Emo Expert
Appearances
Flightless Bird
Emo Music
The stereotype of emo kids nowadays seems to be particularly guys with jet black hair, that straight, long fringe. tight black stovepipe jeans, Chuck Taylor, or just basketball sneakers, studded belts, and just kind of really moody looking lip piercings, that sort of thing. 20 years ago, emo was shorthand for emotive hardcore, a brand of punk.
Flightless Bird
Emo Music
Basically, there's just been mutation after mutation in the sort of emo genre, and people are looking at emo in the present day as being something that's brand new, when Rites of Spring started doing their thing in 1985 in Washington, D.C., so...
Flightless Bird
Emo Music
Bands such as My Chemical Romance, AFI, even New Zealand's The Bleeders have been associated with emo. And a lot of people who are part of the underground punk scene, as emo comes out of the underground punk scene, they say, well, you know, those bands aren't emo. But even if the line is blurred, just remember this.