i would like to point out those are hardcore bands.... not emo
while stuff like Atreyu and AFI, and Story of the year is Screamo...

then like Dashboard and taking back sunday is like pure emo....

and i hate that emo POS music. its so horrible....

lol do you have no idea what emo is....calling C&C emo... how bout not...
then saying DC isnt emo? honestly, i ahve no idea where you have been, DC is like teh
biggest emo band in history.

my friend listens to DC, i think its stupid, and i listend to like a few songs. OK look, you can hear the singer cry and the singer cries in the songs.... how can you not call that emo? if its not emo, its sitll 100% g*y sh*t

emo is just a craze, its a bunch of oversensitive fools who dont know how to look at the goodside. i mean you have tons of good bands like the beatles who write love/sad songs, but that doesnt mean their emo, cuz they dont sucks, and constantly write about stupid stuff...

Are you kidding me Atreyu is hardcore to the max. The epitome of emo is acoustic guitars. Use that as the standard for emo.

thats why Atreyu is SCreamo.... the lyrics are like emo but its screaming and stuff...

emo is the way to go man.

I think the problem is alot of bands are called "emo" just because they have emotional lyrics, which correct me if I am wrong, shouldn't all lyrics from any type of music be "emotional?"

I was good friends with a band called Lifetime from New Jersey, one of their original guitar players has been my best friend since 9th grade (I am now 30) and I have been in 2 bands with him since he was in Lifetime. The funny thing is though they were labeled "Emo," then even "pop punk," after they broke up. However all anyone who knew them at the time, and all they ever considered themselves as, was Hardcore. However Ari wrote"emotional" lyrics, so people said hey, why not call them "emo." Go figure.

To answer the question, What is considered emo today, NO, I cant stand it.
All of the singers sound the same... some whiny ass high pitch voiced that sounds like to me they got something crammed up their arsehole and cant get it out.

EMO r0x0rs, FFAF are f00king amazing!

cohed and cambria is one of the worst bands i ever saw, seriously. tzhe new atreyu albums sucks alot aswell.
btw atreyu sure as f*ck ain't "hardcore to the max", if you want decent hardcore listen to sworn enemy, throwdown, terror. unf!#%& foolish nonbelievers, stick to your thursday music.

Hell NO

Emo is a rather ironic title for it. The music is not emotional at all and is always about heartbreak and wanting to slash yourself because of it. It is utter drivell as the emo bands and people that follow them all think it is cool to be depressed as the emo way and so become all depressed themselves. It is a mockery of depression and it is really sad to pretend to be depressed as the emoers think it cool. There is little if no talent in emo, just drivel.

You fellas bring up a good point. A lot of music is emotional, in fact most music worth listening to has a lot of emotion behind it. However, emo can be the most irritating music I've ever heard. Boring riffs with the standard-fare "my girlfriend left me" or "my random friend died in some random accident" oriented lyrics can get really annoying quite fast.

never heard of EMO but im assuming that its some crazy new genre that you kids invented.... like nu-metal and crap rock... great stuff, i'll stick to white stripes and placebo.

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is 10 times better than "The Curse"

w3rd to sworn enemy, throwdown and terror

Reading through this thread, it seems like everyone who is bashing emo, has only heard screamo bands like Taking Back Sunday. There is a difference between emo and screamo.

The stuff that is constantly being bashed for being whiny and talentless is screamo.

Emo, on the other hand, has loads of talent, both lyrically and instrumentally.

Try listening to Circle Takes The Square, Hot Cross, mewithoutyou, and Underoath. Then try and call emo whiny and talentless.

taking back sunday is pop my friend

a lot of people think theyre hardcore and listen to them

It makes me mad, especially since (TBS sucks)

Nah, TBS is more screamo because they constantly whine in a terrible voice about love and life and stuff, with sometimes decent but otherwise talentless guitar riffs.

"The truth is/You could slit my throat/And with my dying breath/I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt"

The only emo i listen to is Coheed.

I hate emo, just not my type of music

TBS is more of a Pop/Punk

they are defenitely NOT screamo....