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 <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">, the music is <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">. And every time I would turn on Fuse after that, it would seem like it was playing. So Hawthorne Heights can suck it. I don't care if they came from Ohio, or even, as I heard, Dayton, which is close to where I live.

I can't wait until industrial comes back and the Pres needs a NIN.