Who is your favorite band? and why?

[Wormface]

Fugazi is not Emo. Fugazi is punk.

you are all mistaken.. Fugazi is SHIT.

[Keyser Soze]

they opened for limp bizkit after soad's set i left and went to a nudie bar.

Best place to see a Limp Bizcut show. If you're getting fucked by Fred Durst, you might well get some tits and ass to rub during it.

I can't pick one favorite band. Its just too hard. I like a mix of the old and the new. Zeppelin, Incubus, Beatles, Our Lady Peace, Doors, Beastie Boys, Billy Joel, Minor Threat, Nine Inch Nails, The Clash, The Stooges, Weezer, Black Flag, but if you had to make me choose one, fuck this is tough. Well they're all influenced one way or another by the Beatles I think in some way but the Beatles are not by any shape my favorite band. If I had to choose one of these bands to see perform tomorrow, fuck, I guess it is the Beatles. But I sure listen to Incubus alot lately. The new Nas is pretty dope too.

See, this is way too tough. Sorry. I'm undecided.

[FNMoron]

Sorry. I'm undecided.

I've decided.... You're an IDIOT!!!!!!

[Banana_juice]

The Doors. been listening to them for 17 years, since i was 10..

[BeckyDC]

Deftones. Because Chino is God.

[GonzoStyle]

Sorry. I'm undecided.

I've decided.... You're an IDIOT!!!!!!

HAHAHA!!! That's trully funny, that's like hearing Magus call someone a fag.

[Keyser Soze]

HAHAHA!!! That's trully funny, that's like hearing Magus call someone a fag.

Waiting for you to call someone a kid toucher.


Hey, this guy knows idiots, who am I to argue with him?



Edited By Keyser Soze on Feb. 19 2002 at 1:40

[Sephiroth]

Whatever Fugazi is, we all know this:

If it looks like Emo, and it sounds like Emo, it must be SHIT.

[AdolescentMasturbator]

Whatever Fugazi is, we all know this:

If it looks like Emo, and it sounds like Emo, it must be SHIT.

This coming from the guy who fights with other people for a condom at roseland.

[crx girl]

what the fuck is emo?? :angry:

[SLASH]

what the fuck is emo?? :angry:

Fugazi, LOL

What is emo?


On 1 May 1997 "DAVe B." <skapsr@ix!netcom!com> wrote:
"emo is a type of music, which is derived from early 80's hardcore. I
don t know the whole story, but emo combines hardcore with more melodic
and experimental music. Fugazi is the easiest example of a band i can
name that is considered to be "emo" also bands like promise ring and
texas is the reason play this vein of music."

On 1 May 1997 Kevin Hirsch <hirschk@anet!net> wrote:
"Emo is generally said to have started with DC bands like Embrace (Ian
MacKaye's band after Minor Threat and before Fugazi) and Rites of
Spring (Guy Picciotto's band also before Fugazi), but is in no way
limited to them, around '85. The sound was basically a slower more
emotional (hence the name "emo") post- version of hardcore. The vocals
are usually sung in "whiny" (for lack of a better word) sort of way.

"Emotional in this context generally connotes "vulnerability" and/or
"troubledness", which is different from the emotionality of the
screaming and thrashing generally associated with hardcore. This open
emphasis on "vulnerability" and/or "troubledness" represented a major
break in the hardcore/punk scene at that time, for it prided itself on
tough- and hardness, as it generally does today. Hence, the long
running feud between hardcore (sXe) and emo kids.

"As for emo today, as most other sub-genres, it has spawned many
(sometimes extremely opposite and/or contradicting) hybrids that all
stake claim to the label, rendering it somewhat useless. Here are some
examples: there's political, scream-and-flail-on-the-floor, emo like
Frail, Swing Kids, Impetus Inter, and a slew of San Diego based bands;
there's the really slow, discordant, artsy emo like Cap'n Jazz, Joan
d'Arc, Evergreen, etc.; then we have the more popular
melody/pop-oriented bands like Texas is the Reason, Sensefield,
Mineral, Promise Ring, Split Lip (now Chamberlain), etc.; and last but
not least we have the slow, stop-and-go, melody-thrash alternating
groups like Amber Inn, Still Life, and others I can't think of right
now."

On 31 Aug 1997 <PolarityHC@aol!com> write:
"I believe that Al Flipside called Embrace "emo" and Ian was like "huh",
but for some reason the name stuck."

On 03 Oct 1997 <[email protected]> wrote:
"i think the band verbal assult invented the word emo. and embrace, as
good as they were, weren't the first "emo" band. dag nasty, 3, and
7 seconds all had an emo sound before them."

On 18 Nov 1997 .xmikex. <info@jameson!com> wrote:
"EMO (E-mo) slang 1)A wimp 2)Anyone not tough enough to listen to your
friend's band. 3)Anyone/thing that refuses to floorpunch and hit
bystanders in a mosh pit (see mosh).

"OK, for real, THIS is my understanding and how my friends and I use
this helpful term every day:
1) EMO is an abbreviation of EMOTIONAL.
2) As such, it can (& I think originally was used to) describe a style
of music.
3) A lot of bands from the Washington DC area punk scene are considered
"EMO" (Embrace being one of the 1st to have this label).
4) The EMO "SOUND" of minimalist drums & guitars, quiet singing building
up to a loud screaming racket. There can be a major jazz influence.
5) Anyone can be emo now. Morrissey, the cure, fugazi, endpoint, you
name it, they've been labeled "emo" (sinatra)

"The people:
Emo kids are considered wimps by most "tough guys". This may or may not
be true. Classic "emo stories" are of kids crying at shows. (something
I recently witnessed at a show...) I guess this public show of emotion
is seen as weakness by most in the HC community. Whereas Emo music tends
to wrestle the inner demons of personal defeat, loveloss, heartache etc.
"Hardcore" tends to wrestle that big hairy smelly guy in the pit next to
you. No, seriously, HC tends to deal with taking action to change things
rather than ruminate on that might have been. I guess the main
difference is that Emo tends to be backward looking, and HC tends to be
forward looking. (Yesyesyes, I know there's MASSIVE crossover in musical
styles and song subject matter- a lot of HC bands write "personal"
lyrics and a lot of emo bands write songs with a social message).I
dunno, I like some emo bands, but I prefer HC.

"THE STYLE:
Hair: often a bit crusty
Glasses: Horn-rim ONLY (cat-eyes are also acceptable for the women)
Facial Hair: Stubble
Piercings: Optional
Necklaces: Beads, etc. (mandatory)
Shirt: Old t-shirts, dress shirts etc.
Sweater: No!no!no! a sweaterVEST. (old)
Jacket: Old, thrift shop gear as with all the above.
Pants: Dress pants / corduroy. Floods are totally cool.
Socks: White
Shoes: Black dress shoes

"The color palate? Browns, blacks, dark blues etc.

"Think "Nick at Night". The look is retro with an edge. Drew Carey if
he wore thrift store stuff.

A brief list of "emo" bands I or my friends like:
(i don't like all these bands. they will have an * by their name if I'm
not a big fan)
FUGAZI
EMBRACE
RITES OF SPRING
JAWBOX
BLUETIP
FRODUS
TEXAS IS THE REASON*
PROMISE RING* (yeech)
NONE LEFT STANDING
MINERAL
MAXIMILLIAN COLBY
JAWBREAKER

"Perhaps CRUCIAL YOUTH said it best in their glossary of terms when they
described it:
EMO-CORE: "Mature" music made by cigarette-puffing ex-straightedgers.
Heavy on soul-searching, hard to mosh to."


I bet you are really glad ya asked


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Edited By SLASH on Feb. 20 2002 at 8:23

[Keyser Soze]

Epitonic is a good place to get a primer on different genres. Unfortunately, no listing for Emo. They do however have a nice tour of Math Rock.

Here at WeHateYou.com they provide a guide on how to be "an Emo kid"

here's a sample...

"Does it seem like everyone in the world has got you down? Girls hate you and your parents don’t understand you. Even your friends are assholes. If those Metallica lyrics just aren’t hitting home anymore then maybe its time you traded in your “Ride the Lightning” t-shirts for something with a little more flare. Put down those Pantera tapes and trek down to the local indy music store. It’s time to become an emo kid!"



Edited By Keyser Soze on Feb. 21 2002 at 2:26