GetTinG To Know EMo...

Emo is short for Emotive-Hardcore, a music genre from the 1980's DC punk scene.
This genre of music pretty much died in the 90's, but obviously the label is still around. Many blame the press for this, because now pop-punk bands are labeled as Emo.

As for Emo kids, well...they keep changing. In the 80's/early 90's they resembled punks. In the late 90's/ EARLY 2000's, Emo kids were deep kids that wrote poetry, wore black rimmed glasses, and played acoustic guitar. They were vegans that got all of their clothes from thrift stores. Their style was kind of like a punkish nerdy grandpa.

In just recent years they have taken up the habit of self-harming, being extremely whiney,

and "suicidal". They now buy out Hot Topic and resemble mall goths

(not to be mistaken with real goths that usually despise Hot Topic).

Just in the past year or two they have also started to steal the Scene style,

which actually came from Japan (the big hair and skinny jeans).

They listen to alternative metal and pop-punk only they call it Emo.

These kids are just lost, confused, and lonely. They crowd under this label

so as not to feel alone. They will most likely grow out of this.

People nowadays say that Emo is short for emotional.

Just remember that that was not how it originally was.