A_Perfect_Sonnet

Sorry once again, but Don is wrong. Check the very first sentance of this "scholarly document".

That statement, is blaringly inaccurate. The term emo is a nickname for the term emotionally driven hardcore punk. And you'll also notice he goes on to describe emo as a "look" as well as a general attitude when it is mearly just music.

The writer also fails to mention any actual emo bands, other than SDRE, but rather name drops mainstream pop-punk and pop-rock bands, with little actual involvement into the musical aspects, and rather than look at the actual music, mocks history by referring back to his miseducated thesis. Both Don and this "scholar" are incorrect in their statements, negating whatever they were trying to get across.