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Sunday, November 22, 2009

What’s the Truth About Emo History?


It’s honestly hard to pick out an incident or person as the one single origin of Emo. If you try to trace it to one particular rock band, they will state that they don’t even consider themselves Emo, so it’s a confusing subject. But for our purposes, let’s look at the traditional explanation: Most people trace the movement back to 1984 when Rites of Spring, a punk rock band, began performing in D.C. The lead singer departed from most other punk music by producing songs that practically oozed with emotional words. This made it more acceptable for those in the punk-rock community to be open about their feelings–and so, other bands soon followed.

This music reached more and more young people, and these youth became fond of both the performers’ style of dress and their willingness to expose the emotions they felt. Both singers and fans who responded positively to this “emotional” punk music became known as “Emotionals” or “Emotives“–”Emos” for short.

Emotional people and their love.

Emo style.

What’s the Truth About Emo History

emo style

Rites of Spring, a punk rock band who belived to be one of the starters of emo movement in music.

emo style

Rites of Spring CD.

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