 30 and grew up liking a lot of bands adjacent to circa survive. I never got into them, though. I really loved the first saosin EP, though. What circa album is a must check out? I think I'm ready to give them a shot.

[@erichargis7466]

@@RiggedandReady I also love the first Saosin EP, gotta check out their first two albums they are post hardcore bangers, they get a little experimental after that but I like every album.

[@lithostoic2008]

They're my most listened to band! I have 3 Circa Survive shirts 😅

[@steviegreenthumb4720]

Idk man at the time they put their first two albums out it seemed like, cool, but nothing to stand out from the pack? Like at that time that style was sooo fucking flooded and it was really a time where you kinda needed to have that big catchy single type song to get people in the door to the deeper cuts and they didnt really seem to have that? They didnt really start blowing up till their later albums I dont think. But I was never heaps into them just offering a PoV of how that band seemed at the time aside from their music

[@JakeSemeniuk]

Finn doesn’t “get” Brand New because he isn’t toxic 😂

[@Taylorr77]

The Artist in the Ambulance is a masterpiece

[@timbenson5156]

This

[@punkle0]

New Blessthefall song just came out - it's great

[@ryansours3234]

Thursday may have charted higher but I knew way more people who listened to Brand New. Even at their respective peaks. I lived in two different cities halfway across the country from each other during this time and it was the same case.

[@christophergureski3863]

I think brand new still resonates with lots of fans bc they moved from pop punk to integrate more experimental sounds and influences like the smiths

[@theangelbelow88]

Bless The Fall just came back with a proper heavy banger 🔥🔥🔥

[@Spiritofdarkandlonelywater]

I think Beth may have cheated.

[@Blinkptx]

100%

[@Bheested]

Rigged

[@jordanharirchi4604]

Came here to say this.

[@HOOONIER]

Best comment

[@BillBraskyy]

I thought the same thing.

[@tjmanning]

Trudeau pushing emo? Nah he’s in to black metal, pretty sure Ive seen pictures of him in corpse paint…

[@joshwalters3178]

😂😂😂 🧔🏿

[@EphraimIgnacio]

Least racist black metal fan

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

I’m just going to say is No Devolution by Thursday is as perfect an album that has ever been madd it’s one of the best rock albums in history of music. That album alone should have that at 20 million streams

[@RiggedandReady]

I'll have to revisit that album. I love Thursday, but I've only really listened to their first two albums.

[@astrowerm]

What about Silverstein? they have 1.6 mill

[@tysonwastaken]

patd just isnt fair because they only really have 1 emo album

[@tompetruno9922]

I think you were right that War all the Time was the big Thursday song. Understanding in a car crash was the album or two before and I don’t think they, or the scene, had the traction yet. Hands down from dashboard was on the so impossible ep. Great song. I think that one is up your alley with lyrics like “hands down this is the best day I can ever remember”. It’s got that cute factor to it.

[@roqueadeleon]

Their first 2 albums (Full Collapse and War All the Time) are definitely their biggest/most remembered albums. I think Understanding in a Car Crash has to be their biggest song but maybe that's just my nostalgia kicking in haha. I hadn't heard of Thursday till "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" and maybe they were getting more mainstream exposure at that time but looking back the later albums aren't as fondly remembered I don't think.

[@kkozolanka03]

As a big Alexisonfire fan who can think critically and respect opinions, I think a lot of it comes down to nostalgia. For Canadians of a certain age, like myself who was in the 10-14 years old range around 2004 when they first blew up and got played on MuchMusic (essentially CDN mtv), they would have been the first exposure to that kind of music and kicked off a lifelong enjoyment of post hardcore and related genres. I also think Canadian musicians have the odds stacked against them so we have some pride in seeing one of our own see success.

[@dustinsonger851]

As a guy from Wyoming I have no idea why alexisonfire is my favorite band, but I've never gotten tired of them and always go back to them even after listening to them for almost 20 years so I have to accept they are my favorite band haha

[@xraccooonx]

They are my favourite band and I'm from NZ. Young Cardinals got a bit of tv play on our MTV clone music channel at the time.

[@mynameisjeff4511]

As a huge fan of Thursday, tbs, brand new and senses fail I am 30+ and think most people my age or higher don’t have or use Spotify.

[@lithostoic2008]

Yeah I have to say the same, I'm turning 27 and have never used Spotify. When I started getting into music KZbin was the big dog. I've always just stayed with KZbin.

[@skizr4200]

I'm one of those people that listen to all of these bands every month, even if for some it's only their first few albums

[@roseartist9560]

And no one talks about Karnivool. It breaks my heart. They need more love.

[@HOOONIER]

Sonny Moore for days.. I like his father said song . 1st song where he switched from emo to edm and he sings and does the dubstep

[@phylazen5649]

you should do a wacky series in the vein of strange matchups. Skrillex VS Willie Nelson

[@markbarlow3275]

Close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades...and in a kickass Green Day song...yeah!

[@avenged1985]

Thursday played aftershock and had a nice crowd

[@Spiritofdarkandlonelywater]

I wonder if the bands who have a relatively small, but very loyal following, are good live bands. Deja Entendu is my favourite Brand New album, and the only one I would probably listen to now. I saw them live once in the 2010s, and for some reason they decided to play that album in its entirety, and they were good live. As I went on my own I started talking to a guy standing near me, who admitted he had seen them dozens of times, which I found surprising since they'd only released 4 albums at the time.

[@lalacoe8678]

That's my favorite album. I still listen to it a lot.

[@LeifyGuy]

Next time do pop punk featuring Rufio, homegrown, etc...

[@supremexruler]

Rufio so underrated

[@chrisbuckley1785]

I haven't watched yet but id have to guess panic at the disco. Their girst song and high hopes where huge. Also theyre basically a pop band

[@ADStudiosOfficial]

Blessthefall literally just put out a new song last month lol. Cmon, Finn!

[@Ryouhana7]

Brand New was one of the few emo bands that got better over the years. Each album they released was better than their previous one.

[@lordmichael98]

BlessTheFall came back together a few months ago

[@cjbalko9092]

IMO, Silverstein really perfected that post hardcore flavor of emo with their first couple records.

[@smithk1221]

Doing side projects vs main projects would be cool. Or side project vs side project.

[@kellyparker8879]

I'd like to see you talk about the " When Rap Goes Rock, Etc.. Era. Framing Hanley was and is, Underated. Only known for their cover of Lil Wayne's ' Lollipop' They had like 24M views at that time. Framing Hanley had and has up til now, some of the best songwriting I've heard in a long time. Nobody seemed to listen to anything much more than their cover though. Talk about some older bands maybe, including, Atreyu, Orgy and, Stabbing Westward. I always hope to hear a mention of these bands. There's so many more but off the top of my head, thats what i think of.

[@ADStudiosOfficial]

Finn, I’d love to see an interview with Geoff of Thursday.

[@La_br00tal_mija]

Panic at the Disco has Beat Saber under their belt too (high hopes is featured)

[@brett5569]

Wild that circa survive doesn’t even have half a million listeners.

[@goner.9989]

Not really, they aren’t that accessible so even though a lot of people probably know them not that many listen to them.

[@mako2534]

Hawthorne heights and Senses fail had some fuckin bangers

[@_TimeRaider_]

Taking Back Sunday's Tidal Wave is a very good album

[@reeseferguson3604]

Hey man you should do a video about Drowning Pool! 20:17

[@Christinascupcakes]

Thursday . Glad to just see them included!🖤🩶🩶 and respect to Geoff. I don’t get brand new 🤷🏻‍♀️ never got into them.

[@MikeA817]

5:56 idk I thought "Signals Over The Air" was the big single. Still love that song today. The drumming was my favorite about that song.

[@paradigmcoterie2606]

Catch me guessing out loud in public, as everyone nearby has no context as I yell " 3 million"

[@roqueadeleon]

Haven't see the video yet but it absolutely has to be FOB in terms of streams, Centuries was like the song for the NFL or NBA or something and they had HUGE hits in that era. Also emo trinity has to totally be FOB / MCR / Paramore. I listen to my "emo" playlist almost daily that has 10hrs of all this stuff from like every band in the scene so I definitely have a lot of love and respect for this genre.

[@Habeev07]

All American rejects, Good Charlotte

[@mybrotherjames8579]

Hands down was on the og dc ep with Dan Horner of sdre on lead guitar. That album was pretty much just Dan and Chris.

[@NocGnar]

Damn no love for Early November?

[@tormmac]

I'm gonna stan for finn here and admit I also had never heard hands down by Dashboard. Only screaming infidelities and vindicated which is even more confusing because they sound extremely similar to me.

[@FinnMckentyPRMBA]

I thought they were the same song for years tbh

[@user-me8hc3bs7i]

Circa survive used to be the best channel on pandora to get you all the best emo recommendations. It and minus the bear. I don’t even love minus the bear, but that pandora station was unbeatable.

[@diywrites8703]

This taught me that I should be a more modern fan and stream Thursday music instead of playing CDs and Vinyls.

[@chrisb8193]

Hands Down might be the best Dashboard song ever Finn, you should listen. As a Canadian I can confirm the rules for content, hence why I don’t even bother turning on the radio. Alexisonfire put out an album in the early 2000’s called “Watch Out!” that is easily their best (with great production) and worth listening to. The rest of their output is mid. Thrice are good musicians, but are also the most fucking overly-serious band ever (think Audioslave when they’re all done horsing around and having a good time) and as a result take away a lot of the fun that comes with listening to their records (their live show is pretty good though). I forgot about Circa Survive! Thanks for the reminder and keep up the great work👍.

[@diegosccp1969]

Proud Brand New and Alexisonfire (they're huge in Brazil) stan.

[@thestraydog]

I was kinda more into Dallas Greene's solo stuff circa 2006 but old school Alexisonfire is still worth listening to as well. And Brand New is just fucking amazing

[@darnarxz]

@@thestraydog most people are. City & Colour has twice the monthly listeners. That might be due to him putting out new music, but even his biggest song is bigger than Alexisonfire.

[@diegosccp1969]

@@thestraydog the first two C&C albums will always be my favs. Especially the song day old hate.

[@samkindasucksbutt]

ugh i need to get you on to brand new

[@BrianAllen174]

You should do a video about Drowning Pool.

[@ethopathos]

im deff a brand new stan

[@jmckenzie962]

Paramore is one of the very few bands where I actually like their new stuff way more.

[@benjaminlincoln3025]

I thought most of those bands were post hardcore senses fail, tbs, Silverstein, Hawthorne heights...

[@AlkalineJake79]

Four Year Strong vs A Day to Remember would be a solid battle.

[@sollamander2206]

I guessed that Senses Fail was gonna be lower but had more depth in terms of number of songs people are listening to. Once you get past Saying Sorry the numbers for Hawthorne completely fall off. Baseball mega-star Bryce Harper was asked what band living or dead he wants to see live and he said Hawthorne Heights. I'd guess it's super regional but in my area Bayside crossed over to a lot of people who weren't really into the emo music scene. That being said I also grew up like two miles from Bayside Queens where they're from.

[@punkaltdelete5702]

I'm not Canadian. Alexisonfire have been my favourite band for almost 20 years

[@eschalle89]

Me too! I’m from the US. One of the first concerts I ever went to was Alexisonfire and they are still one of my favs today.

[@mattd1659]

They’re big in the UK. They’ve sold out Brixton academy in the last 5 years and that’s a 5000 seater venue

[@lithostoic2008]

I'm from Florida and they were super popular with emo kids like 10-15 years ago

[@caesarorzell600]

You read my mind because I saw the amount of listeners TBS had and I immediately started thinking like Finn McKenty lol

[@Hugobianca]

how do you don t know hands down? In Portugal we also have a 30% forced Portuguese music radio share. It is a cultural boost law. We can say it worked, a lot of new artist now have airplay in mainstream radios and big "stars" here.

[@iiitzHimmy]

Nothing is more adorable than when Finn gets close to his Spotify prediction.

[@dillonhayes3970]

You know I’m gonna say it that first drowning pool record is pretty damn good

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

Not really sure what you mean by Circa Survive being bigger then Bayside. That’s just flat untrue. Bayside has a fan base that is ride or die for them and in pop punk circles they come up all the time. No one ever talks about crocs survive anymore.

[@roqueadeleon]

Circa / Anthony Green fans are crazy man lol they are deff ride or die.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

great vid as always hope to see another installment! i believe @JJMcCullough would have a video explaining the thing with the required amount of canadian programming.

I think is because Thrice discography and history is quite interesting.

[@chasingforeverbb]

i see you bumping Quest Master. good shit 👌

[@HZepp]

Initially I thought MCR, but then I saw the thumbnail and I would say it's either FOB or Panic

[@DavidSherwoodPhoto]

High school me seeing it for the first time - “Alex Is On Fire”

[@jingdomingo8022]

my guy you've GOT to check out sleeping with sirens last to albums from 2019 and last year they're heavier and just overall better than ptv's album from this year imo.

[@phylazen5649]

The Bayside VS Circa Survive was a nutty matchup. I definitely thought Circa would prevail because every person i know that listens to that god forsaken band has a fucking tattoo dedicated to Anthony Green.

[@Return2TheLiving]

I think Blessthefall had the benefit of kinda going from an mall emo to a 2010s metalcore band

[@scottoleson1997]

Yeah same with the Guess Who, Rush, Sum 41, Nickelback…

[@LuciusGeronimo]

Hey man, you should do a video about Drowning Pool

[@BlackCatBritt]

Saw The Used and Thrice on the same tour a couple years ago. The Used played a great set with moshing and crowdsurfing, then Thrice closed out the show. People started leaving en masse after The Used bc Thrice just sucked the energy out of the room with their low-fi, low-energy playing. My friend and I stuck around for the first 2/3 songs to give them a chance and not be rude, but after a few minutes we were both bored, and just looked at each other, shrugged, and left. The Used for the win lol.

[@megaklok]

The Thrice and AOF shit literally killed me

[@breakingapollosmith9849]

Your dislike for Alexisonfire hurts me lol

[@dropkickmolotov]

HEY MAN! LOVE YOU CHANNEL! I'm dying to hear what you think of the new CODEFENDANTS album. Such an interesting breath of fresh air for punk.

[@midnighttrain7844]

blessthefall just came back droped a new track last month lol

[@B-Shells]

I got spoiled this video with senses fail, saosin, fftl and underoath let’s get it

[@HughesyTech]

Emery and Matchbook Romance? 😢

[@Malum09]

I shall only make a playlist of the winners, because those are the ones I always side with.

[@retroryguy2821]

Is anyone else kinda super shocked that Finn hasn't heard the song Hands Down?

[@mandatorymountainbiking6868]

How does Brand New only have 1.2 million!?!

[@briandubois7748]

Dashboard is the fucking worst, " Vindicated " damnit, confessions is catchy, underoath is so much heavier.

[@diddyfaplord]

These Spotify numbers don’t mean much, blink has 17 million monthly listeners. You can tell me fall out boy and panic are bigger than blink

[@HZepp]

Those bands aren't bigger than Blink (not historically) but they do have recent pop hits like High Hopes and Centuries, Blink have suffered a bit with the lineup changes. All 3 bands are probably bigger commercially than My Chemical Romance, but all are smaller than Green Day.

[@aidinexmachina4232]

I wish I could still like The Used as much as I used to. But kicking Quinn Allaman out without telling him was really shitty.

[@_TimeRaider_]

I have no respect left for this band

[@itmeurdad]

Also just doesn't hit the same without the harsh vocals. It's hard to hold medical issues against bert but I just don't get the goosies anymore.

[@_TimeRaider_]

@@itmeurdad Jeph is doing them live, so not sure why he can't scream on the record as well

[@itmeurdad]

@@_TimeRaider_ saw them a couple times relatively recently and I honestly don't remember a single scream, but maybe I just blocked it out. Bert's vox (especially harsh) just can't be replaced. Still a great band, but I personally don't connect in the same ways anymore.

[@_TimeRaider_]

@@itmeurdad same, saw them about a month ago it it was honestly sad

[@briandubois7748]

Yes, alexisonfire, thrice, i will die on this hill, i love'em both, like a pair or cheeks.

[@stg_tmc]

Being from Canada I can confirm the Alexisonfire thing is very true lol

[@danyeboi9597]

Bless the fall is back now! New single wake the dead

[@BurnYourFriends]

bless the fall just made a new song and just came back just recently.