After my arguement with lindy about me being an emo, it got me thinking. What bands are emo bands?
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After my arguement with lindy about me being an emo, it got me thinking. What bands are emo bands?
my chemical romance
What does EMO exactly mean?? And yes. I have also heard of MCR being EMO...
MCR aren't THAT emo. I think they're more screamo. But they're good, so doesn't matter. :)
In my opinion, emo bands are bands that have awful lyrics describing their "awful depressing" lives despite the fact that they're rich, because of all the kids that buy their emo wristlets to cover up their emo scars because the want to seem cool.
Some bands like MCR have an emo sound to them, but aren't depressing and don't have awful lyrics.
But that's just what I think.
In any case, the following emo bands:
Dashboard Confessionals (Awful)
Linkin Park (Awful after their first CD. They're Rap Emo)
Coheed and Cambria (Just barely emo, but they rock)
The Used
Simple Plan (Pop Emo)
Good Charlotte (Pop Emo)
I'm probably missing a few...
No where will MCR ever call themselves Emo. They consider themselves Punk / Metal / Post Hardcore / Alternative. Look at their myspace, purevolume page, or MyLocalBands page.
Brand New, The Early December, Finch, Motion City Soundtrack, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, and Hawthorne Heights are the epitome of emo.
I have no idea what emo is, to be honest. The term is over-used to the point where its meaning has almost changed entirely. Emo is no longer a genre of music, but rather a term of abuse used to describe bands of a certain genre that a person doesn't like. For example, a person who hates Simple Plan might describe them as emo, whereas Good Charlotte (who they like) are Pop-Punk. In actual fact, both of them are exactly the same, only nobody admits to liking emo, so they invent meaningless sub-genres like 'screamo' (sorry Rye) or 'extremo' to distance themselves from a certain style.
I'd say Rye's entire list is emo, but I'm probably wrong.
No. On the "Steves Untitled Rock Show" on fuse. Gerard said he was feeling a little EMO. So what does EMO mean again??Quote:
Originally Posted by ZeZipster
It's only derogatory outside of the scene. Screamo was around before Emo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Mage 121
Definition of emo would be:
I would say emo bands today would be any band that isn't alternative or hardcore that sings about misogynistic, depressing, or medial things.Quote:
Originally Posted by that one guy"Emo" is not short for "Emotional." "Emo" does not mean Taking Back Sunday and Dashboard Confessional, despite what MTV has lead you to believe in the last few years. "Emo" is not sidebangs, tight pants, and male vocalists who sing like little girls about their failed relationships. "Emo" is not the use of diluted, meaningless metaphors and similes such as "My arms are like pinecones," and most definitely is not the rampant use of words such as "autumn," "heart," "knife," "bleeding," "leaves," and "razorblade."
I just thought I'd clear that up after all of these "definitions" in which I have encountered an unbelievable amount of people who try to pass off their blatantly false pretenses as fact, and are slowly infecting others with their high-horse, holier-than-thou bull. Because honestly, with your ridiculous definitions, Beethoven, George Gershwin, and Britney Spears are/was "emo bands."
Now, onto the real definition.
In the early 90s there was a movement in the hardcore genre that came to be known as "Emotive Hardcore," spearheaded by Rites Of Spring. Harder-core-than-thou kids, who swore by Dischord Records a la Minor Threat, actually coined the term "Emo" as something of a put-down for the kids who really liked Rites Of Spring, Indian Summer and this new wave of "Emotive" Hardcore bands. That's right, "Emo" was once not something kids called themselves. The field exploded outwards from there - Level-Plane Records has always been the most famous Emo label. Acts like Yaphet Kotto, I Hate Myself, Saetia, Hot Cross, A Day In Black And White, Funeral Diner, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, You And I, and hosts of others came in the next decade. Most emo bands have since broken up, but there's still the occasional hold-out (again, the majority of Level-Plane Records' roster has been a procession of emo acts). Like most DIY hardcore/punk of the time, a majority found its way onto vinyl and not much else. Some people consider bands like Fugazi, and later Sunny Day Real Estate, a progression of emo, but personally, I don't quite follow that philosophy.
Often, more recently, this gets intertwined with post-hardcore, and understandably so - that's nothing to make an issue of, since well
Since the late 90s, though, bands have been emerging in the vein of Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, and the thousands of their clones. As far as I can tell, some lazy journalist somewhere, writing an article about them, decided "Well, smurf, no one knows what emo is anyways, so I'll call these bands "emo" - sounds more appealing than bubblegum pop rock..." and the spiral continued downwards into the current amalgomation of bands MTV has told everyone is "emo."
Somehow, people decided that "emo" meant "emotional," which is obviously bull
Haha!! Emotional...
in my opinion, the only emo bands I like are funeral for a friend and jimmy eat world and (if they are emo, even though i dont think they are really) my chemical romance :D
I'm going to have to stand up for Jimmy Eat World and say that they're not (at least by today's modern definition - thanks ZeZipster) emo. Their music isn't as desperately depressed or (mostly not) whiney. In fact, most of their songs are quite uplifting and motivational.
The emo band I hate the most is Hawthorne Heights. Entirely because of their hit single, "Ohio is for Lovers." You see, in my web and graphic design class, sometimes we would be allowed to listen to music. The kid that sat adjacent to me would listen to that song on repeat for the whole period. 40 minutes a day, often times three days a week. I smurfing hate that song. I smurfing hate that band. It's the worst piece of mindless drivel I've ever heard. The lyrics mean
I can't wait until industrial comes back and the Pres needs a NIN.
What seperates these guys from every other emo band is that these guys are actually goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Blackmageboi
Would H.I.M count as being emo?
I hate so called "emo" bands such as Simple Plan. Listing to 'Welcome to my life' just makes head banging your head to the nearest brick wall appealing.
u wanna know emo bands? my chemical romance, the used, yellow card, and well thats all i know of.(I really, really, really hate emo)
oh yeah hawthorn heights and fall out boy,the lists go on and on