What it was like being an EMO in 2005!

[@41919isinappropriate]

I’d like to point out that emo has existed since the 80s. It’s origins were in the Washington DC hardcore punk scene, in which bands such as Rites of Spring (the first ever emo band) and Embrace made a version of hardcore with slower guitar riffs and more introspective and emotional lyrics. If you listen to this stuff, it’s a lot less accessible than what emo would evolve into. Most of the emo bands that got popular during the 2000s were emo pop, which combines emo and pop-punk. Also, midwest emo is worth a mention. There are some small bands like The Casper Fight Scene and Small Comforts that are midwest emo that I love.

[@юляя]

я так сильно люблю the used почему все о них забыли (

[@mykyrox]

The concept of wanting to be in an era as it’s happening is complicated. It’s easy to have access to everything and want to be there. While when u are in it, time is slow. Everting is building, to become the thing. Like looking at something from a distance. Best way to go back would be at the Warp Tour‼️‼️‼️

[@TroyBarrettEntertainment]

@mykyrox I didn't know Warped tour was still going! Wow!

[@GravityDontMeanTooMuchTooMe]

​@@TroyBarrettEntertainment I think they canceled it and brought it back or something

[@KaiDecadence]

So uh, there was quite a lot of misinformation about the emo music genre and the subculture centered around it here but before I say anything further, please don';t take this as an attack because I grew up in this time just like you ad well and I remember believing all this at the time as well. I wasn't a "emo" (especially when I explain the hidden truth about the genre) but I enjoyed the music when I was a teen with AFI being my most favorite, I listened to the "Sing the Sorrow" album so much lol So believe me, I too was one of the teens back in the 2000s who thought all "those" bands were "emo bands" but low and behold, a good few years later I learned that most of these bands that were being called "emo" by the mainstream really weren't emo and were just pop punk and/or alternative (in the case of MCR when not doing their pop punk songs) music. Another commenter pointed out that emo actually started in the 80s in the Washington DC Hardcore scene with Rites of Spring and yep, that's where it began but the genre didn't really explose until the 90s but even then, it was all mostly underground stuff with bands like The Promise Ring, Mineral, The Get Up Kids, CapnJazz, and Sunny Day Real Estate to name a few. Needless to say, the only actual "emo" bands that hit mainstream in the 2000s that we got wide access to when we were teens was Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, and Dashboard Confessional. But I think the reason why the confusion started to happen was when My Chemical Romance hit mainstream success with their "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" album and the mainstream focused on the band's (at the time) darker look and their lyrics but not so much on the actual sound of the instrumentals. To be fair, Gerard Way had stated quite a few times in interviews during that time that MCR was not "emo" but obviously people just thought he was being cheeky, I know I did at the time but when you listen to actual emo and compare it to MCR, it doesn't sound like emo music at all and that's because MCR were a pop-punk band (though started out as a post-hardcore band with their debut album) and dabbled with Arena Rock (The Black Parade). And this confusion spread with Taking Back Sunday when they eventually started flirting with pop punk with songs like "This Photograph Is Proof", "MakeDamnSure", and "Sink Into Me" where us listeners who weren't exposed to other (actual) emo music and assumed that every song a band did would be that genre, this contributed to the confusion even more. And this confusion with media focusing on the band's looks (Paramore, From First to Last, , especially the hairstyles (the iconic side swept bangs) that a lot of these pop punk and modern alternative rock (of that time) were sporting which woudl go on to misconstrue the "emo look". I say "misconstrue" because when you look at how a lot of these actual emo bands' musicians dressed like, they dressed nothing like what the stereotype paints them as with the side swept bangs, gauge & /or snake bite lip piercings, and skinny jeans with studded belts worn over the belt loops (not hating, I did this lol), in fact they all mostly looked relatively "normie" (for lack of better word lol). Anyway my comment is long enough but all this to say, I do remember those times and it's certainly nostalgiac and part of me misses it, mainly because at least for me, I hardly run into people who listen to rock type music in general anymore and it's all about top 40 pop, rap, and hip-hop music now lol In saying that, it's just funny when you learn about things and see that the media did misconstrue it but that didn't make the music any less fun or enjoyable for sure.

[@TroyBarrettEntertainment]

@KaiDecadence thanks for your amazing insight!! It definitely was an awesome time and one that I miss!