What is Emo?

Question

I thought this was a type of music resembling punk rock, but ive recently encountered some people speaking of it like it has to do with homosexuality. (specifically guys kissing guys.) anybody know whats uP?

Answer 1

I thought an Emo was an Australian bird related to the Ostrich!....
Just kidding. I heard it was a term for an emotional & sensitve person.

Answer 2

Emo may refer to:

Emo (music), a subgenre of non-hardcore punk
Emo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music.

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 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.
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.

As the music increased in popularity, emo became more and more a target of derision. As certain fashion trends and attitudes began to be associated with "emo", stereotypes emerged that created a specific target for criticism.
Male fans of emo found themselves hit with homosexual slurs, largely a reflection of the style of dress popular within the "emo scene" and the displays of emotion common in the scene. Complaints pointed to the histrionic manner in which the emotions were often expressed, not necessarily to the emotions themselves.

Much of the dissant twords the emo culture comes from the punk scene. Because punk rock was around before the emo scene they feel that emo has stolen many of the punk qualities, expt emo uses them in a much less angry and more sad manner. Many punks dislike emo because they claim to be hardcore so frequently when most of thiers songs are about hating themselfs and their lives while punk songs are about hating other people.

Much more information, including history, styles, best Emo records, MP3 samples, fashion tips and hatemail on this site:

What 'is' Emo anyways?
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Answer 3

Emo is short for emotionally charged punk rock....here's a couple sites that should answer your questions:



HEHEHE that's Elmo....LOL

Answer 4

I thought EMO was the orange muppet

Answer 5

emo= emotional...some people use it in a way to offend guys as if to say GAY but its wrong to do that.

Answer 6

Billy got it right.

Answer 7

I thought it was the "tickel me" muppet.