An urban tribe that had its peak in 2008, 2009 and 2010 but is still valid today.
He December 19 is celebrated around the world as International Emo Day.a subculture based on key emotions such as sensitivity, shyness, misanthropy and anguishespecially. What is known about the origin of this day is that it was created in the year 2000, but the choice of December 19 as a special date is unknown.
The word is a reduction of the term Emocore, the combination between “Emotional Hardcore”, a style of heavy rock music with a very strong emotional componentreflected in the letters. This musical movement originated in the late 80s, after Post-Hardcore.
In addition, it presents some particular elements such as the black dress code, tight jeans, tight shirts with names of well-known bands, and it is also complemented with studded accessories such as belts or piercings.
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What does the word Emo mean?
The term Emo, which is also known as Emocore, comes from the combination of the words Emotional Hardcore, a style of Rock music, similar to punk with distorted guitars and strongly emotional lyrics covered by the noise of the instruments and screams of suffering. of the artists. It was born from Post-Hardcore, which became known in the mid-1980s.
Regarding the appearance of people who are emo, you can highlight straight, jet black hair with long bangs, eyes marked with black pencil, use of chains and other accessories.
Bands familiar with the Emo movement
There were different stages in emo music, and each one had different styles, starting in the 1990s the following can be highlighted:
- braid
- Jawbreaker
- Weezer
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- The Get Up Kids
- The Promise Ring
Later, the genre mutated into something more similar to post punk and hard rock, so the bands began to sound more instrumentally distorted, giving rise to:
- All Time Low • Blink-182
- Confessional Dashboard
- Good Charlotte
- Green Day
- Jimmy Eat World
- Simple Plan
- Sum 41
After the 2000s, new groups appeared such as Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the disco on the level of mainstream pop/rock. If we go to the subgenres of metal, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleeping With Sirens and Underoath stand out. Finally, the most recent bands of the movement are Hawthorne Heights, The Used and AFI among others. Although Modern Baseball and The World Is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die also emerged in the underground.
Source: Ambito
