I never understood these music genres

[Cuchulainn]

Real Emo is simply Emotional Rock, like Sunny Day Real Estate or Jets To Brazil. The lyrics are usually introspective & considerably whiney.

This new 'emo' that blew up in 2003 is a fusion of emotional rock & hardcore and was originally titled 'emocore' (shortened now to just emo). The lyrics are the same as above but now instead of thick rimmed glasses & sweater vests they wear black & eyeliner & scream the lyrics with hardcore punk guitar riffs.

Screamo is similar but has not the eyeliner & 'scene' attached and was out before emocore. The music is rock but the lyrics are screamed emotionally.

Post-Punk and Post-anything really can be a term used by guys who were in a scene & now wanna try something new as they don’t like the scene no more. Fugazi are atop my head.

Alternative is prefix to any genre which has altered slightly. Alt-Rock, Alt-disco etc. Basically a genre that's trying things of other genres mixed in.

Indie is the most bull title of them all. It was originally bands who refused to sign to major labels to keep their artistic integrity intact & make the music they wanted not what 'The Man' wanted. Indie Hip Hop, Indie Rock etc. Again the scenesters shortened the indie rock to indie and now incorporates any pretentious rock band that needs tight jeans & a v-neck tee to stand out as every song now sounds the same. They're too cool to be just rock, when really they are soft rock at best.

There is also metalcore, I like this genre, fusion of metal & hardcore punk. This means it's more melodic than punk and has added trebles to the drum kits.

Nu metal was a short-lives Alt-metal scene that fused metal with urban culture. You'd have rapping & turntables & electronic noises & all sorts of .

Industrial is metal with a heavy influence from 80s German Electronica.

Anything with Progressive in the title is any band trying new . Consider it concept music, the band don’t know if it really works either but by smurf they're making it because it’s cool.


Black/Death & metal are usually suicidal Norwegians making videos in forests dressed like homocidal KISS tributes.

Thrash...every1 should know (melodic metal powered by drums and guitars), lyrics are secondary to the rhythm.

Stoner Rock was slow melodic rock that had obvious downer-drug influences. Bands like Kyuss.

Sludge metal is AWSOME. It fuses Doom metal (like Black Sabbath) and Hardcore punk. The guitar riffs can be insanely good, bands like Down and Eyehategod.


That’s all I can be arsed with.


I bid you good day.