I really don't remember there being any emo kids even in the late '90s. I'm sure there might have been a few around somewhere, but emo was fairly unknown until 2002-03.
I think in it's early years (1985-2001) you really had to be deep into the scene. 2002 on, and it's trendy and mainstream. It was extremely underground then though.
Pfft haha! I wasn't expecting to see a lame "emo" battle on a Rites of Spring video. At no point has that meaningless pseudo-label ever entered my mind whilst rockin old Dischord albums, and I think Guy would agree:
'I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever... honestly, I just thought all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional?' - Picciotto
Hah what the eff? I didn't expect to see a lame "emo" argument on this video. At no point while listening to Rites or any such DC indie/hc bands have I ever even thought of that empty and meaningless pseudo-label. And Guy would agree:
"I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever... The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something?" - Picciotto - 2003 interview
I kinda recommend disabling comments on these Rites videos - it just ends in very long and very pointless debates about REAL EMO and shit. At least that is what I think! The music should speak for itself, not via a wikipedia article or via some self-righteous journalist. Wuv from meee
@charlessale I think they add color to the video and even some historical context, Charles. I like that people still have discussions about music and bands and stuff :)
enough of this "emo" bullshit. Who fucking cares if this is/was "emo"? if it was thats cool, but genres change, look at black sabbath's metal compared to cannibal corpse . All I know is that RoS is a sick washington hardcore/post-hardcore/emo/I don't care band who's album I picked up today. $8 well spent
Everyone that embraces 'emo' wants to pull everything they deem cool from the 80s under their umbrella, to claim it as their own. It's best to ignore them and the word itself.
frikken be quiet about emo for gods sake, great band, just sod off already, this band were well before u fat knackers squeezed your beings into tight trousers and waddled around in super clean converese
"I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me" Guy Picciotto
"I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me" - Guy Picciotto-
this is definitely emo. This is original emo before all the "scene" kids who shoppe at HotTopic and wear their sisters trousers came by and fucked it all up. Most people nowdays, even those in the "emo" scene have absolutely no idea what emo really is.
I have a hard time wrapping my head around this being emo. When I think emo, i thin Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason. This sounds like hardcore punk (not bad by any means). How is this emo? Is it just the lyrics?
It's the lyrics, chords, and the vocals. The lyrics are more emotional than regular punk, the chords are more ''loose'', and the vocals can be used in different ways, such as moaning, screaming, slurring the words, etc.
it depends on the band to match the sound. each early emo band has their own style and definition to their music.
it's cause hardcore at the time became more and more...simplistic and aggressive. much more macho and repetitive. Rites was about expressing yourself however. how all good punk should be.
@jack00008 It does sound like good punk, I'll give you that. But I think the term "emotional hardcore" makes more sense for this band than straight up "emo". But like most genre pioneers and originators, they sound less and less like later incarnations of the genre. That's my opinion, for what it's worth.
rites of spring were the first band to be called emo so if anything were emo it would be these guys. sunny day real estate and texas is the reason came later they too are emo bands but just like original punk more modern punk does not sound exactly the same as original punk. the ramones and anti-flag sound very different from one another but they are both punk
@griptapesequel I've been one of the "modern" emo kids for a long time, at least long for me. But I love these guys, I love fugazi, and Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arcadia, and all the older emo and emo-esque bands. It really just depends on whether the person took the time to trace it to its roots before claiming the identity.
this band according to spin magazine 20 years of alternative music book rite of spring is....punk simple as that the playing style the drums every thing is punk the only thing is the lyrics that talk about self mutalation and the government ..and that is what opened the gates for emotional hardcore bands which led to the emos of today which are gay and dress like girls rites of spring must be disappointed at what they created
shut the fuck up this argument is so 2002 cliche jesus fuck haven't you fucks had enough of posting on what is and what is not on the internet just to let people know how elite you are?
Why is this even 'emo'? It just sounds like post punk. I looked here expecting a horible whiney band, because of the whole 'emo' bullshit thing, but these guys don't sound bad. I'll check out some of their other stuff. The sound is slightly reminicent of the Pixies.... if they have songs as experimental as the Pixies, then they just might have a new fan. We'll see.
the term 'emo' is and will always be very controversal.
this is actually emo, but "the first wave of emo". but mostly called post-hardcore, because that term includes all kinds of genres which emerged of the former hardcore punk. like screamo, grindcore, what everrrrrr.
these guys are considerd the first ever "emo" band. (but that is only for their lyircs, nit like my chem romance and that shit) it fits better under the cantegiry emotive hardcore...heaps of bands at the time were singing about drinking beer and watching tv and stuff, and guys ike ian mckye wrote lyrics that were deep and personal.
check wikipedia out on like ian mckye, these guy...its a gold mine! ahaha
the only real genres are bands you like and bands you don't like, so stop pissin' on about what these guys should be labeled, because for me, rites of spring are a band i like
who gives a shit what kind of genre it is. A genre is something that "journalists" give bands to subjugate them. These discussions should be about the content of the music not how we should label/define them - coz that's just petty and fucked up.
Yes YEs! Lets put everything into a little genres and label everything right down to the difference from children's rhymes to sing-a-long songs... just like our number one role model, our government.
EMO, emotionally charged! im not quite sure if i have heard too much music without any emotion behind it, i did think thats was part of music, but maybe its just something created in the last 2 decades...
its little fagets in pik skinny jeans crying 2 the likes of mcr & making real rockers metal heads punks grungers & whatever else kinda rockish people look bad!
tal vez sea esta una de las pocas bandas EMOS autenticas qe an existido... lo qe ahora escuchan los qe actualmente se hacen llamar "EMOS" es el post-hardcore! yo escucho post-harcore pero nunca me e llamado a mi mismo EMO xD!!
i love today's emo, but not fake emo like red jumpsuit and fallout, i like old glassjaw, emo underoath, sunny day real estate, taking back sunday, the used, embrace, and off course, rites of spring.=) hope this guys have never broken up. such a waste of pure talent.
there is no emo. emo was/is a word used by people who were not part of the scene/movement. NONE of the bands from the 80's-90's called themselves emo. The bullshit commericial hardcore/punk bands today don't even call themselves emo. emo is a clothing/ hardye/magazine marketing device.
thank you. what the fuk is emo. punk is punk. Does anyone know what punk is anymore? Its not dying your hair blue, or lookin weird. Its not walkin around wiht a skateboard lookin like your gonna cause "trouble". Punk is a standard of living. I am Punk and I make close to 6 figures a year and I take down shit from the inside. Its not about your look, its about being pissed off and doin sometin about it.
right right, sure.. stealing the company stapler or giving your boss the finger underneath your briefcase at a board meeting.. that's really "sticking it to the man".. *rolls eyes*
I wish emo was still badass as all hell like it was back in the day. Here's what we need to do gentlemen, kidnap all the songwriters for emo bands and make them listen to Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, etc. and then tell them to write a song. Hopefully their already uber-emo will clash with the hardcore we've pummeled into them and create good emo like Rites of Spring.
What could I do I have learned sometimes a need can run too deep and we throw away the things we most wanted to keep and inside we lie over and over again This Time If you don't now you'd better learn to believe me when I say I'm going to build a wall around this town Around these hearts and hands.
Was reading today what Emo means, and have been looking some of the Bands which were to be the early emo bands. What I found: Punk bands. My friends in Spain are anarchists and play just punk and this, fugazi and other groups sound like PUNK. Conclusion: Emo doesn't exist. It must be just another selling-making-money-thing. I won't be researching/reading again from Emo anymore.
This is the true form of emo. Today's emo kind of just stole the name. And you essentially are right. When Emo first sprung up it was a subgenre of hardcore punk.
Oh piss off you Cradle Of Filth loving cretin. Besides, Rites Of Spring have nothing in common with what is considered "Emo" these days. I just consider them a Hardcore Punk band, and a very good/unique one at that.
I really don't remember there being any emo kids even in the late '90s. I'm sure there might have been a few around somewhere, but emo was fairly unknown until 2002-03.
I think in it's early years (1985-2001) you really had to be deep into the scene. 2002 on, and it's trendy and mainstream. It was extremely underground then though.
TheKimberBenton 2 months ago
Rites of Spring are punk. That's all there is to it.
Bofungus 3 months ago
Really people, how gives a rats ass about 'emo'. Rites of Spring were a fucking amazing band, period. Let the music speak for itself.
Watts660 7 months ago
Sorry to double-post, I didn't understand what "pending approval" meant
TheWanderingPrimate 7 months ago
Pfft haha! I wasn't expecting to see a lame "emo" battle on a Rites of Spring video. At no point has that meaningless pseudo-label ever entered my mind whilst rockin old Dischord albums, and I think Guy would agree:
'I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever... honestly, I just thought all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional?' - Picciotto
TheWanderingPrimate 7 months ago
Hah what the eff? I didn't expect to see a lame "emo" argument on this video. At no point while listening to Rites or any such DC indie/hc bands have I ever even thought of that empty and meaningless pseudo-label. And Guy would agree:
"I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever... The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something?" - Picciotto - 2003 interview
TheWanderingPrimate 8 months ago
tienes toda la razon el emo de hoy en dia no se parese en nada a el verdadero emo
el emo poser no se compara con el emo real que decepcion con la gente que ase quedar mala nuestra sociedad!!
sebastian3Death 10 months ago
I kinda recommend disabling comments on these Rites videos - it just ends in very long and very pointless debates about REAL EMO and shit. At least that is what I think! The music should speak for itself, not via a wikipedia article or via some self-righteous journalist. Wuv from meee
charlessale 10 months ago 2
@charlessale I think they add color to the video and even some historical context, Charles. I like that people still have discussions about music and bands and stuff :)
ritesofspr 8 months ago 5
Guy went onto better things after RoS, but this speaks for itself!!!!!
lolmau5 1 year ago
guy went on to bigger and better thingsafter this, even though this speaks for itself!
Awsome.
lolmau5 1 year ago
fucking awesome.
musiqmakesmehi 1 year ago
enough of this "emo" bullshit. Who fucking cares if this is/was "emo"? if it was thats cool, but genres change, look at black sabbath's metal compared to cannibal corpse . All I know is that RoS is a sick washington hardcore/post-hardcore/emo/I don't care band who's album I picked up today. $8 well spent
AndyKryste 1 year ago
at first sight Guy totally looked like 82-83 henry rollins hahaha, the hair and shit. I love that dude
xthreadx 1 year ago
Everyone that embraces 'emo' wants to pull everything they deem cool from the 80s under their umbrella, to claim it as their own. It's best to ignore them and the word itself.
fffffcccckkkk 1 year ago
That drummer is the shit. Especially when they play For Want of in another video.
HazelCarter287 1 year ago
I think I was there!
lubes17319 1 year ago
Haha who cares what genre this is its just fucking great music, genre is irrelevant!
crazyturckey 1 year ago
when i hear emo i still think of stupid fucking hipsters... but i still respect rites of spring.
xXxRUSTINPEACExXx 1 year ago
I think this band is better than todays emo bands!
-TF on the lain
TheHenrylim 1 year ago 4
@TheHenrylim why would you even say that?
TremulantMannequin 1 year ago
frikken be quiet about emo for gods sake, great band, just sod off already, this band were well before u fat knackers squeezed your beings into tight trousers and waddled around in super clean converese
twat4002 1 year ago
EMO IS FROM THESE PEOPLE IAN AND GUY, they were the first and AT THE DRIVE IN are the 2nd and last, fuok off the rest..
fastairs 1 year ago
EMO IS FROM THESE PEOPLE IAN AND GUY, they were the first and AT THE DRIVE IN are the 2nd and last, fuck off the rest..
fastairs 1 year ago
wtf!!
okaminotsuki 1 year ago
white people's answer to bad brains.
love both of em
shiznit1101 1 year ago
What guitar is the lead guitarist using?
RHCPPCHRRHCP 1 year ago
it is almost certainly a yahama sg. eddie janney was usually seen playing gibson sg's around this time.
cubistblues 1 year ago
What guitar is the lead guitarist using?
RHCPPCHRRHCP 1 year ago
@RHCPPCHRRHCP
Yamaha SG 2000.
jackackackackson 1 year ago
oh shut the fuck up,rites of spring dont care about emo or punk they just cared about rockin
orb2150tx 1 year ago 9
Is this on a DvD or something? If so, I NEED THIS!
Raiyne123 1 year ago
why can't i watch a video for a band i like without people arguing over what is emo or not?
just let it go and enjoy the video, guys!
SarahSiouxx 1 year ago
this is not emo this is punk. I guess this might have been emo then but today this is just awful. No offense to any one that likes this.
redemption95 2 years ago
@redemption95 You may hate it dude. But you have to at least give them respect, because the Emo music today wouldn't even exist without these guys.
TylerWhiteAcoustic 2 years ago
if it wasnt for this band there would be no sxe or "emo/ emocore" and the music you listen to today would be shit....SO PAY FUCKING HOMAGE
LockedInTension 2 years ago 2
but the music today is shit. rites of spring are awesome.
GikeMoldberg 1 year ago
these guys are awesome, not emo!
cacapanties 2 years ago
I'm not sure why I got thumbs down for saying that Bring Me the Horizon, Chiodos, and the Devil Wears Prada sucks and that this band is good.
crassisdead 2 years ago 4
you probly got a thumbs down because they are good bands. you may not like them but that doesn't mean there not good.
CloudMeetsSky 2 years ago
they riped off good charlot
sockcucker23 2 years ago
i think this was before good charlot
wingedwolf75 2 years ago
you think this was b4 good charlottle? bitch, this was probably b4 u were even born son.
GikeMoldberg 1 year ago
@sockcucker23
nice trolling there
good charlotte - 1996
rites of spring - 1984
LizzziMerjanen 2 years ago
"I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me" Guy Picciotto
82dharmabum 2 years ago 5
"I've never recognized "emo" as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me" - Guy Picciotto-
82dharmabum 2 years ago 2
This shit is terrible...
lovelygreebo 2 years ago
Emoooooo!!!
PRINCEVEGGITA 2 years ago
9:30 in DC?
kornisgay12345 2 years ago
yep good ole 930 club
nickostolgic 2 years ago
this is definitely emo. This is original emo before all the "scene" kids who shoppe at HotTopic and wear their sisters trousers came by and fucked it all up. Most people nowdays, even those in the "emo" scene have absolutely no idea what emo really is.
griptapesequel 2 years ago 62
so truee..
scurlcube 2 years ago
i think so, however i prefer the emo music of our day (see i voted good your comment)
TheEmofighter 2 years ago 3
don't say that word.
meinLiebsterFeind 2 years ago
I have a hard time wrapping my head around this being emo. When I think emo, i thin Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason. This sounds like hardcore punk (not bad by any means). How is this emo? Is it just the lyrics?
Metalcortaku 2 years ago
this is real emo. the definition was changed around 2001 i think. this is the band that started emo
wingedwolf75 2 years ago
It's the lyrics, chords, and the vocals. The lyrics are more emotional than regular punk, the chords are more ''loose'', and the vocals can be used in different ways, such as moaning, screaming, slurring the words, etc.
it depends on the band to match the sound. each early emo band has their own style and definition to their music.
anarchy541 2 years ago
@Metalcortaku
it's cause hardcore at the time became more and more...simplistic and aggressive. much more macho and repetitive. Rites was about expressing yourself however. how all good punk should be.
jack00008 2 years ago
@jack00008 It does sound like good punk, I'll give you that. But I think the term "emotional hardcore" makes more sense for this band than straight up "emo". But like most genre pioneers and originators, they sound less and less like later incarnations of the genre. That's my opinion, for what it's worth.
Metalcortaku 2 years ago
rites of spring were the first band to be called emo so if anything were emo it would be these guys. sunny day real estate and texas is the reason came later they too are emo bands but just like original punk more modern punk does not sound exactly the same as original punk. the ramones and anti-flag sound very different from one another but they are both punk
CloudMeetsSky 2 years ago
@griptapesequel puta ka
TheHenrylim 1 year ago
@griptapesequel
RoS not is Emo, RoS is the first Post-Hardcore band, and the emocore is a sub-genre of Post-Harcore ;D, the actually "emo's" SUCKS!
JsfBcn 1 year ago
@JsfBcn geez, why would you go so far to put music into categories?
uberscheisse 1 year ago
@JsfBcn lol sarcasm
alf88sen 1 year ago
@JsfBcn
rites of spring started the emo genre under the "revolution summer" 1985
so shut the fuck up
golljoll 11 months ago
@griptapesequel I've been one of the "modern" emo kids for a long time, at least long for me. But I love these guys, I love fugazi, and Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arcadia, and all the older emo and emo-esque bands. It really just depends on whether the person took the time to trace it to its roots before claiming the identity.
Raigoonffdotnet 1 year ago
@griptapesequel people say i look emo and I listen to dis :D
XxXdarkersideOfmeXxX 3 months ago
no everyone, this is emo. just early non-manufactured-or-influenced-by-blink182 emo.
catmann3 2 years ago 5
this band according to spin magazine 20 years of alternative music book rite of spring is....punk simple as that the playing style the drums every thing is punk the only thing is the lyrics that talk about self mutalation and the government ..and that is what opened the gates for emotional hardcore bands which led to the emos of today which are gay and dress like girls rites of spring must be disappointed at what they created
dimuuborgir999 2 years ago
guy piccoto is the best ever happened to music :)
quake92 2 years ago 5
original emo
hxcdsal89 2 years ago 2
urban dictionary lies..
emo= good bands like chiodos, bring me the horizon, and the devil wears prada
then again emo is just a label.
gameoverboys12345 2 years ago
mhm
ksugerplum 2 years ago
All those bands suck. This is REAL emo.
crassisdead 2 years ago
shut the fuck up this argument is so 2002 cliche jesus fuck haven't you fucks had enough of posting on what is and what is not on the internet just to let people know how elite you are?
music is dead, internet ruined it. Life RULES.
thundertower 2 years ago 3
@thundertower if the internet managed to ruin music for you, you can't possibly have liked it very much to begin with
HazelCarter287 2 years ago
just a post hardcore band
payaxo1 2 years ago
Its hardcore! this was one of the first hardcore bands. However they led the way for the popularly called "emo" bands.
xahmazinglindzx 2 years ago
yeah and I wish they never ever did that. assholes. now everything from fucking your sister to a paper cut is called emo.
maimingbetty 2 years ago 5
no they were not one of the first hardcore bands.
eweezy13 2 years ago
yeah they were one of the last hardcore bands
BraincageAZ 2 years ago
It's emocore
uNderConTr0oL 2 years ago
Emo was originally a style of hardcore punk until Sunny Real Estate and Jimmy Eat World fagged it up,
BreakerSizzle 2 years ago 2
This band is EMOTIONAL HARDCORE.
adafunk 2 years ago 3
it's sounds like what the germs would be like if darby was sober at some point...
hatethismusic 2 years ago
Wow not emo. This shit is punk.
How the fuck did this turn into my chemical romance
princeofpwnage22 2 years ago
my chemical romance is not "emo" please just throw that word out of your head. it's some stupid shit someone made up and it's gotten out of hand.
maimingbetty 2 years ago 15
@maimingbetty amen. Even mcr say their not emo :D
MrMacGrungy 5 months ago
garage punk
hiramspm 2 years ago
Why call it emo? It's as if hardcore isn't emotional!-ian mackaye
akrasia0k 2 years ago 3
garage punk shit head
beebe50 2 years ago
its emotive hardcore, not emotional
xpunkybassistx 2 years ago 2
hell yeah! fuck the 3rd wave "mall emo" !!!!!
Fredovsky 2 years ago
Why is this even 'emo'? It just sounds like post punk. I looked here expecting a horible whiney band, because of the whole 'emo' bullshit thing, but these guys don't sound bad. I'll check out some of their other stuff. The sound is slightly reminicent of the Pixies.... if they have songs as experimental as the Pixies, then they just might have a new fan. We'll see.
EccentricSage 2 years ago
the term 'emo' is and will always be very controversal.
this is actually emo, but "the first wave of emo". but mostly called post-hardcore, because that term includes all kinds of genres which emerged of the former hardcore punk. like screamo, grindcore, what everrrrrr.
xthreadx 2 years ago
emo is essentially a form of post-punk
polarity55 2 years ago 3
Emo is such a nebulous term. Guy Picciotto doesn't even really know what it means.
gwennnn 2 years ago
post-punk wouldent sound like this. if it was post punk id sound like that fuckin david bowie or some shit
lusefer 2 years ago
these guys are considerd the first ever "emo" band. (but that is only for their lyircs, nit like my chem romance and that shit) it fits better under the cantegiry emotive hardcore...heaps of bands at the time were singing about drinking beer and watching tv and stuff, and guys ike ian mckye wrote lyrics that were deep and personal.
check wikipedia out on like ian mckye, these guy...its a gold mine! ahaha
PeejayPhoenix 2 years ago
oh yeah and they aren't called emo for the music people call them emo because of their lyrics
thev9090 2 years ago
the only real genres are bands you like and bands you don't like, so stop pissin' on about what these guys should be labeled, because for me, rites of spring are a band i like
thev9090 2 years ago
AWESOME BAND. This is balls out rock and roll. Guy's vocals suck but it doensn't matter. These motherfuckers were hungry.
redshaftedflicker 2 years ago
who gives a shit what kind of genre it is. A genre is something that "journalists" give bands to subjugate them. These discussions should be about the content of the music not how we should label/define them - coz that's just petty and fucked up.
klotie19 2 years ago 3
oh god. can the discussion of what's "emo" stop. please? please.
nolocomotives 2 years ago 3
record companies blah blah emo blah blah blah punk is blah blah sell outs are blah blah blah the best is blah blah blah are better blah blah
xvicomatorium 2 years ago 4
this is the 1st emo band
limpeyeatworld 2 years ago 3
what in the world is this shit?
tkojams 2 years ago
This band is great. The only band with that silly emo tag the rules.
roejogan8 3 years ago
118157 - Aussies are such bitches. stfu
SeanFoley99 3 years ago
Yes YEs! Lets put everything into a little genres and label everything right down to the difference from children's rhymes to sing-a-long songs... just like our number one role model, our government.
EMO, emotionally charged! im not quite sure if i have heard too much music without any emotion behind it, i did think thats was part of music, but maybe its just something created in the last 2 decades...
anticoolsociety 3 years ago
wtf is emo?? is it a genre of music??? i'm a total rock n roll fan n i jus came across someone talkin bout emo...
whats with it?
saajanthegreat 3 years ago
its little fagets in pik skinny jeans crying 2 the likes of mcr & making real rockers metal heads punks grungers & whatever else kinda rockish people look bad!
coldsweatod 2 years ago
man, you're stupid.
westbound714 2 years ago
if they knew then what they would be accredited for now....they would have punched you in the face.
scruzme13 3 years ago
everyone shut the fuck up about emo its so fucking irelevant
118157 3 years ago 15
emo emo emo. lol
PhilLaurence 3 years ago
well said
mynameistomilk 3 years ago
Everyone shut the fuck up about Emo noone cares about it its nothing and its irelevant
118157 3 years ago 5
first emo band ever.
svilack 3 years ago
Wow .. FascistFashion .. there are the first emo band in Washington D.C 1971 ... there are emo !!!!
kaulitzfan94 3 years ago
EMO is indeed a genre that ORIGINATED from Hardcore punk. Now Rites Of Spring may not of ben emo, they sure as hell had a big influence on it.
Seprinth 3 years ago
i still prefer moss icon
Playing0The0Angel 3 years ago
tal vez sea esta una de las pocas bandas EMOS autenticas qe an existido... lo qe ahora escuchan los qe actualmente se hacen llamar "EMOS" es el post-hardcore! yo escucho post-harcore pero nunca me e llamado a mi mismo EMO xD!!
juanjelokodelavida 3 years ago
I need enlightenment please
kuj4z 3 years ago
el primer disco Emo xD
taba bueno! xD
saiikun 3 years ago
fucking nice band!
mrosk8 3 years ago
i love today's emo, but not fake emo like red jumpsuit and fallout, i like old glassjaw, emo underoath, sunny day real estate, taking back sunday, the used, embrace, and off course, rites of spring.=) hope this guys have never broken up. such a waste of pure talent.
james619 3 years ago
nah half of them went on to create fugazi, so they definitely didnt waste that pure talent
troutmasked 3 years ago 3
tbs and the used are not emo, they are pop punk. Also, even though rites of spring broke up, guy formed a band that was real emo known as "fugazi".
efficientxkiller 3 years ago
there is no emo. emo was/is a word used by people who were not part of the scene/movement. NONE of the bands from the 80's-90's called themselves emo. The bullshit commericial hardcore/punk bands today don't even call themselves emo. emo is a clothing/ hardye/magazine marketing device.
FascistFashion 3 years ago 3
thank you. what the fuk is emo. punk is punk. Does anyone know what punk is anymore? Its not dying your hair blue, or lookin weird. Its not walkin around wiht a skateboard lookin like your gonna cause "trouble". Punk is a standard of living. I am Punk and I make close to 6 figures a year and I take down shit from the inside. Its not about your look, its about being pissed off and doin sometin about it.
kllrbee69 3 years ago
right right, sure.. stealing the company stapler or giving your boss the finger underneath your briefcase at a board meeting.. that's really "sticking it to the man".. *rolls eyes*
Majesticon 3 years ago
you dumb motherfucker...
yes is emo which is suppose to be emocore that was the style...and rites of spring was the first emocore band after the post puck era...
HomeDuDe123 3 years ago 2
actually Piccioto was one of the last members to join Fugazi.
MacklinReed 2 years ago
none of those bands are emo.
Playing0The0Angel 3 years ago
true emo jaja
luisthrasher 3 years ago 3
All those emo kids at Hot Topic need to know about Rites of Spring!
desolateangel83 3 years ago 11
how about we ask hot topic yo market rites of spring stuff? hahaha
james619 3 years ago
They've collectively shit themselves.
mwmalecky 3 years ago
They probably don't know good REAL emo bands. Damn, I'm longing back to the days of this music.
Drake975 3 years ago
My favorite song with Rites of Spring :)
kittkkatt 3 years ago 2
i'd get down with guy picciotto. what a fox.
devastationwagon 3 years ago 2
I wish emo was still badass as all hell like it was back in the day. Here's what we need to do gentlemen, kidnap all the songwriters for emo bands and make them listen to Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, etc. and then tell them to write a song. Hopefully their already uber-emo will clash with the hardcore we've pummeled into them and create good emo like Rites of Spring.
mentalfive 3 years ago 5
that is probably the most genius thing i have read
...well besides my friends idea of a time machine powered by a cat and a slice of buttered toast
zcbm1579 3 years ago
so rad
thename 3 years ago
emo or not, this band's pretty damn good.
tisspn 3 years ago 4
Shit!!!! = Emo!!!!!!!!!!!\
SaDarkmagician99 3 years ago
i like this :)
ItsJelloMania 3 years ago
Guy Piccioto is one of the best punk frontmen ever. He's right up there with Joe Strummer, HR of the Bad Brains, Joey Ramone, and Ian Mackeye.
elementfool 3 years ago
And Jello Biafra of course ;)
sockaroka 3 years ago
yeahh pure emo (L)
back in the days (L)
molbcore18 3 years ago
fugazi>RoS
Harveyz01 3 years ago
swt i just know this is the earlier emo band in 1985.. u ppl type emo at wikipedia n see the info...
Spongekiddo 3 years ago
If all emo now would be like this, I wouldn't hate emo's so much XD
TheRacistsMustDie 3 years ago 4
the real thing
forefathers
2banban2 3 years ago 2
What could I do I have learned sometimes a need can run too deep and we throw away the things we most wanted to keep and inside we lie over and over again This Time If you don't now you'd better learn to believe me when I say I'm going to build a wall around this town Around these hearts and hands.
awesome lyrics
MasterMind054 3 years ago
proper emo
headbangin1 3 years ago 2
Was reading today what Emo means, and have been looking some of the Bands which were to be the early emo bands. What I found: Punk bands. My friends in Spain are anarchists and play just punk and this, fugazi and other groups sound like PUNK. Conclusion: Emo doesn't exist. It must be just another selling-making-money-thing. I won't be researching/reading again from Emo anymore.
stephenr80 3 years ago
This is the true form of emo. Today's emo kind of just stole the name. And you essentially are right. When Emo first sprung up it was a subgenre of hardcore punk.
Twilight3dge 3 years ago 4
Yeah, modern "emo" bands are just pop rock
GethricMercutura 3 years ago
not even pop rock, or at its best poprock. More boyband music than anything else
aurasmash 3 years ago
hmm, how about more hardcore ones like alesana and many early saosin and some glassjaw? i wont call them pop rock, its emo and i like it as this
james619 3 years ago
whoot whoot alesana!
lilethiogurl 3 years ago
i love tyhis band, why did you guys thumbs down me?
james619 3 years ago
Alesana is absolute crap, early Saosin is ok and Glassjaw rocks anyday.
Drake975 3 years ago
WTF!!!
febcanl 3 years ago
agreed. GJ's first album is the best, early saosing stuff was good (with their first singer) and alesana is just gay boring commercialised crap.
pedobear21 3 years ago
translating the name is like one of the best cds :)
AndrewDaniele87 2 years ago
Some people need to get over the fact that emo has changed from what it was then and what it was now.
PrinceZuko26 3 years ago
yeah. no.
emo is hard to find nowadays.
however, it is very easy to find an mtvemo band anywhere.
astrozombie777 3 years ago 5
noo, the emo didnt came from this, was a modern creation, but this is no bad...
valderengel 3 years ago
idiot..... you know nothing about music :|
wthNOname 3 years ago
i cant even understand whatever hes saying.
I prefer emo nowadays :s
musikdatkiksass 3 years ago
lol. your music taste SUCKS then.
elementfool 3 years ago
emo nowadays is crap...ROS is incomparable to what scene kids know.
xsangrexrazax 3 years ago 7
emo is sau schwul.. scheis auf euer englisch ich kann das nicht ihr seits sau schwul xD
omg616 3 years ago
now this is what you call music!!
love you guys!!
xXxpazuxXx 3 years ago
damn emo es the fucking ugly son between goth and punk... this sucks... funckin' panda lovers (panda is a emo mexican band)any way
emo=comercial
emo=gay
emo=girl
emo=suck my...
JoshiFilth 3 years ago
Oh piss off you Cradle Of Filth loving cretin. Besides, Rites Of Spring have nothing in common with what is considered "Emo" these days. I just consider them a Hardcore Punk band, and a very good/unique one at that.
assimilate 3 years ago 4