EMO ROCK LOOKS

Emo Rock Looks

As the emo culture grows by the day, more and more young teens want to adopt this style. The emo culture was born in the nightclubs of Washington, D.C., in the 1980’s. For a short period, the movement was very strong, until the 90’s arrived and the movement began to die.


But in the past decade, the movement was reborn, with bands such as Panic! At the Disco, Cambria, and Fall Out Boy. It is these bands that represent the emo punk movement.


For those who want to look and dress emo, you should consider this:

- Adopting emo clothing is easier that starting your own emo rock band. This is not to say that these bands are no good. Just that creating an band takes work – real work.

- When you go into a typical salon and request an emo hairstyle like that of emo band members, you may get some weird looks and questions, since these band members are practically unknown.


But, if you are faced with this dilemma, then no need to worry. Creating emo hair is as simple as pie and can be done with cutting your hair with a round-shaped object over it.
The most trendy of this form of haircut is dying the hair jet black. The back and the sides of the hair is shorter than the front, leaving your hair done in an unusual, but unique.


Moreover, the bangs are brushed to on side of the face (left or right), covering that part of the face. To top off the look, you could wear t-shirt and other clothing that has the names of these unknown emo rock bands. Now, you’re ready to go out on the town and style your new emo look.

EMO ?

What is Emo?

The emo, or emotional punk movement, is a form of social/emotional ideas, feelings and mannerisms.


What is Emo Music?

This from of music is a mixture of metal and rock music. Generally, any band that displays their emotions, by screaming, crying, or shouting, is considered to be an emo band.
This is also found in the lyrics of many of these band. What are the names of some of these bands? The names of these bands include Dashboard Confessional, Fall Out Boy, and Thrice.


When did Emo Music Begin?

The emo movement began in the 1980’s, in Washington, D.C., with bands like Embrace, Moss Icon, and Rites of Spring.
Although, emo music was popular in the 1980’s, however, by the early 90’s, people turned away from it. This would not last long, as new hardcore and rock music bands brought emo music back to life with adding a melodic rhythm to it – which was targeted towards young people.


What is Emo Fashion?

Emo fashion and dress is very unique and is outside of mainstream clothing. Anything form of dress that is odd and unique is considered emo. An example of this is wearing old t-shirts or t-shirts of emo bands.


What is Emo Hair?

Hair is the lifeblood of emo culture. This is how emos separate themselves from the norms of general society. Emo hairstyles consist of jet black hair, hair with multicolor highlights, or multicolored hair with no highlights. These hairstyles usually come with long or medium bangs that cover one side the face, particularly over an eye.

EMO MUSIC

Emo Music-Rock the World

Emo music is a kind of rock music and can be compared to indie rock. It has emerged as a new variation to 80’s and 90’s rock music. This music is more melodic and rhythmic and along with it creates less chaos. It is also known as “emotionally charged rock music”


Bands like Embrace; Fire Party gave a bad name to emo music. Emo music includes shouting, crying and outpouring of feelings. This music contains lyrics which are theatrical and felt from heart. Lyrics of emo music are often associated with social issues such as drug use, depression etc. That is why teenagers love emo music and have a different kind of attitude and fashion that personifies lifestyle of emo bands. There are thousands of emo fans that live, breath emo all over the world.


In general emo music portrays friendship. Emo music shows a new direction of living to youth and encourages them to be more expressive. They don’t have to suffer from the problem to pent up harsh feelings towards society. The themes of the songs create circles in combination of genres of anxiety, burden and negative view about life of teens.


Many people think that emo music is a cult but no matter what people think about them they want this music to flourish to its peak.

EMO BANDS

Emo Bands

The Emo culture, in bands, started in the mid 80s, which was termed as subgenre of hardcore punk music. As the bands began to emerge and became more prominent, emocore carved its own identity. Emocore described as emotional hardcore music, a term used used to categorize the emotional performances of bands like the Rights of Spring, One Last Wish, Gray Matter, and Fire Party among others.

Dashboard Confessional

By the mid 90s, the emo wave had grown with its own fan following. Bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Far, and Texas Is the Reason popularized the indie rock touch to emocore. This wave died gradually towards the late 90s when many popular bands disbanded or shifted to other streams of music.

Death Cab for Cutie Concert

The emo wave resurfaced in the 2000s with some bands promoting it. Notably Chris Carrabba stood out in successfully projecting the growing emo scene. As the emo world grew and became associated with fashion trends, bands loosely associated with emo or displayed emotional performances came under the group of emo bands.

Patrick Wolf

Contrary to the past precedence of identifying emo bands that strictly followed emo culture, currently the emo band group has a vast variety and emo has become a rather loose identifier of genre music. Popular emo bands include the Panic at the Disco, Paramore, Matchbook Romance, Moss Icon, City of Caterpillar, Rites of Spring, Poison the Well, The Rocket Summer, Tomorrow's Last Hero, Senses Fail.

Cansei de Ser Sexy

Some of the Indie genre bands with emo appeal are Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, Straylight Run, Cursive, Patrick Wolf, Beep Beep, North of America, The Driveway, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Elliott Smith, The Summer Obsession, The Scene Aesthetic.

Emo Band: Paramore

Paramore is a Grammy-nominated American emo band formed in 2004, having been influenced by such bands as Jimmy Eat World, Sunny Day Real Estate, New Found Glory, and Death Cab for Cutie. Hayley Williams (lead vocals/keyboard), Josh Farro (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jeremy Davis (bass guitar), and Zac Farro (drums) are the four current members who make up this band from Franklin, Tennessee. This fast-rising band released their debut album entitled “All We Know Is Falling” in 2005 featuring their first single “Pressure,” as well as other songs such as “Emergency” and “All We Know.” Their second and latest album to date entitled “Riot!” was released in 2007, featuring the singles “Misery Business,” “Hallelujah,” and “Crushcrushcrush,” among others. This album turned gold in the same year, after having sold more than half a million copies in record shops.

As briefly mentioned above, Paramore’s music has been greatly influenced by various emo and rock bands. This rapidly-emerging band has been nurtured and supported by the record label Fueled by Ramen, which also nurtured other well-known emo bands like Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco. Although some people may think of them as a pop-rock band, most of their fans really consider them as an emo band. As Hayley Williams once said in an interview, Paramore’s music is emo without being whiney or bratty. They downplay the emotional aspect of their music and instead they focus on the energy and dynamism of it. If their sound is not enough to convince people that they are indeed an emo band, have a look at their hair styles and their fashion sense. All of them sport straight hair with fringes combed over to one side of the face and tight-fitting shirts and skinny jeans. This is more than enough proof that Paramore is a band espousing emo, not just through their music, but through their lifestyle as well.