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27 others  Emo is a very misunderstood sub genre.. It is often
associated with self harming and being depressed. These are just
stereotypes. There are very few people who actually know what
emo is, along with screamo. It is short for emotive hardcore.
Many emo purists do tend to strictly limit emo to only bands
that have no fans with a hair fringe, are old-school or
underground and are influenced by punk. Despite they call bands
like Sunny Day Real Estate emo, who apparently have no punk
influence. This article will show the truth on emo. Read on to
find out more.      1. Be Emo Without Being a Poser Step 1.jpg
Remember that emo began as a music genre short for emotive
hardcore. Then later on it diversified into being influenced by
indie, alternative, pop punk and others. Originally it rooted in
1980s post-hardcore like Fugazi and Gray Matter. The first emo
band was Rites of Spring who formed in the DC hardcore scene.
Other early emo bands we