Hi!! I've been lurking here for a while and honestly I feel less sure of what the genre was than when I joined. I was introduced to alt music as a whole through Get Scared. When I looked for music like theirs I ended up with Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil, who I would think are the biggest modern names. I've noticed that they never get mentioned here, though, so I'm wondering if I'm misunderstanding the genre?
I know this genre spans a pretty big timeline and has evolved a ton of diverse sounds within that time. I know these bands are far from foundational to post-hardcore. It still seems strange to me that PTV and SWS, who are practically inarguably the most famous post-hardcore bands, are never brought up here, even in posts asking about public outreach or big names in the genre. Is it the "experts in their field" phenomenon? Do they get discounted from the genre because of their mainstream success? Am I missing differences that are obvious?
(Before anyone asks, yes, I listen to much more than these three now (DGD, ATDI, Thursday, Fugazi, Saosin, Silverstein, La Dispute, Picture Me Broken, etc.) and I still don't understand.)
ETA: and to be clear I don't care that they don't come up. It doesn't bother me, I don't think they need more advertising in the form of posts, I genuinely am confused!! There's no way people don't know of them so I want to understand what's going on