1.A subculture that originated from punk rock music, in the early 1990s. People that follow the emo style may wear tight clothes, side swept bangs, and alot of black attire.

2. A genre of music that originated in the 1990s from punk rock, and alternitive.

Some emo bands may include

dashboardconfessional fall out boy from first to last

and my chemical romance
He must be part of the emo culture, He sure is dressed like it.
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