"Emo" is Dangerous

[Jason Tate]

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has attacked (http://pr-inside.com/kasabian-slams-emo-bands-r20697.htm) "emo" bands including Fall Out Boy (http://www.absolutepunk.net/falloutboy), Panic! at the Disco (http://www.absolutepunk.net/panicatthedisco), and My Chemical Romance (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mychemicalromance).

[HoldFastHope]

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has attacked (http://pr-inside.com/kasabian-slams-emo-bands-r20697.htm) "emo" bands including Fall Out Boy (http://www.absolutepunk.net/falloutboy), Panic! at the Disco (http://www.absolutepunk.net/panicatthedisco), and My Chemical Romance (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mychemicalromance).

What an unoriginal tool. I like that nobody said anything about it when emo was more of an underground movement, but now that it gets airtime and publicity every douchebag is coming out of the woodwork to bash it. Class acts.

[wuninseven]

kasabian licks.

[em0_stars]

hahah, at least those bands are good at what they do.

[justanact]

Here we go again!

[brandneww]

once again i just don't get it. music is music. with all the fucking hate in the world, music is the one thing that should bring everyone together. "The CUTT OFF rocker believes the rock sub-genre is a negative influence on emotionally confused teenagers." well i'm sorry but fuck that. i had a fucked up teenage life, and without the music which i could RELATE TO, as opposed to being a "negative influence", i don't know where i'd be right now.

[chokeychicken]

you can tell this guy is ignorant because he thinks all "emo" is depressing.

i dont know about you guys, but when i listen to the get up kids, i feel fucking fantastic.

[Drew Beringer]

Wait, I just remembered! Kasabian sucks, no one cares what you have to say.

[BGP]

...sigh

[Buried A Lie]

what a pretentious prick. i don't like certain aspects of the music scene either, but this guy is just as bitchy and whiney as any other "emo" kid. all he is doing is letting us know that he is jealous of success.

[DJosef]

It's hard for me to insult anyone who supports my hatred of that unholy triumvrate of shitty bands, but this dude is a tool.

[Drew Beringer]

you can tell this guy is ignorant because he thinks all "emo" is depressing.

i dont know about you guys, but when i listen to the get up kids, i feel fucking fantastic.

And you can tell he is a fucking assjockey cause he thinks those bands are "emo."

[EmoErk]

i hope max from say anything replies to this

[MomentOfSilence]

Isn't bashing emo old by now?

[buysoap]

the killers tagged out and sent kasabian in!!! DEATH MATCH

[tenfootbrett]

No shit. Those bands aren't emo. Those bands are generic pop punk. I bet Meighan feels like a bit of an ass now.

[Melissa Johnson]

Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan has attacked (http://pr-inside.com/kasabian-slams-emo-bands-r20697.htm) "emo" bands including Fall Out Boy (http://www.absolutepunk.net/falloutboy), Panic! at the Disco (http://www.absolutepunk.net/panicatthedisco), and My Chemical Romance (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mychemicalromance).
Tim Kinsella called. He wants his schtick back.

[Jared Kaufman]

i'm seriously so tired of the word "emo."

[Jason Tate]

Tim Kinsella called. He wants his schtick back.
:lol:

[Jason Tate]

i'm seriously so tired of the word "emo."
:dome:

[Melissa Johnson]

:dome:
:bluesad:

[Jared Kaufman]

:dome:
do you just not sign onto aim anymore or something?

[Drew Beringer]

i'm seriously so tired of the word "emo."

Jesus Christ, Jared, quit being so emo over the word emo. :shake:



in other news, I'm :drew: right now cause I got my retail Cobra today. It makes me horny.

[Melissa Johnson]

do you just not sign onto aim anymore or something?
His laptop died. Taking AIM down with it.

[Jared Kaufman]

His laptop died. Taking AIM down with it.
there's no way he's posting all this news with his sidekick...

[crayZbuzzard]

I wish people would stop using the word "emo". All the bands mentioned are pop bands. The same demographic that was listening to NSYNC and Backstreet Boys 6 years ago are now listening to Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and My Chemical Romance.

[youareallfreaks]

bashing the successful bands is so trendy these days

[Melissa Johnson]

there's no way he's posting all this news with his sidekick...
The boy has two computers. He used to work back and forth between them, now he's just reserved to working at 1.

[quickandsilver]

i wouldnt even consider those bands real "emo"

[myworstmistakes]

emo hasn't existed in a long time, buddy.

[Jared Kaufman]

The boy has two computers. He used to work back and forth between them, now he's just reserved to working at 1.
he can't sign onto the one he still has? :(

[Melissa Johnson]

he can't sign onto the one he still has? :(
He says he's hiding from you.

[robdobi]

how are FOB and panic! supposed to make kids depressed?

could you imagine if mineral was popular?

EVERYONE would be depressed.

[rosematter]

Here is my 4-step program to help this mis-informed soul out.

1. Learn what emo is.

2. Learn what pop-punk is.

3. Learn to tell the difference.

4. Shut up.


I think that about sums it up.

[Jared Kaufman]

He says he's hiding from you.
that's not very nice. and didn't you see your kick? i need to ask you a question on AIM.
how are FOB and panic! supposed to make kids depressed?

could you imagine if mineral was popular?

EVERYONE would be depressed.
mineral, ftw!

[Melissa Johnson]

that's not very nice. and didn't you see your kick? i need to ask you a question on AIM.

mineral, ftw!
No my kick has been in my bag since last night. Ill go get it..

[ACA]

"Emo" is used how "punk" is used.

You'd probably all jump and say NOFX is punk, but they're as much punk as Taking Back Sunday is emo. And you'd all cry about that.

-ACA

[Jared Kaufman]

No my kick has been in my bag since last night. Ill go get it..
oh, i just thought you "showa" for a long time.

[notoaststereo]

haha kasabian is so bad.

[Melissa Johnson]

oh, i just thought you "showa" for a long time.
All it said was "I have an impt question." What is it?

[GirlyGirlGirlGi]

Are they emo? Yes. Even though they don't sound exactly like Rites of Spring, the bands mentioned can be categorized under the umbrella of emo because of their general sound and influences.

[h0merg0mez]

Pff I couldn't care less about what Tom Meighan says. He's Tom Meighan. He's just trying to stir up controversy and get all anti-emo people on his side, and gain more anti-emo fans. Yeah, I missed the part where I'm supposed to give a damn about freaking Tom Meighan.

Also, I like how he only picks on the bands who made it big.

[eastcoast-fu]

People have been claiming emo to be dead for over a decade now.

Hint: A genre is not dead if it has a gazillion bands in it.

[rosematter]

"Emo" is used how "punk" is used.

You'd probably all jump and say NOFX is punk, but they're as much punk as Taking Back Sunday is emo. And you'd all cry about that.

-ACA


Once the average person in the mainstream gets ahold of a new word from a previously obscure sub-culture, they love to hi-jack it and use it wherever they can. I can't wait until they start calling any album with any sort of depressing lyrics or even catchy hooks about ex's emo.

Same thing happened like a year ago when "Blog" became a hit buzz-word, even though live-journal and Xanga had been around for years prior. Now every news personality has a "blog" when earlier it just would have been their own private "columns" or "editorials."

[zizou1790]

who cares

[GirlyGirlGirlGi]

Once mainstream people get ahold of a new word, they love to hi-jack it and use it wherever they can. I can't wait until they start calling any album with any sort of depressing lyrics or even catchy hooks about ex's emo.

Emo is basically the mainstream music of choice for this generation of high school/middle schoolers:

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2006/05/the_bamboozle_f.php

[ACA]

Once mainstream people get ahold of a new word, they love to hi-jack it and use it wherever they can. I can't wait until they start calling any album with any sort of depressing lyrics or even catchy hooks about ex's emo.

Indeed.

People need to stop bitching "OMG THIS BAND ISNT EMO!". Get the fuck over it. If a band is good, they're good. If they suck, they suck.

There's a lot of GREAT "emo" bands, but there's a lot of worthless "emo" bands. This applies to every genre of music.

-ACA

[ilovebsb]

i think alot've people who dont actually know what emo music is get it confused with retarded goth kids or so it seems.

[CWeezer2]

the word emo needs to die. everyone has a different story about its origin, all insisting they're right, everyone has an opinion on what bands they consider under this genre, also insisting accuracy...the word basically has no definition. and this guy is a dipshit for calling out some successful bands. but it's quite clear, as this thread is proof, that he's getting what he wants out of it. attention. may i also add, kasabian is quite sucky.

[ACA]

Same thing happened like a year ago when "Blog" became a hit buzz-word, even though live-journal and Xanga had been around for years prior. Now every news personality has a "blog" when earlier it just would have been their own private "columns" or "editorials."

I concur.

Read (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banish).

-ACA

[walshknilb281]

is this the new "in" thing to do

[xkss99x]

Music is music. Let's stop trying to put titles to it all.

[jonbolden]

This doesn't make a whole of sense really, at least for the bands he called out. The most depressing of them is My Chemical Romance. I always thought Fall Out Boy and Panic! were pretty upbeat actually.

Hell, I love Nine Inch Nails and it doesn't get much more depressing than that! And I've never wanted to kill myself... lol well, except for when they canceled Arrested Development

[GirlyGirlGirlGi]

This is just the tip of the backlash iceberg that these poor bands are about to feel. It's like when people got really sick of hair metal in the early 90s and everyone jumped off of the bandwagon and started making fun of it. Get ready for these bands to become the butt of just about every musical joke possible.

[walshknilb281]

its getting old

[werealldudes19]

whose kasabian?

[rosematter]

Indeed.

People need to stop bitching "OMG THIS BAND ISNT EMO!". Get the fuck over it. If a band is good, they're good. If they suck, they suck.

There's a lot of GREAT "emo" bands, but there's a lot of worthless "emo" bands. This applies to every genre of music.

-ACA


Good call, I believe Inspection 12 said it best with their song "Labels are for Cans."


Although, I do think recently a lot of people have been realizing this with the success of bands like Hellogoodbye, Say Anything, and a slew of other bands who cross into so many genres that you realize it's ridiculous to start labeling a band "Emo-influenced Power-pop/punk dancy math rock combined with hardcore/metal." It is after all, just music at the end of the day.

[jonbolden]

Originally Posted by rosematterhttp://images.absolutepunk.net/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=4401129#post440112 9)
Same thing happened like a year ago when "Blog" became a hit buzz-word, even though live-journal and Xanga had been around for years prior. Now every news personality has a "blog" when earlier it just would have been their own private "columns" or "editorials."


Good point! New Wave was a huge term in the 80s and now you rarely hear it. I mean it's still around but still... Nobody really calls anything Grunge anymore either. Even if someone sounds exactly like Nirvana. They may use the term, grunge, but it doesn't have the weight to it that it used to. It'll pass.... like Steve Urkle

[rosematter]

I concur.

Read (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banish).

-ACA


Haha way ahead of you, I've been a faithful Maddox reader since about 2000.

Everyone go pick up a copy of "The Alphabet of Manliness." Our whole band read it on tour (including our female singer) and we all found it hysterical.

[shane hennessey]

i like how he bashed the rolling stone as well

[-Aaron-]

Hes just mad his crappy band isnt making bank off kids.

[ACA]

Good call, I believe Inspection 12 said it best with their song "Labels are for Cans."

I prefer Jawbreaker (0mg leet emo!!11).

Boxcar.

You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone (http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/jawbreaker/boxcar.html).. I like her mind. She hates the scene.

-ACA

[Jamie Pham]

haha

[ThisIsNotDan]

fuck dude, these britpop/dance people are pretty cocky *coughkasabiancoughkeanecoughOASISc ough*

[AEast317]

he's right...panic! at the disco's lyrics are just SOOOO DEPRESSING...

:thumbdwn:

he's just mad because his album will probably debut having sold 3,000 copies first week

[rosematter]

I prefer Jawbreaker (0mg leet emo!!11).

Boxcar.

You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone (http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/jawbreaker/boxcar.html).. I like her mind. She hates the scene.

-ACA


Haha oh man, you totally get 50 scene points for mentioning jawbreaker!

But yes, very good way to put that also.


And seriously, what is it with friggen Dancy Brit-influenced bands picking fights with pop-punk/emo bands? First it's The Killers and FOB, and now this.

Somehow only Head Automatica manages to escape unscathed as they straddle the fences on these genres. Kudos to them.

[IAPAI]

why can't someone speak out about the "dangers" of gangster rap for once?

jesus fucking christ... by this theory, the movie "High Fidelity" is instilling horrific images in the minds of today's youth while "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" is just a genuine coming of age story.

[funnylittlefrog]

kasabian just likes to insult other people and bands. and they think they're gods.
but i do kinda enjoy empire... even if that guy can't look outside his little oasis-britpop-controled mind box and get a clue about music before he starts bashing it.

[Mr_Ian]

The guy The guy from Kasabian probably hasn't even heard these bands and is just saying this to be a dick, just like his hero Liam Gallagher did before him. He's allowed though cos the bit in 'Klubb Foot' where it goes "ooosh!" is the best bit of any song in the last 10 years, no joke.

Anyone see the article in the NME that started all this shit? the cover headline was "The War on Emo: which side are you on???" it was genius...*sigh* I still remember the issue from4 or 5 years ago with the cover saying "EMO! it is big and it IS clever!" that was awesome...

Now I'm gonna eat some biscuits...hmmm...perhaps a hob-nob.

[rosematter]

why can't someone speak out about the "dangers" of gangster rap for once?

jesus fucking christ... by this theory, the movie "High Fidelity" is instilling horrific images in the minds of today's youth while "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" is just a genuine coming of age story.


Yeah, somehow I agree with the fact that singing about losing your ex isn't quite as horrific as singing about killing cops, dealing drugs and beating women.

But, I guess the average Top 40 rock musician is only concerned with their own competition hurting America, and rap doesn't fall into their sphere of influence.

It's nice to see we have such stellar individuals looking out for America's youth, as the real dangers must be emo lyrics and moshing, not gang violence and crack smoking. At least not until gang violence threatens their album sales, maybe then they'll speak out against that publicly.

[baton]

yeah fall out boy and p!atd are soo depressing :| and it's all emo as fuck

you can tell this guy is ignorant because he thinks all "emo" is depressing.

i dont know about you guys, but when i listen to the get up kids, i feel fucking fantastic.

yeah agreed, he just doesn't know what he's talking about. there should be more people like max bemis hah ]:->

[Kotz1]

Considering the response on this thread, just who the hell is Kasabian's demographic? Must be pretty narrow. If you can't beat 'em, rip 'em.

[yippee87]

eww what the fuck is this guy talking about! no one is judging his shitty ass music! I bet none of those bands he talked about would ever take the time to bash him! I know this is america and we can have our opinions but keep it to yourslef douchebag! this music rocks! lol

[roedin]

the word emo needs to die. .

agreed. if you goto any music store, you are not going to see a section for
"emo" music. although in germany, you will find "black" music. hahha.

[jcsubtitled]

i think just because he has attacked them - i will buy his album, seriously and then i can say "hey i have Kasabian and all these emo bands in one collection."

[oh!shit!fuck!]

yeah those bands are good at what they do.
they are good at sucking dick and accumulating fans that arent over the age of 15 or hit puberty yet.thats gross.

[Lehcar]

who?

[NationalProduct]

Lets all jump on the bash other bands toi get publicity for our band "bandwagon" weeeee whos next

[alreadyheardit]

and run-of-the-mill garage rock is any less depressing?

[Name_Taken]

but Fall Out Boy, Panic!, and My Chem arent emo, so how does this at all make sense?!?!?!

[GirlyGirlGirlGi]

Since I'm guessing nobody here has ever actually heard Kasabian before, here's a link to their last single:

http://www.buddyhead.com/mp3blog/Kasabian-ClubFoot.mp3

They're actually quite big, even if they aren't sold in Hot Topic (I kid, I kid).

[Mr_Ian]

Since I'm guessing nobody here has ever actually heard Kasabian before, here's a link to their last single:

http://www.buddyhead.com/mp3blog/Kasabian-ClubFoot.mp3

They're actually quite big, even if they aren't sold in Hot Topic (I kid, I kid).

See, now isn't the bit where it goes "ooosh" fucking AMAZING???? I don't like this band all that much, but that song is class.

[underthetalking]

Not one of those bands are emo.

[GirlyGirlGirlGi]

Not one of those bands are emo.

Being able to tell the difference between types of emo means you listen to too much emo. It doesn't take a scientist to identify those bands as emo.

[Name_Taken]

once again all 3 of those bands arent emo, give it up..stop arguing, u know ur wrong

[hxchairstylist]

i'm kinda bummed that they're touring with the best band in the world: Mew. I'm totally going to that show, but only to watch Mew. Kasabian, and they're dumbass lead singer can rot in bargain bin hell.

[Flags of Dawn]

good publicity stunt.

he should hang out with Hinder.

[RandomHero1230]

this dude is a fucking moron. obviously he hasn't heard these bands or listened to their lyrics in detail because none of them are too negative. he's just listing the bands that MTV has labeled "emo"

[Pooavenger]

you guys are really good at twisting your news posts. real classy ap.net. real classy.

[bikescene]

Kasabian fucking sucks so hard. Not just because of this, because their music is fucking shit.

[emiliodelgado]

kasabian are stupid for bagging on JT.

[Flags of Dawn]

you guys are really good at twisting your news posts. real classy ap.net. real classy.
by linking to the actual story? shut up.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

I like Kasabian but he does sound like he really hasn't heard any of those bands. Though the article shows he's not even attacking those bands directly. He's just saying something about a certain scene or genre.

[newfoundmichael]

wow...Douchebag

[mogwaifearsatan]

Fall Out Boy and Panic deserve to be attacked.

[1Roth4]

why can't people just make music and shut the fuck up.....

[heyRomanticA__x]

99.9% of the people who posted in this thread are dead wrong about the word Emo. Let's all take a trip to cmhwak and get schooled.


Mineral are midwest emo.

[oldwirehands]

What an unoriginal tool. I like that nobody said anything about it when emo was more of an underground movement, but now that it gets airtime and publicity every douchebag is coming out of the woodwork to bash it. Class acts.

Emo died in the 90's.

[catscradle]

you guys are really good at twisting your news posts. real classy ap.net. real classy.

what are you talking about?

[catscradle]

Emo died in the 90's.

so, i'm assuming when your immediate/extended family pass away you die with them.

wrong?

[AShannon04]

I'm sure this has already been said, but who the fuck is Kasabian?

[oeness]

who cares?

[knibl]

my chem are not emo.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

He didn't even directly say anything about those bands. He dissing an entire scene/genre if anything.

[trash zoo]

I don't think Panic makes any of their actual fans depressed, sarcasm aside

[.KillMoneen.]

how can someone who plays in a band..that well sucks...say things like this..i mean atleast if your gonna bash something..have something to back it with

[takingbackrufio]

I love how unprofessional this article is, and how they don't quote him actually saying the band's names. Lack of details, doesn't really cite it's sources, no link to MTV.com's news post about it (was there even one?).

[kidsrdumb]

don't get so caught up in it. people are just doing this to get publicity... no one cares what this tool thinks..

[Melissa Johnson]

eww what the fuck is this guy talking about! no one is judging his shitty ass music! I bet none of those bands he talked about would ever take the time to bash him! I know this is america and we can have our opinions but keep it to yourslef douchebag! this music rocks! lol
:-|
you guys are really good at twisting your news posts. real classy ap.net. real classy.
Where was there any "twisting"? Please enlighten me.

I love how unprofessional this article is, and how they don't quote him actually saying the band's names. Lack of details, doesn't really cite it's sources, no link to MTV.com's news post about it (was there even one?).
Yes there was an MTV article. I even went through the trouble of finding it for you! Yay! :-)
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1541950/20060928/story.jhtml

[Causascene]

the killers tagged out and sent kasabian in!!! DEATH MATCH

haha..i was thinking the same thing.....nice avatar btw..

[Causascene]

Once the average person in the mainstream gets ahold of a new word from a previously obscure sub-culture, they love to hi-jack it and use it wherever they can. I can't wait until they start calling any album with any sort of depressing lyrics or even catchy hooks about ex's emo.

Same thing happened like a year ago when "Blog" became a hit buzz-word, even though live-journal and Xanga had been around for years prior. Now every news personality has a "blog" when earlier it just would have been their own private "columns" or "editorials."

you mean the "mainstream" people don't already used this word whenever they get a chance where you live?

[shtjames]

who?

[Shadowy_Tulip]

music is music.. why cant people just let it be. im not the biggest fan of emo. but hey its music and if people want to listen to emo and be emo then let them. even though i think its pathetic to be emo but hey i guess if they think it works for them then whatever. i dont care. as long as they listen to what they like and be themselves it doesnt bother me.

[Ruggiero2oo8]

:rolleyes:

[TotallyMandy]

" You've been brought up well by your parents, so don't sit around in your bedroom cutting your wrists. Grow up." [from the mtv article.]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

woo.

[hollywoodending]

i love how he calls upbeat poppy bands depressing, but isnt his music video the one where its some war and everybody dies in the end?

[Imtheotherguy]

haha one day when I was at work that band was playing down the street and he came in and shopped.

[j011y]

this dude is a fucking moron. obviously he hasn't heard these bands or listened to their lyrics in detail because none of them are too negative. he's just listing the bands that MTV has labeled "emo"

i was about to say that!

im pretty sure i wouldnt label any of those bands as emo, and i can see that other people agree too

i didnt even bother reading this article, i know its gonna be shit.....do people even still use the word 'emo', besides 15 year old girls, radio presenters and parents who have only just learnt what the word means in the last 6 months.......idiots

[BruisedxBroken]

kasabian blows fat cock.

[theguilt engine]

Yeah, Kasabian's new album sucks complete ass. Haha, even Rolling Stone gave it 1/5 stars. Yikes, Tom. Good for you and your limited vocal range.

[Of Machines]

His band blows. Genres and "emo" aside, this guy is just plain stupid.

[thisisrightnow]

Who is Kasabian? Yeah, exactly.

[Chris Fallon]

Wait, I just remembered! Kasabian sucks, no one cares what you have to say.

Listening to this would have saved us from reading the other 5 pages.

[Chevy114]

He is kind of right though, I see kids all the time at the school I work at getting even more depressed thanks to emo music. Yet at the same time it's one of the few genres talking about average things like break ups and death. So it's a double edged sword where you either get kids who appricait it or kids who use it as a means for more depression.

[brentkid]

It's so scene to hate emo now.

I wanna be a tool! Where do I start!

[Howie]

Yeah, Kasabian's new album sucks complete ass. Haha, even Rolling Stone gave it 1/5 stars. Yikes, Tom. Good for you and your limited vocal range.

Empire (the new album does suck) but they're not a bad band. Theyre first album (Self-Titled) is really good. Open up americans. Listen to and appreciate more. These guys live like 2 miles away from me and a band that's on the same label as the new Bob Dylan stuff certainly deserves some credit. No?

[1000shadesofred]

who cares, i dont even know who this guy is

[santacruzice]

How about everyone just listen to what they want to listen to? Who gives a shit what other people do or don't like. Genre labels and drama are worthless, rock out with your cock out to whatever peels your banana.

[TheBaroness]

it makes me depressed that so few people understand what 'emo' actually is

(oh, and generally when people say "genres are stupid" it means they have no fucking idea what it is, either)