Looking at the UK Tribes website made by channel 4, I can safely say I classify as an emo. Emos get a bad rep because we are often associated with self-harm and depression, but really all emo means is emotional or emotional hardcore (a genre derived from hardcore punk, it has gone on to be used in other genres like pop-punk and post-hardcore). So, emos don't deserve the bad rep because isn't everyone emotional? Emo is actually nothing to do with our emotions directly, it's just an artistic way of expressing emotion through fashion and music. The main colour used in emo is black, but often mixed with other colours to bring them out e.g. red, white, purple, green. Popular emo clothing brands are Criminal Damage, Vans, Drop Dead and band merchandise is also very popular. Popular bands in the emo subculture can vary in genre; it can range from Pop-Punk bands (All Time Low, Good Charlotte) to post-hardcore bands (From First To Last, Escape The Fate) to death-core (Bring Me The Horizon, Chelsea Grin). Personally i like all of them. Emo kids get lumped in with Scene kids when we're really quite different. Scene is like a colourful emo, and actually was derived from emo, the same way Pastel Goth was derived from Goth.
Some examples of emo:
Some examples of the shops:
A very honest self representation.
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