Emo MuziK

› What iz Emo Muzik

Emocore has been subject of much debate since it first appeared. So...emo is a genre of rock muzik_! At first, the term waz used to describe a subgenre of hardcore punk in the '80s_! Later, 'emocore' waz used to describe the DC scene and regional scenes related_!!
The biggest names of the period are Fire Party, Rites of Spring, One Last Wish, Embrace, Beefeater, Gray Matter, and Moss Icon_!!

The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s_! In the mid '90s, 'emo' began to reflect the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi_! Bands lyk 'Texas is the reason' and 'Sunny Day Real Estate' introduced a more indie rock style of emo, less violent than it's predecessor_! "Indie emo" survived until the late '90s_! As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of muzik that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture_!!

Whereas, even in the past, the term Emo waz 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 muzik_!!



› Emo Bands

Here are some bands that members from our forum recommend, yuh can also tell your opinion about them if yuh register there_! Also, if your favourite band isn't listed here, I vud be grateful if yuh vud post it in our forum_!Before listing the bands I vud lyk to mention I strongly DON'T recommend yuh bands lyk My Chemical Romance or Fall Out Boy_!!

Emo Bands
» Matchbook Romance
» Moss Icon
» City of Caterpillar
» Rites of Spring
» Poison the Well
» The Rocket Summer
» Tomorrow's Last Hero
» Senses Fail

Screamo Bands
» The Used
» Love like Electrocution
» Clip the Apex
» Neil Perry
» Ape Shit
» The Khayembii Communique
» I Would Set Myself on Fire For You
» Herbrightskies

Post-Emo Bands
» Mineral
» Sense Field
» Texas Is The Reason
» Jimmy Eat World

Indie Bands
» Dashboard Confessional
» Death Cab for Cutie
» Straylight Run
» Cursive
» Patrick Wolf
» Beep Beep
» North Of America
» The Driveway
» Cansei de Ser Sexy
» Elliott Smith
» The Summer Obsession
» The Scene Aesthetic

Hardcore Bands
» Bring me the horizon
» Circle Takes the Square

Post-Hardcore Bands
» From first to last
» Saosin
» A day to remember
» Thursday
» Funeral for a friend
» Enter Shikari
» Emanuel
» LoveHateHero

Punk Bands
» Blink 182
» Jawbreaker
» NOFX
» Billy Talent
» Dirty Little Monkey
» Sum 41
» Rise Against

Metal Bands
» Within Temptation
» Bullet for my Valentine
» Staind
» NightWish
» Anathema
» Avenged sevenfold
» Otep
» Cradle of Filth
» Slipknot
» Hatebreed
» Chimaira
» System Of A Down
» HIM
» Rhapsody of Fire

› More about Emo Muzik

♥ Emo Muzik is something that is rather ambiguously defined. It can be something that has heavy punk chords and influence such as what I've heard from the Sex Pistols, but it can also be something with soft melodic characteristics like what I've heard from the Cure. This is why emo is such a hard concept to define. It is an expression of emotion in some way.

♥ Emotions can vary from angry to sad to happy, and emo muzik is an expression of those experiences as well as their range. When it comes to the emo muzik scene, there are many bands that may claim to be the founders of the cultural movement. However, you would have to look across the pond to gloomy England to find the real Kings of emo muzik. The Cure have been going strong now for over 20 years, writing songs that could make any 16 year old boy break into tears, even the football players. Their catchy guitar riffs and honest, emotional vocals have been mimicked by almost every emo artist to date. Another band from across the pond that has definitely influenced the emo muzik scene is Depeche Mode. They might be a primarily electronic band, but their moody lyrics and loner style has crept into every facet of the emo scene.

♥ In recent years emo muzik has even moved away from the punk sound and many bands are starting to adopt more electronic elements to their sound. Death Cab for Cutie is a perfect example, whose lead singer Ben Gibbard also fronts the entirely electronic project the Postal Service. Emo muzik is becoming very popular among teens.

♥ Emo muzik got its roots from punk rock and the infusion of indie rock. The genre developed in the early 1980’s arguably from such influences as the Cure and Sunny Day Real Estate. In the 1990’s one example of Emo bands would be Fugazi or Texas Is the Reason. Texas Is the Reason is a more indie version of Emo while Fugazi is certainly punk. While a band like Modest Mouse might easily be mistaken for an Emo band because they are punk influenced, highly emotional, and extremely fashionable, they are not Emo. The reason is that their lyrics are more metaphors than straight forwardly emotional lyrics.

♥ Lyrics that talk about crying in despair after a death in the family are Emo. The second lyrics do not leave the listener to wonder what is being expressed. The desert could be a reference to drying out from alcohol abuse or it could be a metaphor for death or bareness. Because there are different styles of Emo muzik such as emocore and screamo, what is Emo muzik is an ambiguous definition.

♥ Loosely defined, Emo muzik is muzik that is highly emotional and very straightforward in the expression of that emotion. However, Emo muzik could be as potent and raging as something like what I hear from Suicidal Tendencies. The screaming anger and aggression that comes from Suicidal Tendencies is emotional just like Cat Power, but the delivery is much different. The important overarching theme here is in potent Emotions. Some of the contributions to the Emo scene in the last ten years have come from such artists as: Further Seems Forever, the Promise Ring, Benton Falls, or Army of Ponch_!!

By : pNkJ KwaTra