I'm sick of people labelling bands "emo" just because the vocals are screamed or the band members dress "emo".
Emo is a shortened version of Emotive hardcore, which came from hardcore (punk). the differences with hardcore is that the vocals can be screamed or whined instead of roars and growls. Original emo, borrowed pretty heavily in terms of hardcore but these days the emo scenehas moved to pretty funky melodies and harmonies, similar to mathrock. i see a lot of people labelling bands emo based on the lyrics, which does borrow from the proper genre, where the lyrics surround relationships and/or something happening to said relationship. but then the other end of the spectrum, a lot of r'n'b artists sing about the same thing but you don't see people saying usher is emo. lyrics don't play all that much in emotive hardcore nowadays, its mainly defined by the strained or whined vocals. instruments lie inbetween hardcore to mathrock to postrock.
then lets look at the dress sense
How "Emo"'s dress
How Bands that play emo music dress
they're pretty much skate kids.
black, side fringes, makeup e.t.c belong in scene. definitely not emo.
What bands aren't emo:
My Chemical Romance
Simple Plan
Hawthorne Heights
Taking back Sunday
Amberlin
the used
Definitely not any metalcore (and its subgenres) bands. you can tell the difference simply by listening to the pace of a song, metal death grind e.t.c all have much, much more complex and technical playing. you can easily tell by listening to the drums. Guitars are usually heavily distorted, sharp solo's now and again and interesting riffs. following metal pretty closely.
What bands are emo:
Rites of Spring
Gray Matter
Sleepytime Trio
Moss icon
these are all the older bands of emotive of hardcore.
and then the more recent emo bands
American Football
Hightide Hotel
Snowing
Small Brown Bike
Castevet
Street Smart Cyclist
Algernon
you know?
American Football - Honestly?
Snowing - Sam Rudich
Castevet - Evil Robot with Swords for hands
Hightide Hotel - The tender and the terrible
Emo is a shortened version of Emotive hardcore, which came from hardcore (punk). the differences with hardcore is that the vocals can be screamed or whined instead of roars and growls. Original emo, borrowed pretty heavily in terms of hardcore but these days the emo scenehas moved to pretty funky melodies and harmonies, similar to mathrock. i see a lot of people labelling bands emo based on the lyrics, which does borrow from the proper genre, where the lyrics surround relationships and/or something happening to said relationship. but then the other end of the spectrum, a lot of r'n'b artists sing about the same thing but you don't see people saying usher is emo. lyrics don't play all that much in emotive hardcore nowadays, its mainly defined by the strained or whined vocals. instruments lie inbetween hardcore to mathrock to postrock.
then lets look at the dress sense
How "Emo"'s dress
How Bands that play emo music dress
they're pretty much skate kids.
black, side fringes, makeup e.t.c belong in scene. definitely not emo.
What bands aren't emo:
My Chemical Romance
Simple Plan
Hawthorne Heights
Taking back Sunday
Amberlin
the used
Definitely not any metalcore (and its subgenres) bands. you can tell the difference simply by listening to the pace of a song, metal death grind e.t.c all have much, much more complex and technical playing. you can easily tell by listening to the drums. Guitars are usually heavily distorted, sharp solo's now and again and interesting riffs. following metal pretty closely.
What bands are emo:
Rites of Spring
Gray Matter
Sleepytime Trio
Moss icon
these are all the older bands of emotive of hardcore.
and then the more recent emo bands
American Football
Hightide Hotel
Snowing
Small Brown Bike
Castevet
Street Smart Cyclist
Algernon
you know?
American Football - Honestly?
Snowing - Sam Rudich
Castevet - Evil Robot with Swords for hands
Hightide Hotel - The tender and the terrible
