Los grapos amos mas conocidos en la actualidad  son My chemical romance, Blink 182, All american reject, Silverstein, Panic! at the disco entre otros. 

Bandas más representativas de la cultura emo son

• Dashboard Confessional
• Thursday
• Saves The Day
• Amber Pacific
• Silverstein
• Jimmy Eat World
• Antioch Arrow
• Assfactor 4
• Braid
• Christie Front Drive
• Engine Down
• Fightstar
• Further Seems Forever
• The Get Up Kids
• Hawthorne Heights
• Heroin
• Jejune
• The Juliana Theory
• Love Lost But Not Forgotten
• Mineral
• Pencey Prep
• The Promise Ring
• Saetia
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Taking Back Sunday
• Texas Is the Reason