Emo

After springing from its punk-pop counter part, the emotional genre began to make its presence felt among the youths of the late 90's. Now, this emotional movement, commonly referred to as emo, has become a powerful phenomenon in the new millennium.

Emo Music

Most people consider emo music to be a deviation of punk music. The emo presence first emerged in 1984. The lead singer of Rites of Spring, a music band, began to show true emotional feelings of his self in each song he sang. His ability to expose such vulnerability began a precedent of songs with emotionally intense lyrics. But true emo music was experienced with the personal and dreadfully painful words with energetic punk music. By the 90's, this style became the emo-punk music.

But as all forms of life progress, emo-punk evolved into. Turning away from the hardcore sounds, bands were incorporating guitar and piano parts to their music. Soon enough, the melodies caught on with the power of the emo lyrics, creating an even more emotionally raw song.

The Emo Look

Emos normally have an obvious, care-free look. In most cases, both emo boys and emo girls sport a greasy dyed black hair, normally with bangs swept to one side of their face, across the forehead or eye. Their choice of eyewear is horn-rimmed glasses with black, thick frames. For their attire, they will be seen wearing a vintage or tight band t-shirts, studded belts and jeans. A popular choice of shoe brands for an emo would be Converse; especially Chuck Taylor's or Vans.

The Emo Attitude

Just like the music that they worship, the typical emo attitude can be summed up in a very few words-angry and hated. Most emos believe, or want to believe, that everything is against them. They have the need to feel like they can't do anything right. They are angry at the world for being hated. Some drastic thinking may even lead to depression, or worse, suicidal thoughts. Slashing is also commonly associated to the stereotypical emo attitude.

Perception of the Emo Culture

Just like any subject matter, the emo culture is both highly regarded and devastatingly disapproved. Although several people, especially today's youth, follow the emo culture, it is also disliked for many ways. The rawness of the emotion expressed and the vulnerability it emits is admired by its followers. However, this same expression is also ostracized for being too dramatized. With the views of individuals about the emo culture, no one knows for sure just how long this trend will last.