Emo is ONLY an insult given by Punks, directed towards the avid fans of Emotive Hardcore Punk & the genre itself. Emotive Hardcore Punk started in the mid/early 80's; with Hardcore Punk bands that added more emotional lyrics to their songs. Since they did this, they were no longer considered Hardcore Punk.
Emotive is essentially watered down Hardcore Punk. That being said; Emotive is still Punk. It's still a sub-genre of Hardcore Punk. They still follow the same DIY ethics as Punks, & still have the same mindset.
The most noted bands to take this form of Hardcore Punk in a new direction was; Embrace & Rites Of Spring. Ian MacKaye the lead singer of Embrace; famous for the Hardcore Punk band Minor Threat, the creation of the subculture Straight Edge, & Dischord Records. Guy Picciotto the lead singer of Rites Of Spring; famous for the Emotive band Fugazi & creator of Emotive itself. (Arguably) Started the genre in the mid '80's.
Emotive in the 80's resembled it's parent genre. In the '90's it took a different feel.
Cap'n Jazz & a few other bands took a more Indie feel to their music. Cap'n Jazz with their only album Shmap'n Shmazz; took Emotive from a from a deeply underground Punk sub-genre, to a more widely accepted subset of indie rock. Which is why Emo is widely known, & respected in the Indie subculture.
Skramz (screamo), a sub-genre of Emotive; was Emotive with a more chaotic playing style. The name of the genre is a misnomer. Though the genre often had screaming vocals, it wasn't the focus of the genre. Skramz was just a way of playing more chaotic music, as most Punk was. Skramz started in the early '90's & lives to this day.
Emotive, along with Skramz, were underground genres. With underground labels. They're not widely known, or heard. You won't hear them on the radio, or find them in your local commercialized record store. This is the backbone of all Punk music, & it's sub-genres.
Common misconceptions of Emo; Emo is a style, Emo means Emotional, Emo is depressed, or people who self-mutilate themselves. All these are false! The media has bastardized the genre. In 2003 an article called The Dashboard Confessional Emo. Since this happened, other alike bands have been given the same assumption. You're practically pawns of the media for believing them. It is now widely believed that this style, which is actually FashionXcore a fashion stole from Visual Kei; closely related to J-Rock, which has been played upon by corporations like Hot Topic. They only plan on making money, & don't care what they ruin, or put in it's place.
I've heard recently that Emo died in the '90's. This is also false. Fugazi, a monumental Emotive band that both Ian MacKaye, & Guy Picciotto were both in; were touring & creating records till '01, with their 6th LP. Emotive will still live on with Skramz. In no way is Emotive dead. As long as people still listen to the genre, there will be Emo.
You're not emo unless you either listen to Emotive Hardcore Punk, or you're in an Emotive band. Simple!
I will leave this with some Emotive, Skramz, & some Indie/emo bands: Evergreen, I Hate Myself, Joan Of Arc, Joshua Fit For Battle, Mass Movement Of The Moth, Violent Breakfast, Suis La Lune, Circle Takes The Square, Saetia, Raein, Get Fucked, American Football, Jeromes Dream, Yaphet Kotto, Neil Perry, Amber Inn, Funeral Diner, Harriet The Spy, Cowboys Are Indians, City Of Caterpillar, etc etc...
Emotive is essentially watered down Hardcore Punk. That being said; Emotive is still Punk. It's still a sub-genre of Hardcore Punk. They still follow the same DIY ethics as Punks, & still have the same mindset.
The most noted bands to take this form of Hardcore Punk in a new direction was; Embrace & Rites Of Spring. Ian MacKaye the lead singer of Embrace; famous for the Hardcore Punk band Minor Threat, the creation of the subculture Straight Edge, & Dischord Records. Guy Picciotto the lead singer of Rites Of Spring; famous for the Emotive band Fugazi & creator of Emotive itself. (Arguably) Started the genre in the mid '80's.
Emotive in the 80's resembled it's parent genre. In the '90's it took a different feel.
Cap'n Jazz & a few other bands took a more Indie feel to their music. Cap'n Jazz with their only album Shmap'n Shmazz; took Emotive from a from a deeply underground Punk sub-genre, to a more widely accepted subset of indie rock. Which is why Emo is widely known, & respected in the Indie subculture.
Skramz (screamo), a sub-genre of Emotive; was Emotive with a more chaotic playing style. The name of the genre is a misnomer. Though the genre often had screaming vocals, it wasn't the focus of the genre. Skramz was just a way of playing more chaotic music, as most Punk was. Skramz started in the early '90's & lives to this day.
Emotive, along with Skramz, were underground genres. With underground labels. They're not widely known, or heard. You won't hear them on the radio, or find them in your local commercialized record store. This is the backbone of all Punk music, & it's sub-genres.
Common misconceptions of Emo; Emo is a style, Emo means Emotional, Emo is depressed, or people who self-mutilate themselves. All these are false! The media has bastardized the genre. In 2003 an article called The Dashboard Confessional Emo. Since this happened, other alike bands have been given the same assumption. You're practically pawns of the media for believing them. It is now widely believed that this style, which is actually FashionXcore a fashion stole from Visual Kei; closely related to J-Rock, which has been played upon by corporations like Hot Topic. They only plan on making money, & don't care what they ruin, or put in it's place.
I've heard recently that Emo died in the '90's. This is also false. Fugazi, a monumental Emotive band that both Ian MacKaye, & Guy Picciotto were both in; were touring & creating records till '01, with their 6th LP. Emotive will still live on with Skramz. In no way is Emotive dead. As long as people still listen to the genre, there will be Emo.
You're not emo unless you either listen to Emotive Hardcore Punk, or you're in an Emotive band. Simple!
I will leave this with some Emotive, Skramz, & some Indie/emo bands: Evergreen, I Hate Myself, Joan Of Arc, Joshua Fit For Battle, Mass Movement Of The Moth, Violent Breakfast, Suis La Lune, Circle Takes The Square, Saetia, Raein, Get Fucked, American Football, Jeromes Dream, Yaphet Kotto, Neil Perry, Amber Inn, Funeral Diner, Harriet The Spy, Cowboys Are Indians, City Of Caterpillar, etc etc...
by Rafec023 August 22, 2009
Get the Emo mug.Teenager lucky enough to live in a place like America, but still deems their life to be sad and wrought with misfourtune. Better off than a grand majority of the world, but is somehow convinced they have a miserable existance. An idiot.
"That poor child is so emo..."
"Dude, he's a middle class American. He has nothing to be emo about."
"Oh. Fag."
"Not a fag, just a Douchebag"
"Dude, he's a middle class American. He has nothing to be emo about."
"Oh. Fag."
"Not a fag, just a Douchebag"
by Pattyfleisc April 24, 2009
Get the Emo mug.Okay. Apparently no one even knows what emo is anymore. So let me straighten that out for you.
Emo is a genre of music. Yes music. It originated in the 80s with bands such as Gray Matter or Fire Party. There are several waves of emo. So no, Emo is not the kind of shit that you can find nowadays on any teenager dressed in black. It is not MCR. It is not FOB, and it is not Hawthorne Heights or Dashboard Confessionals either.
The term emo has been mutated and twisted into something that anyone should be ashamed to call themselves. Since when is it allright to mutilate yourself so that you may appear "cool" or fit a certain stereotype. Whatever that is, it is not emo.
The fact that emo is now a certain stereotype, makes me want to puke. No. What makes me want to puke is what being labeled as "emo" entails.
It's sick. It's just sick.
Emo is a genre of music. Yes music. It originated in the 80s with bands such as Gray Matter or Fire Party. There are several waves of emo. So no, Emo is not the kind of shit that you can find nowadays on any teenager dressed in black. It is not MCR. It is not FOB, and it is not Hawthorne Heights or Dashboard Confessionals either.
The term emo has been mutated and twisted into something that anyone should be ashamed to call themselves. Since when is it allright to mutilate yourself so that you may appear "cool" or fit a certain stereotype. Whatever that is, it is not emo.
The fact that emo is now a certain stereotype, makes me want to puke. No. What makes me want to puke is what being labeled as "emo" entails.
It's sick. It's just sick.
by kaitlynz May 4, 2008
Get the Emo mug.There seems to be alot of people that know what there talking about. People that think we all dress in black and listen to My Chemical Romance, are full of bullshit. I'm emo... I will admit it. But I don't cut to solve all my problems, I'm actually trying to stop. I don't have black hair, my natural color is still dark brown, I haven't done one thing to my hair my entire life! I write poetry, but not all of it is sad. Actually most of it is relativily happy. Emo is short for "Emotional". All of you bastards who think that emo was a trend that was in the 1970's, are full of crap and you are trying to make yourselves look smart. This is the defaniition of Emo now and you are going to have to live with it!
by kilala909 May 29, 2009
Get the Emo mug.1. A person that hides hides his uncertanties, lack of self-confidence, lack of personality, and social ineptitude behind a label so that these qualities appear to be trendy, and make him/her more appealing to a like-minded person of the opposite sex.
2. A "lifestyle". This is actually false, as being Emo is not a lifestyle, it is simply an ambiguous label.
3. A trend that has unfortunately become popular, thanks to corporations and music labels pushing goods that relate to the Emo label.
4. Anything related to the above definitions.
2. A "lifestyle". This is actually false, as being Emo is not a lifestyle, it is simply an ambiguous label.
3. A trend that has unfortunately become popular, thanks to corporations and music labels pushing goods that relate to the Emo label.
4. Anything related to the above definitions.
Emo Kid: "My life is terrible. I am without love. Woe is me."
Normal Guy: "Yeah, your life is terrible, considering you live with your parents who provide you with everything you need, including an allowance so you can buy your stupid clothes and music. Why don't you go steal your sister's pants, write some shitty poetry, and take some poorly-lit, out-of-focus, extreme close-up pictures of yourself to post on your 'blog."
Emo Kid: "You just don't understand what it's like to be one of us!"
Normal Guy: "One of 'US'? You mean one of you people who play into a stupid trend, but somehow think that they are unique and interesting? What is there to understand?"
Emo Kid: *sniffle*.. "I'm gonna' go cut myself now...."
Normal Guy: "Yeah, your life is terrible, considering you live with your parents who provide you with everything you need, including an allowance so you can buy your stupid clothes and music. Why don't you go steal your sister's pants, write some shitty poetry, and take some poorly-lit, out-of-focus, extreme close-up pictures of yourself to post on your 'blog."
Emo Kid: "You just don't understand what it's like to be one of us!"
Normal Guy: "One of 'US'? You mean one of you people who play into a stupid trend, but somehow think that they are unique and interesting? What is there to understand?"
Emo Kid: *sniffle*.. "I'm gonna' go cut myself now...."
by phroot October 15, 2008
Get the Emo mug.The definition of what used to be someone who listens to "punk music with emotion", but now is a poser bitch, who wears tight black pants, all black clothes, usaully very skinny,has long pitch black hair that hangs in their face, have no social life so they look like vampires, and have very small dicks. they are often confused with goth people and they always complain about theyre lives and want to kill them selves, they listen to terrible music that sounds like nails on a chalkboard, and they are all pussies.
an emo is a little pussy with all black, who complains and looks like a girl, they like terrible music and are bitches.
by Sutishman July 27, 2011
Get the Emo mug.A fuckin' poser. Someone who thinks they're punk (Apparently crying your eyes out and slashing your body is a good way to rebel, according to these idiots). When the "emo" trend started, punk started dying. Same with metal and Pantera's unfortunate departure. Actual emo is a form of music, stemming back to the early 90's as a type of hardcore (emotive hardcore). I wear slim-fit jeans that are black or gray and black band shirts (Only color band shirts come in really), and some Fallen shoes (I skate, yes) but people confuse that with being emo, now, thanks to MTV and mainstream "culture". I would wear white but other than skate tees, I like band shirts and they most commonly come in black so, *shrug*. I'm a metalhead. Plain and simple. Now it's "punk" to become vegan and starve yourself of perfectly good meat that's important for a healthy body, when in reality, the animal you "care" so much about just died for nothing when you refused to eat it. But yeah, that's a whole different subject all together. Stop being so depressed, if you really are. Don't make your depression some "style" cuz it's not. Get over your depression. Metal has always been there for me in rough times. You'll get through it, just stop trying to capitalize on it, then you just come off as someone with no self-respect.
Emo kid: I wear tight black jeans and eyeliner and paint my nails and cry at night. I give metalheads who dress similarly a bad name. Someone help?
Anyone else/Metalhead: Go listen to Hatebreed or Pantera. Hell, go pop in some Children of Bodom.
Anyone else/Metalhead: Go listen to Hatebreed or Pantera. Hell, go pop in some Children of Bodom.
by Fallen and Zero For Life February 26, 2009
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