Emo (Music)
"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 (and which musicians should be so classified) 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."
w00t
Originally posted by §P0oONY
[b]Emo (Music)"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 (and which musicians should be so classified) 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."
w00t [/B]
Clearly the first person to post the origins of emo, oh wait...you're not, and you didn't even post a correct definition/explanation (the end trails off into pointless apathy toward correction.).
-AC
well people since were talkin about the many layers "aka known as sub genres "of emo i have a list of bands i believe fall under the emo family tree
Native nod
moss icon
the hated
silverbearings
merel
hoover
current
indian summer
evergreen
navio forge
shotmaker policy of 3
ikutuwi
embassy
floodgate
frail
julia
christie frontdrive
fulgazi
saetia
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Well done, 2D.That reply was only a year and three months late, more or less. Flattered that you are so obsessed, though.
-AC
Ummm since when is it against KMC law to reply to an old post? I mean I wasn't the one who bumped this thread, I just read the whole conversation and found YET ANOTHER example of your awesome debating skillz-. You're such a defensive dolt...
Originally posted by 2D_MASTER
Ummm since when is it against KMC law to reply to an old post? I mean I wasn't the one who bumped this thread, I just read the whole conversation and found YET ANOTHER example of your awesome debating skillz-. You're such a defensive dolt...
It was nice at first, getting a bit clingy now. Too clingy for my tastes.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It was nice at first, getting a bit clingy now. Too clingy for my tastes.-AC
Umkay... Touche. Actually you would have been better off saying one of your classic lines... what was it?... ah! "Go buy yourself a life at walmart". That one made me cut myself, and piss my pants (while crying) for days.