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What exactly is emo? It appears to have originated as a form of Punk Rock, with almost screamed (emotional!) vocals. Personally I don't feel vocals have to be screamed to be emotional, but others often use the term "whine" to describe some!

http://www.mesaverde.co.uk/mp3/

http://www.fourfa.com/index.html

Fall Out Boy - current band.

History with full downloads.

History Excerpt quoted below (II)

Rites Of Spring - early band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29

Articles by fans etc. There is overlap.

http://altmusic.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/emo.htm Excerpts quoted below

You probably have heard emo music. Probably someone emotional recommended you check emo out. Possibly they were crying, wearing a tight sweater or quoting impossibly saccharine lyrics from songs about crushed hearts using celestial imagery. Needless to say, emo, or emocore as it sometimes is known, is one of indie rock's most misunderstood genres. Did you know emo's roots lie in hardcore music? Did you know that emo originally had nothing to do with diary-like confessions? Oh, young grasshopper. Read on. And understand what all the fuss (and eyeliner) is really about

Emo was born in the late 1980s as an outgrowth of the hardcore punk movement in Washington, D.C. The term "emo" itself was derived from the descriptor "emotional hardcore." Early emo bands -- like Rites of Spring, (*)Embrace and Rain -- took the intense punk-based sounds of Minor Threat and added a visceral, emotional element. Amid racing punk drum beats and heavily distorted guitars, vocals grew melodic, lyrics became self-questioning and the dynamics veered between loud/soft extremes. At the climax of a song, it was not unusual for a singer to emit a scream, growl or moan.

(*) Note the name Embrace is also used by a more recent UK band.

These days, the term emo is used to describe any band playing guitar-based music that is emotional either in approach, lyrical focus or affect. 2003 brought the diary-like hit Dashboard Confessional and since then, indie-rock cross-overs Bright Eyes and Death Cab For Cutie have become successful pop acts while maintaining -- if erroneously -- the label emo. In addition, more emotional pop punk bands like Brand New, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday and Thursday are all ascribed the label regardless of whether they claim it for themselves. Today, "emo" can describe almost anything emotional. Even this profile. Sniffle.

Excerpt (II)

Most people have a horribly limited idea of what emo is, simply because the most important records in the development of emo were largely released on vinyl, in small numbers, and with limited distribution. These were however very influential, so nowadays you have the situation that a lot of kids listen to third- and fourth-generation emo styles without even knowing it. I hope to expose such people to a wealth of great preceding music that's getting easier to find all the time...

The situation

This Page PKM 2007 Created 24th. August. 2007 Revised 25th. August 2007.

http://www.mesaverde.co.uk/mp3/	http://www.fourfa.com/index.html	Fall Out Boy - current band.
History with full downloads.	History Excerpt quoted below (II)	Rites Of Spring - early band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29	Articles by fans etc. There is overlap.
http://altmusic.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/emo.htm Excerpts quoted below

You probably have heard emo music. Probably someone emotional recommended you check emo out. Possibly they were crying, wearing a tight sweater or quoting impossibly saccharine lyrics from songs about crushed hearts using celestial imagery. Needless to say, emo, or emocore as it sometimes is known, is one of indie rock's most misunderstood genres. Did you know emo's roots lie in hardcore music? Did you know that emo originally had nothing to do with diary-like confessions? Oh, young grasshopper. Read on. And understand what all the fuss (and eyeliner) is really about	Emo was born in the late 1980s as an outgrowth of the hardcore punk movement in Washington, D.C. The term "emo" itself was derived from the descriptor "emotional hardcore." Early emo bands -- like Rites of Spring, ()Embrace* and Rain -- took the intense punk-based sounds of Minor Threat and added a visceral, emotional element. Amid racing punk drum beats and heavily distorted guitars, vocals grew melodic, lyrics became self-questioning and the dynamics veered between loud/soft extremes. At the climax of a song, it was not unusual for a singer to emit a scream, growl or moan.
(*) Note the name Embrace is also used by a more recent UK band.

Excerpt (II)	Most people have a horribly limited idea of what emo is, simply because the most important records in the development of emo were largely released on vinyl, in small numbers, and with limited distribution. These were however very influential, so nowadays you have the situation that a lot of kids listen to third- and fourth-generation emo styles without even knowing it. I hope to expose such people to a wealth of great preceding music that's getting easier to find all the time...