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Old 09-23-2012, 11:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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What IS emo then?
I have no idea either, and I never put much thought into it actually... I thought Emo was any music listen to anyone who had pitch black hair with fluorescent bangs and wore black baggy chain pants from HotTopics - apparently it's an off-shoot of DC Hardcore from the 80s.

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Tbh the only names I recognized in that article was Bob Dylan, Mozart, Minor Threat, Husker Du and Panic! At The Disco. I'd imagined Emo bands would be something like 30 Seconds to Mars and Paramore... I don't know now.
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