sass

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Sass (), or white belt hardcore, is a broadly-defined subgenre of post-hardcore that merges screamo with elements of dance-punk and post-punk. Characterized by erratic stage performances, flamboyant mannerisms, homoerotic lyrical content, dance beats and lisping vocals, the genre was pioneered during the late 1990s. During its initial popularity, sass was defined more by its lyrical, aesthetic and performance elements, rather than music. In particular, it was split into a series of distinct musical styles: the mainline post-punk and screamo-inspired post-hardcore sass of the Blood Brothers, the VSS and the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower; the dance punk-leaning girlfriend sass sound of Q and Not U, Hot Hot Heat and !!!; the screamo-leaning sassy screamo music of JR Ewing and later Orchid; and the mathcore and grindcore influenced white belt grind sound of the Locust, an Albatross and early Daughters. Under the influence of the Nation of Ulysses, bands in the San Diego screamo scene and signed to its label Three One G Records, incorporated the flamboyant elements of post-punk, gothic rock. These "proto-sass" groups including Antioch Arrow, Crimson Curse, Brainiac, Le Shok and Milemaker. Sass was pioneered around 1998 by the Blood Brothers, the VSS and later Frodus. The genre acted as an intersection between the screamo and post-hardcore scene and what would become the hipster subculture. Its girlfriend sass subgenre experienced mainstream crossover in the early to mid-2000s, when A.R.E. Weapons, Death from Above 1979 and the Rapture became pioneers of the dance-punk revival. Traditional sass declined in popularity around 2003, and had disappeared entirely by 2005. Sass' visual identity was influential upon the development of the hipster and scene subcultures, as well as other post-hardcore subgenres such as swancore, scene grind and scenecore. The genre was repopularized in the late 2010s by SeeYouSpaceCowboy, who self-identified their...