The Emo Subculture

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2.1 The Existence and Importance

Emos have been around for quite some time. Though their importance in our society is very negligible, they seem to be an up and coming icon for the youths of today. Or do they? Most youths immediately think ‘Emo’ when they see a person with long hair or fringe. Well that’s not the case. Most people are having trouble differentiating Emos from Goths and Scenes mainly because their looks are similar. Though Emos only have a very small importance in our society, teenagers seem to have a very keen liking to them and thus, making them very influential. In some cases, they get really obsessed with being emo that they end up hurting themselves, for example, cutting themselves, which is a very common misconception about emos, and beating themselves up and may even lead to cause them too much depression that they tend to have suicide.

3. Emo History

3.1 Emergence of ‘Emotional Hardcores’

The ‘Emotional Hardcores’, commonly known as ‘Emos’, or ‘Emocore’ originated from the ‘Hardcore Punk” movement of Washington, D.C. in the early 1980’s. It started as a style of rock music that typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. In addition to music, emo I often related to musical artists, bands, fans, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture and behaviour. It emerged in the society both to re reaction of increased violence within the scene and as an extension of the personal politics espoused by Ian MacKaye of ‘Minor Threat’. He then started writing music that expressed his emotions and a fan named Guy Piccoto formed the band called ‘Rites of Spring’ which broke free form the Hardcore Punk’s music scene and started forming its own genre of E...

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