What the hell is an Emo?

[Diff-chan]

PLAYLIST
the early november
fall out boy
thursday
planes mistaken for stars
from autumn to ashes
engine down

I played Planes Mistaken for Stars on the radio show I was doing last quarter. It was total garbage.

[Fe 26]

The Rolling Stones fucking rock.

really?

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[Drewbacca]

I'm ashamed of TNL. The first reply to this thread should have yeilded a picture of Opaque.

[bbobb]

What about Sunny Day Real Estate, aren't they considered original Emo?

I don't think they're considered the original. But they are one of the early emo bands.

And still one of the best.

I'm not sure, mid to late 90's I think. But I really doubt you'll see many people at their shows now that you would have in, say, 1998.

I doubt you'll see anyone at their shows... being that they're not together anymore.

The Fire Theft is the newest band with most of the Sunny Day members... but it's nowhere near as good.

[Rhydant]

really?

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pwned by IP.
This just goes to show you: Opaque tries too hard to be cool.

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How could you not know that was a Stones song? YOU'VE PLAYED TWISTED METAL: BLACK! ITS THE BLOODY THEME SONG!

[Mr-K]

If it looked good, yeah. Glasses have a sort of power in them though.

... I don't think I would mind if a girl wore fake specs. That's how much I like girls with glasses.

What about Sunny Day Real Estate, aren't they considered original Emo?

I always thought that title went to Rites of Spring.

[Mman]

Yeah, Rites of Spring are generally considered the founders. The bands that followed them sort of had a rediculous admiration for them. Sunny Day Real Estate just sort of tied the emo feeling into a more palatable package, which in turn inspired a bunch of other punk bands that got popular, but who did not neccesarily play emo music. That is how the label got passed on, and even if todays emo has lost almost any resemblance to that of the early 90s and 80s it does have a central influence.

[Vasteel]

... I don't think I would mind if a girl wore fake specs. That's how much I like girls with glasses.


I always thought that title went to Rites of Spring.

I've always wanted a fucking eye patch and gnarly scar where the eye used to be. But until I lose my fucking eye in battle, I don't get to wear the eyepatch.
Glasses should be the same way. Them's the rules.

What about Life's Blood(although I guess they are more hardcore) or Hot Water Music.

[Mman]

What about Life's Blood(although I guess they are more hardcore) or Hot Water Music.

Early emo is a direct result of hardcore. Rites of Spring, however, started their thing as early as 84.

[Vasteel]

Rites of Spring, however, started their thing as early as 84.

Now I know...and knowing is half the battle.

Yeah, I remember going to shows and emo bands weren't really seperate. Egress is the best of all the late 90's bands, IM not so HO.