Emo

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Emo is a kind of music and is short for emotive hardcore. It has its roots from skatepunk, punk and hardcore punk. The emo movement started in the United States in the mid-1980s in cities like Washington, D.C.. "Emo kid" is a name given to someone who is a fan of this kind of music, and not by what he/she looks like.

[edit] Examples of Emo Bands

  • Portraits of Past
  • I, Robot
  • Usurp Synapse
  • Orchid
  • Reversal of Man
  • Suis la lune
  • Funeral Diner