Emo has two different meanings. One is a style of music. The other is a label people use to describe a group. The group of teens that use the label say that emo is short for emotional, but the term originally came from the Indie music style called Emotive Hardcore. It is a sub-genre of punk.
The music:
It's basically punk rock, except the lyrics are about emotional things rather than being a rebel. Emo is a kind of rock music which describes several independent types of music with common similar roots. Mid-tempo hardcore punk, pioneered around roughly '85 by the D.C. band Rites of Spring. It's in no relation to the pseudo-emocore/mall punk of today. Google REVOLUTION SUMMER/MID-WEST EMO for more information on the legitimate genre.
The People:
It is a label people give themselves for being apathetic and emotional to an extreme (usually miserable), but wallowing in it and not wanting it to change. They tend to feel they are misunderstood and that life is not fair to them in specific. It is in fashion with some of the group to cut themselves and wear heavy eye make-up. The hair cuts tend to have awkward sharp angles and are often glossed. Many of the guys wear very tight jeans, often women's. The girls tend to lean more towards late 70's to early 80's fashion.
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list of emo band
30 Seconds to Mars[1]
- The Academy Is...[2]
- A Day to Remember[3]
- AFI[4]
- Alexisonfire[5]
- The All-American Rejects[6]
- The Almost[7]
- American Football[8]
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead[9]
- The Anniversary[10]
- Amber Pacific[11]
- The Appleseed Cast[12]
- At the Drive-In[13]
B
- Beefeater[14][15]
- Benton Falls[16]
- Braid[17][18][19]
- Brand New[20]
- Boys Like Girls[21]
- Boys Night Out[22]
C
- Cap'n Jazz[23]
- Christie Front Drive[24][25]
- Coheed and Cambria[26]
- Cobra Starship[27]
- Cute Is What We Aim For[28]
D
E
F
- Fall Out Boy[37]
- Fire Party[14][15]
- Forever the Sickest Kids[38]
- From Autumn to Ashes[39]
- Funeral for a Friend[40]
G
H
I
J
K
L
- Lifetime[51]
- Lostprophets[52]
- Lunchmeat[14]
M
N
O
P
R
S
- Saosin[78]
- Saves the Day[79]
- Senses Fail[80]
- The Shyness Clinic[46]
- Silverstein[81]
- Simple Plan[82]
- Something Corporate[79]
- The Spill Canvas[83]
- Squirrel Bait[84]
- The Starting Line[85]
- Story of the Year[86]
- Sunny Day Real Estate[47][87]
T
- Taking Back Sunday[88]
- Ten Second Epic[89]
- Texas Is the Reason[90][91]
- Thrice[92]
- Tokio Hotel[93]
- Thursday[94]
