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This is just a general discussion thread for bands of the Emo genre. It's alright if the band sounds Pop-Punk as long as it is Emo lyrically.
To start it off, I'll give my own little definition of Emo and a couple bands I listen to.
I'm guessing that the bulk of PC is new to the term Emo, and probably thinks they haven't listened to it. If you listen to Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Blink 182, or even My Chemical Romance, you've listened to music that is somewhat Emo.
Don't know what Emo Sounds like? Click here!
Taking Back Sunday- A Decade Under the Influence
Don't know what Screamo Sounds like? Click here!
Hawthorne Heights- Ohio is for Lovers
Emo- Short for Emocore, or Emotional Hardcore, which is what original Emo bands in the 80's-early 90's would call themselves. As Emo bands evolved through the 90's, many bands picked up Pop-Punk elements, and weakened or sometimes completely dropped the hardcore element. Although most bands would let up on the hardcore instrumentals, some would still scream during songs.
Post-Hardcore/Indie Emo- An Emo band that doesn't play as hard as the average Emo band and usually has their own independent style to make up for it. There is usually very little or no screaming in their music.
Saves the Day, The Getup Kids, Dashboard Confessional
Emo/Pop-Punk- Music that usually draws many elements from the punk genre, and who's lyrics do not represent rebellion or anarchy, but rather lyrics filled with emotion, or are emotively charged.
Blink 182, The Ataris, Matchbook Romance, Gatsby's American Dream
Screamo- An Emo band who has particular skill in screaming. Unlike screams from an Emocore band, a screamo band is usually high pitched and dominates all other sounds except for the lead singer's.
Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Emocore- Bands who intend to imitate the original 'DC' sound within their music, and are usually marked by very heavy drum playing and a deep screaming voice, often confused or mixed with grindcore, metalcore, or thrash. Some Emocore bands will not label themselves as such to evade being associated with scene Emo bands.
From Autumn to Ashes, Underoath(the first two CDs), City of Catipillar
Scene- Every genre of music has it's scene, but not every scene is from music.. A person within a scene usually dresses and acts differently to become part of it's 'in-crowd'.(there's always a group of people with no better reason to be at a gathering than to show off) Scene Emo people are usually identified by hair with long bangs, in their eyes at an angle, tight shirts(band shirts mostly), sometimes tight used sweaters, and extremely tight dark jeans. Not everyone who dresses this way is 'scene', but by consistantly wearing clothes that label a person emo, you may be falsely accused, or you may falsely accuse another person, which most fans don't care about, but some despise people there purely for the scene.
The 'classic emo look' borrows attributes from punk, gothic, and hardcore dress.
'Scene' can describe the gathering, or it can describe the groups of fakes that attend. Always pay attention to context to make sure you don't sound like an idiot using this word.
Some other bands that may be considered Emo, and are pre-approved to be discussed within this thread are:
A Change of Pace, Action Action, A Day In Black And White, Anberlin, Armor for Sleep, A Thorn for Every Heart, Alexisonfire, Alkaline Trio The Ataris, A Day in the Life, The Acadamy Is, The All-American Rejects, At The Drive In, Atreyu, Bayside, Bed Light for Blue Eyes, Bleed the Dream, The Bled, Bleeding Through, Blood Brothers, Boys Night Out, Blink182, Brand New, Billy Talent, The Beautiful Republic, Bullet for my Valentine, Catch 22, Chiodos, Circa Survive, Cobourg, Coheed and Cambria, The Chariot, City of Catipillar, Circle takes the Square, Copeland, The Cable Car Theory, Count the Stars, Death by Stereo, DeathCab for Cutie, Dim Northern Lights, Emery, Every Time I Die, The Early November, Fall Out Boy, Fear Before the March of Flames, Finch, Flashlight Brown, Funeral Diner, Funeral for a Friend, Further Seems Forever, From First to Last, From Autumn to Ashes, Greeley Estates, Gatsby's American Dream, Green Day, The Getup Kids, Halifax, Haste the Day, Hawthorne Heights, Hidden in Plain View, Hopesfall, Hot Rod Circuit, Hot Hot Heat, The Hurt Process, It Dies Today, The Jayden Sentence, Jimmy Eat World, The Juliana Theory, June, Kill The Man Who Questions, Letter Kills, A Love Ends in Suicide, Lost Love But Not Forgotten, Madison, Mae, Mates of State, Motion City Soundtrack, Matchbook Romance, Midnight Aria, Modest Mouse, My American Heart, My Chemical Romance,Nirvana (it's mockery to call one of the greatest GRUNGE bands in the world as "emo"), Noise Ratchet, Northstar, Norma Jean, Open Hand, The Pillows, Pretty Girls make Graves, The Postal Service, Poison the Well, Our last Night, Our Last Days as Children, Rise Against, Rites of Spring, Rufio, Saosin, Saves the Day, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Static Lullaby, Senses Fail, Seven Days of Samsara, Silverstein, Something Corporate, Sum41, Spitalfield, The Spill Canvas, Straylight Run, Starlight Mints, Story of the Year, The Starting Line, Stutterfly, Tears like Atreyu, Texas is the Reason, Taking Back Sunday, These Arms are Snakes, Thursday, Thrice, Tsunami Bomb, The Unseen, The Used, Underoath, Walls of Jericho, We Close our Eyes, With Broken Wings, Yellowcard, Yesterday's Rising, You and I, Your Eyes My Dreams, Zao
To start it off, I'll give my own little definition of Emo and a couple bands I listen to.
I'm guessing that the bulk of PC is new to the term Emo, and probably thinks they haven't listened to it. If you listen to Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Blink 182, or even My Chemical Romance, you've listened to music that is somewhat Emo.
Don't know what Emo Sounds like? Click here!
Taking Back Sunday- A Decade Under the Influence
Don't know what Screamo Sounds like? Click here!
Hawthorne Heights- Ohio is for Lovers
Emo- Short for Emocore, or Emotional Hardcore, which is what original Emo bands in the 80's-early 90's would call themselves. As Emo bands evolved through the 90's, many bands picked up Pop-Punk elements, and weakened or sometimes completely dropped the hardcore element. Although most bands would let up on the hardcore instrumentals, some would still scream during songs.
Post-Hardcore/Indie Emo- An Emo band that doesn't play as hard as the average Emo band and usually has their own independent style to make up for it. There is usually very little or no screaming in their music.
Saves the Day, The Getup Kids, Dashboard Confessional
Emo/Pop-Punk- Music that usually draws many elements from the punk genre, and who's lyrics do not represent rebellion or anarchy, but rather lyrics filled with emotion, or are emotively charged.
Blink 182, The Ataris, Matchbook Romance, Gatsby's American Dream
Screamo- An Emo band who has particular skill in screaming. Unlike screams from an Emocore band, a screamo band is usually high pitched and dominates all other sounds except for the lead singer's.
Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Emocore- Bands who intend to imitate the original 'DC' sound within their music, and are usually marked by very heavy drum playing and a deep screaming voice, often confused or mixed with grindcore, metalcore, or thrash. Some Emocore bands will not label themselves as such to evade being associated with scene Emo bands.
From Autumn to Ashes, Underoath(the first two CDs), City of Catipillar
Scene- Every genre of music has it's scene, but not every scene is from music.. A person within a scene usually dresses and acts differently to become part of it's 'in-crowd'.(there's always a group of people with no better reason to be at a gathering than to show off) Scene Emo people are usually identified by hair with long bangs, in their eyes at an angle, tight shirts(band shirts mostly), sometimes tight used sweaters, and extremely tight dark jeans. Not everyone who dresses this way is 'scene', but by consistantly wearing clothes that label a person emo, you may be falsely accused, or you may falsely accuse another person, which most fans don't care about, but some despise people there purely for the scene.
The 'classic emo look' borrows attributes from punk, gothic, and hardcore dress.
'Scene' can describe the gathering, or it can describe the groups of fakes that attend. Always pay attention to context to make sure you don't sound like an idiot using this word.
Some other bands that may be considered Emo, and are pre-approved to be discussed within this thread are:
A Change of Pace, Action Action, A Day In Black And White, Anberlin, Armor for Sleep, A Thorn for Every Heart, Alexisonfire, Alkaline Trio The Ataris, A Day in the Life, The Acadamy Is, The All-American Rejects, At The Drive In, Atreyu, Bayside, Bed Light for Blue Eyes, Bleed the Dream, The Bled, Bleeding Through, Blood Brothers, Boys Night Out, Blink182, Brand New, Billy Talent, The Beautiful Republic, Bullet for my Valentine, Catch 22, Chiodos, Circa Survive, Cobourg, Coheed and Cambria, The Chariot, City of Catipillar, Circle takes the Square, Copeland, The Cable Car Theory, Count the Stars, Death by Stereo, DeathCab for Cutie, Dim Northern Lights, Emery, Every Time I Die, The Early November, Fall Out Boy, Fear Before the March of Flames, Finch, Flashlight Brown, Funeral Diner, Funeral for a Friend, Further Seems Forever, From First to Last, From Autumn to Ashes, Greeley Estates, Gatsby's American Dream, Green Day, The Getup Kids, Halifax, Haste the Day, Hawthorne Heights, Hidden in Plain View, Hopesfall, Hot Rod Circuit, Hot Hot Heat, The Hurt Process, It Dies Today, The Jayden Sentence, Jimmy Eat World, The Juliana Theory, June, Kill The Man Who Questions, Letter Kills, A Love Ends in Suicide, Lost Love But Not Forgotten, Madison, Mae, Mates of State, Motion City Soundtrack, Matchbook Romance, Midnight Aria, Modest Mouse, My American Heart, My Chemical Romance,
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