Anyone else obsessed with emo culture?

Post Reply New Topic

Certainly not obsessed, but I always rather liked the hair styles.

I used to be an emo and was very much interested in the culture when I was just becoming a teenager and a bit before that.

always!!:) i got into emo subculture when i was 12 & i've never gotten out:p

Absolutely.
As an alternative/emo guy myself. I really love it since 2005.

My best guess is that Emo culture is named for Emo Phillips. My other guess is that it has something to do with being emotional. I don't care enough to ask, though.

Where have you been soldier? Youve been awol from WP!

But welcome back!

Its short for "emotional".

A variant of "emo" is "screamo".

Kinda punk-metal rock sung by guys (or maybe gals too) trying to destroy their larynxes.

Emo ultimately comes from emotional as you say.

When DC's hardcore scene started to mature and break up (circa '84), a lot of the band members started newer bands that were more toned down compared to their older bands. Rites of Spring is a good example of how those bands sounded.



There was also a revival of 'proper' hardcore, the younger bands poked fun at the older guys for playing 'emocore' instead of 'hardcore'. Basically, 'emo' and 'emocore' were insults from the younger meat-heads.

What the heck *is* emo, anyway?

As for wrecking one's voice, I've been doing fry screams for 20 years now and it hasn't impacted my voice. Screaming using your vocal fry means your vocal cords aren't getting stressed too much.

Personally, I've always thought that 'screamo' is a really goofy genre name, if only because screaming has been common in emo pretty much since the style was first named. Take Moss Icon for example, they get all screamy at climaxes.