Emo=emotional Emo is: -A label for emotional people -A subgenre of rock -A style of clothing Emo is NOT: -goth -punk -a mix of the above The Label: Emo is used to describe very emotional kids. They tend to cry a lot, and fall in love easily. The Music: The melodic sounds of emo originiated from punk, except the lyrics are... well... emotional, and tend to dwell on feelings and relationships. Some genres of emo are: ~Screamo ~Post emo indie ~emocore ~Emo hardcore Some emo bands don't have band shirts or anything to promote the band and thus die out quickly. sometimes, they don't even put track labels on their CD's. The Style: ~Clothes~ -Studded belts -Tight girl pants (boys and girls) -Band T-shirts ~Hair~ Girls: Swept in the front, a dark or red color. sometimes highlighted or has chunks in it Boys: Swept in the front, spiked in the back, a dark or red color. sometimes highlighted or has chunks in it. They usually tend to cut it themselves. and look like this.... Or here is a EMO Kid wanna be, who needs to be shot. But the Girl in the cowboy hat on the other hand....... :wink: