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Benn Roe · 08-19-2020, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Just goth. No emo involved. Emo didn't exist for another 15 years or so and emo is just someone trying to act cool by being goth. TWO completely different things. Being goth doesn't make you emo. Being emo doesn't make you goth. People need to stop with these assumptions that they are one and the same.

You're right that emo and goth aren't related, but everything else you said is wrong. The first emo bands formed in the mid-80s, and were very much an off-shoot of punk and hardcore. They had no associations with goth fashion, derivative or otherwise, and were "emo" because the music and lyrics and were emotional and introspective (for punk, anyway). In the early 2000s some pop-punk bands started screaming and imitating goth fashion, and erroneously adopted the term, and the general public has been confused about it ever since, apparently yourself included. Or at least that's a purist's take, but language evolves. Most people use the terms 'goth' and 'emo' more or less synonymously these days, so either they're right or I am. You just seem confused.

08-19-2020, 04:13 PM	#65546
Benn Roe X-Man Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 371	Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Kain Just goth. No emo involved. Emo didn't exist for another 15 years or so and emo is just someone trying to act cool by being goth. TWO completely different things. Being goth doesn't make you emo. Being emo doesn't make you goth. People need to stop with these assumptions that they are one and the same. You're right that emo and goth aren't related, but everything else you said is wrong. The first emo bands formed in the mid-80s, and were very much an off-shoot of punk and hardcore. They had no associations with goth fashion, derivative or otherwise, and were "emo" because the music and lyrics and were emotional and introspective (for punk, anyway). In the early 2000s some pop-punk bands started screaming and imitating goth fashion, and erroneously adopted the term, and the general public has been confused about it ever since, apparently yourself included. Or at least that's a purist's take, but language evolves. Most people use the terms 'goth' and 'emo' more or less synonymously these days, so either they're right or I am. You just seem confused. __________________ My Tradelist \| My Shop (now shipping Marvel Legends and Black Series)