Emo
Stylistic origins	Hardcore punk (more specifically Melodic hardcore) Indie rock
Cultural origins	Mid 1980s, Washington, D.C.
Typical instruments	Vocals - Lead and Rhythm Guitars - Bass - Drums
Mainstream popularity	Sporadically through the 1980s and '90s, growing in the early 2000s
Fusion genres
Post-hardcore - Screamo
Regional scenes
Midwestern emo
Other topics
List of emo groups - Timeline of alternative rock

Emo (pronounced /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a style of hardcore punk which describes several variations of music with common roots. Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of Hardcore punk. It is more melodic than traditional hardcore punk Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Post-hardcore evolved from Hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader Punk rock movement Screamo is a sub genre of Rock music which evolved from Hardcore punk and Emo in the early 1990s This is a timeline of Alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1960s to the present Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s In the mid-1980s, the term emo described a subgenre of hardcore punk which originated in the Washington, D.C. music scene. Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Washington DC has been home to many prominent musicians and is particularly known for the musical genres of Hardcore punk, bluegrass, and a local hip hop In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. scene and some of the offshoot regional scenes such as Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, Beefeater, Gray Matter, Fire Party, and later, Moss Icon. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Rites of Spring was an early American Hardcore punk band from Washington D For the UK indie rock band see Embrace (band. Embrace was a short-lived Post-hardcore band from Washington D One Last Wish was a short-lived Post-hardcore band from Washington D Beefeater was a Washington DC Post-hardcore band formed in Autumn 1984 by Tomas Squip, Fred "Freak" Smith Dug E Gray Matter was a Hardcore punk band from Washington DC, who played in the 1980s and 90s Fire Party were a hardcore band from Washington DC They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990 Moss Icon was an Annapolis Maryland Emocore band from 1986 to 1991. (In more recent years, the term "emotive hardcore" entered the lexicon to describe the period. )

Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to refer to the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Fugazi are an American alternative / post-hardcore band that formed in Washington D Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason had a more indie rock style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic. Sunny Day Real Estate was an Indie rock band formed in Seattle Washington. Texas Is the Reason was an emo rock group The group was founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994 Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene 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 mainstream style. As a result, the term "emo" became a vaguely defined identifier rather than a specific genre of music.

Contents 1 History 1.1 First wave (1985-1994) 1.2 Early influence 1.3 Second wave (1994–2000) 1.4 Third wave (2000-present) 2 Fashion and stereotype 3 Criticism 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography

History

First wave (1985-1994)

In 1985 in Washington, D.C., Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, veterans of the DC hardcore music scene, decided to shift away from what they saw as the constraints of the basic style of hardcore and the escalating violence within the scene. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (məˈkaɪ born April 16, 1962) is an American singer and guitarist Guy Picciotto is an American musician from Washington DC. He is most widely known for his roles as the guitarist and vocalist for the groups Fugazi and Rites They took their music in a more personal direction with a far greater sense of experimentation, bringing forth MacKaye's Embrace and Picciotto's Rites of Spring. For the UK indie rock band see Embrace (band. Embrace was a short-lived Post-hardcore band from Washington D Rites of Spring was an early American Hardcore punk band from Washington D The style of music developed by Embrace and Rites of Spring soon became its own sound. (Hüsker Dü's 1984 album Zen Arcade is often cited as a major influence for the new sound. For other uses see Husker Du. Hüsker Dü was an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis-St Zen Arcade is the third Studio album from the American rock band Hüsker Dü, released in July 1984 on SST Records. ) As a result of the renewed spirit of experimentation and musical innovation that developed the new scene, the summer of 1985 soon came to be known in the scene as "Revolution Summer". ^[1]

Where the term emo actually originated is uncertain, but members of Rites of Spring mentioned in a 1985 interview in Flipside Magazine that some of their fans had started using the term to describe their music. Rites of Spring was an early American Hardcore punk band from Washington D Flipside was a Punk rock Fanzine published in Los Angeles California from 1977 - 2001. By the early 90s, it was not uncommon for the early DC scene to be referred to as emo-core, meaning "emotional hardcore," though it's unclear when the term shifted.

Within a short time, the D. C. emo sound began to influence other bands such as Moss Icon, Nation of Ulysses, Dag Nasty, Soulside, Shudder to Think, Fire Party, Marginal Man, and Gray Matter, many of which were released on MacKaye's Dischord Records. Moss Icon was an Annapolis Maryland Emocore band from 1986 to 1991. Nation of Ulysses was a Post-hardcore band from Washington DC Dag Nasty was a Washington DC Hardcore punk band formed in 1985 by Brian Baker ( Guitar) of Minor Threat Soulside (or "Soul Side" were a Hardcore punk band from the greater Washington D Shudder to Think is an American Post-Hardcore / Alternative rock group Fire Party were a hardcore band from Washington DC They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990 Gray Matter was a Hardcore punk band from Washington DC, who played in the 1980s and 90s Dischord Records is a Washington DC -based Independent record label specializing in the independent punk music The original wave of DC emo finally ended in late 1994 with the collapse of Hoover. Hoover was an American Punk rock (or Post-hardcore) band from Washington DC.

As the D. C. scene expanded, other scenes began to develop with a similar sound and DIY ethic. The DIY ethic ( Do it yourself ethic refers to the ethic of being self-reliant by completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are likely more experienced complete In San Diego in the early 1990s, Gravity Records released a number of records in the hardcore emo style. Gravity Records is an influential underground Independent record label from San Diego. Bands of the period included Heroin, Indian Summer, Angel Hair, Antioch Arrow, Universal Order of Armageddon, Swing Kids, and Mohinder. Indian Summer was an early and influential American Emocore band originally from Oakland California. Antioch Arrow, from San Diego, California, was on the seminal hardcore / emo label Gravity Records, responsible for putting San Universal Order of Armageddon was an American hardcore band active in the early to mid 1990s Swing Kids were a hardcore / Screamo band from San Diego California during the mid 1990s Mohinder was a four-piece rock band from Cupertino, California Also in California, Ebullition Records released records by bands of the same vein, such as Still Life and Portraits of Past, as well as more traditional hardcore punk bands, all having various social and political themes in common. Kent McClard is a record label owner and zine publisher from Goleta California. History Still Life was a 3-piece rock band from Los Angeles California. Portraits of Past was an emo band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994-1995 Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s

At the same time, in the New York/New Jersey area, bands such as Native Nod, Merel, 1. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Native Nod were an emo band formed in the early 90's based in the New York / New Jersey area where they'd often play shows 6 Band, Policy of 3, Rye Coalition, Iconoclast and Quicksand^[2] were feeling the same impulse. History Policy of 3 were a four-piece emo band hailing from New Jersey in the early nineties Rye Coalition is a Hard rock band based in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Quicksand was a Post-hardcore band from New York City and retrospectively one of the most influential rock acts of that era and was led by former Gorilla Biscuits Many of these bands were involved with the ABC No Rio club scene in New York, itself a response to the violence and stagnation in the scene and with the bands that played at CBGBs, the only other small venue for hardcore in New York at the time. ABC No Rio is a Social center located at 156 Rivington street in New York City 's Lower East Side that was founded in 1980 CBGB ( Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan Much of this wave of emo, particularly the San Diego scene, began to shift towards a more chaotic and aggressive form of emo, nicknamed screamo. Screamo is a sub genre of Rock music which evolved from Hardcore punk and Emo in the early 1990s

By and large, the more hardcore style of emo began to fade as many of the early era groups disbanded. However, aspects of the sound remained in bands such as Four Hundred Years and Yaphet Kotto. Four Hundred Years was a melodic Screamo band from Richmond, VA. Also, a handful of modern bands continue to reflect emo's hardcore origins, including Circle Takes the Square, Hot Cross, City of Caterpillar, Funeral Diner, and A Day in Black and White. Circle Takes the Square (often abbreviated CTTS) is a Experimental / Hardcore punk band from Savannah, Georgia, USA. Hot Cross was a Hardcore punk / Screamo band from Philadelphia. City of Caterpillar was an American band from Richmond Virginia. Funeral Diner (1998-2007 was a Screamo band from Half Moon Bay California, located approximately 25 miles south of San Francisco, playing self-described A Day in Black and White are a band based in Washington DC who formed in 2001.

Following the disbanding of Embrace in 1986, MacKaye established the influential group Fugazi, and was soon joined by Picciotto. Fugazi are an American alternative / post-hardcore band that formed in Washington D While Fugazi itself is not typically categorized as emo, the band's music is cited as an influence by popular second-wave bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate,^[3] Braid,^[4] and Jimmy Eat World. Sunny Day Real Estate was an Indie rock band formed in Seattle Washington. Braid was an influential emo / Post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993 Jimmy Eat World is an American Alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. ^[5]

Early influence

In California - particularly in the Bay Area - bands such as Jawbreaker and Samiam began to incorporate influences from the "D. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the Jawbreaker was a San Francisco punk band The band also had roots in Los Angeles, where members Blake Schwarzenbach and Adam Pfahler attended Samiam is a band from El Sobrante California formed in 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. C. sound" into a poppier framework; The former's music was described by Andy Greenwald as "a sonic shot-gun marriage between the bristly heft of hardcore, the song-writing sensibility of Cali pop-punk, and the tortured artistry of D. C. emo". ^[6] Other bands soon reflected the same sense of rough melody, including Still Life and Long Island's Garden Variety. Garden Variety was an American rock band active in the 1990s During their time together the band created two LPs (a self-titled album in 1993 and Knocking

Also in the early 90s, bands like Lifetime reacted in their own way to the demise of youth crew styled straight-edge hardcore and desired to seek out a new direction. Lifetime is an influential American Melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. Youth crew is a subgenre of Hardcore punk that was pioneered by 7 Seconds in the early to mid-1980s and which thrived in the New York hardcore scene Straight Edge refers to a lifestyle that started within the Hardcore punk subculture whose adherents make a commitment to refrain from using alcohol, Tobacco While their music was often classified as emo, it was also considered to be melodic hardcore. Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of Hardcore punk. It is more melodic than traditional hardcore punk In response to the more metal direction their hardcore peers were taking, Lifetime initially decided to slow down and soften their music, adding more personal lyrics. The band later added a blend of speed, aggression, and melody that defined their sound. Lifetime's sound, lyrics, and style were a virtual blueprint for later bands, including Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday, and The Movielife. Saves the Day are a rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton New Jersey. Taking Back Sunday is a band from Amityville New York, Long Island, New York. The Movielife was a Long Island band which was together from 1997 to 2003 and comprised of vocalist Vinnie Caruana, bassist Sebastian Harrison

Second wave (1994–2000)

As Fugazi and the Dischord Records scene became more and more popular in the indie underground of the early 1990s, new bands began to spring up. Combining Fugazi with the post-punk influences of Mission of Burma and Hüsker Dü, a new genre of emo emerged. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Mission of Burma is an American Post-punk band formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1979 For other uses see Husker Du. Hüsker Dü was an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis-St

Perhaps the key moment was the release of the album Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate in 1994. Diary is the first studio album from the band Sunny Day Real Estate. Sunny Day Real Estate was an Indie rock band formed in Seattle Washington. Given Sub Pop's then-recent success with Nirvana and Soundgarden, the label was able to bring much wider attention to the release than the typical indie release, including major advertisements in Rolling Stone. Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The heavier label support allowed the band to secure performances on TV shows, including The Jon Stewart Show. The Jon Stewart Show was a short-lived Talk show hosted by Comedian Jon Stewart on MTV. As a result, the album received widespread national attention.

As more and more people learned about the band, particularly via the fledgling World Wide Web, the band was given the tag emo. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Even where Fugazi had not been considered emo, the new generation of fans shifted the tag from the earlier hardcore style to this more indie rock style of emo. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene It was not uncommon for Sunny Day and its peers to be labeled with the full "emo-core". However, when pressed to explain "emo", many fans split the genre into two brands: the "hardcore emo" practiced in the early days and the newer "indie emo".

In the years that followed, several major regions of "indie emo" emerged. The most significant appeared in the Midwest in the mid-90s. Many of the bands were influenced by the same sources, but with an even more tempered sound. This brand of emo was often referred to as "Midwestern emo" given the geographic location of the bands, with several of the best-known bands hailing from the areas around Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha and Milwaukee. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages The initial bands in this category included Boy's Life and Cap'n Jazz. Boys Life was an indie band from Kansas City, Missouri formed in 1993 Cap'n Jazz was a short-lived but highly-influential Emo band The group was formed in Chicago in 1989 by brothers Tim and Mike Kinsella, who were In ensuing years, bands such as The Promise Ring, Braid, Elliott, Cursive, and The Get Up Kids emerged from the same scene and gained national attention. The Promise Ring was an American band from Milwaukee Wisconsin. Braid was an influential emo / Post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993 Elliott was a rock band from Louisville Kentucky. They released four albums and several 7"s in their eight-year existence and were signed to Revelation Records Cursive is an Emo / Indie rock band from Omaha Nebraska, on Saddle Creek Records The Get Up Kids were an American indie rock band Forming in Kansas City Missouri in 1995 the band opened for bands such as Green Day and Weezer

The area around Phoenix, Arizona became another major scene for emo. Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, Inspired by Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate, former punk rockers Jimmy Eat World began stirring emo influences into their music, eventually releasing the album Static Prevails in 1996. Jimmy Eat World is an American Alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. Static Prevails is the second Album by Jimmy Eat World. It was released on July 23, 1996. The album was arguably the first emo record released by a major label, as the band had signed with Capitol Records in 1995. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as

Other bands that followed the "indie emo" model included Colorado's Christie Front Drive, New York's Texas Is the Reason and Rainer Maria, California's Knapsack and Sense Field, Baltimore's Cross My Heart, Austin's Mineral, and Boston's Piebald and Jejune. Christie Front Drive was an Indie rock / emo band formed in Denver in 1993. Texas Is the Reason was an emo rock group The group was founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994 Rainer Maria was an Indie rock band originally from Madison Wisconsin, later residing in Brooklyn New York. See also Knapsack (disambiguation Knapsack was formed in 1993 by Blair Shehan (vocals/guitar and Colby Mancasola (drums Sense Field was an Pop-rock / Post-hardcore band from California that formed in 1991 out of the ashes of hardcore band Reason to Believe Mineral was a prominent mid-90's American emo band originally from Houston, Texas, but soon relocated to Austin following their formation Piebald was an American Alternative rock band Piebald started as a hardcore band in Andover, Massachusetts, out of the same scene that produced legends Jejune is the name of a band which formed in the mid-90s at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

A Cornerstone of the late-Nineties emo movement was Weezer's 1996 album Pinkerton, which was to be considered one of the defining emo records of the 90s and was said to have introduced emo to a larger and more mainstream audience. Weezer (ˈwizɚ is an American Alternative rock band from Los Angeles California formed in 1992 Pinkerton is the second album by the American Alternative rock band Weezer, released on September 24 1996 ^[7][8]

As the wide range of emo bands began to attract notoriety on a national scale, a number of indie labels attempted to document the scene. Many emo bands of the late 90s signed to indie labels including Jade Tree Records, Saddle Creek Records, and Big Wheel Recreation. Jade Tree is an Independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington Delaware. Big Wheel Recreation was an Independent record label based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. In 1997, California's Crank! Records released a compilation titled (Don't Forget to) Breathe, which featured tracks by notable indie emo bands such as The Promise Ring, Christie Front Drive, Mineral, Knapsack, and Arizona's Seven Storey Mountain. Crank! Records is an Independent record label which was started by Jeff Matlow in September 1994. The Promise Ring was an American band from Milwaukee Wisconsin. In 1998, Deep Elm Records released the first installment in a series of compilations called Emo Diaries, featuring tracks from Jimmy Eat World, Samiam, and Jejune. Deep Elm Records is an Independent record label[http //wwwdeepelm Samiam is a band from El Sobrante California formed in 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. In 1999, famed 70s compilation label K-tel released an emo compilation titled Nowcore: The Punk Rock Evolution, which included tracks by Texas Is the Reason, Mineral, The Promise Ring, Knapsack, Braid and At the Drive-In among others. For the Albuquerque Telemundo station see KTEL-LP. K-tel International is an " As-Seen-On-TV " company which is most noted for Braid was an influential emo / Post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993 At the Drive-In was an influential American Post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, that was active from 1993 to 2001

With the late-90s emo scene being more national than regional, major labels began to turn their attention toward signing emo bands with the hopes of capitalizing on the genre's popularity. Many bands resisted the lure, citing their loyalty to the independent mentality of the scene. Several bands cited what they saw as mistreatment of bands such as Jawbox and Jawbreaker while they were signed to majors as a reason to stay away. The conflict felt within many of the courted emo bands resulted in their break-ups, including Texas Is the Reason and Mineral.

By the end of the decade, the word emo cropped up in mainstream circles. In the summer of 1998, Teen People magazine ran an article declaring "emo" the newest "hip" style of music, with The Promise Ring a band worth watching. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published The independent nature of the emo scene recoiled at mainstream attention, and many emo bands shifted their sound in an attempt to isolate themselves from the genre. In the years that followed, Sunny Day Real Estate opted to shift to a more prog-rock direction, Jejune aimed for happy pop-rock, and The Get Up Kids and The Promise Ring released lite-rock albums.

While "indie emo" almost completely ceased to exist by the end of the decade, many bands still subscribe to the Fugazi / Hüsker Dü model, including Thursday, The Juliana Theory, and Sparta. Thursday is a Post-hardcore band from New Brunswick New Jersey that has released four full-length albums. The Juliana Theory was an Alternative rock quintet from Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Sparta is an American Alternative rock band from El Paso Texas, formed in 2001

Third wave (2000-present)

At the end of the 1990s, the underground emo scene had almost entirely disappeared. However, the term emo was still being bandied about in mainstream media, almost always attached to the few remaining 90s emo acts, including Jimmy Eat World. Jimmy Eat World is an American Alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993.

However, towards the end of the 1990s, Jimmy Eat World had begun to shift in a more mainstream direction. Jimmy Eat World is an American Alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. Where Jimmy Eat World had played emocore-style music early in their career, by the time of the release of their 2001 album Bleed American, the band had downplayed its emo influences, releasing more pop-oriented singles such as "The Middle" and "Sweetness". Bleed American is the fourth Album by Jimmy Eat World. It was released on July 18, 2001, and became self-titled ( Jimmy Eat " The Middle " is a single from Jimmy Eat World. It is the second single and third track from Jimmy Eat World's album Bleed American. " Sweetness " is a single by Jimmy Eat World. It appeared on the 2001 album Bleed American. As the public had become aware of the word emo and knew that Jimmy Eat World was associated with it, the band continued to be referred to as an "emo" band, despite their objections. Newer bands that sounded like Jimmy Eat World (and, in some cases, like the more melodic emo bands of the late 90s) were soon included in the genre. ^[9]

2003 saw the success of Chris Carrabba, the former singer of emo band Further Seems Forever, and his project Dashboard Confessional. Christopher Andrew "Ender" Carrabba (born April 10, 1975) is the lead Singer and Guitarist of the acoustic - Further Seems Forever was an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach Florida and disbanded in 2006 Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton Florida, led by Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. Despite musically being more aligned to the singer songwriter school, Carraba found himself part of the emerging "popular" emo scene. Carrabba's music featured lyrics founded in deep diary-like outpourings of emotion. While certainly emotional, the new "emo" had a far greater appeal amongst adolescents than its earlier incarnations. ^[10]

With Dashboard Confessional and Jimmy Eat World's success, major labels began seeking out similar sounding bands. Just as many bands of the early-to-mid 1990s were unwillingly lumped under the umbrella of "grunge", some record labels wanted to be able to market a new sound under the word emo.

At the same time, use of the term "emo" expanded beyond the musical genre, which added to the confusion surrounding the term. The word "emo" became associated with open displays of strong emotion. Common fashion styles and attitudes that were becoming idiomatic of fans of similar "emo" bands also began to be referred to as "emo. " As a result, bands that were loosely associated with "emo" trends or simply demonstrated emotion began to be referred to as emo. ^[11]

In an even more expanded way than in the 90s, emo has come to encompass an extremely wide variety of bands, many of whom have very little in common. The term has become so broad that it has become nearly impossible to describe what exactly qualifies as "emo".

The classification of bands as "emo" is often controversial. Fans of several of the listed bands have recoiled at the use of the "emo" tag, and have gone to great lengths to explain why they don't qualify as "emo. " In many cases, the term has simply been attached to them because of musical similarities, a common fashion sense, or because of the band's popularity within the "emo" scene, not because the band adheres to emo as a music genre.

As a result of the continuing shift of "emo" over the years, a serious schism has emerged between those who relate to particular eras of "emo. " Those who were closely attached to the hardcore origins recoil when another type of music is called "emo". Many involved in the independent nature of both 80s and 90s emo are upset at the perceived hijacking of the word emo to sell a new generation of major label music. Regardless, popular culture appears to have embraced the terms of "emo" far beyond its original intentions.

In a strange twist, screamo, a sub-genre of the new emo, has found greater popularity in recent years through bands such as Glassjaw. Glassjaw is an influential four-piece Hardcore punk band from Long Island New York. ^[12] The term screamo, however, was used to describe an entirely different genre in the early 1990s, and the new screamo bands more resemble the emo of the early 1990s. Screamo is a sub genre of Rock music which evolved from Hardcore punk and Emo in the early 1990s Complicating matters further is that several small scenes devoted to original screamo still exist in the underground. However, the new use of "screamo" demonstrates how the shift in terms connected to "emo" has made the varying genres difficult to categorize.

The difficulty in defining "emo" as a genre may have started at the very beginning. In a 2003 interview by Mark Prindle, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring was asked how he felt about "being the creator of the emo genre. Guy Picciotto is an American musician from Washington DC. He is most widely known for his roles as the guitarist and vocalist for the groups Fugazi and Rites Fugazi are an American alternative / post-hardcore band that formed in Washington D Rites of Spring was an early American Hardcore punk band from Washington D " He responded:

I don't recognize that attribution. I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me. Bad Brains are an American Hardcore punk band formed in Washington D

—Mark Prindle, Interview with Guy Picciotto. MarkPrindle. com (2003).

See List of emo artists

Fashion and stereotype

Emo is also often associated with a certain fashion. This is a list of notable music artists who have been referred to as or had their music described as Emo A fringe (or bangs in the United States and Canada) is a shaped cutting of the front part of the Hair so that it is combed forward and hangs The term "emo" is sometimes stereotyped with tight jeans on males and females alike, long fringe (bangs) brushed to one side of the face or over one or both eyes, dyed black, straight hair, tight t-shirts (sometimes short sleeved) which often bear the names of emo bands (or other designer shirts), studded belts, belt buckles, canvas sneakers or skate shoes or other black shoes (often old and beaten up) and thick, black horn-rimmed glasses. Jeans are Trousers made from Denim. Mainly designed for work, they became popular among Teenagers starting in the 1950s. A fringe (or bangs in the United States and Canada) is a shaped cutting of the front part of the Hair so that it is combed forward and hangs A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. A belt is a flexible band typically made of Leather or heavy Cloth, and worn around the Waist. This article is about shoes used in Skateboarding. For other uses see Roller shoes Skate shoes are shoes specially designed and Horn-rimmed glasses are a type of Eyeglasses with frames made of horn, Tortoise shell, or plastic that simulates either material ^[13][14][15] Emo fashion has changed with time. Early trends included straight, unparted hair, tightly fitting sweaters, button-down shirts, and work jackets. This fashion has at times been characterized as a fad. ^[16]

In recent years the popular media has associated emo with a stereotype that includes being emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, or angsty. ^[17][18][19] It is also associated with depression, self-injury, and suicide. In the fields of Psychology and Psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to both expected and pathologically chronic or severe Self-injury ( SI) or self-harm ( SH) is deliberate Injury inflicted by a person upon their own body without suicidal intent ^[20][21]

Criticism

As certain fashion trends and attitudes began to be associated with "emo", stereotypes emerged that created a specific target for criticism. In the early 2000s, the criticism was relatively light-hearted and self-effacing. In ensuing years, the derision increased dramatically. Fans of emo are often presumed by others to be homosexual, this is largely a reflection of the style of dress popular within the "emo scene" and the purported displays of emotion common in the scene. Complaints pointed to the histrionic manner in which the emotions were expressed. Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a Personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and Attention -seeking including an ^[22]

In October of 2003, a Punk Planet contributor leveled the charge that the current era of emo was sexist. Punk Planet was a 16000 print run Punk zine, based in Chicago Illinois, that focused most of its energy on looking at Punk subculture rather Hopper argued that where bands such as Jawbox, Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate had characterized women in such a way that they were not "exclusively defined by their absence or lensed through romantic-specter",^[23] contemporary bands approached relationship issues by "damning the girl on the other side . . . its woman-induced misery has gone from being descriptive to being prescriptive. " Regarding the position of women listening to emo, the contributor went on to note that the music had become "just another forum where women were locked in a stasis of outside observation, observing ourselves through the eyes of others. "

Critics of modern emo have argued that there is a tendency toward increasingly generic and homogenized style. ^[24] Many popular bands have attempted to disassociate themselves with the "emo" tag; some have adopted the genre designation post-hardcore. Post-hardcore evolved from Hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader Punk rock movement

In 2008, Time Magazine reported that "anti-emo" groups attacked teenagers in Mexico City, Santiago de Querétaro, and Tijuana. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Tijuana (ˌtiːəˈwɑːnə Spanish, ti'xwana|ti'ʍana is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the U ^[25][26]

Emo music has been blamed for the suicide by hanging of Hannah Bond by both the coroner at the inquest into her death and her mother, Heather Bond, after it was claimed that emo music glamorized suicide and her apparent obsession with the emo band, My Chemical Romance was said to be linked to her suicide. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or' My Chem') is an American alternative / post-hardcore quintet that formed in 2001 The inquest heard that she was part of an internet "emo" cult ^[27] and her Bebo page contained an image of an 'emo girl' with bloody wrists. ^[28] It was also revealed that she had discussed "the glamour of hanging" online^[27] and had explained to her parents that her self harming was an "emo initiation ceremony"^[28]. Self-injury ( SI) or self-harm ( SH) is deliberate Injury inflicted by a person upon their own body without suicidal intent Heather Bond criticised emo fashion, saying: "There are 'emo' websites that show pink teddies hanging themselves. " After the verdict was reported in NME, fans of emo music contacted the magazine to defend accusations that it promotes self harm and suicide. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been ^[29]

See also

• Emo rap
• Punk subculture
• Screamo
• Straight edge

References

Bibliography

• Radin, Andy. What the heck *is* emo, anyway?. Retrieved on July 17, 2005.
• Andersen, Mark (2001). Dance Of Days, Two Decades of Punk In The Nations Capitol. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 1-887128-49-2.  
• Greenwald, Andy (2003). Nothing Feels Good. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-30863-9.  

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