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Funeral Diner
12+ albums
screamoreal screamoemo violencehardcoreemo
about
Funeral Diner was a screamo band, formed in 1998 in Half Moon Bay, CA, they split in 2008. Their style is true to the screamy, chaotic, melodic emotional hardcore of the later part of the '90s. Stylistically, their screamo elements are akin to artists such as The Spirit Of Versailles, Joshua Fit For Battle, Pg.99, The Khayembii Communique,The Saddest Landscape (who they have shared a split with) and Saetia. Their style could be described as "epic" in parts, due to the long buildups featured in some songs, and because the length of their songs is in contrast to the "emoviolence" style that was also commonplace around the late '90s. This post-rock influence places them closer to several contemporaries such as Envy, Daïtro, Sed Non Satiata, Aussitôt Mort, City of Caterpillar, Pianos Become the Teeth and Heaven in Her Arms; all bands that have infused their expressionist hardcore rooted sound with the melancholic and grandiose atmosphere of post-rock. However, there is a definite element of "chaotic" hardcore to their sound, in large part due to the drumming of Mathew Bajda, who previously played with pioneering hardcore emo band Portraits Of Past, a band many credit with both the advent of the "screamo" sound and being the first band to be described with that term. Funeral Diner have toured with many notable hardcore bands including Envy and La Quiete. They have released two full lengths: Difference Of Potential and The Underdark as well as several splits, compilations an
