A genre of music that is slightly hard-core, maybe a small amount of screaming or shouting. Emo is not a type of person that wears dark clothes and dark make-up. Emo is also not a person that self-harms, or whom is depressed.
Emo is short for Emo-core which was a joke made by a band in the 1980's, which was then abbreviated to Emo. A girl killed herself and a writer for the Daily Mail said that the music was influential to her death and she was "Emo".
Emo is short for Emo-core which was a joke made by a band in the 1980's, which was then abbreviated to Emo. A girl killed herself and a writer for the Daily Mail said that the music was influential to her death and she was "Emo".
Correct:
Person 1: I love this song
Person 2: Yeah, it's in the Emo genre, right?
Wrong:
Person 1: Wow, what's with the dark make-up and stuff?
Person 2: She's such an Emo.
Person 1: I love this song
Person 2: Yeah, it's in the Emo genre, right?
Wrong:
Person 1: Wow, what's with the dark make-up and stuff?
Person 2: She's such an Emo.
by RayneIsASexyMofo October 12, 2013
Get the Emo mug.First of all, we're not those people who say: Okay i'm gonna do this to look cool. We're the type of people who do this for a real meaning. To express emotional pain and depression. I know this because i'm emo myself, as i've used first person pronouns. Second, don't associate us with skaters, goths, and scenes. My girlfriend is a scene and I know the difference. Anyways, we like darker colors. Black, red, purple, whatever. You may think our style of music is crazy, but it really isn't. We're not loners. Emos have friends too. We're not forever alone. We get dates too. So quit hating on us. Okay? Okay. We don't cut for sympathy. We cut for a reason. Same as why we're even emo.
Emo: My life sucks *Cut*
by Xx_Emo_Jake6945_xX January 1, 2014
Get the Emo mug."emo" is most commonly thought of as little 14 year olds in all black, black hair, black everything. Often they will cut but most importantly consider themselves emos as they listen to fake metal bands such as:
Pierce the veil
Black veil brides
Of Mice & Men
the list of bands in such "fake poser metal" is near endless and spans from Fall Out Boy style pop rock to Sleeping With Whiners appalling take on metalcore. Emo is used as a half derogatory half label to those who listen to shit; much in a similar fashion to that as the word "nigger".
Originally from the 90s who were offspring of the punk tree, the word was used to describe bands who's lyrical were whilst being hardcore with a punk tint overlapping them. As people denied this tree of punk any right to be called emo and began to focus the word on the above description, emocore as such faded out. However in 2010, a revival began, spearheaded no longer by bands such as I Hate Myself and SDRE but bands such as TWIABP and Everyone Everywhere (bands with essentially the longest most obscure names possible) who's style is defined as lyrically soft often with high treble guitars yet still retaining the original screamo segments or rough quality.
I'll Get back to you later
If I knew, I'd Tell you
Deer Leap
Everyone Everywhere
Empire! Empire!
with more screamo leaders including:
Caravels
Pianos Become the Teeth
Pierce the veil
Black veil brides
Of Mice & Men
the list of bands in such "fake poser metal" is near endless and spans from Fall Out Boy style pop rock to Sleeping With Whiners appalling take on metalcore. Emo is used as a half derogatory half label to those who listen to shit; much in a similar fashion to that as the word "nigger".
Originally from the 90s who were offspring of the punk tree, the word was used to describe bands who's lyrical were whilst being hardcore with a punk tint overlapping them. As people denied this tree of punk any right to be called emo and began to focus the word on the above description, emocore as such faded out. However in 2010, a revival began, spearheaded no longer by bands such as I Hate Myself and SDRE but bands such as TWIABP and Everyone Everywhere (bands with essentially the longest most obscure names possible) who's style is defined as lyrically soft often with high treble guitars yet still retaining the original screamo segments or rough quality.
I'll Get back to you later
If I knew, I'd Tell you
Deer Leap
Everyone Everywhere
Empire! Empire!
with more screamo leaders including:
Caravels
Pianos Become the Teeth
"Dude, I'm pretty emo myself, I listen to Of Mice and Men..."
"nah dude you're just a fag"
Or
"Holy crap, Things In progression of reactivity, that's a long band name. Better get my black jeans, Topshelf Records shirt, band flag and a semi-acoustic and start up an atmospheric emo indie alt band".
Or
"Wow his skramz style is brutal"
"yeah dude, someone said he lost his entire voice for six months after that gig"
"sick, lets shred dude"
"yeahhhhh"
"nah dude you're just a fag"
Or
"Holy crap, Things In progression of reactivity, that's a long band name. Better get my black jeans, Topshelf Records shirt, band flag and a semi-acoustic and start up an atmospheric emo indie alt band".
Or
"Wow his skramz style is brutal"
"yeah dude, someone said he lost his entire voice for six months after that gig"
"sick, lets shred dude"
"yeahhhhh"
by SuperDuperComplex March 14, 2014
Get the emo mug.A most likely teenager whos wardrobe is band tees and tight black skinny jeans with black nails, most likely like my chemical romance
by WDYWFM November 21, 2014
Get the Emo mug.A subculture consisting of 14-19 year old teens (usually girls) Who constantly whine and complain about everything. Those who dont are very rare. The typical "emo" kid has MySpace, Tumblr, Instagram, and a Facebook and are always whining and obsessing over bands.
Bands they like are Black Veil Brides, Blood On The Dance Floor (Though half of the time they hate this band), Bring Me The Horizon (Sempiternal only), Memphis May Fire, Asking Alexandria, Suicide Silence (mainly only The Black Crown), Saywecanfly, Falling in Reverse, I See Stars, We Came as Romans, etc. Most of these bands they only know the singer and do not care about anything else other than "Omg thes singer ish s0000 hawt!!!" They own band merch, but lack to own the album itself mostly. They also act like they know who Nirvana is, but do not know who Dave Grohl or Krist Novoselic is. They never know anything about music usually.
The typical emo kid wears:
Skinny jeans (tight enough to take 1000 years to get off)
those giant bracelets
a shirt of one of the bands I mentioned above
piercings
painted nails
multi-colored hair (or a really wacky color)
eyeliner
giant boots or Converse All Stars
neclaces
straight hair
a really flashy belt
really long hair
Most of them are really into attention, although there are some who arent. Most of them will cut to get likes on facebook, act desperate for love, whine on their tumblr page all the time, and any other way that you can get attention.
Bands they like are Black Veil Brides, Blood On The Dance Floor (Though half of the time they hate this band), Bring Me The Horizon (Sempiternal only), Memphis May Fire, Asking Alexandria, Suicide Silence (mainly only The Black Crown), Saywecanfly, Falling in Reverse, I See Stars, We Came as Romans, etc. Most of these bands they only know the singer and do not care about anything else other than "Omg thes singer ish s0000 hawt!!!" They own band merch, but lack to own the album itself mostly. They also act like they know who Nirvana is, but do not know who Dave Grohl or Krist Novoselic is. They never know anything about music usually.
The typical emo kid wears:
Skinny jeans (tight enough to take 1000 years to get off)
those giant bracelets
a shirt of one of the bands I mentioned above
piercings
painted nails
multi-colored hair (or a really wacky color)
eyeliner
giant boots or Converse All Stars
neclaces
straight hair
a really flashy belt
really long hair
Most of them are really into attention, although there are some who arent. Most of them will cut to get likes on facebook, act desperate for love, whine on their tumblr page all the time, and any other way that you can get attention.
Emo: OMG GUYZZZ ANDY BIERSACK IS S00000 HAWT!!!!! <3 <3 <3 ^.^
Emo#2: I cut myself bcuz I want ppl to feel sorry for meh
Emo#3: Ill never find tr00 love ;-;
Emo#4: This isnt a phaze mommy itz really meh bein myself!!! stahp complanin about meh!!!! D:<
Emo#5: omg guyz, Asking Alexandria is totaly deathcore!!!!
Emo#6: idk why youd say BVB is metalcore there totally glam metal!!!!!! u fag s my d bish!!!
Emo#7: u fag s my d, gt a life u no live bish. I m myself!!! dis is meh!!! u no nothin 'bout me u fgt stfu.
Emo#2: I cut myself bcuz I want ppl to feel sorry for meh
Emo#3: Ill never find tr00 love ;-;
Emo#4: This isnt a phaze mommy itz really meh bein myself!!! stahp complanin about meh!!!! D:<
Emo#5: omg guyz, Asking Alexandria is totaly deathcore!!!!
Emo#6: idk why youd say BVB is metalcore there totally glam metal!!!!!! u fag s my d bish!!!
Emo#7: u fag s my d, gt a life u no live bish. I m myself!!! dis is meh!!! u no nothin 'bout me u fgt stfu.
by Someone you dont need to know December 26, 2014
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Get the emo mug.This article is about the style of music.Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.
As the style was echoed by contemporary American punk rock bands, its sound and meaning shifted and changed, blending with pop punk and indie rock and encapsulated in the early 1990s by groups such as Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. By the mid-1990s numerous emo acts emerged from the Midwestern and Central United States, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the style.
Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and the emergence of the subgenre "screamo". In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multiplatinum acts and groups with disparate styles and sounds.
In addition to music, "emo" is often used more generally to signify a particular relationship between fans and artists, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture, and behavior. (Nope not emotional and crap like you stereotypes like to think)
As the style was echoed by contemporary American punk rock bands, its sound and meaning shifted and changed, blending with pop punk and indie rock and encapsulated in the early 1990s by groups such as Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. By the mid-1990s numerous emo acts emerged from the Midwestern and Central United States, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the style.
Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and the emergence of the subgenre "screamo". In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multiplatinum acts and groups with disparate styles and sounds.
In addition to music, "emo" is often used more generally to signify a particular relationship between fans and artists, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture, and behavior. (Nope not emotional and crap like you stereotypes like to think)
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