Identifying Yourself. The DARKER Style.

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EMO. They say I am. No I’m not!

Well, I’m not that emo in the sense i bruise myself with sharp razorblade and stuffs like that. However, I adopt the trend try to dress like one, listen and sing along to the beat of screaming pain and growling loneliness of the EMO songs of NOT SO EMO bands as they say. Haha.

The black and red color combination either striped or checkered fascinates me the most. With the attitude of always not talking around and bows his head all the time, a loner face and cry sometimes in the corner. The one-sided style of hair and thick eyeliners is the most attractive. Tight jeans and shirts, canvass sneakers or skate shoes is emo for me.

Some people I consider ”Emo” says they were not, as well as in my part. Where do Emo stuff came from?

OK. Let’s get intellectual here, it says that Emo was originated 1984 or 1985 I think in Washington D.C. with Ian MacKaye of Embrace and Guy Picciotto of Rites of Spring which were veterans of the hardcore scene that time. With its stylistic origins such as Indie Rock, Hardcore Punk and post-Hardcore genres.

The hardcore music that time is very stereotypical, the two decided to shift style in more personal direction as they experimented. Then folks liked the new sound and became a major influence.

Early 2000, Jimmy Eat World began the mainstream with this style of music continues with emo hardcore. The market call the emo hardcore band, however they insist that they’re not. 2003, Chris Carraba of Dashboard Confessional created the style of making a diary-like stories outpouring of emotions and clicked in the scene.

 Now, the term EMO came from is uncertain. Short for “Emotional”, its obvious. But the band Rites of Spring said that on an interview that the crowd in their shows shouts out loud “Emo” as for their music tends to sound like. So that’s it.

Today,  there are many bands and artists consider this genre to perform because of its solemnity of inside feelings as it is sung. Emo is associated this days as emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, angsty, depressed. Also with self-injury and SUICIDE, aww! I found it interesting and fun as well. But no RAZORBLADES. Hahaha…

I’m out of here!