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Noirmoth · 11-14-2009, 05:51 PM

Blarg..Oh Emo..A subject i never stop hearing about.
I'm gonna leave at the doorstep my feelings about emo, and just give you the skinny on this 80's subculture, which became the bastardization it is today.

As far as i can tell you, it all started around the 1980's, mostly with the band Rites of Springs. They added emotional lyrics to the work, and soon that caught on. As all fads in the 80's did, it died, but it was later, around the 2000 It had risen once again, BUT it took mass media by storm,mostly due to fashion, acts related to the scene and
Blablabla history blablabla

The real reason for Emo music, roughly, is to express emotion to a point. Punk, yes they had that sort of thing, and so did goth ( Oh no! I lumped Emo and Goth into the same category, drama drama drama), But they changed how the music sounded with the lyrics as well. It wasn't about anger, or stuff. It was more sensitive, and ...Well.. Emotional.

Still, names of bands were listed already (and "Ubergoffs" were rejecting.), so i suggest studying the roots first. It will give you a better idea of where it came from and how it came to be?

(Yeah, My history and crap might be a bit flawed, i dunno... But the advice is decent, dammit.)

11-14-2009, 05:51 PM	#12
Noirmoth Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milton, Canada Posts: 26	Blarg..Oh Emo..A subject i never stop hearing about. I'm gonna leave at the doorstep my feelings about emo, and just give you the skinny on this 80's subculture, which became the bastardization it is today. As far as i can tell you, it all started around the 1980's, mostly with the band Rites of Springs. They added emotional lyrics to the work, and soon that caught on. As all fads in the 80's did, it died, but it was later, around the 2000 It had risen once again, BUT it took mass media by storm,mostly due to fashion, acts related to the scene and Blablabla history blablabla The real reason for Emo music, roughly, is to express emotion to a point. Punk, yes they had that sort of thing, and so did goth ( Oh no! I lumped Emo and Goth into the same category, drama drama drama), But they changed how the music sounded with the lyrics as well. It wasn't about anger, or stuff. It was more sensitive, and ...Well.. Emotional. Still, names of bands were listed already (and "Ubergoffs" were rejecting.), so i suggest studying the roots first. It will give you a better idea of where it came from and how it came to be? (Yeah, My history and crap might be a bit flawed, i dunno... But the advice is decent, dammit.)