You don't know emo.

if this guy is talking the truth, than everyone's got emo wrong. but doesn't the public decide what the genre is? if enough people call it something, it becomes it becomes that genre, thats what happend with pop which started out as just popular music and now its n'sync and spears. so if enough people call dashboard and my chem emo, than u can't argue. all u can say is that bands such as saetia were original emo, and now it has evolved, for better or worse.. thats for the public to decide.

Stop living in the past, yer that is the "real" emo, But now songs which have emotional meaning is classed as emo. besides the music your on about, you cant hardly hear the lyrics, so whats the point in it?

double post.

Wow, bunch of whiners there :o
I have an idea, let's shut up.

Quoth Beloved_Broken:
By deduction of beholder's logic, anyone who is not listening to Bach, doesn't know classical music. (why - Bach made what defined classical music, therefore listening to modern classical artists who changed this sound means I'm not listening to classical music.)
And that doesn't make sense.
Correction, alot of bands continue to make oldstyle emo. And alot of evolution was made, but bands like From Autumn to Ashes are not from the same branch in the grand musictree as bands like The Pine or La Quiete. Those lastmentioned bands are direct successors of bands like Saetia and Orchid, like they are direct successors of bands like Mohinder or Palatka.

Recordscompanies found out that alot of bands like My Chemical Romance had hitpotential, they just needed a name for the genre. For god knows why, they took emo and screamo. Silly people.

They are an indie emo band. Like Appleseed Cast, or like Mineral.

How the fuck can you really label a band under a specific genre, and then argue about it?? All bands differ in styles and to label them under a specific genre, is stupid!!! Why label music?? What difference does that make to the songs?? It doesnt change what the band sings about, or plays etc. Instead it makes people like all you, sit here and determine which bands come under what style!! Don't you think thats a bit pathetic?? Cos if you really liked a band, and supported them, then no matter whether they are 'emo' or 'death metal,' does it even matter what genre they are if they make really good music?? No it doesnt!!!!

Quoth Jaden13:You're an intelligent man. And flynny yes the genre does matter. It helps direct others to find the music and it helps describe the style of music the people listen to. Get over it. Emo is emo, poprock is poprock, pop-punk is pop-punk. We need genres and generalizations.

It's not so easy to label genres. Who knows what's right and wrong? Who knows what a genre really is? Who can be the expert to point out?
Noone, so the masses decide.

emo= emotionally charged punk. thats it

yea that works too, but in some cases like certain bands such as Name Taken there is no hardcore to be found. but that's a good way to put it, good work hehe :)

Haha, yeah I know what you mean. But it's just easier to play it safe and call it "hardcore punk" because well... a lot of emo doesnt sound like The Ramones and such =P

Man you're all a bunch of fucking idiots.