Originally short for emotive hardcore, a subgenre of hardcore punk and post hardcore catagorized by more personal, emotional, and confessional lyrics. It is not a shitty subculture of edgy teenagers who are desperately trying to be unique and different, those are just scene kids. No, chances are if you see it on a shirt at Hot Topic, it is not an emo band (Or a screamo band for that matter).
Some examples of emotive hardcore bands are:
Embrace,
Rites of Spring,
Moss Icon,
Indian Summer,
Dag Nasty
Emo more commonly also refers to another genre known as midwest emo, indie emo, or simply just emo. This type of emo is more closely related to indie rock (which is also probably different than what youre thinking).
Examples of indie emo bands
are:
Sunny Day Real Estate,
Cap'n Jazz,
Joan of Arc,
Jimmy Eat World (early),
Mineral
Both of these types of emo often include shouted, screamed, or occasionally sloppy vocals, respectively.
Some examples of emotive hardcore bands are:
Embrace,
Rites of Spring,
Moss Icon,
Indian Summer,
Dag Nasty
Emo more commonly also refers to another genre known as midwest emo, indie emo, or simply just emo. This type of emo is more closely related to indie rock (which is also probably different than what youre thinking).
Examples of indie emo bands
are:
Sunny Day Real Estate,
Cap'n Jazz,
Joan of Arc,
Jimmy Eat World (early),
Mineral
Both of these types of emo often include shouted, screamed, or occasionally sloppy vocals, respectively.
Respectable emo fan: "Moss Icon is a really good and influencial early emo band."
Scene kid: "i luv emo!!!!1 are they like My Chemical Romance??? RAWR XDDD"
Respectable emo fan: "God has abandoned us."
Scene kid: "i luv emo!!!!1 are they like My Chemical Romance??? RAWR XDDD"
Respectable emo fan: "God has abandoned us."
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Get the tall glass of emo depression mug.An omega emo girl is a emo girl who wears fingerless gloves and when called emo gets upset and asks their mother if they are emo and if their mother says no she tries to prove it to the person who said she is emo by telling them what her mom said.
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An amazing type of music. The most popular bands in the emo community are My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. We are not fucking depressed. We don’t slit our wrists. In the great words of Gerard Way get your bad vibes out of my cornflakes I am not interested.
Dumbass: Hey Sofia is emo now. Does she like slit her wrists or something?
Smart person: No! Not a lot of emos slit their wrists! One of the lines in an emo song is “Maybe it’s not my weekend but it’s gonna be my year!”
Smart person: No! Not a lot of emos slit their wrists! One of the lines in an emo song is “Maybe it’s not my weekend but it’s gonna be my year!”
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I'm an Emo I cut my self because I have depression and it helps me and I want to die, also Twenty one pilots and PANIC! Is amazing
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