Here's a REAL, NON-STEREOTYPED definition of the word "Emo".
What is emo? Most people view emo as a type of person. Someone who cuts themselves, hates the world, and wears tight clothing. Others view emo as a genre of music including bands such as Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and Panic! At the Disco. Most people use emo to describe what is really called scene.
What does the word emo mean? Most people believe emo is short for emotional, as in an emotional person or emotional music. Others believe it’s short for emotional hardcore.
Emo cannot mean emotional because then everything would be emo. Everything has emotions- all music, all people. Emo would become an all-encompassing, very vague, word that could be used to describe many things.
The term emo is short for emotive hardcore. It was first used by the members of Rites of Spring in a 1985 interview in Flipside Magazine. Emo is not popular, and there are no mainstream emo bands. You will not hear emo on the radio.
Hopefully this will set everybody straight. **Source!: www.emotivehardcore.com**
What is emo? Most people view emo as a type of person. Someone who cuts themselves, hates the world, and wears tight clothing. Others view emo as a genre of music including bands such as Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and Panic! At the Disco. Most people use emo to describe what is really called scene.
What does the word emo mean? Most people believe emo is short for emotional, as in an emotional person or emotional music. Others believe it’s short for emotional hardcore.
Emo cannot mean emotional because then everything would be emo. Everything has emotions- all music, all people. Emo would become an all-encompassing, very vague, word that could be used to describe many things.
The term emo is short for emotive hardcore. It was first used by the members of Rites of Spring in a 1985 interview in Flipside Magazine. Emo is not popular, and there are no mainstream emo bands. You will not hear emo on the radio.
Hopefully this will set everybody straight. **Source!: www.emotivehardcore.com**
REAL emo bands:
1. Rites of Spring
2.Embrace
3.Moss Icon
4.Indian Summer
5.I Hate Myself
6.Belle Epoque
7.Antioch Arrow
8.Amanda Woodward
9.Twelve Hour Turn
10.The Sea, The Sea
11.Yage
12.Aussitôt Mort
Remember how the definition stated that Emo is NOT a popular genre? Well, these are all the bands that are NOT Emo:
30 Seconds to Mars
A Vain Attempt
AFI
Aiden
Alesana
All American Rejects
Armor for Sleep
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Billy Talent
Bless The Fall
Boys Like Girls
Bright Eyes
Bring Me the Horizon
Bullet for my Valentine
Chiodos
Coheed and Cambria
Cute is What We Aim For
Dashboard Confessional
The Devil Wears Prada
Emery
Enter Shakiri
Escape the Fate
Evanescence
Fall Out Boy
Flyleaf
From Autumn to Ashes
From First to Last
Funeral for a Friend
Green Day
Hawthorne Heights
HIM
Kill Hannah
Killswitch Engage
Linkin Park
Lost Prophets
Madina Lake
Marilyn Manson
Mayday Parade
My Chemical Romance
Panic! At the Disco
Papa Roach
Paramore
Plain White T's
Rise Against
Saosin
Say Anything
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Senses Fail
Silverstein
System of a Down
Taking Back Sunday
The Academy Is
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Used
Three Days Grace
Tokio Hotel
Underoath
1. Rites of Spring
2.Embrace
3.Moss Icon
4.Indian Summer
5.I Hate Myself
6.Belle Epoque
7.Antioch Arrow
8.Amanda Woodward
9.Twelve Hour Turn
10.The Sea, The Sea
11.Yage
12.Aussitôt Mort
Remember how the definition stated that Emo is NOT a popular genre? Well, these are all the bands that are NOT Emo:
30 Seconds to Mars
A Vain Attempt
AFI
Aiden
Alesana
All American Rejects
Armor for Sleep
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Billy Talent
Bless The Fall
Boys Like Girls
Bright Eyes
Bring Me the Horizon
Bullet for my Valentine
Chiodos
Coheed and Cambria
Cute is What We Aim For
Dashboard Confessional
The Devil Wears Prada
Emery
Enter Shakiri
Escape the Fate
Evanescence
Fall Out Boy
Flyleaf
From Autumn to Ashes
From First to Last
Funeral for a Friend
Green Day
Hawthorne Heights
HIM
Kill Hannah
Killswitch Engage
Linkin Park
Lost Prophets
Madina Lake
Marilyn Manson
Mayday Parade
My Chemical Romance
Panic! At the Disco
Papa Roach
Paramore
Plain White T's
Rise Against
Saosin
Say Anything
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Senses Fail
Silverstein
System of a Down
Taking Back Sunday
The Academy Is
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Used
Three Days Grace
Tokio Hotel
Underoath
by qagdfsdfghwertyuicvbnm,jasudek May 29, 2009
Get the Emo mug.A depressing subculture. Subculture deriving from 'sub' (below) and 'culture' (culture) meaning "Below/insignificant/lower culture".
The collective term for which is unanimously a 'futility of emos'.
The collective term for which is unanimously a 'futility of emos'.
I was down at my record shop, and towards the back I saw this massive futility of emos just standing there silently.
by froggerchanovsky June 7, 2007
Get the emo mug.A sheeplike creature often seen milling about waiting for their next opportunity to pour disdain on the very culture they embrace, although the music scene is said to be blamed for the name Emo meaning EMOtive music i think it far more likey it is due to the emo's style guru Emo Philips the comedian. also see otaku for more info on the original roots of this culture
Although a seemingly us trend this began in the otaku region of japan which spawned the older trend named after the region these "Otaku" kids were almost identical to emo teens except that they started to become violent and several muders were commited. both of these trends are merely precursors to the cult of the drummers seen in the graphic novel "Halo Jones" first seen in the comic 2000ad the drummers were a group of emo lookalikes who had a hypnotic drumbeat implanted in there brains that would make them almost catatonic with bouts of psychotic violence very much like the otaku
by mike x March 19, 2007
Get the emo mug.by Capt Bob September 5, 2008
Get the emo mug.A musical genre that originated in the 1990's.
People are normally associated with emo.
It is a stereotype.
ALL STEREOTYPES ARE BAD.
but..
Emo. How to describe?
Most emo bands are catergorized by screaming and lyrics like "cut my wrist and black my eyes" (from Ohio is For Lovers//Hawthorne Heights). The band members normally wear make-up but what bands don't? Some even go to the extremes of wearing female clothes (most emo bands are all male) and thick black make-up around their eyes to have them appear beaten up. Emo bands are never put on MTV or FUSE. they are thought to be to depressing and inappropriate for their viewers.
I'm not saying emo is a bad thing. or a good thing for people. "Emo kids" are normally known to self-abuse. They will cut themselves. or burn themselves. give themselves bruises. or any other way of self-harm. They are known to walow in their own agony and write depressing poems about suicide and pain. Most "emo kids" are made fun of on a daily basis about their clothes or make-up. Anybody that does that is a bitch. I dont care if you're the fucking president.. you just don't do that!
emo and goth are NOT the same.
emo and scene are NOT the same.
emo and sXe are not the same.
emo and chav are not the same.
mmmmmkay?
emo is a stereotype all in its own.
all stereotyping is bad.
accept someone for who they are. not how they look.
People are normally associated with emo.
It is a stereotype.
ALL STEREOTYPES ARE BAD.
but..
Emo. How to describe?
Most emo bands are catergorized by screaming and lyrics like "cut my wrist and black my eyes" (from Ohio is For Lovers//Hawthorne Heights). The band members normally wear make-up but what bands don't? Some even go to the extremes of wearing female clothes (most emo bands are all male) and thick black make-up around their eyes to have them appear beaten up. Emo bands are never put on MTV or FUSE. they are thought to be to depressing and inappropriate for their viewers.
I'm not saying emo is a bad thing. or a good thing for people. "Emo kids" are normally known to self-abuse. They will cut themselves. or burn themselves. give themselves bruises. or any other way of self-harm. They are known to walow in their own agony and write depressing poems about suicide and pain. Most "emo kids" are made fun of on a daily basis about their clothes or make-up. Anybody that does that is a bitch. I dont care if you're the fucking president.. you just don't do that!
emo and goth are NOT the same.
emo and scene are NOT the same.
emo and sXe are not the same.
emo and chav are not the same.
mmmmmkay?
emo is a stereotype all in its own.
all stereotyping is bad.
accept someone for who they are. not how they look.
(some a-hole) damn emo kids..
(me) shut up. they are people.
(some a-hole) but look at their clothes!
(me) look at yours! do you want to be called a fag?
(some a-hole) well no.. but..
(me) didn't think so.
(me) shut up. they are people.
(some a-hole) but look at their clothes!
(me) look at yours! do you want to be called a fag?
(some a-hole) well no.. but..
(me) didn't think so.
by lovelyxcatastrophe May 29, 2007
Get the emo mug.Emo is a fashion and music style that originated in the 1980's. Emo music consists of screaming, and ncredibly poetic lyrics. It is short for Emotional Hardcore, as it began as a form of punk rock. Emo bands include (but are not exclusive too): My Chemical Romance, Aiden, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Panic! At The Disco, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Hawthorne Heights, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Escape The Fate, Die Mannequin, AFI, The Academy Is.., Cute Is What We Aim For, Dashboard Confessional, From First To Lst, Funeral For A Friend, Rites Of Spring, Silverstien, Thrice, Thursday, Coheed And Cambria, and Underoath. Some emo, such as PATD, has been known to have a dance/techno aspect to it.
Emo fashion is far more easier to define. When it comes to hair, black is usually the staple, although any colour is acceptable (my natural hair colour is actually barbie doll blonde). Hair normally covers half the face, and is straight. Spikes in the back is also emo. Clothes are mostly black, with the odd flouresant colour (such as pink) mixed in. Emo's wear ties, and scarves in just about any colour. An emo shirt is most likely a tight fitting black t with an emo band name on it, or anything from Nightmare Before Christmas or Emily The Strange.
Pants are ALWAYS tight-fitting skinny jeans. No exception. A girl can wear a black skirt overtop, or tight-black leggings (black with skulls is better) and the skirt. Denim in this situation is also acceptable.
Shoes can be converse, or vans. Writing on them (and your jeans) adds a nice touch.
Gloves are a staple of emo, if you can get them fingerless, even better.
Emo can also take on a gothic-hybrid style. Dress shirts and lace can be your best friend. ^^
Make sure you wear thick black eyeliner, black, purple, or grey eyeshadow, and black nailpolsh. Even if your a guy. Trust me, it's hot.
Also, I will say this once, and once only. Emo does NOT mean gay, depressed, or cutting. Emo kids are just being themselves.
Emo fashion is far more easier to define. When it comes to hair, black is usually the staple, although any colour is acceptable (my natural hair colour is actually barbie doll blonde). Hair normally covers half the face, and is straight. Spikes in the back is also emo. Clothes are mostly black, with the odd flouresant colour (such as pink) mixed in. Emo's wear ties, and scarves in just about any colour. An emo shirt is most likely a tight fitting black t with an emo band name on it, or anything from Nightmare Before Christmas or Emily The Strange.
Pants are ALWAYS tight-fitting skinny jeans. No exception. A girl can wear a black skirt overtop, or tight-black leggings (black with skulls is better) and the skirt. Denim in this situation is also acceptable.
Shoes can be converse, or vans. Writing on them (and your jeans) adds a nice touch.
Gloves are a staple of emo, if you can get them fingerless, even better.
Emo can also take on a gothic-hybrid style. Dress shirts and lace can be your best friend. ^^
Make sure you wear thick black eyeliner, black, purple, or grey eyeshadow, and black nailpolsh. Even if your a guy. Trust me, it's hot.
Also, I will say this once, and once only. Emo does NOT mean gay, depressed, or cutting. Emo kids are just being themselves.
Poser Emo: Dude, do you see these cuts? I'm so hardcore!
Real Emo: No, you're not. Get a life, poser.
Real Emo: No, you're not. Get a life, poser.
by Kelsey the emo kid April 13, 2008
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