Misunderstood Genre Of Emo

NOTE: Do your best to ignore my spelling and grammer errors. I try, really I do. And no bashing emo until after reading the article or you’ll look ignorant and I will laugh at you..er*cough*

Emo is often thought of as an untalented genre that is not worth listening too. Why? Because it is for overly emotional teens that like to cry about how their boyfriend dumped them or how they want to cut themselves. For this same reason, a bunch of trend following music media viewers, live, dress, and act "emo" just to prove they are worthy of listening to such music. But in all actuality, emo has nothing to do with any of the above. This article however will explain what the genre actually is and how the name "emo" became the abused word of the 90's and 00's.

Now most people probably assume emo is new or relitively new. This is wrong, emo bands have been around for roughly 20 years. The first, and most influential band (obviously) is Rites Of Spring. But before we get into bands, I will try and explain as quick and painlessly as possible how the sound devoloped and what it sounded like. It is essential to know that emo emerged from the genre of punk, more specifically hardcore punk. For those that are not familiar with that kind of music, it is fast, loud, and usually containing lyrical themes of politics and anger. Emo is different, but not to much. It is still fast, loud, but the lyrical themes tend to be more introspective and personal. The most important difference though, is the fact that it is more guitar-oriented and melodic. Emo is not nor was it ever generic pop-punk bands, pop rock bands, or acoustic pop bands, with emotional lyrics.

Hopefully you now have an idea of what emo sounded like when it first began, but like every genre, it has evolved. During the 80's, Rites Of Spring, Fugazi, Indian Summer, and Embrace, dominated the emo scene, their sound fit the discription above fairly well, though each band had its own unique sound as all good bands do. During the 90s bands like Drive Like Jehu, Samiam, Texas Is The Reason, The Promise Ring, Jawbox, Sunny Day Real Estate, Angel Hair, Mineral, Elliot, and many other bands surfaced. The sound of some of these were heavily influenced by grunge, while others went from the underground punk scene to a more indie rock scene. Still all of these bands can be identified with those of their roots. Today (00's), more or less, emo has not changed much. Bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Fugazi, the Promise Ring, Appleseed Cast, Cursive, The Fire Theft, ect. have released solid records, none of which are related to what is widely called emo by silly cooperations, though I won't name names.

You are probably wondering how emo could so widely be mistaken as something else. And if your not, just pretend, because I am going to explain just how that happened either way.

One cause is mainstream bands brought the term with them. The best example of this, in my opinion, is Jimmy Eat World. They released the album Clarity in 1999 before dramatically changing in sound and becoming popular. Clarity, though it is arguable, is considered a true emo album. Because of this, the label of emo was carried with them even though today they are clearly a pop-punk band. Another example of a mainstream band that took the term emo is Taking Back Sunday. They have made it clear that Fugazi is huge influence in their music, but that is not to be confused with the fact their music is far to simple and poppy to be considered emo.

Another cause is what lead to the actual trend of what some refer to as “emo”. The emo scene in the 80's, like many other genres that carry a scene, had the general attitude. It was anti-consumer. This is where the idea of thrift store clothes and dorky glasses came from. It was cheap and usually ill fitting. Today this idea has been commercialed, making it completely contradictory to what it had been, which ironically seems to be the theme in the seemingly identical generic bands coming out of no where today calling themselves emo.

I hope this article will stop those who stupidily make fun of what the media portrays as emo, (actually it’s sort of amusing but w/e) but most importantly will wake up some of those who blindly follow this trend giving an entire genre a bad name. And for those who already knew everything I said..um..cool? Anyway, the next time you hear Fall Out Boy, Senses Fail, Bright Eyes, Dashboard Confessional, Hawthorne Heights, The Matches, Funeral For A Friend, The Used, or anything that sounds remotely like that you will confidentily be able to say to yourself that the noise making your ears bleed, or the tunes you cry along to, are not emo.

Comments

[guitarist163]

Um..ok i guess...but since you basically stated a bunch of bands I considered to be emo (taking back sunday, senses fail, fall out boy etc.) not to be emo, Id like to know what bands today are emo.

[Lyf]

Well basicly I agree with that. Except I never would of considered Bright Eyes that Pop Emo Hot Topic thing you were going for. Other than the fact that he always looks so sullen in photo ops.
But other then that good selfdefence.

[dmasterfunk]

yeeeeah... if dashboard confessional and hawthorne heights arent emo, who is then? im curious.

[joyful womble]

don't brand fugazi as emo.

[soclax15]

emoISaDEADgenre, you are smart. Congratulations on writing one of the better explanatory articles in recent months. Everyone else, read this and know that he is right.

[Rock agnst Bush]

Now I know... my life has been a waste until now...
wait... umm... no, emo is, was, and never will be good.

[pyrofreak]

Well that cleareed mer up a bit....I still dont like emo.....But maybe now i should stop beating on the cutter kids at my skool....nahh

[#_of_the_beast]

booo.., that was a complete waste of time

[liamg1988]

so what is emo now then?

[Tyler the Great]

Why are people asking what emo is if it isn't this band or that band? He listed a ton of them by decade, morons. Anyways, I guess I'll have to check out some of this for myself. Good guide.

[AC/DC Dude8]

dude, get the hawthorne heights cd. every song is whining about a differnent girl.

[EZLN libertad]

there's a difference between between emotional music, and emo music. emo just plain sucks, emotional music is somewhat good.

[EZLN libertad]

there's a difference between emotional music and emo music*

[r_lightning]

HeyStoopid:
emo sucks....plain and simple

dude, your STOOPID!

[EZLN libertad]

let me clarify what i said before a little more

emo: i miss you, come back home


emotional: f you i wont do what you tell me

[RedGibsonSG]

The guy is saying that Hawthorne Heights is NOT emo.
He didn't say what it was, but that it wasn't emo.

To me its just crap. More like a pop-punk band trying to be hardcore...Popcore, or something. Fall Out Boy is a pop-punk band, but after their new album I'd say more Pop-rock or Power Pop...like Weezer. Same place I'd but The Matches.
The Used is more Post-Hardcore. Bright Eyes is a homo

And ALL music is emotional. Other wise their wouldnt be a point to it. It'd be manufactured noise and notes.

[EZLN libertad]

emo is manufactured bs last time i checked, where they're all sell outs looking to make it big...

[merfsullivan]

Tyler the Great:
Why are people asking what emo is if it isn't this band or that band? He listed a ton of them by decade, morons.

Do you realize that he said every band people say are Emo aren't? Yet because he says they are they are? You're the true moron for saying that.

As far as saying all those bands at the bottom aren't, that's crap too, they absolutely are. That's what emo has evolved too. One opinion doesn't change everything. Especially when it was clearly fabricated as a "defense" against those that don't like it. Quit being a bitch, people aren't gonna like everything you listen to. You emo kids don't like metal, do we care? Hell no. We like it that's all that matters. There's no need to defend it.

Saying there is a difference between emo and emotional is also crap. Just because you choose to use the first three letters because saying the whole word out would take "2 much time" doesn't change the definition. It's still all about whining about things aren't going your way.

And to those of you who say things like, "OMG!11!1 AlL mUSiC iS EmOtIOnaL!1!11 LoLz!!~" It's not an issue of playing with feeling at all. It's labeled emotional because it's all whining about how your best girl hurt you or that a girl you like doesn't know you exist or something sappy and bitchy. It has nothing to do with playing with emotion. It's singing about prissy stuff like that, while playing something in a somewhat sad manner.

[Zavorash]

merfsullivan is amazing.

[SavestheDon]

i just don't understand why everyone has to brand every band into a certain category ... i mean, if you like it, then you do, if not, don't listen to it. i think everyone is too wrapped up in bashing genres to even care about the music anymore, which is just ridiculous.

[mrbassman]

5th symphony? i can't remember what its called

[boxcarblink41]

Um...I can't believe you said Dashboard isn't emo.

[SickMetal]

I've heard about this, but the underground emo bands aren't THAT different from the commercial guys.

[drmmrboi]

its impossible to know what is true around here

[Cymbaline]

yeah, I don't like emo but it wasn't a terrible article... BUT I disagree, Dashboard is emo. You can try to say The Used and all that isn't, but Dashboard is... besides I have friends in a "hardcore screamo/emo" band, they could tell you the same thing, emo stands for emotional so if Dashboard isn't emo what do you classify them as?

[merfsullivan]

SavestheDon:
i just don't understand why everyone has to brand every band into a certain category ... i mean, if you like it, then you do, if not, don't listen to it. i think everyone is too wrapped up in bashing genres to even care about the music anymore, which is just ridiculous.

I agree with you to a point. You're right about "if you like something you should listen to it, if you don't then you shouldn't." But when it comes to genre bashing, although it may seem like that's what is going on with emo, it's not. People don't bash emo because it's cool to do, well atleast a lot of them don't. It's because the genre is aimed at one type of person, those that are weak and whiny and aren't comfortable with their lives, so they can associate with the whining nature. Just like Metal usually is geared towards aggressive males and that's why it's "cool" to bash it. But I haven't seen any articles or constant posts defending metal. It's usually people whining about how emo is so good, then those that disagree with them. If you really like emo, just like it. There's no need to defend it, people don't have to like everything you like. No amount of explanation is going to make a difference to anyone. I can gaurantee this article didn't change anyone's opinion. THere's not a soul out there that is going to say, "hey! you know what? Dashboard isn't emo!" That's bull. They're emo deal with it. If you like it, listen to it, morte power to you. But don't expect everyone else to like it, or try and change or convert anyone.

[merfsullivan]

I meant to add in my last post that emo is geared toward that one audience and due to it's nature (of just being whiny) it doesn't cross over to anyone but that one kind of person. No one else can really associate with it, so it's hard to like.

[Cyrus-602]

I misundestood emo, i feel unlighten..

only joking ot s stil ***ing bullshit

[dre-0]

Your article gave me a slight understanding of what is "Emo". I feel like i understand it a little better. I come from a pour country and the only reason i imagine wanting to die or hurt your self is if your starving butnaked on a street sniffing paint. I understand that life isent perfect but I guess be thankful for what you have. Becuase once that crap is gone then you really see life for what it is.

[thefinalcut]

merfsullivan is basically spot on. Also the author is giving his OPINION on what is and isn't "emo", just because he says a certain band is "emo" doesn't mean they are. It's all just opinion and he surely isn't emo god...

[Pumpkins4Life]

there's a difference between between emotional music, and emo music. emo just plain sucks, emotional music is somewhat good.

let me clarify what i said before a little more

emo: i miss you, come back home


emotional: f you i wont do what you tell me

well put, emo is, has, and will always, suck

[lost_it_again]

uhuh uhuh yeah, i still hate it

i have bad experiences with emos, the fake ones and the more real ones that realy do cry, i hate them

[5:15_Whofan]

i think you made a good point, but the fact is, all that stuff has been commercialized, and you can't change that. in the collective conscience, bands like 'the used' are considered emo, and the a****les who listen to that crap are really annoying. but what really gripes my a** is when bands like 'the used' arecalled alternative. all that kind of music is about as pop and commercial as it gets. plus it all sounds the same.

[DorkusMalorkus]

Fugazi isn't emo! (I don't think they are anyway...) Neither is Minor Threat...They are just straight edge punk bands...

Thats what I think...

[SumXnofx]

Who the hell cares what band is emo and what band isn't. If you like the band then who cares what genre they are considered to be. If u dont like them then dont listien to them. Hawthorne heights sings about girls in juss about every song, but i still like them and i listein to punk bands and hardcore bands.

[kennasty182]

And to those of you who say things like, "OMG!11!1 AlL mUSiC iS EmOtIOnaL!1!11 LoLz!!~" It's not an issue of playing with feeling at all. It's labeled emotional because it's all whining about how your best girl hurt you or that a girl you like doesn't know you exist or something sappy and bitchy. It has nothing to do with playing with emotion. It's singing about prissy stuff like that, while playing something in a somewhat sad manner.


remind anyone else of blues? No one bags the blues for being whiny.

[paddyo]

i still dont know which bands are emo and which arent! this article just confused me more!

[kennasty182]

sorry, that was supposed to be a quote...

[any14doomsday]

Fugazi is not emo and neither is embrace

[Goddamnit]

who cares whats emo and whats not? all that matters is if the songs are good or not

[Chen928]

^Yes, who cares, music is just pre-packaged these days, like Punk and Metal.

Don't deny it kids. The music you listen to sucks, but it's all you have, so hide behind your little wall, and continue to argue and squabble like you have since forever.

The point is, if you don't like a certain genre, no one cares. STFU.

[ANGERisaGIFT]

But still, when people bash emo they aren't saying anything against Fugazi or Rites of Spring, they are more geared towards The Used and Taking Back Sunday. If you look beyond the genre whores, you'll notice that peoples definitions of different kinds of music are completely different. For example, the kids at the mall are into metal. This happens to be Korn, Mudvayne, and Sevendust. The guy at the tattoo parlor is into metal. It happens to be Nile, Slayer, and whatnot. The guy on the motorcycle is into metal. This happens to be Quiet Riot, Kiss, and Molly Hatchet. See what I mean?

[Abyssal]

Genres this, genres that. Heh. Why dont people just categorize it all under Punk. Instead of Hardcore and other shit. Same thing with Metal. black metal, death, heavy, speed, thrash? Theres a lot more.

[Anty 7]

I won't name names.

"I won't give any names" or "I won't name anybody" lol

so you basically said what was not emo, but you didn't say what IS in today's music
and anyway I don't care

[seekanddestroy]

This article is pointless. I mean come on emo still sucks.

[dresedtodepres]

I always figured that what ever the greater populous calls something, THATS WHAT IT IS!. Even if it started as somethign different. If everyone started calling trees, Beltbuckles, That is what they would then be called, no matter how "wrong" it is.

[spiderman]

NOTE: Do your best to ignore my spelling and grammer errors. I try, really I do. And no bashing emo until after reading the article or you?ll look ignorant and I will laugh at you..er*cough*

i read the thing and ur the one who ends up looking ignorant...

[HamBoy10]

yeah, maybe...but i still hate it.

[Kartman]

Fugazi in NOT Emo.

[Kartman]

merfsullivan: You piss me off.

[MCRrocks]

yeah fugazi is totally not emo, but i love them. AND I LOVE EMO. *cuts wrist* yeah that's ***ing right i like emo, all of you can go ***ing die.

[merfsullivan]

Kartman: I don't give a damn about what some 13 year old thinks.

[bass_man_dan]

this sucks! where did u get this info? n why? oyu must have made it up or youre a very very lonely person.
Emo is good and so is punk and those band you stated(TBS, the used funeral 4 a friend, fallout boy) ARE emo so... like... go rethink your life or something!

[ramonesfan]

I actually think this article was good. he did have a point between the differences of 'emo' and 'emotional', emo is made to make money. they aim at certain audiences that want to fit in. emotional is a tougher emotion. its hard to explain. its like punk rock...most people hate pop punk bands on mtv because why? they say their something and their not. media smokesscreens the truth often in music. just because you listen to blink 182 your not punk, he has a point like this but with emo. and i dont like emo to tell you the truth but just respect his opinons for what it is. i also agree with him.
and if any of this is jumbled...i just woke up

[L.A. Woman]

still don't get it.. :/

[BigBassFishing]

I'm a big fan of emo. But I personally think that article was pretty bad...

[Kartman]

Merfsullivan, you tool, emo sucks. Get used to it. Good article, though, even though I hate emo.

[BlindingStrings]

I hate Emo, You hate Emo, We all hate Emo.

[burndttoast]

Shit man, "emo" is such a touchy subject.

And it's "you're," not "your."
You're = you are; Your = possessive form of "you." Sorry, I tried to ignore it.

[Kartman]

Naw Im playin man. I love you

[mrFood]

Emo is emo. It didn't come from hardcore punk, and it isn't fast and/or loud. It's emo. And it sucks. Ty.

[emoISaDEADgenre]

"Because it is for overly emotional teens that like to cry about how their boyfriend dumped them or how they want to cut themselves. For this same reason, a bunch of trend following music media viewers, live, dress, and act "emo" just to prove they are worthy of listening to such music. But in all actuality, emo has nothing to do with any of the above."

i know you guys who make the comments on "whiny singers" (since when has a genre ever been defined by vocals and lyrics alone?!) and cutting wrists think you're clever and all...but well, maybe you can use that extreme intelligence you have there and actually read what i wrote...or leave? yes, good idea. and you can refer to me as she instead of he...

[CraZyMac0021]

this is just my opinion but personally i think your all ***ing gay for arguing about what emo is and isnt, now im not defending emo or bashing it, but i think genres are gay as hell, its pointless to try to classify something so precisely because theres always someone who defies genres, and to me good music does just that, defies genres. and also i think its stupid to bash an entire genre of music seeing as there so broad these days and overlap others so much.

[omertoscar]

then "que pinches bandas" are emo? would you mean alexis on fire isnt emo and it is like a hardcore band? if emo term comes from emotional i think every musician makes his songs with his own emotion or maybe im wrong whatever... i like taking back sunday and emery and a static lullaby as well as dashboard confessional the get up kids so please somebody tell me a band that can be called an emo band cause my band plays with melodic and heavy riffs and screams and the kids around start saying "i like that band it is so emo" then what the fok are we playing?

[CraZyMac0021]

i ment to say this in my last post, emo is short for emotional... all music is emotional in some way whether its in the lyrics, the instrument playing, theres emotion in all music, thats what makes it unique(if it is unique)so if you put it that way all music is emo because all music has emotion in it

maybe im way off but thats what i think and also i think people shouild just listen to what they like and not get on peoples nuts for liking something that they dont, thats fu**ing bullsh*t

[loyd]

another opinion.. its nothing but a personal opinion.. dont hate, appriciate.. if you love emo well continue playing it and loving it.. if you hate emo just STFU!..

[Raistlin27]

Emo, standing for emotional music, is a ridiculous name for a genre. Any and all music that someone puts time and thought into is going to be emotional, wiether its songs are personal, or about anger, politics, violence, lust, whatever, its all emotional. Lets get past this horrible name and just listen to music that you enjoy.

[Ash_Lawrence]

I hate it when people try and trace Emo back, doesn't work. It's a modern subculture for untalented Guitarists and unpopular teens.

[ProjectDark]

Emo sucks and i never heard of most of those so called bands

[ArtOfSuffocatin]

Not that bad of an article. I still don't like emo though. I guess all I can say is, like what you want. I have no reason to bash your music because I don't care for it. I like metal, some people like emo. Too me, just listen to what you want and we're all good. I do however, have a problem with the Rap and Hip-hop fans.....

[guitar21@WE]

emo goes too far and wrecks talking about emotions to a b unch of rich suburbinite kids taht think life sux and they think by listening to this crappy music and acting 'emo', it really pisses me off, im a musicision, so i respect all forms of music, but sometimes emo goes too far, and how shitty groups that sing abnout shit can make it, what happened to the led zeps, and the EVH's?? what happened, we need a rebirth of the guitar and high quality music sometime soon to stop all this shitty music that is on the radio now days

[deathmetal911r]

you all say its a waist of time yet here you all are...lol..ya i cant say i kno what a "real" emo band is...i like avenged sevenfold?whats that count as?..later music people

[deathmetal911r]

u guys r funny

[deathmetal911r]

losers

[boarder4823]

fershizzle emo sucks nut sack classic rock is where it at

[Overrated]

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[Overrated]

lol, forgive me for the previous post. But last time I checked, emo is about a bunch of whiney little faggots bitching about how life sucks and how they can't find a prom date. Please do the world a favour and kill yourselves. I would like to tar and feather every last emo band out there, but replace the tar with acid, and the feathers with me shooting them.

[Overrated]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA!

[ktkline7]

i completely agree with this article. i disagree with the way you guys put down emo....great music emo is.

[Drazil]

This article is shite.

[Drazil]

Just kidding!
Not bad.
Personally, I'm not to interested in emo, but to each his/her own, I say.

[Drazil]

Overrated:
lol, forgive me for the previous post. But last time I checked, emo is about a bunch of whiney little faggots bitching about how life sucks and how they can't find a prom date. Please do the world a favour and kill yourselves. I would like to tar and feather every last emo band out there, but replace the tar with acid, and the feathers with me shooting them.

LMAO!

Dude! That was genius! Seriously, I can't stop laughing!

[bluesgod313]

emo takes no skill, and if it does, call me @ 586-873-0133
so i can laugh @ u

[MestPunk182]

jimmy eat world, theyre not an example of an emo band that turned pop, theyre an example of a once punk band that turned pop. and fugazi isnt emo, theyre also a punk band. and i dont know those other bands that you say are real emo so i cant say anything about them. and true, you're right that emo came from punk and hardcore but it didnt happen 20 years ago like you think, as a complete genre it actually really is fairly new. punk and hardcore bands used to write emo songs, but it was just a type of a punk song. it wasnt actually a genre until these new poser punk bands started making nothing but those songs.

[istats]

. . .

[megamanxzero35]

^ totally agree

[easilyoutdone31]

Every where i go there are people fighting about what emo is or is not, or how u hate emo ppl een tho u have no Effing idea what emo is. Guys music is music. Who cares wut genre is sopusively is. Listen to what u like. This dude is just one of those ppl that think they are so smart and know everything bout music. What emo is to someone wont be the same to other ppl. Emo is short for emotional so in some sense almost all rock is emo is some way. Screw the scenes, the genres, the media. Listen to what u want to listen, wear what u want to wear, and be yourself.

[ThorMx]

This article was pointless cause emo is still talentless and you cant say people stating their political thoughts and anger in songs is considered emo cause almost every genre they do that. Emo pretty much is just faggot music that contains shit riffs and generally no solos, call me ignorant if you want but thats what emo is so dont say you know anything about music cause emo isnt music.

[dez18]

the Appleseed Cast, one of the bands mentioned in the artical, is really the only emo-ish band worth listening too (..and i say this as a fan of the genre). They really dont even fit into one genre or another, they change with every release; "The End of Ring Wars" was basicly a post hardcore album, then "low Level Owl, VOL 1 and 2" can probbly be descirbed as space rock...then their most recient cd, "Two Conversations" sound almost new wave. Anyone with who is open minded (which is about 6 or 7 people on this site) should check them out if you have never heard of them.....

[Ledzep2301]

Emo is just pop that sucks even more. O yeah and pop has better singers. To be a good emo singer all you have to do is pretty much sound like something is being shoved up your ass. Okay but seriously, emo is talentless. I'd prefer to hear people to let their problems out in anger like in alotta metal songs then listen to some white boy whine about his life like a little girl. Emo sucks and you can't change anyone's mind about it. If you like the music though, fine by me.

[dez18]

i cant even count how many times someone has said that emo is just faggots whining about their lives....well i guess thats better than being a sweaty fat kid listening to metal alone in his/her room...wow....ignorance is fun!!!

[tyler 417 714]

EMO SUCKS

[thrashing moles]

last time i checked emo was music that is actually coming from peoples hearts, music thats personal and all of u faggots calling emo bands faggots then dont listen to it

[Clarkinator]

heres my take: there should be no more genres. Like the bands you like, dislike the ones you dislike, but dont categorize things into genres. Im sick of people saying "emo sucks" or "nu-metal sucks" because people have different opions on what is emo and whats nu-metal. NO MORE GENRE BASHING, lets get rid of genres altogether and call it: music

[battleofla]

It would be so simple if we had three ''rocky'' genres

Rock
Metal
Punk

[ikky_slimy_bugs]

slimy bugs

[metallica6285]

I dont like EMO boo hoo,face it, it requires little to not skill, wait it requires no skill. Thank you i will be here if someone wants to tell me that EMO is talented music.

[Volkl]

If people that aren't emo want to call themselves emo then they're emo to me and I still hate them.

[Juneau]

Well... Taking Back Sunday and Jimmy Eat World are emo... But you didn't really get your messege across. You need to talk more about how it developed and about the lyrics. Good original article though needs editing. It was fun to read though.

[Lord_Xian]

So basically what you are saying that emo was in the 80's and there arnt any emo bands any more?

[RedGibsonSG]

Well. At least I can relate to emo.
I've gotten out and lived a normal life. I haven't just been in a room listening to metal bitching about everyone who listens to different music, or doesnt dress like me.
Alotta you guys need to get laid.
You can't listen to metal and *** any girl.
Maybe hair metal, but thats it.

[reckless_life]

I almost feel sorry for you reading this article. You really have genuinely tried.

Unfortunately, not even the most heart-warming article can save emo from what it actually is - shitty pop music.

What's the point in trying to change people's opinions on music? It's not like someone who's reading this is going to have a conversion to emo is it? And this is exactly the kind of article i would expect from an emo fan. No other type of music fan would write a plea for people to stop taking the piss out of the music they like.

[moobear666]

ok, i think everyone here is in a certain camp, either for emo or against it, but dont you think you can like the bands rather than a genre as a whole, i like taking back sunday,the used, and hawthorne hights but i dont like jimmy eat world or death cab for cutie , inm the same way that i like metallica and slayer but i dont like megadeth or anthrax. its the music that counts not the genre.

[gotajackbass2]

metal is wank.

[merfsullivan]

The fact that you put your opinion out there (talking about the author), and not just in some stupid forum post or something, but you wrote an article for all to see stating your opinion (not fact, but opinion), and then expected no one to give you theirs is really foolish. Not everyone will agree with your opinion, you need to face that. Your opinion means no more than mine or anyone elses. Even those people that just constantly say Emo sucks with no type of reasoning. Just ignore the bad if you don't wanna hear it. But don't put an opinionated piece out there and then expect no one to respond to it. Especially in a manner that isn't what you expect. Don't be ashamed of liking Emo, music is all personal, if you like it, that's good. Don't expect anyone else to though. Not because it's bad, but just because some people don't like what you like. I don't like Emo, but I respect someone elses right to like it. But when my opinion is prompted, I'm gonna give it.

P.S. I apologize to you for typing "he" earlier, that really was uninformed of me.

[enimy06]

i'm not emo but seriously, if you dont like it dont listen to it instead of wasting half your life bashing music and never really knowing why you're up so f***.. late talking to your "internet" girlfriends.

[enimy06]

p.s. never once have i heard or seen someone actually go up to a 'emo' person and talk sh*t to them, maybe because you're all hipocrits?

[mikethebassman]

Emo music sucks and is for untalented musicians. Anyone who thinks that any band like Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, or The Used is talented, please continue sliting your wrists and crying yourself to sleep.

[Cone 21]

don't make him cry about the article cause it IS TERRIBLE, make him cry cause he is EMO.

[Bassplayer17]

According to this article, all the "maintstream" so-called emo bands aren't really emo. If this is true then emo must not exist, eh? What are all the mainstream bands anywho? Pop-punk? You seem to forget that all genres evolve and emo has evolved into the whiny, tasteless bitchings of many-a-twenty year old wanting to be complainy teens again. As I see it, Pop-punk and emo are the same thing. True punk is dead because of these sickening bands that make today's music so meaningless. I disagree with this article.

[RatiugLink]

mrbassman:

EMO IS SHIT EMO IS SHIIIT (TO THE TUNE OF BEETHOVEN'S FAMOUS DA DA DA DAAA..)

That's the Fifth, dumbass.

[i_am_lamb]

Fucking insane. This just makes everything more confusing...

[Soulbleed]

wtf, so wrong.
Cradle of Filth is the only real emo band.

[Maverick49]

EMO IS PUNK WITH ALL THE REBELLIOUSNESS AND POLITICS SUCKED OUT.

[lost_it_again]

yeah emo is like bad punk, it's like a worse form of pop punk which has a trend about it, if you even thought pop punk had a trend

[Brunswick]

Emo stands for emotional. Any sort of music you make contains emotion (at least mine does). You can't write a guitar riff without any emotion put into it. The term "emo" is pointless and just a simple tag. Every music on earth is "emo". This genre is simply a pop-punk brand of music.

[TheMadTabber]

say wat you want, emo sucks stop whining.

[Lord Hypnos]

Punk is ***ing gay, emo is even worse, its not even music.

[nihilus]

taking back sunday are crap. i saw them live and they are shit. i hope they all just drop dead. they're a bunch of ***ing american freaks and i hate emo. true music is jimi hendrix or decent influential people like that. i hope taking back sunday *** off and go self harm til they die

[Lyf]

Lord Hypnos:
Punk is ***ing gay, emo is even worse, its not even music.

Music is arranged noise and silence, and if it seems like music enough to get on Mtv, or enough that someone signs them, then it's music. Wether you like it or not.

And the whole... "Keep slitting your wrists and crying yourself to sleep" thing is just a generalization that didn't need to be made.

[toha33]

Emo...You know I first found out about it on this site. I don't mind the music but I consider the lyrics crappy. Even though I get dumped alot, i don't wanna listen to music about getting dumped. I basically agree that real music is bands like Led Zeppelin, Black sabath, Nirvana (STFU! I love that band alot!), Jimi Hendrix (not a band but yeah...). Emo is ok..but the lyrics suck ass!

[The Big Irish]

I still can't wrap my heads around the gener of emo...To quote The Mars Volta:" If you don't put your heart and soul into your writing, what's the point?". I don't mind emo.You really need to get used to hearing it because it doesn't look like it's going anywhere for a while.

[The Big Irish]

Sry for the multiple spelling mistakes. I only have one head.

[dizzyupthegurl]

Alright people, the only reason why we are having this huge misunderstanding about "emo" is because it's all around us. It's on tv, it's in downtown, it's in the malls, it's in school, and most importantly it's in people. First of all, all these mtv bands are successfull as hell, and there number 1 proof is this whole argument we are having. Infact, they are not fake, there just selling there image, and selling some albums they made probably in a matter of weeks. However, it's all worth it for them, they know alot of us hate them, but they don't care there doing this for the money, what we see from them and there videos, and music is not them..there totally different mature people that don't deal with these issues, and they probably are way more talented on their instruments and lyrically. However,there thinking it does not take much to sell to these dumb kids, so lets just write any bullshit and sell it to them, and that my friends is what is happening. It's all phony, they know it and we know it and all the "emos" know it.

[cmm_08]

god emo sucks big time

[Clarkinator]

I agree with dizzyupthegurl ^, and further more if all you people hate "emo" so spend time coming here reading about it and then flaming it. Go read about your metal and metallica, and let people who actually like emo music discuss it (for the record I dont really like emo, i dont dislike it either though). Some emo guitarists are actually very talented and play riffs as hard as metal bands. People need to stop being so nieve and stop trying to sound like hardasses by saying "yeah go cut yourselves, stupid emo punks" etc. You all sound like a bunch of dumb football players

[donnerparty]

i thought it was a good article, even if i dont like emo THAT much it was well written. besides, if you guys dont like the idea of genres why go to "genre battles"??

[blackregimeb]

EMO is gay-o. regardless how stupid that comment was, it is still gay.

[negrotaurist]

emo can suck my big black nutsickles.
Anyone who likes emo deserves to be strung up by their testicles and beaten with my guitar strings. unless ur a hot chick, i can make exceptions

[negrotaurist]

o yea, if u have ne rebuttle, im me on aim. I am emokdssckdck

[Cobain-iac_90]

Finally, somebody realizes that alot of the "emo" you hear today is not what it seems. I agree that the whole emo thing has gotten way too mainstream and highly marketable. I may not be a big fan of emo, but I know when something is pop-punk/power-pop, and many of those bands (i.e. Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Dashboard Confessional, etc...) are just that. Pisses me off to see people who think they're emo listening to that. This is Seattle/Grunge/Nirvana all over again...

[cosmetictragedy]

Bands like Cursive and Fugazi are considered alternative/indie, not emo.

Emo didn't really emerge from punk. I think the term that you might ues when defining emo, and what most teenagers who truly know emo music define emo as overly emotional/exagerrated emotion/full of emotion.

[xchris78]

EMO SUCKS!!!..

[Canadiens1160]

[QUOTE=First Post]i know what emo is. it still sucks.
Quoted for truth! +++..

[Canadiens1160]

I think the term that you might ues when defining emo, and what most teenagers who truly know emo music define emo as overly emotional/exagerrated emotion/full of emotion.

Don't forget singing like a cunt, add that to the list! :

[monkeyspks]

apparently, nobody knows what emo really is. (i'm not saying i do, just so ya know) personally i think emo is a fad. like hippies. we'll make fun of it 40 years later, on "My Coolest Years" on vh1. Emo doesn't really have the staying power to last.

[Spydr]

So what are those crap bands if there not emo...

[metallica4evah]

some ppl like metal and some dont..some ppl like punk and some dont..some ppl like EMO and some dont...!!
its that simple....

[pistols]

describes hardcore punk the same way as punk rock is generally described. So whats the difference-basically just that hardcore punk is a little more like metal (in my opinion) rather than rock n roll.

[pistols]

some ppl can spell people

[captain_bunker]

emo sucks even before it was posered i mean how can you poser emo? its just naturaly posered

[RipTheSystem]

how come popular band cant be emo? some of there music is fast and loud, and also has emotional lyrics. I also DO NOT consider fugazi to be emo.

[carlsbad]

...eh there still idiotic for cutting themselves and crying for some guy or girl taht left them

[Cyrus6789]

Ive never heard of any of those bands... and now i know why.

[sphereagram]

EMO SUCKS EMO SUCKS EMO SUCKS EMO SUCKS

[sphereagram]

If emo was a person I would cut off their penis and stick it in their mouth

Because emo SUCKS COCK

[erin_eb]

uhmm...i thought emo was modern and was developed from pop punk...whatever..

This article made me confused.

[mangablade]

some people like emo, some dont, i think it sucks more cocks than the coloum writer's mom

[kennasty182]

for all you guys bashing emo for being Pop...

go ahead and tally up all the posts, i think there are maybe 10 pro emo posts and like 200 pro metal posts. Who's poppin now??

[nihilus]

me

[nihilus]

i can pop my bones out of place but atleast i don't slit my wrists like you ***ing emo's. some people like emo??? those people belong in a mental asylum. i don't like emo but i don't hate it.

[carpesaxum]

okay... fallout boy are self accused emo
taking back sunday ARE emo...
the used, ARE emo...

okay, so get your facts right before you make silly posts like this.

[cantshreddave]

who cares what emo is, you either like some of the above mentioned bands or you dont end of

[howaceisjoe]

i like all music.
genre shouldn't be an issue

[StuartR]

I like this i'll give it a 5.
Ian Mckay rules your anus

[hardcoreatheist]

I like Danzig & Slayer I also like Taking Back Sunday & My Chemical Romance they are all good bands I'm not an "aggressive" male and I'm not a whiny cutter kid If bands have talent then dont bash them. What I don't like is talentless manufactured crap like Good Charlotte etc thats just plain pop to me same level as Britney Spears and Busted. I also don't like bands where every song is about the same thing IE i got dumped/ i want to die. The fans of that really piss me off tho "I want to die" okay heres a knife ***ing do it!!! And they never do.

[Spicer_UK]

ha ham you're a co c k eye, you've just wasted your time, emo sucks get over it!!!!

[Agemoi]

no offense man but that article is totally pointless, emo is lame and talentless, they dont show there true potential in music, (even though some still have none), and they get signed anyway, atleast the bands in the 90's sounded good and didnt sound like dudes crying and all they did was 4 different power chords, these days it sounds all the same and its pathetic, i want to throw up when i see or hear My Chemical Romance, NFG, Hawthorne Heights, Yellowcard, Fallout Boy....must I go on? I flinch when i even hear their names, cuz they just cant write good music, ANYONE can write about that bullshit, they just want to be coperate and make money and sound like theyre favorite emo band, thats all its about, I'll just feed you guys who are reading this some lines from these bands "slice my wrists and black my eyes!!!!"...."im not okay!!!"....."girls dont like boys girls like cars and money!!!".....just wow guys, I've moved on from this genre, which i liked back in middle school but evryone is messed up then, cuz i realized how awful it is, i can seriously write a full album with this bullshit in under a week, i mean how many cds can these losers make? evry single damn song on evry single album is the same, there is no progression, its sad, dont get me wrong im not a big agressive macho guy, i just hate this lame MTV esque trends, just do ur own thing, with their nice styled gelled hair and their make up and little black and red suits, gimme me a ***ing break, u dont have to a wear a uniform to let ppl kno who you are, this stuff just gets too much credit while other musicians like many of us in here work our asses off to create good music, anyway i just hate emo, always will, its a fact of life not an opinion, some people may like it, but its just bad "music" not bad rock, bad "music", when its just about ONE thing, then yeah, its sad to see how far mainstream rock has fallen in the past 6 years

[Agemoi]

just atleast i gave you guys a reason, it may have been long but its to fill u in, rather then people just calling emo weak i just told you why i feel this way, just responding to a comment i read above

[Nirvana101]

i want to throw up when i see or hear My Chemical Romance, NFG, Hawthorne Heights, Yellowcard, Fallout Boy....must I go on?

Me to. I hate my chemical romance with a passion, same with yellowcard. I could play any one of their songs with my eyes closed and one finger on a sitar. Man, I'm 16 and every day I hope to turn on MuchMusic and see a new great band like metallica. We have no great bands of our age so far... Up to me to make one I suppose

[Agemoi]

AMEN BRO! shit im turnin 16 in like a month and i already have a better music sense then like anyone my age, its such lame shit

[The_Trooper14]

Yea emo sucks I mean what has music come to so we can either listen to our 80's and 70's bands or lose faith in music or we can find some underground metal groups and support them by buying their albums, that is the only way that emo will die... and rap too

[The_Trooper14]

emo is for those fags wearing skater clothes and studded wristbands that dont actually skate and are not hardcore enough to listen to real punk like, the clash, or the ramones, or the dead kennedys to name a couple.. metal kicks aaa..sss..

[JelloPuppet]

i know what emo is and it sucks...

[JelloPuppet]

AND HOW DARE YOU CLASSIFY FUGAZI AS EMO YOU CUNT

[Fajitaman22]

Regardless of what you say emo used to be, at this point in time (21st century) emo is embodied by what the mainstream says it is.

And it sucks.

That's about it.

[merfsullivan]

enimy06:
p.s. never once have i heard or seen someone actually go up to a 'emo' person and talk sh*t to them, maybe because you're all hipocrits?

They're not hypocrites, they're just too chicken shit without the shroud of anonymity that the internet provides.

But for all you who are "true emo" fans that think Dashboard isn't Emo, you're morons. You can't say a band that is clearly part of the genre isn't just because you think it gives the genre a bad name. Dashboard is pure emo. No if's and or buts about. You're ashamed that emo sucks like that, then you're a hypocrit for listening to it.

[Gumbi89]

i think you gots a good article hear, seems as though alot of people didn't understand what you meant, but i think i did, and yeah that crap they say is emo today sucks, but i'll check out that stuff you say is real emo

[ashe124]

WHO CARES???

THERES TOO MANY GENRESSS..

ITS JUST CONFUSINGGG.. DAMMIT

Oh and by the way , Embrace aren't 80's u fool, there 90's to the present!

[Punk Poser]

All those bands at the bottom are screamo-pop-nu-power metal/ pre-punk emo/ emotional-olde metal- cross over/ cover bands.

[roo6339]

very good!

[slinks]

Huh, guess I don't hate emo as much as I thought, since emo is something completely different than I thought. I actually like a lot of those aforementioned "true emo" bands like Fugazi (?) and Sunny Day Real Estate. Does that make Fall Out Boy like pop-punk or something then? Guess I hate pop-punk now in that case.

[hitormiss]

good articles man
and this is to basically over half the commesnts who said EMO SUCKS and ended with that, go shoot yourself because the chances are you have no knowledge about emo and are stereotyping and jumping on the bandwagon saying EMO IS A BUNCH OF WHINY FAGS THAT SING ABOUT CUTTING THEIR WRISTS!!! But I do agree with people that it hs become a trend...and yes trends are annoying as shit. (and no I'm not trying to be punk saying *** trends haha just bein safe)

[sealab89]

emo sucks you pussy

[sealab89]

i hate you

[DonFelipe]

Not well written, nor supported. What I got from the voice was a poor sap of a scene kid whose beloved music got blown up into something everyone liked. Personally, I think emo has such great potential that its extremely hard to be any good at it. The mainstream garbage smells, as garbage often does. The not-quite-so-mainstream usually has an odor about as well. As it was said before, all music is emotion, or at least all real music. Thus, a music that relies so heavily on the gimmick of being "emotional" quickly falls. It quickly quickly quickly becomes canned, fake.

If you want to hear some real emotion in music, listen to some mewithoutYou. Talk to me about emotion in music after you do that.

And as for me, I like my thrift store clothes, they've been loved once and I love them again. and I'm sure if I needed glasses, they'd be "dorky."

[thedankle]

you're all nut faces.....if you listen to emo.

[TheSuperPunk]

Simon And Garfunkel is the first emo band.

[costa94]

yeh agemoi...people with an actual ear for music should ***in start bands.im not even gonna say emo sucks becuz i get like diareaha everytime i see my chemical romance on tv...and come on boys...lets cut the shit with the power chords now can we?

[loz42]

after that, the genre 'emo' is still not completely clear to me...i listen to alternative rock/punk but then some people class my tastes as 'emo'...i think its a pethetic word...if good charlotte or simple plan are classed emo then i spit in the direction of it...so someone finally tell me clearly...what genre would you place the used, finch or alexisonfire in??? yes theyre music is EMOtional but its such a piss weak genre for these wonderful talented musicians to be thrown into...
xox lozamagee

[loz42]

please explain this to me ... [e-mail]

[dan_the_pie]

emo is stupid.pathetic article.why waste your time making this as packing article??

[MadSchecterGTR]

Dude article writer, you totally suck at life man. I think you should go emo and cut your wrists. And whine about how much you suck at writing.

[wanna_lick_me?]

huh....emo still sucks dick man, no matter how much you try to tell us otherwise

[milk_it_good]

No, your name sucks dick along with your narrow mind. You're all just scared of things that you don't understand e.g. emotions, intellect, thought... Opinions are only worth considering if they have solid backings, and 'emo sucks dick' somewhat lacks that. No-one wants to lick a retard.

[milk_it_good]

Listen to Brand New 'Deju Entendu' and tell me again that emo lacks talent and lyrical depth. Morons.

[poochy]

Emo Sucks. Period.

[jmorrison]

good article, althought some of the bands you named as not emo (har. hig.)i think of as emo. still emo sux.

[slimjimmassacre]

Emo is just the next generation of boy bands. The fact that people buy into it is pathetic. The fact that people cant distinguish a band with emotion and a band with whiny teenage problems is even worse.

[Shadows_knot]

basically hes tryin to prove that u cant b popular if ur emo cos i have never heard of most those actual emo bands, well anyway if we all think emo is something else then thats ok, cos that sumthing else sux

[tomobrien]

offspring rulz!!

[peppermintNFG]

Emo kids (e.g the ones who think they are emo by wearing a pin badge or writing it on their shirt, et cetera) are annoying. The music (e.g tbs, etc...the fake emo if u like, this gets confusing) is alright, I use to love it and that is scary, guess I've grown out of it. For anyone who said Weezer is emo, I don't think they are at all. Weezer rocks! =P

[hitormiss]

The_Trooper14:
emo is for those fags wearing skater clothes and studded wristbands that dont actually skate and are not hardcore enough to listen to real punk like, the clash, or the ramones, or the dead kennedys to name a couple.. metal kicks aaa..sss..

wow you must feel so hardcore right now after saying "metal kicks aaa..sss.." and saying you like all these old bands. so you're saying that all the old bands are REAL punk huh? Please back up your statement. Now for your metal shit. You're a complete dumbass I guess I should say metalheads are for ***ing fags that have ***ing body piercings and tatoos over their whole ***ing body and stomp around in huge ass boots. Also in case you didn't know they also wear ***ing studded bracelets and spiked shit. These people also like to have long ass hair and walk around like a fag. Oh yes and don't forget the traditional leather jacket. Stop damn stereotyping and shut the *** up.

[sealab89]

Hey guess what is name is "the trooper" from iron maiden bet you didn't know that you ***. Emo sucks because people like him and i like music that is not pop or poop for that matter.

[Coxon]

NO ONE CARES FOR YOUR LAME JUSTIFICATION OF AN ABSOLUTELY POINTLESS GENRE OF TALENTESS FOOLS AND THEIR PATHETIC FOLLOWERS. TRUE MUSIC CANS STAY WELL AWAY FROM BAD MUSIC!

[Coxon]

CANS = FANS.

They still stay well away, however!

Ok, going on your "true" definition of emo that you're constantly trying to preach, I'd like to comment on some of the bands that you have mentioned.
Fugazi, an influence on emo music definately, actually emo? No.
Indian Summer, I bought a CD off Seth of Indian Summer on Ebay a few months back, and he simply said, "we had nothing to do with 'emo'" - ask user cosmech2000 on ebay. He now plays in The Eastern Seaboard as well.
Drive Like Jehu, were a post-hardcore band.
Samiam & Texas Is The Reason were amazing.
The Promise Ring. I love how you decline all this stuff of the modern age that's widely considered emo, yet you claim The Promise Ring to be emo.
Yes emo was originally a sub-genre of hardcore, but just accept that things evolve! Yes there are still some bands creating some hardcore emo stuff (eg Funeral Diner), but if you still can't see the morphing of the genre over the past two decades and claim to be as big an emo fan as you are, you're stupid.
Sorry.

[forsaknazrael]

i love labels.

[An80sAbortion]

im just wondering if 80s emo was the same as the "mod" scene.

[MorbidAngel333]

1. If i wanted to judge emo people, i would do it like this:
you wear abercrombie, have ear length hair that falls just over your eyes to be dramatic, your parents are rich and yet you complain about stupid things and cut yourself for no good reason. i really don't like to be judgemental, but everytime i think not to judge emo people like that, they prove to be, laughably, just as i imagined them in stereotype, sorry.
2. FUGAZI IS NOT EMO.
3. THOSE BANDS ARE EMO AND THEY SUCK!!!..

[Srg_Elvis]

FUGAZI IS EMO!? :O

[Srg_Elvis]

I dont hate emo music, i dislike the the "oh why me" additude and the emo kids. I know a girl who really likes emo but is not like that at all. She is usually very upbeat and has a bad temper,wich is the opposite of the emo sterotype.

Fall Out Boy admits their pop and proud of it(their a guitly pleasure of mine)

[Ambulance X]

I want that 5 minutes of my life back. I'm going to write a better article.

[hitormiss]

Coxon:
NO ONE CARES FOR YOUR LAME JUSTIFICATION OF AN ABSOLUTELY POINTLESS GENRE OF TALENTESS FOOLS AND THEIR PATHETIC FOLLOWERS. TRUE MUSIC CANS STAY WELL AWAY FROM BAD MUSIC!

shut the *** up and get a life

[Sqeeezie]

I agree with Coxon and hitormiss is probably some emo guy somewhere with jet black hair whos steals his moms make-up so he can put it on before he goes to school... EMO= A STUPID EXCUSE TO USE MAKE-UP MEANING A GUY WANTS TO BE A GIRL.

[Sqeeezie]

thank you for your time.

[hippie_punk]

Don't you call fugazi emo you ass. They are alternative.

[habebe girl]

then what are those whiny,slit-wrist blacked eyed bands called if not emo? Ive always know them as emo. But still even after this article, i still consider 'emo kid' a diss.

[nirvana327]

yeah man, dont call fugazi emo!
but hippie_punk, i thought they were hardcore...cuz didnt they help start the DC hardcore thing?

[hitormiss]

Sqeeezie:
I agree with Coxon and hitormiss is probably some emo guy somewhere with jet black hair whos steals his moms make-up so he can put it on before he goes to school... EMO= A STUPID EXCUSE TO USE MAKE-UP MEANING A GUY WANTS TO BE A GIRL.

Actually I'm just an asian kid...I've never seen an asian emo kid but w/e you say dumbass. I only said that because Coxon wasn't backing up his point. You must feel like you accomplished something by thinking you dissed me and saying "thank you for yout time." But in reality you have no friends and try to be big online. Good job. =)

[hitormiss]

Sqeeezie:
I agree with Coxon and hitormiss is probably some emo guy somewhere with jet black hair whos steals his moms make-up so he can put it on before he goes to school... EMO= A STUPID EXCUSE TO USE MAKE-UP MEANING A GUY WANTS TO BE A GIRL.

actually I'm just a regular smart ass asian how and yes I have black hair like normal asians do you have a ***ing problem? you must feel so big right now after calling me emo and saying I wear my mom's make up and then ending it with "thank you for your time."
think before you speak dumbass I only said that to Coxon because he didn't back up his statement.

[LochieW]

emo still sucks man... and since when was emo fast and loud?

[WeepingDemon]

can someone explain to me how emo even came to be mainstream?...I mean come on, it is completely talentless! all it is, is power chords and single string solos, that are about 10 seconds long...i think emo is a bunch of untalented pussys. and emo is the ONLY genre that i cant help but make fun of.

[WeepingDemon]

oh yea...you wasted your time writing this article .....i give you (half a star/5)

[#1 nirvana fan]

i thought emo stood for emotion. so if it stands for emotion isnt all music about feeling emo? call me stupid but thats just how i think.

[KickOutTheJamsX]

lets just assume the bands you posted arent emo.... they still suck... and ive never really heard fast emo, not all of it is slow but i wouldnt say emo is fast

[Diceman42]

...seems to me that the only misunderstanding going on is by you. of emo. and why it blows chunks.

good night.

[showmasterhh]

i wouldn't even let this review suck my nuts...end of story

[MosesIsMyMon]

if this review were rated on a scale of 1-10, it wouldnt even rate a purple... and u have to at least get a magenta/mohogany blend to suck showmaster's nuts... but diceman will suck nuts for periwinkle blue... and thats just sad. in closing, EVH.. i salute you.

[unicornoflife]

do you guys realise how rediculus this is? you all understand if a genre of music is around enough it evolves and because em music now adays doesnt soud EXACTLY how it did n the 80's doesnt meen its not emo. just like punk bands of the 80's sound nothing like punk bands of today. music gorws and changes like a child just cause i dont look like i did when i was 5 doesnt meen im not me lol

[JEW-Rock]

I agree generally with this article, (although I'm not sure about fugazi being emo). But on the subject of Jimmy Eat World, I agree that although everything after clarity is still brilliant, that Clarity remains their best work and definately is what "emo" can be recognised as in its true form. To conlude, Jimmy Eat World Rock!!!..

[liam177lewis]

i'm guessing that whoever wrote this article knows more about emo than me... good article, cheers, my head hurts slightly less now.

[liam177lewis]

i dont see why everyone is bullshitting emo all of a sudden, no one forces you to listen to it. this has just turned into a forum for all the up themslevses arse-wipes to come and moan about how much they dont like emo, noone gives a ***! just 'cos youre all so self invoulved not to appreciate that something you dont like might appeal to someone else is your own goddamn fault, its called being stubbourn, and so stuck in your ways that you cant appreciate that someone else might be right! i'm not a huge emo fan, but this article is a good one, and very informative, this person obviously knows what she's talking about, so let her ***ing be!

these comments are nearly as bad as the numerous 'how do you wank?' forums... seriously people, grow the *** up!

[ajsuk]

im happy, im good, lifes kewl, but i love dashboard confessionall's and jimmy eat world.

gonna class me as a wrist slitter too? you fools.

i find it hard to understand why so many emo haters have spent so much time slating it off - why? i'd say just to spell out their anti-emo and look cool, and therfore trend following un-original idiots. ok, you dont like it, so what?

F I N D S O M E T H I N G E L S E T O DOOO..

go learn another solo, w/e, and realise the world is bigger and wider than youre over sized, under used head

[mastrgndm]

Agreed.

[matt2b5]

man this is pointless. if you dont like why did any of you read the artical? when I clicked on it and saw how long the page was I was stoked. I thought wow someone wrote a erally long artical on emo. But I was really let down when I saw that it was just a bunch of coments from people who hate emo. If you hate it, dont reconize it, dont talk about and find something better to do! I agree 100% with ajsuk

[liam177lewis]

ok, i'm glad to see that some of these comments are getting more sane, and more anti-anti-emo

[liam177lewis]

need i say more... perfect example... gotrix, if you dont like emo, say why, instead of just capsing us all the time. it'd be a descent peply if you actually tried to make a point.

[Mathamology]

im happy, im good, lifes kewl, but i love dashboard confessionall's and jimmy eat world.

gonna class me as a wrist slitter too? you fools.

i find it hard to understand why so many emo haters have spent so much time slating it off - why? i'd say just to spell out their anti-emo and look cool, and therfore trend following un-original idiots. ok, you dont like it, so what?

F I N D S O M E T H I N G E L S E T O DOOO..

go learn another solo, w/e, and realise the world is bigger and wider than youre over sized, under used head

Right on.

[Gothic_ed]

you're saying that all the old bands are REAL punk huh? Please back up your statement

well umm. The old bands that started punk are probably the real punk because they kinda started it

[punk_pwincess]

Gothic_ed:
Totally.. i agree wit chu 150% ...
...
P.S. GREEN DAY ROX!!! - soz, i have to say that in evri post :P

[Sephiroth356]

Green Day are NOT real punk.
Sorry, I just had to say that...

Real punk: Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks....

[liam177lewis]

dont think she said they did... theyre alright, they could pass off as punk... if you were deaf... and blind... kidding, theyre kinda punk i guess... i wouldnt know, 'cos i'm not a punk... why am i still talking...

[Gothic_ed]

Sephiroth356 is right

[Pinkfloydguy]

I read the article...very gd, but Emo still sucks donkey bullocks

[male896]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!.. atleast 80% of these posts come from people who dont know wat the *** they r talking about. i agree with wat SAVESTHEDON said. there is no point to catergorize music... its all music!! jus listen to it. music is life not a ***ing industry or business, or atleast it shouldnt b. if u dont like it, dont listen but dont bash anything cuz someone else puts their passion into it. i listen to everythin, from orcestras to death metal to bluegrass to EMO. and thats barely scratching the surface. its all music to me. first of all... AC/CD DUDE 8..... ur a complete idiot... not most of Hawthorne Heights songs r like that... most of their songs r bout how they r afraid of wat critics will think of their music and stuff like that... and i love HH dont get me wrong but the lyic about 'cuttin my wrist and blacking my eyes' isnt a literal sayin so dont consider it one. for the most part, the author of this article knows wat they're talking bout. However, 'emo' as the author would have it, isnt mostly fast and loud. in fact, theres as much 'EMO' out there that is soft and slow as there is of wat the author described. ..next... even though i love EMO i agree with wat WEEPING DEMON said.... BUT only partly... although i think a large portion of EMo is just power chords, there actually r a lot of talented musicians out there that do more than just powerchords, they jus dont always use their ablilties. ( most talent in variety, i think, can b found in metal. cuz metal guitarists r jus fuking amazing, but thats not to say that ONLY metal guitarist hav talent!) next.... to all of those who gav a steriotype for someone who is 'emo', as u would call it, is just incorrect. (and this part goes out to all those people who 'fit this steriotype') the steriotypes (every one of them) is just wrong. EMO is not a fashion statment. so if u see someone who u think fits that steriotype and u automatically say " they're emo', then u r wrong cuz u cant tell if someone is emo by their physical appearance. and for those of u that get picked on for the way u look cuz ' its emo' and for those of u that dress a certain way cuz u think its emo, both of you people r just as stupid, cuz like i said, its not a fashion statement so u r really stupid if u think that people r gonna think u r emo ( and people r stupid if they think u r jus by looking at u) the ONLY way u can tell if a person is ' EMO' is by getting to know them and knowing who they are as a person, but by then you'll realize that ur an idiot cuz we all hav emotions and we all hav feelings and therefore EVERYONE ON THE FUCKING PLANET IS EMO!! even u!! not to mention that all types of music is emo because as long as the musician is putting passion into wat they do then its pretty much emo... if u put ur heart and soul into something , then u hav an emotional attachment to it..... sound familiar? yeah... cuz thats wat EMO is! even ***ing metal and Bach is emo.

[male896]

(i got cut off so i continued here)
its all ***ing music to me and if ur a true music-lover then u understand and hopefully feel the same way. i go from listening to Coheed And Cambria to listening to GWAR as soon as that cd is ovr, and even though thats not really a big jump, its still a bigger jump than most of those ignorant ***s who posted on this site r willing to take. most of u people need to open up ur minds, hearts , and soul and try accepting more, and stop being ignorant and get ur facts straight. dont jus say something and assume its right. i could easily side with anyone person who posted on this thing, with the exception of the people who jus dont hav a ***ing clue wat they're talkin bout.... like AC/DC DUDE 8, even though i listen to the same music you do i jus dont think that ur information was accurate by atleast 50%. i ***ing love 'metal', in fact, thats pretty much all i play on guitar, but seriously u ignorant metalheads out there who jus wanna bash someone, u need to realize that not everythin is inferior to music.... u give the rest of us a bad name becuase not all 'metalheads' are ignorant. second, emo-haters in general r worse than those metal heads cuz most of u dont even hav one fact straight. theres no piont of even letting u people speak. and to those people who consider themselves EMO and nothing else. you trluy are weak. because NO ONE, and i mean NO ONE can call themselves "EMO" cuz we all r, ur jus stating the obvious, except you use the term 'EMO to try to give urself meaning and definition, and then you go dress and act the way that people have described as 'EMO' jus so u can b a part of it.... yeah well FUCK YOU! cuz we r all emo whether you like it or not and you shouldnt go out of ur way to dress in clothes or something that you think will make people place you in a category, even if you really dont weant them to. ..i pretty much agree with some of the anti-'EMO' people and some of the pro-'EMO' people becuase i have been placed in both categories myself but im not a statistic, im my own person with my own taste except the thing that sets me apart from most of you is that i dont LIMIT myself cuz im not ignorant. the only problem is, i had a hard time agreeing with anyone cuz although i agreed with you, your facts were jus all wrong. and i dont mean to sound like a hypocrite by sayin "dont bash" and then i go and call everyone stupid ***s but i just got so pissed off by how much ignorance there is out there. just please learn something people before you go and start talking

[liam177lewis]

wow... not too sure how to follow that... i think you more or less summed up the feelings of all us anti-anti-emo people out there, who couldnt be ***ed to write something that long.
the fact that most of these people, as you say, are claiming that emo is shyte compared to their beloved metal sickens me, and again as you say, i'm ashamed to call myself a metalhead alongside these ignorant ***s.

stop complaining guys, or atleast say something other than 'emo sucks balls', 'cos you obviously dont have enough of them to reason what you say.

[liam177lewis]

by the way male896,iwas intrigued by what you said about all music theoretically being emo, as it is emotional. very true.

[Edstart45]

one day when you relize that the world you didn't love will come crashing down around you and you will laugh but deal with it you're emo

[Gothic_ed]

jesus male896 calm down i wanted to read what you said but there was just too much. You're right on the bit i read though. Playing Emo music doesnt necessarily mean you're not talented

[dna_teh_mna]

you guys need to go play your damn guitars and shut the hell up. personally i think emo is just the style of a glam rocker, the rudimentary musicianship of a punk, and the self pity of a goth all rolled into one annoying mess of kids that cut their arms with razor blades cuz their stepdad took their xbox away, but if it touches someone, who are you to say whether its good or not? im sure as hell not going to waste my time telling them how pathetic they are. i guarantee you everyone who says they hate emo listens to at least one band that has guitar thats just as simple, and another that puts just as much "emotion" into their music. carry around a knife and give it to the next emo kid you see so he can cut himself, go bounce a heineken bottle off his head the next time hes doing a show, just dont bitch about it. THEY ARENT GOING TO CHANGE AND NEITHER ARE YOU. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A MARKET FOR FEEDING OFF PEOPLES SELF PITY. GET OVER IT. GO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER IF YOUR SO DAMN GOOD. .....whew....nuff said

[accident]

Hopefully you now have an idea of what emo sounded like when it first began, but like every genre, it has evolved

NO! it has DEVOLVED. That was your first mistake in writing this "article".

Sunny Day Real Estate is not the emo of today (AT ALL). If you want to talk about when "emotional rock" was good you forgot to mention some key elements like the eels, polyphonic spree, and the flaming lips. Bands that are still going today. If they are still making the music of before-why haven't they "EVOLVED" into the shitty emo of today?
BECAUSE emo is the music just like punk/pop/hardcore-written by untalented musicians who think that a whiny voice and a loud guitar is all you need to make music. It's not.
listen to one sunny day real estate song and you will hear all the other elements that makes them NOT emo.

Get your ***ing facts straight before you write an article, or move over and let someone who is actually trained in writing do it.

[Wolfv11]

emo sucks, they take good quotes and ruin them, all the songs are the same crap, my girlfriend left me im gonna go sing out of my nose cuz im so sad, emo is also bad cuz it inspires thie bull that teens are all sad, and it drives some to rebel against parents who dont deserve it, emo sucks, vai and satch will kick any emo guitarists ass in, serve greater masters, emo sucks.

[MetalHead7709]

Okay, let me start by saying that I think all emo is, is a bunch of 18+ kids who have no real problems to speak of, who simply realize "oh *** I can make money doin this shit". Emo is simply oversaturated punk. Kids born in the late 70's early 80's who completely missed the message of punk pioneers. I can't ***ing stand these winy ass little bitches with their goddamn concert T-shirts, wrist bands and their ***in faggoty ass haircuts. They don't want to get off their ass and get a ***in job because they're to busy bitching about the so-calle pain in their life. YOU LITTLE FAGGOTS NEED TO GROW THE FUCK UP AND GET USED TO THE REAL FUCKIN WORLD. THERE IS MORE TO FUCKIN LIFE THEN YOUR GODDAMN GIRLFRIEND AND HIGH SCHOOL. FOUR FUCKIN YEARS! FOUR FUCKIN YEARS! SO STOP YOUR BITCHIN AND GROW THE FUCK UP, OR BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU'LL BE PUMPIN MY GODDAMN GAS! OKAY BITCH? POINT MADE.

[GnRrelease_it]

whoa...how many different ways can we say emo sucks?

[GnRrelease_it]

(it really does btw)

[Dogwillhunt]

I don't know let's count all the different ways we can say emo sucks... um... lessee here... 1... 2... 3... 4... 7... 13... um... 12... eleventeen... um... what comes after eleventeen? Man, I knew I should have paid attention back in high school. Stupid principal! What does he mean he never cried over a high school girlfriend for eleventeen years... I did! And then I wrote like, six songs (drummer corrects me) sorry... eleventeen songs about that girlfriend and I made a really cool record about it. But now that I'm in my 40's (drummer corrects me again) sorry, now that I'm 28 and we have like this multi plattum...numinum... uminum like, this really good record who cares! I made like a whole bunch of money off stupid kids that bought all my cd's up because they thought it was cool to write like six songs (drummer once again corrects me) sorry... ELEVENTEEN songs... Hey, don't you have like a autograph signing or something to do?... where was I?... um, oh yeah, yesterday me and the bass player we went to the gas station and we saw one of our old high school buddies pumping gas and we were all like, dude, how long you been working here? He was all like six years! Or was it eleventeen... I can't remember... it was cool though... it was pretty cool.

[accident]

your shitty article is now allover myspace.com

[Dogwillhunt]

Yes emo is gay... times eleventeen!

[THeBMASTER]

if emo was an ice cream it would be prelines and dick

[MadMetalManiac]

You explained it to me, but I still hate it.

[Dogwillhunt]

I still hate it, but I also still misunderstand it.

[Dogwillhunt]

So would Staind and Korn be considered emo?

[Spanner]

VERY GOOD POINT MALE 896!!!..

[gdtbsmcr]

ok...so true anyone with doubts should read the book nothing feels good:punk rock teenagers and emo. It really shows how great the not so genre, genre it is.

[Calamity_Daemon]

I think that if you have to justify a form of music, then that music obviously sucks. Just look at rap. They're justifying what they do everyday, calling it an artform and soaping up the lyrics "The way you move if making me horney." into an art. Same goes for emo really. It's mainly teen angst that I think the world would do better without.

[rockergirl1122]

your brilliant...

[xXbleed4meXx]

pyrofreak:
Well that cleareed mer up a bit....I still dont like emo.....But maybe now i should stop beating on the cutter kids at my skool....nahh
[POSTED: 01 July 2005 - 106]|

i hope a cutter kid like cuts you one day. i'd cut your ***ing wrists to the bone.

[dude12]

first, male896 is a genius. If you still think that you have something "good" to say read his novel and you metalheads might find that you are retarded! As to MetalHead7709: you need to go back to second grade and learn how to read. The author gave you a lot of real emo bands. And since your a dumbass i'll expand so you don't have a stroke trying to comprehend everyone else; emo is not someone bitching about life! There, maybe you'll understand my point. Like male896 said, anything with an emotional attachment is "emo". I'm sorry that you are the stupidist person i've ever met, but crappy bands like the Used gave you what the "emo" image is! Oh and by the way all of you who are complaining, you are hipocritical, because to you "emo" is complainign about someonething. So HA you were complaining, why don't you stop being so emo! There you learned something new today, class dismissed.

[bestfisherman86]

IMO i hate the screaming emo these days

most of my friends like it and get sad by it

but honestly it doesnt make me sad

the things that make me most sad are the classic rock genre type songs

for example wish you were here- pink floyd, makes me more sad then ohio is for lovers-hawthorne heights, would ever make me

THeBMASTER wrote:

if emo was an ice cream it would be prelines and dick

That was just gay.

And I want the "emo sucks" comments to stop.

[Zeppelin1432]

The emo look in my school is one of the biggest things. We have 2 bands that are emo and 1 metal and 1 rock (my band). I mean its just stupid to were clothes that make you look like a twig and where girl clothes. The emo scene will never be what any other rock genre will ever be. Its just like a woman becoming president.

[Zeppelin1432]

O wait let me clear my throat. Emo sucks.

Zeppelin1432 wrote:

O wait let me clear my throat. Emo sucks.

Hmm, you like being a smartass eh?

Warned. Do it again and it's a ban.

[2lazy2getbetter]

wow there were so many responses to this article it took me 45 of reading to get them all and most of the time i was spaced out anyways....Honestly who cares about genres bcuz its ward impossible to define so many bands anyways. If you like the shit then listen to it otherwise just ignore ppl who like other music. I'm not defending emo, dont get me wrong. Sometimes when i have to listen to them whine about girls it makes ME want to slit my wrists. I mean god damn people, its okay to talk about a chick but not for a whole cd maybe 1 slow song or something. If your whole life revolves around women u need to grow a pair u pussy. Some emo is ok as long as u arent pussies about it but in todays world 99% of bands are conformist bitches and poser punk rockers anyways.
SO IN CONCLUSION: all of u emo freaks need to at least check out some more post hardcore or something. All of you posers who think your tough because you like bands like "Disturbed" or "Korn" are just as big of pussies but you're trying to compensate. Seriously, my 4 year old niece could beat the shit out of you. No. Seriously. You suck. Quit now, cocksucker

[2lazy2getbetter]

P.s. Goth people are posers too. Unless you actually drink cow blood and shit you are a poser goth. There are at least 15 so called "christians" at my school who act/dress goth. How can you be a christian and a goth? Those ideas completly contradict each other. No. Seriously. You suck posers goths. Quit now you cocksuckers

[Zeppelin1432]

Well to be goth now in days it just to were black and were fishnets and what not. It has nothing to do with actions but just looks. They turned the meaning of goth around. And just like emo it sucks.

Zeppelin1432 wrote:

Well to be goth now in days it just to were black and were fishnets and what not. It has nothing to do with actions but just looks. They turned the meaning of goth around. And just like emo it sucks.

I told you to stop doing that. That's another warning, and consequently, a ban.

[Zeppelin1532]

Thats to bad, o hey i got an idea! Lets ban everyone else that posted that. O wait, you cant becuase it was about 10 plus that said that, no that wouldnt be the right thing to do.

[Zeppelin1532]

O wait, i got an idea! Lets ban everyone else that posted a comment like that....o nevermind that would be a hassel seeing how it was about 90% of the people that posted. but why would someone do that? Thats way to difficult.

^Double account, permanently banned.

poochy wrote:
Emo Sucks. Period.

You're warned. Period.

[nirvanaroxxx69]

By the way fugazi isnt emo. How dare you do such a thing. Whats up with the hatred, freedom of speech. Most of the early "emo" bands are respectably to an extent, but genres become homogenized and evolve into a commidity. So stop detatching emo from Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard, etc. This happened to grunge, Green River was the band that really started it all, yet you have nirvana, alice in chains, and soundgarden, that sound totally different still in the grunge category, it's still the same genre, those bands were just more commercial. Your article was informative though, i liked it, but it just has some flaws.

[Nirvana111]

Zamboni, you warned 1 out of 20 good job. Next time try all of them smart ass.

Love, Zep.

^Keep making accounts and I'll IP ban you.

[ledsoldier]

emo is nothing but a fashion statement with untalented music to follow. and please little emo boys, if it wasnt a fashion statement, then why must u all have jet black dyed hair combed to one side and Purposely buy womens jeans?....oh yea because its a fashion statement.MTV killed music.

[ledsoldier]

emo is just a CRAPPY pop culture phase that will go away... like pokemon...which was still cooler than emo. and ZAMBONI is threatening to ban people because that is the only way to defend emo. if he really wanted to stop anti-emos, he could recommended good emo, but there obviously isnt any

ledsoldier wrote:
emo is just a CRAPPY pop culture phase that will go away... like pokemon...which was still cooler than emo. and ZAMBONI is threatening to ban people because that is the only way to defend emo. if he really wanted to stop anti-emos, he could recommended good emo, but there obviously isnt any

For your information, 1) I'm not an emo fan. 2) I don't need to defend myself to you, and 3) When you post "emo sucks" in an emo column, that constitutes spam. And spam is what gets pricks like you warnings.

Test me, see what happens tough guy.

[melgar]

i think emo is fun! hahaha!

[timi_hendrix]

OMGZ emo stands for emotional so dat must mean emotional means emo so emotional iz... er.. wot?

To all the people that said that...

Shut up.

Emo stands for Emotional Hardcore.

Therefore, emo is defined by the music, lyrics, EVERYTHING. It's just a more personal side of hardcore, like the guy said.

It's a helpful article, but there is one point I disagree with -

Emo has evolved into something different now. So all the bands like dashboard confessional etc, while they may not be like the original email, are considered emo by today's standards.

[rockergurl09]

thanks for writing this article. It really clears emo up and separates it from the pathetic whiney songs of today. If only everyone knew this about emo, then I wouldn't have to watch the "emo kids" be pitiful and listen to pitiful music. Speaking of that, I've even heard kids call the music "emu" as in a big bird from australia. Mainstream kids keep on getting stupid and stupider.

Now I don't have to be guilty for liking Coheed and Cambria, those guys are awesome.

^Jesus Christ, why should you feel guilty for liking a band in the first place?

That's a true sign of unintelligence, my friend; looking for justification for liking a certain band or type of music.

Get some pride.

[G-Sage]

go zamboni, and you know what, liking or disliking a band because of their "genre" is plain and simple retarded. instead of saying somethin like " oh, emo is shiit" or " mainstream blows" , make it specific like dashboard confessional is one of the worst bands ever or greenday used to be good but then they got gay, because every style of music has something to offer whether it be lyrical opus, fusions, dynamics, or just -raw, seething, crunching guitar riffs- (metal)

[pam-pam]

hahaha....
just another bag of metalheads dissing emO and bragging about hOw "GREAT" metal bands are...
if you think emo guitarist have no talent why dont you try playing their riffs??? and you'll surely scratch your head and realize how HARD some of those riffs are....
anyway i totally disagree about saying TBS and other bands mentioned are not emo.. cOz i think and most people who listen to those bands think they are.....
EMO is cool and so is other genres..
that's it....
no dissing of any kind of rock music. ex. emo,metal, punk,glam,pop-punk,pop-ro
ck,thrash, or even slow rOck..
our real enemies are RnB and hip-hop people....
THEY SURELY SUCK!!!!
tnx...

[cap'nkirk]

I don't see it as a rock vs. rap thing at all. It's really the commercial formed music vs. real musicians. The term emo, like grunge, is really a term coined by some fat-cats at a label. Who cares what the hell the label is, it's good or it isn't. Most music that's coming out these days is ruled by hacks anyway. Regardless of the genre. Sometimes, a good band will make it mainstream, sometimes not. It seems that this whole "emo" craze will die out and the true artists in that genre will continue their careers. I mean, anyone who stills thinks of Pearl Jam being grunge is silly, the crap bands were actually grunge, ie. 7mary3 or whoever.

[cap'nkirk]

to rockergurl09, chill out... you like what you like. Those who chain themselves to the scene will sink, the music is what matters. And in closing, music today needs more soul, listen to some Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters. Rock music needs to get back to it's blues roots. I can't stand all this screaming which is seen in "emo", metal and now apparently in rap or crunk, lol... everybody needs to just sit back, listen to some Hendrix, smoke a doobie and drink some wine, life would be better.

[Mehen]

Well here's something interesting - in trying to see if anyone mentioned NIN, I searched for 'nin' and the most common words I found were "whining" and "complaning" - sounds a lot like emo to me. Go cut yourself.

While this does not so much concern the music - I've realized that 'emo-people' are really nothing more than a more wussy version of goths. Or maybe even a new version of goths (see Maddox/theBestPageInTheUniverse)


I've tried listening to emo and although I hate to agree with the flaming majority, I do.
You can't create a genre based on what the lyrics are, you create a genre based on how the MUSIC sounds. Emo lacks a certain depth that is needed to be "emotional."

I wish "emotional" wasn't what we used to label this type of music. There is more emotion in a Danny Elfman score than most emo - and there aren't even lyrics.

[Fat-Man]

I love Emo, Whining and complaining, is ****ing fine with me! I mean I know it's the most bashed kind of music in the whole industry of music. But it's also talented. Not only on drums, being next to metal it talent wise. the riffs that some of these bands come up with are only next to, as talented and catchy as metal. I mean I still have a fetish for listening to black metal, Dark throne, 1349, Leviathon, Deathspell Omega, but At least I have an open minded oppinion unlike some of the single minded twinkle toed faggots in this world.

[imre]

Actually it is funny to watch how all the bad-ass-wannabe-true-norw
egian-metal-heads fail to understand that there is no concrete line to say what is emo and what is not. There are two main reasons for that:
1) As there are no strict definitions for music genres, then it is not so simple to prove that some fellow is wrong.. it is just a matter of interpretetion of the boundaries!
2) how many musicians make music just be in a specific genre ? almost none? So there are influences and the result is not pure X or true X or whatever.

So if you did not like the points of the article, rate it, and write better one.

Ignorant flaming without having a point other than intolerance is for children (and maybe some worst teenagers). Grow up!

[imre]

ow, and as to the point of "the right of existence of emo". I tend to agree with pam-pam:

our real enemies of music are the hip-hop and trance makers

[ObscuredByLight]

You really do know what youre talking about. Some people up there ^^^^ really dont.

[matthew123]

emo is gonna die in a few years, its at its peak

[Punkoff92]

?????
What the ****ing hell is your problem?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

First of all I do agree with you, Taking Back Sunday and Fall out Boy are not emo. But Jesus(My Lord and Savior from sin who died on the cross for me and rose from the dead 3 days later on Easter morning) you are one stupid mother ****ing *******! Senses Fail is emo and you are just mad because you can't make a good sound by yourself like the emo bands today do! Slverstein is the greatest emo band in the world. Emo is about the kind of music and lyrics you write dumbass. Fugazi sucks ass retard. Emo is the true genre!!!!! Gell ****ing yeah!!!!! God bless!!!!!

[DaBlackE]

There's not even enough bands that fit this genre to even consider it a "genre". I was kind of wondering what the hell it was and what bands are really "emo". Now I see it's a bunch bullshit. I mean JESUS H FUCKING CHRIST (who is not real & is just a character in a shitty Mel Gibson movie) Fugazi is probably the best band I've seen listed on this whole retarded column! Fugazi ain't retarted what's retarded is beleiving in a book that wants you to beleive the world was made in 7 days, the forbidden fruit, the talking snake, the talking burning bush, the flood where they took 2 of every animal & got em on ****ing boat, the virgin birth, people living to be 800, people wondering a desert for 50 years, a guy dying & coming back a few days later if you beleive all that you're so retarded you could be on death row in Texas

[Rosencrantz]

^
If God/Jesus does not exist then where the hell did the world come from and don't give me that evolution crap. Darwin himself when he died refuted his own theory of evolution and declared the theory of creation to be correct. Basically if you believe in evolution you have just let science cram its garbage in your brain and haven't realized how many flaws there are in the theory, like: how did humans evolve a sense of right and wrong straight from birth and why haven't any other species discovered this concept, or where did the human soul come from I don't think some ape 200 million years ago decided to evolve a supernatural being within itself. Where the hell did love (something us musicians should understand) come from and why have no other animals evolved and discovered the phenomenon. Or, with the theory of evolution isn't it odd how the worlds ecosystem works so perfectly together. If evoulution (a race to become the worlds most superior species) where true one species would have evolved too far and destroyed everything and itself in its own power however God specifically designed Earth's life to keep itself in check ie: Carnivores consuming herbivores or look at an ant hill or something how do all the worker ants instantly know when and what to do if they have literally have no mind It is because God designed the world to co-exist with itself. perfectly balanced life can not come from chaos its absurd unless of course it has divine guidance. Believeing in the bible isn't retarded whats retarded is not believeing in the bible.

whats so dumb about believing the world was made in seven days DaBlackE? After all evolution states it was made in less than a second by a spark reacting with amino acids, that seems a lot less likely. Why wouldn't you believe in a talking snake either if evolution states humans are animals which came from apes, and we can certainly talk. whats not to believe about the flood, if you dont believe it then tell me where did the Aegean sea come from considering its a salt water sea in the middle of Asia or why did researches find a massive ancient ship on the summit of a mountain.

\M/ rock on for christ \M/

[nonstopchop]

god dammit, i reckon emo is whining poofy punk, 4 whiny poofy punters. go back to church sing ur shit there

[jr_maynard]

Christianity is paganism! Christian morality(right and wrong) was philosophicly debated a thousand years before christ. The aegean sea was made from salt deposits in the stone it washed through. Intelligent design has failed on any scientific level. Einstein Refuted wave/particle duality and quantum physics yet we use his laws to create nuclear fission power on a daily bassis. The bible was coloured by thousands of years of mistranslations. These things are all fact. As is that Emo grew from influences in the 80's just look at bands like Cap'n Jazz, or Drive like jehu.

[ohyeah123]

im with jr_maynard on this 1. the bible has been misinterpreted and mistranslated too many times for it to be reliable. im fully behind science. science has got us guitars, electricity, and (my favorite) chinese food. what has religion got us? a bunch of idiots arguing about it on a guitar forum. good job religion.

[rockergurl09]

Well nice description of emo in the 80's and 90's, but what is it now? What key bands? Also, if Hawthorne Heights isn't emo, I'd like to know what is. Who are those pathetic depressed wrist cutting teens then if they aren't emo?

[rockergurl09]

DaBlackE wrote:

There's not even enough bands that fit this genre to even consider it a "genre". I was kind of wondering what the hell it was and what bands are really "emo". Now I see it's a bunch bullshit. I mean JESUS H FUCKING CHRIST (who is not real & is just a character in a shitty Mel Gibson movie) Fugazi is probably the best band I've seen listed on this whole retarded column! Fugazi ain't retarted what's retarded is beleiving in a book that wants you to beleive the world was made in 7 days, the forbidden fruit, the talking snake, the talking burning bush, the flood where they took 2 of every animal & got em on ****ing boat, the virgin birth, people living to be 800, people wondering a desert for 50 years, a guy dying & coming back a few days later if you beleive all that you're so retarded you could be on death row in Texas

How in the world did this get to christ? Anyway, stop being such an idiot! Not eveything is literal in the scriptures.

"world was made in 7 days"

just because you think a day always has and always will be 24 hours doesn't make it true. Maybe back in the day days were VERY long??

all the other things that you listed:

stuff out of the ordinary happens for great and amazing reasons. Problem is it happens less often because of people like you.

And how do you know the bible that well? you must have read it. According to you, you must be "retarted".

[acoustic-fish]

DaBlackE wrote:

There's not even enough bands that fit this genre to even consider it a "genre". I was kind of wondering what the hell it was and what bands are really "emo". Now I see it's a bunch bullshit. I mean JESUS H FUCKING CHRIST (who is not real & is just a character in a shitty Mel Gibson movie) Fugazi is probably the best band I've seen listed on this whole retarded column! Fugazi ain't retarted what's retarded is beleiving in a book that wants you to beleive the world was made in 7 days, the forbidden fruit, the talking snake, the talking burning bush, the flood where they took 2 of every animal & got em on ****ing boat, the virgin birth, people living to be 800, people wondering a desert for 50 years, a guy dying & coming back a few days later if you beleive all that you're so retarded you could be on death row in Texas

?????
hey, this is music genres not religious philosophy
if people believe in god, dont flame them for it! its a personal choice, that means they can choose what to believe for themselves.

and to everyone who has been saying emo sucks, its not about the genre, its about the music. another personal choice. its all opinions, dont shoot people because their opinion is different!

[robertreilly666]

i dont personally like emo, infact the only thing i think they brought into music which is good is the intro to mcr's "thank you for the venom"

i do not however think emo people should be condemmed, all music appeals to someone. to each their own, i think its ok to joke about bands ang general music but dont take it to heart. dont make it serious.

and to DaBlackE, that last line was priceless.

you try wonering in a desert for a week without food or water... youll be talking to elvis let alone satan lol

[9_11_4]

Wow, this has gotta be the most controverisal article i've ever read. but honestly all you have to do is mention the word emo and people will start arguing like seagulls over a chip. You cleared up a lot of the shadyness and such surrounding emo and the pop culture..I congradulate you.. Next time some one calls me emo i can really tell them where to shove it!!

[sixx66]

Ive listened to emo, and for the most part its all garbage, SDR arent bad, i wouldnt bash a genre, just a band

[DonnyM]

joyful womble wrote:

don't brand fugazi as emo.

But they are.
For ****'s sake people, stop believing what MTV ****ing tells you! I hate it! This article is 100% correct! The bands you think are emo aren't!!

[zeppelinator]

i agree with everything i have! i hate it when everyone uses the term "EMO" as if it were an insult! i can't stand it!

everybody who has posted anything even REMOTELY close to "emo sucks" has been warned/banned, and their posts are in the process of being deleted.

NO. MORE. SPAM.

[emochord]

u guys r a little bit stuk up about who is emo and who isnt. emo means "emotional" so playing emotionally and having emotional lyrics would b the things that make bands emo. every artist that u dub "mainstream" was once some self recording band. getting a record deal or sounding up beat doesnt keep u from being emo. so stop dissing fall out boy and hawthorne heights!!

[miguelito2729]

DUDE I wasn't even half through your first paragraph that I was bored as hell! I personally like "Emo" (JimmyEatWorld, Hawtorne Heights,etc...) music and sh*t but mannnnn do I hate people who cut themselves or cry over nothing!!!!

[tinoynk]

What I don't get about emo is that 6 million people say that bands like My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy are emo, and then the 16 people who think they know what they're talking about say that the previously stated bands are not emo. How do we know who's telling the truth and who's just trying to avoid being insulted?

[Random dude]

i never understood how lising to music that only reminds u of ur problems is supposes to make u feel better.

[les_paul_man]

taking back sunday not emo? Maybe their old stuff isn't but have you heard them recently? And Hawthorne Heights not emo? Cut my rists and black my eyes, give me a break.

[a_rush_of_blood]

bright eyes is so far removed from emo it is remarkable. musically, it is country inflected indie-pop with lyrical themes ranging from politics to relationships, with everything else inbetween.

[captain_jack]

like EZLN libertad said, there is a HUGE difference between emo and plain emotional music. emotional music expresses a variety of themes. emo is whining about how ur girl left u or about how bad life sucks.

[face_haver]

Emo is no longer a genre its a blanket term for overly emotional songs that are embraced by a sub culture. Generally i refer to what was good and considered emo to as post-hardcore eg Fugazi. Emotional music is ok but overly emotional or exaggeration of small problems to suicidal levels is what the subculture of whiners has made emo represent.

[SonicYouth687]

Emo will always be a bloody stain on the history music.

[schecterguy]

damn... well i don't think anybody considered Funeral For a Friend emo anyway. I think they're awesome.. and to me, they're more of a punk band than anything.. kinda like silverstein.

[RS-GUITARIST]

Emo is a fad.

[usandthem_tool]

emo is almost over, the shitty 'scene' no longer produces any original bands (like metalcore). It is similar to the end of grunge.

[usandthem_tool]

emo is almost over, the shitty 'scene' no longer produces any original bands. metalcore is the exact same as emo except heavier.

[haotehmao]

emo is the worse fad ever. I was disappointed with how long it lasted. Heck, Pokemon lasted a lot longer than emo.

[bgroen]

I see everyone here bashing emo music, now before you bash me hear me out. When you really think about it, all music is emo..or emotional. In every song the artist is trying to convey a certain that he or she was feeling at the time, an emotion. By saying that you hate "Emo" music is saying that you hate all music, because if all music wasn't emotional, it would be like listening to Ben Stein talk for the entire length of an album. Some songs just convey stronger feelings than others. Country music isn't considered Emo, and listen to what they sing about..losing their wife, girlfriend, mother, brother, yadda yadda yadda. What about songs that convey a strong feeling of hate and disorder, like bands such as Slayer. They are songs written with stong emotions, but they aren't considered Emo, no they are considered Thrash. You people just need to sit and think about shit sometimes.

[ziplocman]

bgroen wrote:
I see everyone here bashing emo music, now before you bash me hear me out. When you really think about it, all music is emo..or emotional. In every song the artist is trying to convey a certain that he or she was feeling at the time, an emotion. By saying that you hate "Emo" music is saying that you hate all music, because if all music wasn't emotional, it would be like listening to Ben Stein talk for the entire length of an album. Some songs just convey stronger feelings than others. Country music isn't considered Emo, and listen to what they sing about..losing their wife, girlfriend, mother, brother, yadda yadda yadda. What about songs that convey a strong feeling of hate and disorder, like bands such as Slayer. They are songs written with stong emotions, but they aren't considered Emo, no they are considered Thrash. You people just need to sit and think about shit sometimes.

dude rite on!!

[Aus-10]

"Singing about prissy things and playing in a sad manner"

Emo - Whines and does the above in an immature manner ("He left my bleeding heart to rot") would be an emo-tastic style lyric, coming from a guy. Since the cool thing is to become gay in today's 'emo' culture.

Blues - Does not whine and does the above in a mature manner ("I'll move on") would be a blues lyric.

[Gibson_Rocker13]

i always thought the original emo bands were bands like the cure and depeceh mode

[HopePoisoned]

I'm no fan of emo music (and I understand the term 'emo'), but the Emo scene and the abuse of the term has driven it down - i really don't like the emo scene of people, i live around it a lot and I do best to stay away from those kids who would rather pretend their life is so bad than be happy

[pagan_bloodlust]

kennasty182 wrote:

And to those of you who say things like, "OMG!11!1 AlL mUSiC iS EmOtIOnaL!1!11 LoLz!!~" It's not an issue of playing with feeling at all. It's labeled emotional because it's all whining about how your best girl hurt you or that a girl you like doesn't know you exist or something sappy and bitchy. It has nothing to do with playing with emotion. It's singing about prissy stuff like that, while playing something in a somewhat sad manner.


remind anyone else of blues? No one bags the blues for being whiny.

the blues isnt at all being whiney its about bein down on ur luck and then gettin back up, and most blues artists generally had something to be upset with they were poor black people with nothin to look foward to in hatefull times emmos are just stupid frat boys who think they can get symphony votes by bieng whiney

[Strombollii]

you forgot iconoclast as an early emo band...
they owned

[JestersKrucifix]

As far as blues go, they usually tell GOOD stories... Emo is an untalented genre of music in which 18 year old guys wear their littles sisters tight pants and try to make themselves feel as sad as possible. Im sure Emo bands have been around for a while, but guess what, NO ONE CARED THEN, thats why they only have a name now. Bands like Fall out Boy, My chem Romance, and others only brought up Emo with their own fame. I'm sorry, but since I was 2 i've listen to many different types of music. Favorite band so far -> Cradle of Filth. I know they don't have the best Guitar riffs, solos, or the best sounding vocals. But if you knew the lyrics, the most poetic things are said, more then half of which im sure sappy poet cutting emo's wouldn't even understand.

[T_DUNC]

Any band you mentioned in that whole article shouldn't be allowed to come near any sort of instrument. It makes me sick to look at what music has evolved into.

[Jackson365]

Hey you spineless shithead it is a lack of talend and isnt based on guitar. you are ignorant. Ill show you some good crazy guitar shit try listning to thrash metal and all the older metal bands like tesla. Or mabey take a look at guns n' roses. This music is the decline of civilization along with rap. Punk sucks go cut yourself you hopeless retard.

[Jackson365]

if you participate in alt. rock or punk to emo just do us all aa favor and put down the guitar and stop shaming it with your pussyfied riffs with no form of originality. All the rest of the guitarists looking at this column please take it upon yourselves to help some of us to change music into the good stuff it used to be.

[TurnToDespair]

i do believe you forgot to say anything about my chemical romance

excuse me??

[metal_militia]

Emo is a fad, the look, the music, the clothes. its easy listening music for the weak mind. I have no prob for emo chicks but emo dudes i wanna kick there ass cus there acting like flaming vaginas

[HippoMariachi]

didnt read the article. shuttup. emo's gay. go hurt yourself. go write a song while in pain. hey, i even have a title: "I Killed Myself Because I Love You"

[shahlena]

If you HATE EmO, Please read this sh*t. I guess all of you are just wasting your time arguing about what genre is the best? Oh, sorry I guess I'm wrong. . you know what, it's not about the genre of the band that makes it good, its about their music...If you didn't even heard a single song talking about EMO...try Alesana(artist), and you'll find out. . .Ive even got my own genre both my favorites.... deathmetalEmo.....by the way if you dnt like it.. "Acts of Depression" (album) by Underoath will take that..or "Cries of the Past" (album).....may their screams pass through like a bullet to your heads.

[shahlena]

in addition to what ive posted earlier, I really liked the Old Underoath rather than the new one....
As I have said..If you even heard their two albums..
I guess all of you will realize how hell was put in heaven...

[shahlena]

Fat-Man wrote:

I love Emo, Whining and complaining, is ****ing fine with me! I mean I know it's the most bashed kind of music in the whole industry of music. But it's also talented. Not only on drums, being next to metal it talent wise. the riffs that some of these bands come up with are only next to, as talented and catchy as metal. I mean I still have a fetish for listening to black metal, Dark throne, 1349, Leviathon, Deathspell Omega, but At least I have an open minded oppinion unlike some of the single minded twinkle toed faggots in this world.

i totally agree with that! youve got ur point...

[yndi_halda]

emo is a ridiculous label. how can anyone put their heart and soul into making music without having some emotion come through. labels are somewhat of a barrier that impose the flow of music. anyway lets not trivialise the matter. you guys can do and think whatever you want etc etc. one day the sun will explode.
hope everyone is well.
x

[patheticordinar]

people and the media call music emo because it's emotional they aren't doing anything wrong. some people say all music has emotion in it but it's not the same as the bands considered to be emo, getting drunk over a girl is different than your whole life falling apart or her, so some bands have a shit load more emotion than your ordinary band. taking back sunday and dashboard were emotional bands, they still are but have gone mainstream so they arn't what they started out to be. they have changed there sound and lyrics for the audience.

[Apokolipz]

AC/DC Dude8 wrote:

dude, get the hawthorne heights cd. every song is whining about a differnent girl.

Why the hell would you listen to that bullshit anyways? They suck

[iml84myd8]

AC/DC Dude8 wrote:

dude, get the hawthorne heights cd. every song is whining about a differnent girl.


Why the hell would you listen to that bullshit anyways? They suck

Hey, everyone let's judge music before we listen to it.

[Dudewithanaxe]

Thanks for the article ,but I still think that emo is gay and sucks. Those bands that you say are emo that didn't even know they were emo they still suck.emo sucks .Thanks

[simonzwaan]

what a load of bullshit
emo is short for emotional
and theyre either emotional in lyrics or in the way they dress.
and its pathetic because they want attention.

[pie_man_25]

AC/DC Dude8 wrote:

dude, get the hawthorne heights cd. every song is whining about a differnent girl.

I haven't heard hawthorn heights, nor do I want to.
I honestly think the whole pop\punk/emo scene was started by women in the new millenium, I mean not all women but a good part of them, think of it: the beatles in the 70's, another assortment of bands in the 80's, backstreet boys in the 90's, these guys only make the music so they can get some action, they only last maybe a few years because then the women know that they suck,(except the beatles), that's why music directed towards men lasts longer (led zeppelin, the who, motley cru etc.) because they don't suck, nor will they ever.

[original=punk]

AC/DC Dude8 wrote:

dude, get the hawthorne heights cd. every song is whining about a differnent girl.

Are you dumb, emo isn't nesessarily about Girls. Its lyrics generally deal on emotional things, and its also called emotional cause the hardcore sound is made more melodic, hence, emotional.

[original=punk]

TurnToDespair wrote:

i do believe you forgot to say anything about my chemical romance


double post but....guesswhat, MCR isnt even close to emo.
excuse me??

[original=punk]

metal_militia wrote:

Emo is a fad, the look, the music, the clothes. its easy listening music for the weak mind. I have no prob for emo chicks but emo dudes i wanna kick there ass cus there acting like flaming vaginas

triple post but...does the word hardcore mean anything to you? So its not easy listening. And the fad is taken over by hipsters who are dumb and they way they dress is retarded. They all look the same, they're poseurs.

[layp]

I agree,The Used themselves declared that they hate emos,and dashboard confessionals just recently team up with U2 composers to get rid of their emo tags.People always misunderstood the concept of emo song,and most people become fanatical bout it and rejected any other genre of rock.To me,i don't discriminate,i play all the songs in the world.Thumbs up to emo bands and music but say no to those fanatical wrong-emo kid...

[atla18]

thanks for doin this.
YES A POSITIVE COMMENT

I'm sick of bein called emo acuse I listen to My Chemical Romance, The Used, Bullet for My Valentine, Taking Back Sunday, Aiden, etc.

It's punk. albeit pop-punk or post-hardcore or w/e tyou wanna call it.

Emo is a genre. All it is. and you've foudn a way to clear that up for many a person. unfortunately your takin tonsa crap for it, and for that I feel for you.

[The_Syrus]

It's funny how everyone is missing that the real point of this article is that placing music into genres this specific is stupid.

[Amalgam]

I find it hilarious that people here can say emo is a fad, even though it's been around for...oh...20 years!?!

And, Taking Back Sunday's music isn't simple and basic, listen to Louder Now, and some of Mascherino's solos. Not the best, but definitely not "simple".

[jy9626]

funeral for a friend and thursday are NOT emo. okay?
ffaf rarely sing about girls. Their usual topic is left-wing (some anti-capitalism), even though their second album is about growing up and the latest one is about a fairy tale. They can be labeled as post-hardcore and pop rock.
Thursday do not talk about girls so much. but i am not sure which category they go into though.
I agree that fall out boy, hawthorne heights ARE emos. i don't hate fall out boy (they have some good songs) but i hate hawthorne heights 'cuz they're whiny as you all say and talk about girls all the time.
SO people should stop categorizing good bands who have a good singer emo. you say emo is a genre that talks about girls. So before you judge and criticize, you must read the lyrics and think about the meaning of the songs.

[SamxNHO]

its like emo in denial

[hriday_hazarika]

Well, I don't care what people think of the music I listen to, because it's my choice. And I think everyone should think that way. For me, "emo" is just a short form of "emotional". All music is emotional, as one member has commented earlier. I am diverse in my musical choices. Imagine a concert where the following artists play side-by-side: Megadeth, Steve Vai, Dream Theater, Jimmy Eat World, Katatonia, Deftones, Styles Of Beyond, Fear Factory, Boyzone (the only sensible boy band for me), Simon Webbe, U2, Richard Marx, Coldplay . . .

The list goes on . . .

[fthesystem303]

an[quote]hriday_hazarika wrote:

For me, "emo" is just a short form of "emotional". All music is emotional, as one member has commented earlier.

well ya no shit all music has emotion on it. but the emotions they sing about are the ones nobody wants to here about like" oh my girlfriend dumped me, nobody understands me, i didnt get the drink i wanted at the store" etc. REAL music sings about good emotions like partyin or rockin out on stage in front of hundreds of people or how the government ****s peoples shit up. the list goes on. REAL music sings about every kind of emotion you can ever have.
emos sing about themselves and there sad existence.

thats my opinion

[gboblyn]

Emo doesn't just stand for emotional, it stands for "emotional hardcore" like the bands Rites of Spring and Fugazi (which are mentioned in the article). Otherwise people would have to group Clapton in with emo for playing Tears in Heaven. Most "emo" bands (or so people label them) now are just pop-punk or pop bands with whiney (and usually played out) lyrics, and they just happen to dress badly. So don't think you're some genious for realizing that emo stands for emotional, because there is more to it than that.

[SkAsupafly]

did he mention the postal service, thrice, 3 doors down, story of the year, or thursday?? or the new foo fighters music....

[t-shirt24]

all music has emotional elements.... the difference between real bands and emo bands is that real bands deliver their song with balls.... emo bands just use the balls to wipe the j*zz off their chins

[Jokimoto]

I hate whiney vocalists. I mean really hate 'em. It just grates on my ears so bad that I don't care any longer what they might be whining about.
The article, tho, seems to be postulating the existence of some undefinable brand of "emo". "Do you think it's emo? It's probably not. You think it's punk? It's probably emo."
Why not just dispense w/all the goddamn labels and decide whether or not you like a particular song, on it's own merits?

[STABxYOU]

Modern 'emo' is stuff like City of Caterpillar, Envy, A Day In Black And White and Ampere. Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance and The Used are just popcore or pop-punk.

[BennyStruggle]

Emo the Music style is different from Emo the Pop Culture Fad.

20 years ago Emo music existed. 20 years from now Emo music will exist.

Every kid aged 12-16 wearing tight black jeans,black shirts with black scarfs around their neck and the most ridiculous hair to come out of the funny farm since the 80's fads will fortunately be LONG GONE.

[worst nightmare]

there arealot of people who make emo out to be a huge joke. they say

[musiclover_92]

coincedence then, that cutters and depressed people who have no actual clinical depression and are just acting AND emo music seem to get popular at the same time?

[Smiley-JLU]

What happened to MCR???
what not emo bout them?
and how come true 'emos' admit to it?

[Bailean]

wow ok umm.....1.if you don't like emo why would you read this ?2.every genre or at least it seems to me at one point becomes main stream or whatever you want to call it.

[Bailean]

oh and also everyone will have different opinions about music so saying one genre is worse than another won't change who you're saying it too the way i see it this is how it should be "who gives a shit listen to the music"

[Rexbeans]

I am mature enough to respect your opinion however you mention the british indie band embrace (hella lame) & fugazi who are definitely not emo..
I personally like many other older rockers have seen these teen trends come & go...
A lot of emo bands seem to spring from no-were & have huge record company backing & elaborate videos even for debut albums..
I kinda feel a more appropriate name for the genre would be Nu-corporate-pop-punk..
I'm trying not to be closed minded but there really is nothing original here..musically or fashion wise..
However your argument was well put if a little inaccurate..

[one vision]

Fine, but fall out boy is still terrible.

[12345abcd3]

I get the article but the title is kinda funny if you think about it like most people would, describing the emo genre as being "misunderstood" lol.

[foxboxes]

i couldnt read these comments they pissed me off so much... did anyone actually read the article? or listen to the bands mentioned? its not just something the author made up yknow this genre does exist and just because the media has labeled a

[druz15_UG]

wow, 98% of the people who posted comments on this are retarded.
And no i am not emo, and am not defending them, but seriously
"Emo is gay and always will be coz thers no solos, metal roolz pantera ftw"... wow ur cool.

merfsullivan is the only intelligent person here. Everyone else is either
a) "f**k emo is gay
b) f**k YOU emo is awsum

if you fall into group a or b, get a life, why argue about what a genre is or what band is what genre, just listen to the f**king music you like and get over what other people listen to. I guarantee that 90% of the people that say "oh there are no good bands only bands from the 80's are good" are just saying that because its become cool to not like popular music, you people are just as bad as emos (you know who you are).

I could say that metallica is an electronica/acoustic/folk rap band
Id be wrong, but itd piss everyone off, WHY? GET OVER YOURSELVES!
UG needs cleaning out

[j_666_r]

anti-emo.com

[Marjan1792]

personally pop punk was **** anyway but I fink i know what u mean by it becoming all comercial but I still hate it regardless

[lucasmcgregor]

emo is good, it really is; i'm just way too well endowed to wear girl pants

[Wolfsblood138]

I think the music sounds like whiny kids that need a good whack with a sledgehammer upside the head. I honestly hate seeing these emo kids everywhere.

[common_man_tk]

This music genre is good, it has saved the lives of people with personal problems by giving them the sense that they are not alone, I do however hate it when people randomly complain about their life. If you complain it should be to someone who wants to listen and actually cares. And I have to say that the emo scene is probably the smartest when it comes to viewing life for how it SHOULD be.