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Rites of Spring is tagged as: emo, post-hardcore, hardcore, punk, emocore

Rites of Spring was an American emo/post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. Although they were only together from the spring of 1984 through the winter of 1986, they helped define the revolution summer sound along with Dag Nasty and Embrace, among others.
Following the band’s dissolution, singer and guitarist Guy Picciotto, guitarist Eddie Janney, and drummer Brendan Canty formed One Last Wish with Embrace alumnus Michael Hampton. The three later joined former Rites bassist Mike Fellows for a quasi-reincarnation of Rites of Spring named Happy Go Licky, releasing an LP/CD of various live concert recordings though never producing any studio work. Picciotto and Canty eventually teamed up with the former Embrace singer Ian MacKaye (owner of the band’s label, Dischord Records) in Fugazi.
Rites of Spring was the band’s self-titled debut album from 1985. Its twelve songs were recorded at Inner Ear Studios in February of 1985, and released on vinyl in June of that year as Dischord Records #16. The album was rereleased on CD and cassette in 1987, with an additional track from the same session, “Other Way Around”, as well as the four songs from the Rites’ follow-up EP, All Through a Life, Dischord #22. The CD and cassette originally retained the number &#...
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Top 10 Rites of Spring Songs
For Want of
Spring
Deeper Than Inside
All There Is
Hain's Point
Drink Deep
By Design
Remainder
Theme
Other Way Around
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Rites of Spring
End on End
Six Song Demo
Live on WMUC 11/01/85
All Through a Life
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