8 definitions by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92
Rock music popular in the 80s with catchy choruses, usually romantic but friendly lyrics, major scales and joyful tones and usually was more hard rock than metal. The bands usually were drag queens. They also often sold out and made power ballads or went unplugged.
"WHAT'S METAL ABOUT THAT?!" - Dee Snider
Oh and also, TWISTED SISTER ARE NOT GLAM METAL, THEY'RE JUST HEAVY METAL. They sound NOTHING like glam, and sound more like Judas Priest, Saxon and Ozzy than Poison and Ratt. Neither are their lyrics glam. How is rebellion and kicking ass with rock n roll considered love and lust?????? They only got called glam just cause of their frontmans look. Glam is NOT a fashion. It's music. And at least Dee Snider has a more shock rock look than a glamour look. He's meant to look freaky in that makeup, not glamour-friendly. And he doesn't wear makeup anymore. And shit even metal archives doesn't even call them glam. Even Metallica were huge fans of twisted sister and they obviously DESPISED glam. If TS are glam, so is Iron Maidrn and Saxon. It's obvious they don't sound anything like the glam bands, they don't sound all joyful catchy pop-influenced shit that glam does. I bet if u told a fan they were glam they'd knock your god damn lights out!!!
"WHAT'S METAL ABOUT THAT?!" - Dee Snider
Oh and also, TWISTED SISTER ARE NOT GLAM METAL, THEY'RE JUST HEAVY METAL. They sound NOTHING like glam, and sound more like Judas Priest, Saxon and Ozzy than Poison and Ratt. Neither are their lyrics glam. How is rebellion and kicking ass with rock n roll considered love and lust?????? They only got called glam just cause of their frontmans look. Glam is NOT a fashion. It's music. And at least Dee Snider has a more shock rock look than a glamour look. He's meant to look freaky in that makeup, not glamour-friendly. And he doesn't wear makeup anymore. And shit even metal archives doesn't even call them glam. Even Metallica were huge fans of twisted sister and they obviously DESPISED glam. If TS are glam, so is Iron Maidrn and Saxon. It's obvious they don't sound anything like the glam bands, they don't sound all joyful catchy pop-influenced shit that glam does. I bet if u told a fan they were glam they'd knock your god damn lights out!!!
REAL glam metal: Quiet Riot, Kix, Poison, Cinderella, Warrant, Mötley Crüe (except the first 2 albums; they were just heavy metal), Ratt, Whitesnake, KISS (1983-1989), Dokken, White Lion, Black Veil Brides, etc
NOT glam: Twisted Sister, Alice Cooper (although the song poison sounds glam), GnR, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, etc
NOT glam: Twisted Sister, Alice Cooper (although the song poison sounds glam), GnR, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, etc
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 June 23, 2013
First off, ignore what all the emo purists say. According to them, emo is hardcore punk with emotive lyrics, and according to them, any band that has long bangs on their hair covering the sides and back or their fans look like that and have lip rings, jeans or something "can't be emo". They also think all emo bands have short hair and look like a hardcore punk band. Even some bands they reject as emo sound like the bands they call emo. (Dashboard confessional sound like 90s emo alt rock; MCR used to sound 80s emo; senses fail sound old school; etc) Emo basically is shortened as emotional. But it usually derived from alternative and punk. Nowadays many bands are gonna sound post-hardcore, indie, alt rock, and stuff. Emos as persons like this music, and also they might express emotion. But emo kids started to come more in 2004 and then started having a hair fringe and hair covering their head (except the face, they don't have to), jeans, band shirts or sometimes lip rings and studded belts and stuff. Screamo, though as hardcore punk influenced but had screaming and was intense. Even screamo gets confused with metal or even certain "Core" genres. Only certain core bands are emo as long as they have roots tracing from like The Used, MCR, or Hawthorne Heights or silverstien or something
Real emo: Rites of Spring, My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, Embrace, The Hated, One Last Wish, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, The Used, Dashboard Confessional, American Football, Hawthorne Heights, Escape the Fate (mostly in the early days like with Ronnie), Blessthefall, Underoath, Cap'N Jazz, Drive Like Jehu, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eats World, Thursday, Orchid, Circle Takes the Square, Pg 99, City of Caterpillar, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Fire Party, Neil Perry, I Hate Myself, Eyes Set to Kill, Silverstien, Alesana, Brand New, Boys Like Girls, Funeral for a Friend, The Get-Up Kids, Plain White T's, etc.
NOT emo: Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Falling in Reverse, Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Blink 182, KISS, Cannibal Corpse, AFI, Misfits, Make Me Famous, Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Carnifex, Motionless in White, The Cure, WASP, Alice Cooper, Aiden, We Came As Romans, BMTH, Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence, Killswitch Engage, BFMV, etc.
NOT emo: Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Falling in Reverse, Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Blink 182, KISS, Cannibal Corpse, AFI, Misfits, Make Me Famous, Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Carnifex, Motionless in White, The Cure, WASP, Alice Cooper, Aiden, We Came As Romans, BMTH, Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence, Killswitch Engage, BFMV, etc.
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 April 15, 2013
A type of music which began in the 1990s recreation of emo. Even though emo almost died out in the 1990s when emocore bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace and Soul Side were gone, there were some emocore bands like Policy of 3 and Hoover. One side of this recreation of bands who were called the new emo sounded more like alternative rock or indie rock than punk rock (Sunny Day Real Estate, Weezer, Texas is the Reason), but then the other side sounded more like pop punk. While some think Fall Out Boy or something began emo pop, they didn't. It's been around longer and since the mid-90s. Jimmy Eat World's first album was definitely emo and sounded more like emo-punk. Then on their second album, they changed since then. They would play indie rock like Sunny Day Real Estate, but they played emo pop which is heard in songs like "Rockstar", "Lucky Denver Mint" and "The Middle". Saves the Day also are emo pop, but they have played indie (their first album was, believe it or not, emo-punk). The Get Up Kids were a major emo pop band. Ironically, some people will reject emo pop as emo but then they call these guys "emo". The band IS pop punk. If you don't believe me, listen to "Forgive & Forget", "I'm a Loner Dottie, I'm a Rebel" or "Action & Action". I bet these people only heard "I'll Catch You" or something. In the 2000s, bands like Fall Out Boy and Boys Like Girls were the new wave of emo pop bands. However, emo was bound to be a punk genre, not an indie/pop punk genre.
Emo pop bands include Jimmy Eat World, Midtown, The Starting Line, The Get Up Kids, Fall Out Boy and Boys Like Girls.
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 November 9, 2013
An obscure music listener who pretty much judges music by their obscurity than the actual music. Try going on sites like Sputnikmusic.com, last.fm, rateyourmusic or something like that or even youtube, and there will be some obscurists there. Usually they deny that fact that they are an obscurist and get batshit insane if you point it out. They may say they listen to whatever approves to their ears. However, often you'll notice that depending on what site they're on, if you look on their playlists on youtube or scrobbles on last.fm, everything there is ultra obscure music that hasn't made even 5 sells yet. Some will also point out the "true" and "false" of genres. Anything they like,they say is automatically underground,even if it has been famous before. Anything they hate, regardless of the popularity, they call mainstream or "hipster faggotry". Some people sometimes call these people "music elitists". However, they aren't necessarily elitists for this. They definitely are purists though. Some will say that all punk rock must be underground otherwise it's "poser punk", despite that the Ramones, the Clash and Sex Pistols were really popular, and even the Ramones are still famous today. Even a lot of punk bands have appeared on Guitar Hero so thus, that's completely stupid to think.
Normal guy: Hey, I heard you like metal music. You like Megadeth or Pantera or even Job for a Cowboy?
Music Obscurist: You're a fucking poser! Job for a Cowboy?! They are a bunch of posers! And you can't even name any real metal band besides the very famous and legendary ones. Listen to REAL metal if you want to be a real metalhead! Like Unbidden, Murder Reconstruction, Brain Drill, Anaya, Misery Index, etc.
Music Obscurist: You're a fucking poser! Job for a Cowboy?! They are a bunch of posers! And you can't even name any real metal band besides the very famous and legendary ones. Listen to REAL metal if you want to be a real metalhead! Like Unbidden, Murder Reconstruction, Brain Drill, Anaya, Misery Index, etc.
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 July 1, 2013
a type of harsher emo music with screaming in it and stuff. Many times it gets confused with metal, death metal, melodic metalcore, hardcore punk, or any music with harsh vocals in it. Often confused by it's older fans as a punk style, when real hardcore punk is actually Minor Threat, Black Flag and Agnostic Front, it's more of a subgenre of emo, which derived from punk. If emo was punk, then MCR's first album was punk. Because believe me, their first album actually did sound A LOT like old school emo and had some hardcore influence. But I wouldn't call it punk. I think punk is more rebellious and is like Ramones and Sex Pistols and 4 skins and emo is short for emotional hardcore (despite sunny day real estate gave it a softer sound and remade it). It was influenced by hardcore, it was raw a lot and had screaming or speaking in it. Vocals often sounded very emotional but sometimes a little disturbed sometimes. At first it was pioneered by Pg 99. Early bands were Pg 99, Saetia, Heroin, Orchid and I Hate Myself. Today it's more of bands are I Would set myself on fire for you, Alexisonfire, thursday, funeral for a friend and the saddest landscape. Some newer bands sound a little less harsh and do less screams than older screamo. The reason why screamo isn't hardcore punk is because it doesn't sound ANYTHING like black flag or agnostic front or even bad brains.
Screamo bands: I Would Set Myself on Fire for You, Alexisonfire, Thursday, Funeral for a Friend, Pg 99, the used, orchid, saetia, saddest landscape
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 July 1, 2013
The most overused, most annoying fucking word of all fucking time. Some don't know this, but swag actually means "secretly we are gay" (look it up) and was used in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of gay guys. Everyone uses this shitty word. You use it, your mom uses it, your teacher uses it, your classmates use it, shitty rappers use it, scene kids use it, retards use it, everyone does. Nowadays, it's used as a word to mean "cool" and shit. People who use this word or "have swag" are called swaggers (more like swaggots). They fucking wear backwards bright-colored baseball caps and really skinny jeans (and they sometimes wear it really low, this skinny jeans thing has been going ever since people like Drake and Lil' Wayne wore them. Now you'll see many boys in high school wearing them.). They also wear YOLO shirts or sleeveless somewhat big shirts and square or circle-shaped earrings. When it's a black guy, his hair is usually just short. When the swaggot is a white boy, he usually either has that weird Zayn Malik haircut or he has an emo haircut (straight hair with a fringe). They listen to shit like Drake, Lil' Wayne, Soulja Boy, Rihanna, Lil B and shit. And even the white guys go off saying "nigga" all day, trying to be black when they're as black as Johnny Rebel, and they call themselves hip-hop fans but they probably don't even know Sugar Hill Gang or NWA.
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 December 18, 2013
1. a genre of music. Originally was short for emotional hardcore. Since the arrival of Sunny Day Real Estate, it became less punk and more alternative.
2. a fan of emo music
Emo is NOT cutting yourself
Emo is NOT goth
Emo is NOT metal
Emo is NOT punk, it's a DERIVATIVE, otherwise MCR's debut was punk since it sounded a lot like Rites of Spring
Emo was reinvented by Sunny day real estate, and had then an alternative rock/indie sound. Jimmy eat world had a pop punk sound. Dashboard Confessional had an indie sound. American football had an indie sound. Also, if emo must sound punk, then why is Sunny day real estate called emo?
Emo is NOT dead
If emo is Jimmy eat world and the get-up kids, then how is emo supposed to be ultra obscure and have only no more than 99 fans?
Emo is NOT jeans and a hair fringe
Emo is NOT all-black clothes, big black "shock-value" makeup worn by like Marilyn Manson or Alice Cooper
Emo is NOT depressive
Emo changed and was reinvented
Emo evolved into other music
Emo is simply alternative/punk influenced music with emotional lyrics.
Emo is NOT scene. (Scene is Breathe Carolina and Dot Dot Curve)
Emo is NOT self-harm and suicide.
Emo is short for emotional hardcore. Despite it now is shortened for emotional. But stick to referring to music and fans.
Emo is like Sunny day real estate, thursday, get up kids, texas is the reason and matchbook romance.
2. a fan of emo music
Emo is NOT cutting yourself
Emo is NOT goth
Emo is NOT metal
Emo is NOT punk, it's a DERIVATIVE, otherwise MCR's debut was punk since it sounded a lot like Rites of Spring
Emo was reinvented by Sunny day real estate, and had then an alternative rock/indie sound. Jimmy eat world had a pop punk sound. Dashboard Confessional had an indie sound. American football had an indie sound. Also, if emo must sound punk, then why is Sunny day real estate called emo?
Emo is NOT dead
If emo is Jimmy eat world and the get-up kids, then how is emo supposed to be ultra obscure and have only no more than 99 fans?
Emo is NOT jeans and a hair fringe
Emo is NOT all-black clothes, big black "shock-value" makeup worn by like Marilyn Manson or Alice Cooper
Emo is NOT depressive
Emo changed and was reinvented
Emo evolved into other music
Emo is simply alternative/punk influenced music with emotional lyrics.
Emo is NOT scene. (Scene is Breathe Carolina and Dot Dot Curve)
Emo is NOT self-harm and suicide.
Emo is short for emotional hardcore. Despite it now is shortened for emotional. But stick to referring to music and fans.
Emo is like Sunny day real estate, thursday, get up kids, texas is the reason and matchbook romance.
Emo bands: My Chemical Romance (at least try their debut), Thursday, Rites of Spring, From First to Last, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, The Used, Embrace, The Hated, Underoath (not the first two albums), Dashboard Confessional, Funeral for a Friend, Senses Fail, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, American Football, Indian Summer, Silverstein, Pg 99, Loud?, Circle Takes the Square, I Hate Myself, The Saddest Landscape, Plain White T's, The Get Up Kids, Weezer, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Moss Icon, Matchbook Romance, Brand New, Orchid (not the metal band), One Last Wish, Texas is the Reason, Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday, Jawbreaker, etc.
Not emo: Black Veil Brides, metal music, Motionless in White, Vampires! Everywhere, Of Mice & Men, Design the Skyline, Bring Me the Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Aiden, AFI, Blink-182, Good Charlotte, Asking Alexandria, In Flames, the Misfits, The Cure, Murderdolls, As I Lay Dying, Simple Plan, Devil Wears Prada, Make Me Famous, Cannibal Corpse, Minor Threat, Attack! Attack, Trivium, etc.
Not emo: Black Veil Brides, metal music, Motionless in White, Vampires! Everywhere, Of Mice & Men, Design the Skyline, Bring Me the Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Aiden, AFI, Blink-182, Good Charlotte, Asking Alexandria, In Flames, the Misfits, The Cure, Murderdolls, As I Lay Dying, Simple Plan, Devil Wears Prada, Make Me Famous, Cannibal Corpse, Minor Threat, Attack! Attack, Trivium, etc.
by e9d8e2yh9d8yd92 July 8, 2013