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Originally Posted by alyasa
I read somewhere, emo is hardcore punk. :P
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Well, here is what happened.
There was a hardcore punk band called Rites of Spring that had sensitive lyrics. A lot of bands copied off of them and also incorporated pop-punk- stuff like NOFX and other lame shitty punk. That started emo. When it became popular, emo was pretty much pop-punk with emotional girlfriend related lyrics.
Then there was a group of emo kids that didn't want to be made fun of anymore, so then they started screaming their lyrics and playing more heavy. So it became screamo. Then it turned into hardcore again.
Emo has come full circle, and it has still failed to produce one band that compares to the band that unintentionally spawned it.