The emo/punk phenomenon

karaokeman · 28-07-2011 06:13PM #1

Does anyone else think that rock genres like emo and punk will eventually die out?

I really don't get it, bands like these are talented but their fans are condescending as hell. I think the whole stereotyping is a load of s****.

I know My Chemical Romace and Fallout Boy fans who would accuse you of not liking rock music just because you don't particularly like the bands they listen to. These people don't even bother to ask if you like Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, U2, Pink Floyd or any of these bands that made rock famous.

And for some reason all new bands want to be the new Blink 182. Seriously whats the deal?

So what do you guys/gals honestly think?

To me it seems to be just a phase like in the 90s when boybands and girlbands were running rampart and now that fad is gone.

Irish Guitarist · 28-07-2011 07:15PM

I'm not entirely sure what emo is. Punk has been around since the seventies (it's almost as old as me, or even older if you count The Ramones who formed in 1974) so it's hardly a modern phenomenon. However, modern 'punk' Bands like Fallout Boy and Blink 182 have very little, if anything, in common with bands like The Clash or The Damned. Some would say they're not punk at all.

Johnny Rotten (or John Lydon) used to wear a t-shirt that said "I hate Pink Floyd". He claimed a few years ago that he actually loves Pink Floyd.

FTGFOP · 28-07-2011 07:36PM

Is this emo?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDf-_8KvGM

If not, what is it? It both terrifies and fascinates me.

MightyMighty737 · 28-07-2011 07:38PM

karaokeman wrote: »

Does anyone else think that rock genres like emo and punk will eventually die out?

I really don't get it, bands like these are talented but their fans are condescending as hell. I think the whole stereotyping is a load of s****.

I know My Chemical Romace and Fallout Boy fans who would accuse you of not liking rock music just because you don't particularly like the bands they listen to. These people don't even bother to ask if you like Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, U2, Pink Floyd or any of these bands that made rock famous.

And for some reason all new bands want to be the new Blink 182. Seriously whats the deal?

So what do you guys/gals honestly think?

To me it seems to be just a phase like in the 90s when boybands and girlbands were running rampart and now that fad is gone.

Why put punk in the title if you're not gonna mention any punk bands (neither in sound or mentality) in your post?

DublinWriter · 28-07-2011 07:42PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Johnny Rotten (or John Lydon) used to wear a t-shirt that said "I hate Pink Floyd". He claimed a few years ago that he actually loves Pink Floyd.

This from the man who shills butter on tv.

SilverScreen · 28-07-2011 09:14PM

karaokeman wrote: »

Does anyone else think that rock genres like emo and punk will eventually die out?

Well emo really died about 7 or 8 years ago or so when bands like MCR and Aiden started to appear and the label 'emo' became associated with eyeliner-clad, watered-down, commercialised pop-rock, rather than the music that earlier bands like Mineral, Sunny Day Real Estate and Far made. The exact same happened with grunge in the 90's.

Punk will probably always survive in some shape or form. It's had it's ups and downs in terms of popularity but the punk spirit or attitude will always live on in a small minority of people. I think the decline of punk music started in the late 80's when bands like Black Flag and Dead Kennedys split, and then when bands like Green Day, The Offspring and Blink 182 appeared in the 90's and were labelled 'punk' all hope was seemingly lost.

karaokeman · 28-07-2011 09:43PM

MightyMighty737 wrote: »

Why put punk in the title if you're not gonna mention any punk bands (neither in sound or mentality) in your post?

Blink 182 are punk.

SilverScreen · 28-07-2011 09:49PM

karaokeman wrote: »

Blink 182 are punk.

No. Poison Idea are punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcEKprVjH30

Creamy Goodness · 28-07-2011 09:55PM

FTGFOP wrote: »

Is this emo?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDf-_8KvGM

If not, what is it? It both terrifies and fascinates me.

that's just a great product placement advertisement for tuborg wrapped around a **** song.

panic aren't emo.

what i think of when i see emo are bands like sunny day real estate and red house painters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiEGmrrUw-U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFQ4nuUuwNo

SilverScreen · 28-07-2011 10:00PM

Lol I was about to post the same Sunny Day Real Estate video! Red House Painters though don't really have much to do with the emo genre, they were seen as pioneers of slowcore/sadcore or whatever you want to call it, but they do have plenty of emotion in their songs. 'Katy Song' I must say is one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard and I love it to bits.

Here's another great emo band from the 90's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV0LJ0Dnl7A

hacked · 29-07-2011 08:02PM

OP Saying U2 are one of the bands that made rock popular is just downright insulting.

Malice · 30-07-2011 10:10AM

I think a very important distinction needs to be made here. Blink 182 and Sum 41 are Pop Punk whereas The Ramones and The Sex Pistols are Punk.

J_E · 30-07-2011 10:29AM

At The Drive-In were a great modern punk band while they lasted.

nyarlothothep · 30-07-2011 12:05PM

Cydoniac wrote: »

At The Drive-In were a great modern punk band while they lasted.

I thought they sounded more like an emo band, before emo became associated with MCR et al.

A V A · 30-07-2011 12:39PM

blink 182 are pop punk passed the enema of the state album, the four albums before that where punk, cant really put fall out boy and blink under the same name as "punk" thats like putting britney spears and amy whinehouse under the name pop!! amy whine house is not pop but her songs apealled to that crowd just fall out boy ,they arent punk ,they appealed to the punk crowd ,(then they went crap)
bands like anti flag, nofx , descendants , dinosaur jr are hwat you call punk in this era ,imo

The emo/punk phenomenon

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