Emo was a genre of music that developed out of the failing straight edge movement, especially in the DC area when bands such as Minor Threat and Bad Brains began to lose popularity.
These bands decided to take the energy of punk rock but without the anger, creating emo. Bands include: rites of spring, indian summer, some fugazi, ect. During emos height (84-87), it was generally very emotional, fast, and powerful music. Eventually, it became influenced by pop (much like punk) and is what it is today. It has also become a term to describe someone who is depressed and overly emotional, generally for attention.
These bands decided to take the energy of punk rock but without the anger, creating emo. Bands include: rites of spring, indian summer, some fugazi, ect. During emos height (84-87), it was generally very emotional, fast, and powerful music. Eventually, it became influenced by pop (much like punk) and is what it is today. It has also become a term to describe someone who is depressed and overly emotional, generally for attention.
I was wondering how Rites of Spring and My Chemical Romance are both labeled Emo and are completely different.
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Get the emo mug.1.) A sub-genre of punk rock that features emotional lyrics. Some popular Emo bamds are MY Chemical Romance, The Used, 30 Seconds To Mars, Owl City, The Acadamy Is......., Death Cab For Cutie, and Black Veil Brides.
2.) A melodramatic teenager who listenes to emo music, dresses in black skinney jeans, black converse high tops, a tight-fighting black band shirt, and dye their hair black. a commen misconception is that emo's cut themselves, but thats not true.
2.) A melodramatic teenager who listenes to emo music, dresses in black skinney jeans, black converse high tops, a tight-fighting black band shirt, and dye their hair black. a commen misconception is that emo's cut themselves, but thats not true.
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Get the Emo mug.Emo. "Emotional" "Emotive" Or whatever you want to call it, is a genre of music which started in the early 80's (Yes 80's) with first wave and new wave.
Now it is a genre of music which incorporates sounds from punk, goth rock, pop rock, first wave, new wave, and even grunge rock. All music is emotional but this is the only type of music with its own genre called "emo" And like in most music genres a cult following backs it, creating a "scene" of people. The "Emo Scene" incorporates the dark clothes of goth with a new wave hairstyle with punk accessories.
The "Emokids" all don't act the same, they don't all dress the same, they don't all mope and cry about their lives. Only the posers do that. Same with the whole cutting part, its not cool. Razor blades may be a fun thing to cut.. Like.. Paper and stuff with, but not yourself. So, please, don't cut yourself.
Now it is a genre of music which incorporates sounds from punk, goth rock, pop rock, first wave, new wave, and even grunge rock. All music is emotional but this is the only type of music with its own genre called "emo" And like in most music genres a cult following backs it, creating a "scene" of people. The "Emo Scene" incorporates the dark clothes of goth with a new wave hairstyle with punk accessories.
The "Emokids" all don't act the same, they don't all dress the same, they don't all mope and cry about their lives. Only the posers do that. Same with the whole cutting part, its not cool. Razor blades may be a fun thing to cut.. Like.. Paper and stuff with, but not yourself. So, please, don't cut yourself.
"OH! Life is so hard!" -Cuts- "I'm so emo and sensitive"
-Some dude walks by.-
"You have issues." -Kicks-
"I know, black is my heart, AH! FUCK THIS LIFE."
"You wouldn't kill yourself, even if your whole family died, stop being an attention whore."
-Some dude walks by.-
"You have issues." -Kicks-
"I know, black is my heart, AH! FUCK THIS LIFE."
"You wouldn't kill yourself, even if your whole family died, stop being an attention whore."
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