Real Emo, Not Mainstream Crap

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I am tired of people nowadays calling My Chem and such emo! They are not!

What Emo Is And Some History.
Emo is short for emotive hardcore. It’s a DIY music style (not a shitty fashion) that started in the 80’s. Emo follows (but is not restricted to) the lines of hardcore. Hardcore is a subgenre of punk, therefore, so is emo. The first emo band is often credited to Rites Of Spring. They played with hardcore punk rock energy (as the members were previously involved with hardcore bands) and lots of emotion through their performance and with their audience. Their lyrics seem to have important views about life and a sense of deepness.

“Emo” As A Term.
The term “emo” was generated as an insult to people in the hardcore scene that liked these bands. An emo band’s performance on stage (can include crying/moaning/etc. their lyrics and various other events) probably made them look “weaker” to the hardcore kids, which is (why I think) “emo” was directed as an insult.

What Screamo is.
Screamo has evolved from emo. This music style invloves more screaming and often has more melodic breakdowns. Screamo is still emo, therefore follows its guidelines.

What Emo Is Not.
Emo is not short for emotional. Emo is not a fashion. Emo is not “XxXxXxXOMMMFFGZZZZ IM LYKE, SO DEPRESSED!XxXxX!!!1!!111 IM GONNA SLIT MY WRISTZZZZZZZ...LOL..XxXxX xX” Emo was not mainstream (because it was DIY). Emo has nothing to do with being depressed, shitty metaphors, or suicide. Emo is not whiney, bullshit music sung by pubescent males that haven’t dropped their balls yet.

Real Emo Bands: Rites Of Spring, Embrace, Moss Icon, Funeral Dinner, Gray Matter, Hot Cross, Off Minor, Indian Summer, Sleepytime Trio, etc...

Screamo Bands: Saetia, Orchid, Pg. 99, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, Love Like...Electrocution, Angel Hair, Antioch Arrow, Majority Rule, Usurp Synapse, Love Lost But Not Forgotten, etc...

Record Labels Known To Produce Important Emo Bands: Discord Records, Level-Plane Records, Magic Bullet Records, Ebullition Records, etc...

NOT Emo Bands: Taking Back Sunday, Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, Dashboard Confessional, From First To Last, Bright Eyes, Simple Plan, The Used, Senses Fail, etc...

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tru dat brutha



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i hate Jimmy Eats World, they arent emo, i like B4MV

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Finally, I have seen an emo who knows what the genre really is.

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emo... plez die

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I hate emo, but panslayer123, learn how to spell.

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I listen to quite a bit of hardcore punk, crust, etc. so the OP’s comments on “emotive hardcore” are very interesting. Personally the only band that I listen to from the genre is Envy, though I’ll probably have a look at the stuff the OP mentioned.

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Everyone knows that, OP, we just pretend not to since emo’s are pathetic.

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If you are a hardcore emo then you should be dead..?

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FUCK YOU

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i didnt even kno there wuz such thing as mainstream emo lol

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bla bla bla... so we got some one saying they are more emo than the other guys. the same thing was done with skaters, punks, and all that other stuff. it’s just like i said it was. it’s just another part of the “scene” as one person called it, i call it a trend. whether you think your hardcore or not you’re still part of the POP CULTURE. i’m sure i’ll get the usual " you don’t know what you’re talking about retard” bullshit, but i do. lets stop pretending it’s more than it is. just embrace your chosen label for what it is.

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Please don’t use such hurtful languages in my interweb.

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Dude. Its the internet. If you can’t handle a few fuck’s than you might as well not be on it.