The music:
Softcore punk rock.
"Guy Picciotto formed Rites of Spring in 1984, breaking free of hardcore's self-imposed boundaries in favor of melodic guitars, varied rhythms, and deeply personal, impassioned lyrics." Wikipedia
The People:
It is a label people give themselves for being apathetic and emotional to an extreme (usually miserable), but wallowing in it and not wanting it to change. They tend to feel they are misunderstood and that life is not fair to them in specific.
The Look:
The casual Emo garb is faded thin\tight blue jeans or slightly oversized work pants accompanied by a secondhand T-shirt with an out of place logo, bad Heavy Metal tees work well too. Good shoes would be Converse Chuck Taylor low-tops or old skool low-top Vans. The more extreme clothes of choice would include horn-rimmed glasses, cardigan sweaters, dorky polo shirts, pants that are a bit too short and hair that is spiky or messy in the back with straight cut bangs or awkward sharp angles and are often glossed.
Compared to Goths:
The primary difference is that emos have normal or more or less standard fashion, personalities and interests. Goths take these to the extreme and dislike most people. Emos can have a pale complexion, but will not wear black lipstick, and will not have the Halloween look that goths have. Google images gives accurate portrait of goth.
Softcore punk rock.
"Guy Picciotto formed Rites of Spring in 1984, breaking free of hardcore's self-imposed boundaries in favor of melodic guitars, varied rhythms, and deeply personal, impassioned lyrics." Wikipedia
The People:
It is a label people give themselves for being apathetic and emotional to an extreme (usually miserable), but wallowing in it and not wanting it to change. They tend to feel they are misunderstood and that life is not fair to them in specific.
The Look:
The casual Emo garb is faded thin\tight blue jeans or slightly oversized work pants accompanied by a secondhand T-shirt with an out of place logo, bad Heavy Metal tees work well too. Good shoes would be Converse Chuck Taylor low-tops or old skool low-top Vans. The more extreme clothes of choice would include horn-rimmed glasses, cardigan sweaters, dorky polo shirts, pants that are a bit too short and hair that is spiky or messy in the back with straight cut bangs or awkward sharp angles and are often glossed.
Compared to Goths:
The primary difference is that emos have normal or more or less standard fashion, personalities and interests. Goths take these to the extreme and dislike most people. Emos can have a pale complexion, but will not wear black lipstick, and will not have the Halloween look that goths have. Google images gives accurate portrait of goth.
Emo Music:
Rites Of Spring
Thursday - Full Collapse
Saves The Day - Stay What You Are
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
Further Seems Forever - The Moon Is Down
Embrace
Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American)
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2
Texas Is The Reason - Do You Know Who You Are?
Rites Of Spring
Thursday - Full Collapse
Saves The Day - Stay What You Are
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
Further Seems Forever - The Moon Is Down
Embrace
Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American)
Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2
Texas Is The Reason - Do You Know Who You Are?
by ericore September 23, 2012
Get the Emomug. Emo something that a lot of kids nowadays don't care about and say false shit about. you can still find them through 6th -10th grade and even adults are it. Emos are NOT people that cry and shit, they like the music and the way they dress. and mostly make memes of bands so if you have a problem with that fuck off
by M.C-kun December 29, 2020
Get the Emomug. by Kimm.possible April 6, 2017
Get the Diet emomug. 3 sad girls that talk on FaceTime. One of the girls is a hoe, the other is emotionally awkward, and the last girl is basically sad but puts the other girls first.
by MCA$$hole March 10, 2022
Get the Emo girlmug. emo is an emotional person and also a well-known style, also a type of punk rock emo's are not people who self-harm or are always are trying to kill themselves or who wear all black just because someone is wearing all black doesn't mean they are emo that could just be their style so would you haters all just shut the fuck up or once stop with your stupid wrist check and ridiculing people who dress in black and wear eyeliner and just because someone listens to My Chemical Romance, or Emotional Hardcore, or other emo bands does not mean they are emo all of you bitches who call people emo are the ones who need mental help to the emo's u say do need it so STOP WITH YOUR DUMB ASS STEREOTYPES BEFORE SOMEONE KILLS YOU FOR CALLIN THEM EMO :))
Guy: Ewww look its an emo
Girl: Im not a fucking emo bitch is wearing black a crime now
Guy: Wrist-check we need to find out I you really are emo
Girl: Emo's can be happy they don't cut themselves and I am not emo but if you don't stop I'm going to make you emo you will want to dieeee
Girl: Im not a fucking emo bitch is wearing black a crime now
Guy: Wrist-check we need to find out I you really are emo
Girl: Emo's can be happy they don't cut themselves and I am not emo but if you don't stop I'm going to make you emo you will want to dieeee
by Would u shut ur big ass mouth November 15, 2021
Get the Emomug. Typically used against people for liking a certain subgenre of music.
Emos are actually sweet and nice people with good music taste not to be confused with scene kids.
Music you need to check out in the emo genre is
Taking back Sunday
Modern day baseball
Mayday parade
Saywecanfly
Emos are actually sweet and nice people with good music taste not to be confused with scene kids.
Music you need to check out in the emo genre is
Taking back Sunday
Modern day baseball
Mayday parade
Saywecanfly
by Samuelfallen June 5, 2020
Get the Emomug.