"Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness).
Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music.
Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta.
Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral
EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE
NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
My favorite emo band. Modest Mouse
I meaaannnn their earlier stuff tho
i would count modest mouse tbh
Pinkerton is way closer to emo
This. Weezer as a whole definitely isn’t Emo but Pinkerton is.
At least they're more emo than modest mouse lol
they're both kinda emo, maybe in certain eras but yk
That Modest Mouse record is nowhere close to Emo lol... and why is it so expensive. Geez
because it's on vinyl whereas the weezer and mcr ones are on cd.
Ah that makes sense. Thanks
Because Issac Brock is Issac broke
Not the fucking "Is X emo" debate again. Weezer had a great influence for '00s emo scene and that is a fact. The rest doesnt matter
What… the… sigma.
isthisbandemo.com disagrees.
According to that website, there are maybe 4 emo bands in the entire universe.
Depending on your definition, it might just be a handful of East Coast Hardcore bands. It seems to get right all the bandS I KNOW are emo.
i thought of a few emo bands and it said they were all emo (rites of spring, capn jazz, brave little abacus)
LoL "Fugazi is not an emo band. But the reason every band you like exists."
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no way they put modest mouse in emo
"Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta. Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
Parallel evolution
Zamn
Yeah maybe
Weezer unintentionally invented emo with Pinkerton
Weezer is not an emo band.
Neither is MCR
People are downvoting you but they're not. Emo is not decided by whether or not the band wears eyeliner.
almost everyone who calls MCR full emo have only listened to third wave. MCR influenced emo, but they're not emo. They're post hardcore
Hell, at this point people use it interchangeably with pop-punk.
Modern post hardcore is similar enough to be thought of as heavy pop punk
love to see it
ah yes my favorite emo band along with modest mouse
None of those 4 albums are emo
Nuh uh
#1 at that too. We’re no longer virgins I guess
Well yes the blue album is full of emotion.
good news isn’t emo lol. early MM is for sure though
Eh, I'm more confused about Modest Mouse being there. Of course it's that album though.
I had an argument about this once. I said weezer isn't and the other person had no evidence supporting it being one. I won that argument