What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

I know emo is supposed to be an emotional side of punk, but thats alot of bands, and emo isn't a very well respected tag.

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

Everyone in this question has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. I'm not going to go into too much detail, but emo does not mean emotional. Emo is not Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard Confessional, etc. They are pop bands nothing more. You don't listen to emo, and I'm willing to bet that you never have. Emo is style of hardcore music that is short for emotive hardcore. It originated in Washington D.C. It is widely regarded that the bands Rites of Spring, Embrace, One Last Wish, and few others started it in the mid 80's. Rites of Spring being one of the best and most well known. They took their music in a more personal direction with a far greater sense of experimentation. Emo bands aren't on major record labels either. Emo is anti-corporate. It's what defined the bands, and it's what still defines those bands today. You will never find an emo band on Vagrant, Geffen, Drive-Thru, etc. Those bands aren't emo, and never will be.

If you want real emo check out:

Yaphet Kotto

Policy Of Three

Portraits Of Past

Heroin

Antioch Arrow

Glass And Ashes

Planes Mistaken For Stars

Ordination Of Aaron

Current

Saetia

Hot Cross

Circle Takes The Square

A Day In Black And White

Four Hundred Years

Sinaloa

They And The Children

How To Beat A Dead Horse

Ampere

Appleseed Cast

Rites of Spring

etc.

If you actually take the time to listen to these bands, you will see that it is the vocals and music that makes a band emo, not lyrics. And band such as Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, and Hawthorne Heights, do not have those musical and vocal characteristics.

P.S. Emo has nothing to do with hairstyle.

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

emo's are ALL losers and either need to get a life, get over it or get a job.

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

What they're songs are about.

If it's whining and crying about how horrible their life is,THEY'RE EMO!!!!!

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

An inability to sing or play instruments goes a long way in being classified as emo.

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

wow you are sadly informed. just because a band dresses and has their hair a certain way does not make them emo. its all about the music and the meaning and words of the songs.

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

their suckiness....

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

wat they sing about, emo is the "scene" thing now so every band wants to be emo

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

well said, mariners.

What makes a band emo beside their hair and style?

lack of talent

stupid lyrics

whining

...thats a good summary