Part One: The true fans of Emo and Goth
Most people of today's masses are ignorant of what "emo" and "goth" actually are, and today, I'll inform you guys on what those terms actually are, and we'll laugh at some poseurs that probably grew out of the poseur stage and became hipsters or something. Hell, I might add some poseur metalheads into the mix.
Now the question is:
What exactly is "emo" anyways?
Well, I'm glad you asked! Emo or emotive hardcore, was an underground Washington D.C scene started in the mid 80's, specifically 1985 and 1986, started by Guy Picciotto, Brendan Canty, and former Minor Threat band member Ian MacKay, and Mike Fellows. It is a subgenre of hardcore punk, and it has many emo offshoots of the genre as well. For example, Midwest Emo is basically from Midwestern USA, and has more of a pop-like sound to it instead of the edgy, more hardcore, sound of it's predecessor. Examples of Midwest Emo are: Cap 'N Jazz, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, and American Football. There's also a genre called Skramz, which fans of us had to rename from it's former name "screamo", because people now days think anything that's deathcore is apparently "screamo". Skramz bands are Page Ninety Nine, Orchid (screamo bands, not doom metal band), and City of Caterpillar. There's also some bands from the naughties and teens that became a newer wave of emo, including Ihatemyself (I know it formed in the nineties, but it was still a think in the early naughties), Mom Jeans, Modern Football, and Algernon Cadwallader. Even though true emo is about the music scene, there was some fashion aspects to it. It truly looked like a cross between the modern hipster and geek chic lol.
A collection of band t-shirts from actual emo bands
What is Goth?
The Goths were once a Germanic tribe, but were a niche scene in the late 1970's and the whole entire decade of the 1980's. Ever heard of the Batcave? Well, that was a Goth club in London. Majority of Goth bands during the time were mainly European, but also had some American bands as well. Goth is also a subgenre of punk funnily enough, and most of the types of Goth music are Goth-rock, Post-Punk, New-wave, and Deathrock. Bands falling under those genres includes Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees, Joy Division, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Sisters of Mercy, Specimen, and Alien Sex Fiend. Even though Goth music is based on music only, Goths dressed like some mainstream 80's (but only the hair style) and a lot of punk rock influences, but only darker.
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Girls and women wore either cat eye glasses or thick horn rimmed glasses
Most people of today's masses are ignorant of what "emo" and "goth" actually are, and today, I'll inform you guys on what those terms actually are, and we'll laugh at some poseurs that probably grew out of the poseur stage and became hipsters or something. Hell, I might add some poseur metalheads into the mix.
Now the question is:
What exactly is "emo" anyways?
Well, I'm glad you asked! Emo or emotive hardcore, was an underground Washington D.C scene started in the mid 80's, specifically 1985 and 1986, started by Guy Picciotto, Brendan Canty, and former Minor Threat band member Ian MacKay, and Mike Fellows. It is a subgenre of hardcore punk, and it has many emo offshoots of the genre as well. For example, Midwest Emo is basically from Midwestern USA, and has more of a pop-like sound to it instead of the edgy, more hardcore, sound of it's predecessor. Examples of Midwest Emo are: Cap 'N Jazz, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, and American Football. There's also a genre called Skramz, which fans of us had to rename from it's former name "screamo", because people now days think anything that's deathcore is apparently "screamo". Skramz bands are Page Ninety Nine, Orchid (screamo bands, not doom metal band), and City of Caterpillar. There's also some bands from the naughties and teens that became a newer wave of emo, including Ihatemyself (I know it formed in the nineties, but it was still a think in the early naughties), Mom Jeans, Modern Football, and Algernon Cadwallader. Even though true emo is about the music scene, there was some fashion aspects to it. It truly looked like a cross between the modern hipster and geek chic lol.
What is Goth?
The Goths were once a Germanic tribe, but were a niche scene in the late 1970's and the whole entire decade of the 1980's. Ever heard of the Batcave? Well, that was a Goth club in London. Majority of Goth bands during the time were mainly European, but also had some American bands as well. Goth is also a subgenre of punk funnily enough, and most of the types of Goth music are Goth-rock, Post-Punk, New-wave, and Deathrock. Bands falling under those genres includes Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees, Joy Division, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Sisters of Mercy, Specimen, and Alien Sex Fiend. Even though Goth music is based on music only, Goths dressed like some mainstream 80's (but only the hair style) and a lot of punk rock influences, but only darker.
Some band shirts and records of Goth, along with some Punk Rock bands.
Only things true goths and emos had in common
- Their music subgenre is influenced by punk rock
- Bought clothes from thrift stores and did DIY
- Small and underground music scene
Edit: Broken Images: here's the images
