what dose emo mean when referring to a band?

Answer 1

Emo means that their lyrics are very deep, and usually about something that is depressing or sad. Many of their songs are about cutting their wrists, and other topics similar to that. That is the stereotypical definition of emo. But if you ask someone who is in an emo band they will say that their music is more about the lyrics.

Answer 2

Emo is a subgenre of hardcore punk music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term (and which musicians should be so classified) has been the subject of much debate.

In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene and its associated bands. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and, slightly later, Moss Icon. The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s.

Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to reflect the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason put forth a more indie rock style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic in nature than its predecessor. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles.

As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of music that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture. Whereas, even in the past, the term emo was used to identify a wide variety of bands, the breadth of bands listed under today's emo is even more vast, leaving the term "emo" as more of a loose identifier than as a specific genre of music.

Answer 3

It's supposed to stand for emotive hardcore. It's more about the look and lyrical content than the sound. Like, emotional lyrics, and guys with bangs covering their eyes, girl pants, black eyeliner, etc. Dashboard Confessional is a good example of emo music classified by lyrics, and Hawthorne Heights is better suited for the look (although their lyrics are prett emo).

Answer 4

oh i love emo music it is so deep and powerful!!! they are bands like my chemical romance, fall out boy, takeing back sunday, and hawthorn heights. all good bands

Answer 5

Like screamo, distortion in guitars, etc.

Answer 6

not as bad as goth, but close

Answer 7

idk its weird emo=emotional im sure every song has emotional lyrics but still I HATE SCENE/STEREO-TYPICAL EMOS

Answer 8

punk maybe?