What type of rock is panic! at the disco?

Answer 1

ROCK? if panic is rock, well rock has lost it's edge. I'd say they're closer to pop. sabbath, metallica, s.o.a.d, pantera=rock.

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 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

I can't help but wonder if any of the people that answered this question even know what emo means.

They are NOT emo. Fall Out Boy, the Fray, Death Cab for Cutie and the like are Emo. Panic! is more of a pop/rock/alternative kind of sound.

Answer 4

Ha. Rock? No. At least I hope that is not what rock has become. And all of these people that tell you that it is emo??? They probably have no clue of what emo is or when it originated. Emo started with Minor Threat, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, and bands like them....Panic is nothing like them. Neither are FOB, MCR, or whatever crappy pop band MTV has made popular by sticking the emo label onto.

Answer 5

Just general sort of pop-rock. Maybe considered emo in the sense of the word today although definately not real emo meaning emotional hardcore as they aren't hardcore music!

Answer 6

don't listen to any of these frauds who call it emo. if you want emo, listen to a band called "the used" - they practically cry during their songs. us americans invented emo, so sorry brits, but you guys just don't know how to tell yet, this is OUR territory.

panic! is more indie dance-rock. their new-wave-ish style is trying to revamp disco and blend it with rock. listen to "men, women, and children" for more stuff similar to panic!.

Answer 7

panic at the disco is not rock, its punk and its alomost like emo, its deff not rock

Answer 8

An awesome punk/pop/ska band. They play upbeat songs and the band was discovered by Fall Out Boy's bassist Peter Wentz. This website will help you out more
http://www.panicatthedisco.com/palebird/index.html

http://www.myspace.com/panicatthedisco

Hope these helped!

Answer 9

every magazine says diffrent to the other
but its some where along the lines of
Electra/Emo/Pop-punk

one thing i read said they were dance music, i'm sure they had never actually heard them, just going by the name

Answer 10

emo - kind of a mix between punk and alternative, but neither