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September 15th, 2006
On on the site ?The Emo Song
nice... but not true... emo is NOT about that... you see... not all emos are like that... and... emo in original isn't even a sudculture... Into the real definition --> ------------- In the early 90s there was a movement in the hardcore genre that came to be known as Emotive Hardcore, spearheaded by Rites Of Spring. Harder-core-than-thou kids, who swore by Dischord Records a la Minor Threat, actually coined the term emo as something of a put-down for the kids who really liked Rites Of Spring, Indian Summer and this new wave of Emotive Hardcore bands. Thatīs right, Emo was once not something kids called themselves. The field exploded outwards from there - Level-Plane Records has always been the most famous Emo label. Acts like Yaphet Kotto, I Hate Myself, Saetia, Hot Cross, A Day In Black And White, Funeral Diner, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, You And I, and hosts of others came in the next decade. Most emo bands have since broken up, but thereīs still the occasional hold-out (again, t