Emo Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
- See Emo (disambiguation) for other uses of the term Emo.
The genre (or at least the classic "DC sound," popularized by bands such as Faith, Rites of Spring, and Embrace) has its roots in punk rock. An early example of the form was the post-punk band Mission of Burma, who between 1979 and 1983 did much to expand punk beyond its original constraints while still retaining its raw emotional power. Argued by some as the biggest influence over the genre was Minneapolis, MN's Hüsker Dü, whose 1984 album Zen Arcade provided the "blueprints" for early emo: complex music with intense vocals and deeply introspective songwriting. Another influential early emo (or "emocore", as it became known) band Rites of Spring sped up this style.
The next stage in the genre's evolution came in 1982 through 1992 with bands such as Indian Summer, Moss Icon, Policy of Three, Still Life and Navio Forge. The "quiet/loud" dynamic often heard in the music of recent bands such as Saetia and Thursday was pioneered by bands such as this. Vocally, these bands intensified the emocore style. Such bands were often left crying or screaming at the end of their performances. This led to many hardcore punk fans putting down emo fans as "fags", or "weaklings."
Just as emo added a new found intensity to the original emocore style, the style of hardcore emo brought the intensity to a climax. The scene had its beginnings in 1991–1992 with bands such as Heroin, Portraits of Past and Antioch Arrow, who played chaotic hardcore music with abrasive, emotional vocals.
After building to a climax in terms of chaos and intensity with hardcore emo, the genre began to slow down. Bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate and Mineral came forth playing a slower but still frail and emotional style of emo, mixing the early, emocore sound of Rites of Spring with the post-hardcore innovation of Fugazi.
Today, the term "emo" continues to become increasingly ambiguous. With the success of bands such as The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World and The Promise Ring, the mainstream media became ever more interested in the genre, tending to label many indie-rock bands as emo. The term has become a catch-all encompassing many guitar-pop bands that have emerged from the underground, and bands as diverse as Thursday and Taking Back Sunday being referred to in the same breath as Dashboard Confessional and the New Amsterdams.
However, the phenomenon of "emo" has also started to extend beyond music. Saying someone is "so emo" usually refers to someone that gets depressed easily and may develop into thoughts of suicide. Saying you are feeling "emo" has become a synonym for depression. This has come out of the form of emo that has broken away from the distorted punk sound to quiet acoustic guitars, the most representative of today being Bright Eyes.
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