Dü (banda de formação anterior a Rites of Spring), Policy of 3, One Last Wish, Fuel, Still Life, Moss Icon, Lifetime, Hot Water Music, Small Brown Bike e Fugazi também foram importantes bandas desse cenário onde as primeiras diferenças do Hardcore punk com o Post-hardcore e o Emo começavam a serem notadas.
dˈu bˈɐ̃ŋdɐ dɨ fˌuɾəmɐsˈɐ̃ʊ̃ ˌɐ̃ŋtɨɾiˈoɹ ɐ ʁˈitɨz ˈɔf spɹˈiŋɡ, pˌulˈisi ˈɔf tɹˈeʃ, ˈɔnɨ lˈaʃt wˈiʃ, fuˈɛl, stˈil lˈifɨ, mˈos ikˈoŋ, lˌifɨtˈimɨ, ʁˈɔt wɐtˈeɹ muzˈik, zmˈal bɹˈown bˈikɨ i fˌuɡɐzˈi tɐ̃mbˈeɪŋ fˌoɾɐ̃ʊ̃ ˌimpuɾətˈɐ̃ŋtɨʒ bˈɐ̃ŋdɐʒ dˈesɨ sˌenˈaɾjw ˈoŋdɨ ɐʃ pɹˌimˈeɪɾɐʒ dˌifɨɾˈeɪŋsɐʒ dʊ ˌɐɾədkˈɔɾɨ pˈũŋk kˈom ʊ pˈoʃtˌɐɾədkˈɔɾɨ i u ˈemʊ kˌumɨsˈavɐ̃ʊ̃ ɐ sˈeɾeɪŋ nˌutˈadɐʃ.