What is Emo?

"Emo (adj) - 1) overly emotional or melodramatic. From the musical genre "emo.""

- http://onlineslangdictionary.com/

By now almost everyone online would have known what emo actually is. A classic emo blog would be Alwyn's blog. Those emo stuff he does in his blog is really interesting and emo.

But what does emo really mean? Remember the good old days when we say we are down and sad when something bad happen or when we don't feel appreciated? This is the new term for it. But don't be mistaken with the fashion style. I found a post from this site regarding Emo fashion, Emo Is Cool.


Then there is the Emo genre in music. Breaking down from various sub-genres, Emocore or Screamo. The latter two are more to the heavy screaming but containing sad meanings and failure in love, lack understanding of the individual and how hard love is. Oh yeah, some may say it is a way of being a cry baby but understand the lyrics it is really cool and expresses every little bit of us without us knowing.

I have always been in this genre ranging from Silverstein, Senses Fail to Alesana. Wanna experience this genre of music if you still haven't click here, PureVolume. If you don't like what I suggested there are many other great underground bands you might eventually hear on Malaysian airwaves roughly 4 months or 1 year down the road. Below is one of my favourite songs.

Broken Hearts Academy - Next To Me

But there is one thing that kills emo, "beating up emo." As from news from Mexico, March 2008, riots were formed between different musical subcultures, Metalheads and Punks are going against Emo as emo grows large in numbers in Mexico. News. A news report of this could be found on Youtube but it is in Mexican.

Emo is also a subculture in Malaysia as well other then Skinheads, Punks, Nazis and Metalheads. Lets hope not to see this in Malaysia.