Do you like it? I like it to a certain extent. I don't like the hardcore bands like The Fall of Troy, Atreyu, and As I Lay Dying. I go for mostly the softer to almost hardcore. If you've never tried emo out, heres a few testers for you

Soft- Jimmy Eat World- Your House
Jimmy Eat World- The Middle

Harder...- A Thorn for Every Heart - 99 With An Anchor
Emery- So Cold I Could See My Breath

And harder...- Underoath- Reinventing Your Exit
Circa Survive- I've Been Dying to Reach You
Saosin- I Can Tell There Was An Accident Here Earlier

Almost too hard..- Atreyu- Right Side of the Bed

Go ahead, try it.

Atreyu makes me want to stab myself in the ear.

i dont think Jimmy Eat World is emo.

and there is a difference between emo,hardcore,screamo,posthardcore,etc.

Jimmy Eat World in my opinion is emo. I honestly don't think its the screaming part of a song that makes it emo, I think its more based on the lyrics. Hardcore, screamo, post hardcore are just sub genres of Emo.

so i hate the word emo. stop making a fuss out of what band is what genre and listen to them.

that is all.

actually, hardcore is a subgenre of metal.

Er. I like Mars Volta. Dunno where they'd be on the emo spectrum, but yeah. Love them to death. And I'm not emo either. ^^

So what does emo mean? I mean, what makes a band emo? jw

Emo = Emotional

There is 2 different kinds of meaning of Emo!


- Emo (music), a subgenre of hardcore punks

- Emo (slang), a slang term used to describe a wide range of fashion styles and attitudes somewhat affiliated with emo music

On to the topics
These are bands that are also considered as so called emo:

-Dashboard Confessional began to popularize a more dramatic and personal style of "emo"
-My Chemical Romance, including their use of makeup (particularly black eyeliner) and longish hair covering the face

Fall Out Boy, AFI, Green Day

As far as fashion goes, I can't really tell emo from goth or even from punk nowadays. They all start looking pretty much the same to me.

In terms of music, my personal theory is that the rock subgenre we all know as emo today are deviants/sub-branch combinations of the punk and hardcore subgenres. Still, it gets a little vague and overlappish at times and I can't be bothered to nit-pick these days.

The closest I'll get to emo music would be The Cure. They're generally regarded as post-punk from a chronological perspective but they don't really have a classification. Personally, I reckon they're one of the earlier incarnations and fore-fathers of the emo-subgenre in recent history. Above that, they didn't need massive distortion and pre-pubescent screaming to get a good message across

I love them too but I don't know why they're considered emo.

Thanks for explaining it to me Evil_Monkey666!

The word emo does not make sense to me. I mean, does that mean Mozart is emo since his music is emotional?

I don't like the term emo because everyone has a different view of what's considered emo music and what isn't. Therefore... I have no clue if I like emo music -__-

^ agreed..

emo is some confusing type genre..

underOATH and circa survive aren't emo.

Emo means emotional hardcore music. I don't know when it became a style though....

I feel there's a misconception on what 'emo' is.
it's progressed into a stereotype, but really, it doesn't mean 'emotional' or the kids with eyeliner and hair-over-one-eye bit. it's just a genre of music that sometimes overlaps with other kinds. it's a word that's becoming abused, haha.

jimmy eat world is more pop punk.
as well as fall out boy and green day.
the mars volta is more rock/progressive.
circa survive is indie/experimental.
underoath is more hardcore/screamo/alternative.

i don't know, haha.
completely random side note, i'm seeing a lot of the bands mentioned in this thread in concert @ the bamboozle [new jersey].
www.thebamboozle.com

anyone else in my area?

emery is pretty emo..
senses fail is emo..

but then again, country music has pretty emo lyrics.

theres only one song i like from atreyu and thats "ex`s and oh`s". other than that.. the rest of their socks is too hardcore rock for me o_O;;

it became a style when seventeen magazine featured two styles for guys and gals===

you know a little page for 'how to dress emo' and 'what emo'...it was like a small insider on it---

after that---everyone started popping up with dark hair-- smaller pants size--the swoop--- striipes--and i forgot--

i remember because i wanted to start dressing like it--except---i had no clue on what emo was..so why bother dressing like it..when you don't even know what type of genre it is--- also ..i couldn't wear small high water pants--

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS IS EMO--i'm sure everyone knew that-- i dont like them though--in my opinion..they don't do so good live-- ^^;; (sorry HH fans)

I'll not get into the roots of emo as I've already done so before. But if you want landmark albums...

Get Up Kids - Something To Write Home About
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

The emo label is used a bit too liberally.

please do not label the fall of troy as emo. thanks.

REAL EMO IS "THE BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE."


EMO ARTISTS MAKE SONGS THAT ARE ABOUT HEARTBREAKK, and teenage anguish =]

underoath, atreyu, saosin, emery -- NOT EMO.

you made me laugh..in a good way

i guess their emotional means just pissed off at the world
sad lyrics..depressed views on life

i read somewhere that it said lasse lindh's music is considered emo...
i guess...?

my views on the style emo...
it looks bad
the scene style is like a happier/more colorful version of emo i say

i love bullet for my valentine *_____*

ratat mothafawkin tat.

ah, emo is not a style. it's a genre of music.
but you're right, the scene is a lot more happier.