this is my friend dan posting -
Good day to you all. i have noticed you are talking about emo and i have to say you are all completely wrong. You have no idea.
Dashboard Confes, Funeral for a friend, saves the day are no more emo than limp bizkit are metal. THey are bollocks pops music. Emo is just another form of hardcore and not just whining about girls and being lonely. A lot of real emo bands sing about a whole number of different topics so there.
Now here are some real emo bands.
Lets start at the beginning...
Rites Of Spring
Embrace (not the indie band, the DC hardcore band from the 80s featuring Ian Mackaye from Minor Threat/Fugazi)
These were the first few. They kinda started them off. Then some bands such as Frail, Moss Icon, Hoover and so on appeared. They kinda yell and scream a lot and are the most emo bands ever. I suggest you check them out. Indian Summer are another essential band -
http://host.bip.net/730472/indiansummer.html
You get your screamy stuff (Screamo)
Orchid -
http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~brw97/Orchid.html
Circle Takes The Square -
http://www.rockstudio.com/circle/realindex.html
Love Lost But Not Forgotton -
http://www.llbnf.net/
Page#99 -
http://www.pageninetynine.com/
Reversal Of Man -
http://www.pageninetynine.com/
Honeywell
Kaospilot -
http://www.level-plane.com/kaospilot/
You get your standard emo
Portrait
Frail
Shotmaker
Ten Grand
http://www.ten-grand.com/ Touring UK soon
Still Life
You get your nice pleasant indie-emo stuff. This is really just indie and many emo purists dont regard it as emo although it has an obvious emo influence.
Mineral -
http://www.epitonic.com/artists/mineral.html
Boys Life
Christie Front Drive
http://www.christiefrontdrive.com/
The Pine
http://www.geocities.com/thepinepage/
Evergreen
You get your dancy San Diego stuff
Swing Kids
Clikatat Ikatowi
The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
Most stuff on ThreeOneG and Gravity
Good record labels for emo/hardcore.
http://www.alonerecords.com
http://www.electrichumanproject.com/
http://www.level-plane.com
http://www.roboticempire.com/
http://www.ebullition.com
Basically emo is geeks trying to yell and look hard. It has a lot of yelling and screaming and a lot of melody. It is very good and i recommend you check some of it out.
BTW GLASSJAW ARE POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST PILE OF WANK EVER. THE USED, FINCH, THURSDAY, GET UP KIDS, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, SAVES THE DAY ARE NOT EMO/SCREAMO OR REAL HARDCORE.
Please read this site.
www.fourfa.com
thanks