[freakxpink]

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.

[girl armageddon]

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.

[freakxpink]

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.

[love.is.red]

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

that is all.

[girl armageddon]

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.

actually, hardcore is a subgenre of metal.

[Malice_Kaiser]

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. ^^

[broken.wings]

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

[Evil_Monkey666]

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

[prequality]

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

[fairy_mystik]

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. ^^

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

[broken.wings]

Thanks for explaining it to me Evil_Monkey666!

[uiyoltan]

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

[MzBeciko]

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

[vc1188]

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 -__-

[bluecarrot]

^ agreed..

emo is some confusing type genre..

[heartxbroadcast]

underOATH and circa survive aren't emo.

[2552]

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

[heartwreckss]

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?

[silliesmiles]

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

but then again, country music has pretty emo lyrics.

[yunax21]

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;;