Is the band Green Day emo? Because I really like them and people keep telling me they are emo.
2006-06-19 13:47:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Most people in this question has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. I'm not going to go into too much more detail, but emo does not mean emotional. Emo is not Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard Confessional, etc. They are pop bands nothing more. You don't listen to emo, and I'm willing to bet that you never have. Emo is style of hardcore music that is short for emotive hardcore. It originated in Washington D.C. It is widely regarded that the bands Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, and few others started it in the mid 80's. Rites of Spring being one of the best and most well known. They took their music in a more personal direction with a far greater sense of experimentation. Emo bands aren't on major record labels either. Emo is anti-corporate. It's what defined the bands, and it's what still defines those bands today. You will never find an emo band on Vagrant, Geffen, Drive-Thru, etc. Those bands aren't emo, and never will be.
If you want real emo check out:
Yaphet Kotto
Policy Of Three
Portraits Of Past
Heroin
Antioch Arrow
Glass And Ashes
Planes Mistaken For Stars
Ordination Of Aaron
Current
Saetia
Hot Cross
Circle Takes The Square
A Day In Black And White
Four Hundred Years
Sinaloa
They And The Children
How To Beat A Dead Horse
Ampere
Appleseed Cast
Rites of Spring
etc.
If you actually take the time to listen to these bands, you will see that it is the vocals and music that makes a band emo, not lyrics. And band such as Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, and Hawthorne Heights, do not have those musical and vocal characteristics.
So, no Green Day is not emo, they are extremely far from it. They are pop-punk.
P.S. Emo has nothing to do with hairstyle or dress.
2006-06-19 13:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mariners 5 · 20⤊ 0⤋
No Green Day is Punk Rock. None of the members are ethier.
2006-06-19 13:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well no offense to you or any fans, but they ARE turning emo, or at least starting to, and I don't like emos (no offense to emos either lol)
2006-06-19 13:51:15 · answer #3 · answered by John D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
green day was never ever emo never ever say that I very much dislike them
2006-06-19 13:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by nadia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Billie, Mike, and Trillie are just punk rockers, even though they may resemble emo rockers.
2017-04-05 18:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by Apliex24K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're more like happy pop punk, which isn't punk at all...
mariners, i was just on that wiki page 2 hours ago... weird....
2006-06-19 13:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by Grrrl Sets Fire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋