EMO Music??????

Question

I see the term emo thrown around a lot and I'm not sure what it means. Give me some examples or a good explanation.

who would be an emo band?

Answer 1

Emo is a related to Punk/Goth Rock (a.k.a Sub-genres)

Their Music is based on sreaming, pop-radio- friendly
Style: Black Clothing, Should length hair, Make Up (all black)

Bands example: My Chemical Romance, The Used, Panic at the disco etc.

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

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.

I like Husker Du and The Used but that is about it. I think it is on it's way out like butt rock of the 80's.

Answer 4

Emo short for emotional. Emotional music, Talking about depression etc Bands like My chemical Romance and Hawthorn heights.
And is starting to be used as a label for more emotional or sensitive people. You know like goth, prep and all that crap.

Answer 5

Emo is basically 'boys whining instead of singing' about love. It's comparable to Nick Gilder's Hot Child In The City (although that song is GREAT)...lol

Answer 6

EMO is a genre of music that comes from punk rock with goth like styling. emo bands are typical like my chemical romance, **** like that bunch of fags that cry when the scream about dumb **** over punk beat

Answer 7

Emo Philips is one of the greatest comedians who occassionally does some music.

Answer 8

Emo is an abbreviation for Emotional.
Its a new "trend" for lack of a better word, amongst teens.
Its like a rough imitation of Goth, Its basically the Goth stereo type. you may find the following site use full: http://www.fourfa.com/

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Answer 9

Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle.

Answer 10

Im with you Norm...

Im still trying to figure it out myself after numerous explinations...

Honestly, I don't even think they know what it is besides a bad haircut and a brooding, moody attitude...

maybe a cut on the arm here and there...

It is a classification for the kinds of kiddies that have no idea what punk rock is and how you simply cannot "soften." it and still call it punk!

Basically... It's dumb~