The emo debate rages on...

i think its a good article, far more fair than the daily mails article.

LOL

first comment :)

i dont see with everyone is so wrapped up in stereotyping, its wrong

let people be what they what to be

at least it isnt as bad as the daily mail one
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im so going to thta march XD

This is so stupid emo is just a type of music and style if people are really that depressed to kill themselves a song isnt gonna push them over the edge! the daily mail are stereo typical idiots...

emo is a sad culture,get a life and listeb to some good music that cheers you up

emo is a sad culture,get a life and listeb to some good music that cheers you up if you are so sad

define emo

emo: another trend in music like punk, or new metal. doesnt seem to make people suicidual, just encourages them to listen to poor music.

y does everyone have a label these days?

emo is so bad listen to good music that cheers you up if you are so sad

I approve. True emo started with fugazi.

I'm a 15 year old girl and i'm horrified by the blame that is being put onto these bands. Do the people making such accusations not think about how it will affect the band members? They now have a teenage girls death on their conscience, no matter how much it wasn't their fault. Personally, i can't believe the amount of time people spend making themselves fit into a certain clique nowadays. It seems, in my school, that if you are normal and listen to a bit of dance music, you're a chav. If you like a bit of rock, you are instantly an Emo and slit your wrists. Some people should get to know others before judging them. Things like this can ruin lives.

i really like it at the begining of the second paragraph, sorry but it makes me laugh.
"THESE...ARE EMO'S!"
It gives the same effect as someone saying that these people are fucking aliens or something its like jeeeez!
They should seriously get over the way people dress or the music they listen to, because to be honest, they know fuck all.
If their going to focus on any kind of person, what about the ones that DO cause trouble, and the murderers and rapists like papers fucking should.
Writing an article about EMO is pathetic and shallow. It's just as bad as teenagers these days, labeling people and forgetting that they are unique. The BBC and all the other tabloids talking about this Emo shit should go get a life, i mean, seriously.

Haha, rant over.(For Now.)

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT!!!
WE'RE ALL HUMAN!
Peole Being Different Makes The World Interesting.
This Is Really Getting Out Of Hand!

This is awfull! I am a HUGE fan of My Chemical Romance and I am OUTRAGED with the stupidity of the press. I feel very sorry for the familly of Hannah Bond. but listening to emo music does not force her to self harm. Thank you for listening to my waffle. :-)

i had an arugment with a guy at my school coz he was calling me a gotH!when im clearly not !!!!!!!! then he changes his mine and says im an emo i say make your mind up! I dont have to have a lable do i?just coz i like music like mcr fallout boy greenday ect...that guy was a stupid chav any way and i hate him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

teens are always going to be out in set groups, thats how its been since the 50s, i personally dont find this as a major teen culture and it will probly pass out soon. But the main thing is that teens just want to out do there parents, (who where probly punk, skinheads, new romantics, mod, rockers ect...) just get over the whole EMO thing

The BBC, have looked at boths sides of the argument and least have not said that emo is a suicide culture. But Music is always been targeted by the Media. The debate of any popular music is going to go on for a long time I don't think it will ever stop, which is sad because non of the cases that bands are resposible for teen suiside has ever been proven.
But at the end of the day the fans love the music and that will never change!

I personally think the whole thing has been blown out of proportion, I'm guessing the parents, family etc of that young girl simply wanted someone to blame (imagine losing your child to suicide - wouldn't you wonder if you could have, should have done something? - the answer of course is no, the only person who can help a suicidal person is that person themselves.) the media picked up on this, scaremongered and sensationalised and now this stupid, utterly ridiculous debate is raging even more out of control.

I recall when I was a teenager, even in my twenties perople would refer to me as ''goth'' I never understood why. On a trip over to London last year (I live in Ireland) a total stranger in Camden looked at me and said 'Hi emo'' which confused the hell out of me.

I still listen to the same types of music I did as a teen (am now 32) and still have the same general 'style' I guess, I wear what suits me and feels comfortable... people stay the same, the labels change. For some reason people have always felt the need to pidgeionhole both semselves, and others, it's probably not going to change now.

I really don't think that the BBC needed to stereotype all MCR fans as emo, I mean they stated "emo" as though it were a profession for the 17 year old girl - "Kate Asford, emo, 17".

Just because we are fans of a certain band does not mean that we dress the same, all have the same music taste, or all have the same opinions. Contrary to popular belief we are far from being clones. So why do we all have to be stereotyped under "emo"?

The pictures of Mikey Way just added comedic value (LOL), and the picture of MCR (where the hell was Bob?!) didn't support their "emo" stereotype at all. They could have at least used the ones where they were in school uniforms and drenched in blood!

However, I do think that it is a vast improvement compared to The Daily Mail's garbage, at least the BBC managed to convey that we are actually harmless, and often the most friendly and open-minded people.

The comments were the best bit :)

I don't like the fact that the BBC made that article. It is much fairer than the Daily Mail one, but still, I don't like the fact that they sterotype people. There is one thing that I don't get; if people want to stop fighting, then why sterotype people? It's just contridicting itself.

I laugh at the Mikey Way Picture. XD Not the most "emo" picture of them though.

wtf ! its not as bad as the dailly mail one but it still pizzes me off , why do people think that every emo self harms ? nn as for the bit where it qoutes the song dead that was a unfair , the dont qoute parts of songs in famous last words "i am not afraid to keep on living , i am not afraid to walk this world alone " or " we all carry on " in many lines of songs from the black pareade ,which can i add is about never giving up and having faith in life ,

in the past gerard and the fellow band mates have gone as far as yelling out anti-suicide hot line numbers to thier fans and say speak to people about your depression and never do it in a vilent way

meez next point that is that i have been beaten up many times by people cozz i look like an emo which is totally wrong

most emo music / emo bands are anti-suicide and maybe at times thier songs are slightly depressing but they are also songs about never ivving up and are happy , influencing songs that have save me and influenced me into starting a band of my own and i hope that one day we can be famouse then i will personaal pay for the demoliotion of predudice media station thingies

thanxx for listen to my shizzy waffles

I read this article and it seemed like they were producing an article as if it were about a new specie or sumin, unknown to the public. however, it did say they might be the nicest kids your likely to meet, so i'll give them credit for that.

Again with the "us poor victims" crap.

You bring it all upon yourselves.

heyy all !
dont you all think that this is all bll , if people wann beemos thy can be but being em doesnt atomatically mean you self harm , i know i dont ,

how ca mcr be blamed for hannahbonds death , in the bast gerard has one as far as yelling ou suicide hotlines number and says to speak to anybdyabout depression and do what you can but never let yorelf getas far a vilence , you cant blame him and his fellow and mates cozz they arethe sweetest guys ever !

emo music can be depressing sometimes but soo can pop music wen its a love song o something like that and emo music cheers me p an has influenced me to start my own band an wn we become famous im gonn pay for the dmolition of every emo goth , moher , punk or rocker ating media station ! heheh evil laughter

I luv emo, and this is the biggest load of crap ever, my mum says she will take me to london to go in the march coz she agrees mcr and other emo bands are just the amazing music, my mum is your normal every day mum not really into a type of music, she even like take that and she isnt worried bout the emo scene! EVERY1 SHOULD BE HU THEY WANNA BE! NOT WHAT MEDIA TELLS THEM!

This whole emo shit things been going on for ages now... and it is just the SLIGHTLY younger generation of kids watching all the shocking things going on in the world and envisioning that their lives are just as bad...

I know a few people who have self harmed including myself and the fact i lost a friend to suicide... and NONE of has ever been "to look cool and fit in with the emo cult" its cos we've all gon through GENUINE shit and had noone to reach out to... its not atttention its a real cry for help and because of the emo cult, the few of us that do have this addiction have been branded as... well I dunno it depends what you read...

I think if we all got a problem with it we should make something of it and not sit on our ass getting depressed cos the real ppl among us are getting bad press cos of a trend...

like a couple of ppl have said on here... most "emos" are damn nice people... so why bad press? Because some people take it to the pointless extremes... notice MOST comes from parents or friends and things who can't accept their losses...

sort it out...

Hi. I saw some more messages and I wanted to reply. I HATE CHAVS. At school I get discriminated about being "emo" as they call it. They always ask me if I slit my wrists and that. but frankly [huh Frank Iero :-), sorry my obsession of MCR taking over] emos' don't slit their wrists that stupid romour... ARGH. Thank you, yet again, listening to my waffle.

Haha...that article made me laugh...especially the part about emos being middle-class and going through puberty lolz!

Funny how the BBC feels the need to join in with this ridiculous arguement...

I love listening to so-called emo bands..and love the style..who cares if I wear converse and black jeans?

Apparently many people do..and by the BBC now trying to "stereotype" people..it's just causing more of a riot.

I can't see why people can't be allowed just to be themselves...

they don't know fucking anything.
not all emo's wear black, or converse,
they need there fucking head looking at if thats what they think!!!!
Yes Emo IS a fashion but it's not a fashion were all you wear is black.

and to Lauren,
i know how you feel, i get asked all the time if i slit my wrist's
one boy even grabbed my wrist to see if i had and scars on it, then one of his friends wrote on his wrist cut here with a dashed line above it.

and it's stereotypical arseholes like that that annoy me.
that's the reason im so pissed off with the newspaper and the Hannah Bond [R.I.P] story lately 'all emo's want to go to the black parade when they die' WRONG!
the black parade is the name of MCR's album and the sooner they realise this the better!!!!!

Eh. It's a better article than the Daily Mail one. It's still pretty standard though.

We'll go through this again with whatever scene replaces emo. People don't understand teenagers, whatever they do. At least the emos aren't stabbing each other!

This Is So Fucking Stupid Its Not Only Emos That Commit Suicide And Self Harm.Its Just A Type Of Music that in my eyes is quite good,The Bbc Talk About The Lyrics To Dead What About The Lyrics To Famous Last Words...
"i am not afraid to keep on living i am not afraid to walk this world alone"

And The Fucking Pricks That Discrimate And Hunt,Batter,Etc.Emos/Goths are just people that copy eachother chavvy clothes(i.e Fred Perry,Lacoste) and dont know wat being individuals are...

I Get The Piss Taken OUtta Me At My Youthclub For Wearing My Iron Maiden Vans,I Just Think Fuck Them They Can Wear There Mckenzie Stuff And Look Like Eachother

They Like Rave And Mc
Emos LIke Mcr,30 Seconds To Mars...etc

This Emo Hating Is The Biggest Piece Of Bullshit Ive Seen So Far In My Life

And Fuck The Dailly Mail!

Good Luck To The March

This Is Still Going On ?

This Stereotyping And Labeling Is So Stupid.

Just Because Someone Wears Black Jeans And Converse Doesn't Mean They Are Emo.

Self-harm Has Nothing To Do With How You Dress.

Its Pathetic Really How Long This Argument Has Been Going On.

Who Cares What People Listen To Or Dress Like? It Doesn't Change The Person.

emos should get a life, i see emos every day and they are pathetic, they dont actually self harm, they just claim to, they think that self harm is cool, just because theyre boyfriend or girlfrien of 2 weeks has dumped them, just grow up.
kill em all, or even better let them do it themselves lol.

why are newspapers saying stuff about 'Emos' when there are problems with the world which are more important than what kids are dressing like and listening to.

i know someone that hates rock music, wears tracksuits and has self harmed. does that make her 'Emo'?

Everything is really just plain predudice. Im not an emo, but this is what i think...
Not all emos cut themselves
Not all chav will stab you
Not all private school goers are posh pricks

It's only the middle aged and classed journalists thinking they have the answer
NOO!!

that article was WAY better than the Daily Mail one, amazing to see that the commenters under it are almost all over the age of 30 and standing up for the emo scene... btw, WHEN did Fall Out Boy become emo?!!

im not an emo, i listen to stuff like Billy Talent, Green Day etc (which isnt a million miles off i suppose), but i have emo friends, and i dont think a subculture should be blamed...

and i dont quite get WHY people on the street scream "rocker!" at me.. its like "well, arent you observant?!"

its time we ended this stupid labelling thing!

This is bloody ridiculous! Why do people need to have a stereotype anyways. Good god. First the Daily Mail, not the nosy twats known as the BBC. Who actually cares anymore? If you don't want to be known as an emo, don't rise to the idiots that call you one!! For god's sake.
The only thing I liked about that article was the picture of Mikey Way. And even that was a bit crappy. Enough said.

yh, i pretty much agree with whats already been said, stupid labelling - every generation has it; when will they learn?!

add me on myspace if you agree: www.myspace.com/cakey_turnip

Thank you Daisy for understanding me :-) you are the only person who can make sense of what I waffle on about. Can i do the honour of starting a conversation about the stupidity of CHAVS??? Please.

yh its a lot fairer than the daily mail articles but it still puts across this image that all emos are depressed, self-harm and glamorise death. wtf?? If emo bands glamorised suicide why have they not killed themselves yet? I really don't think adults get what emo is all about. and I think they've forgotten that many of them were probably punks when they were teens. They need to open their minds and just accept that not everyone wants to be a boring nerd who actually understands politics.

yh its a lot fairer than the daily mail articles but it still puts across this image that all emos are depressed, self-harm and glamorise death. wtf?? If emo bands glamorised suicide why have they not killed themselves yet? I really don't think adults get what emo is all about. and I think they've forgotten that many of them were probably punks when they were teens. They need to open their minds and just accept that not everyone wants to be a boring nerd who actually understands politics. PS I hate chavs

yh its a lot fairer than the daily mail articles but it still puts across this image that all emos are depressed, self-harm and glamorise death. wtf?? If emo bands glamorised suicide why have they not killed themselves yet? I really don't think adults get what emo is all about. and I think they've forgotten that many of them were probably punks when they were teens. They need to open their minds and just accept that not everyone wants to be a boring nerd who actually understands politics. PS I hate chavs

yh its a lot fairer than the daily mail articles but it still puts across this image that all emos are depressed, self-harm and glamorise death. wtf?? If emo bands glamorised suicide why have they not killed themselves yet? I really don't think adults get what emo is all about. and I think they've forgotten that many of them were probably punks when they were teens. They need to open their minds and just accept that not everyone wants to be a boring nerd who actually understands politics. PS I hate chavs

i get what you mean just beacause someone is different dont mean they are and less important that they are my boyfriend got a mocki and everyone started calling him a emo But you should not be judged by what fucking music you listen to its the person under the black make up and under the clothes the person inside why should someone call you and label you when you have the right to be who ever you want i think the are some very sik people in the world and BBC is one of them

O.o all over now XD

i get what you mean just beacause someone is different dont mean they are and less important that they are my boyfriend got a mocki and everyone started calling him a emo But you should not be judged by what fucking music you listen to its the person under the black make up and under the clothes the person inside why should someone call you and label you when you have the right to be who ever you want i think the are some very sik people in the world and BBC is one of them

O.o all over now XD

tbh.....wot a loada CRAPP

this damn strerotypin is gettin 2 the stage that were debating whether a bit of MCR and a fringe makes you a part of a cult-cant we see how STOOPId that is??

the old saying stil goes. U cant judge a damn frikkin book by its coverr.

sum trackie wearing damce moosik listeners slit.

andand sum fringe face dconverse wearers egg peoples houses and nick stuff from there local corner shop.

stereotypin if feckin DUMM and those who do it are hardcore saddos who need 2 attacked with plastic forks

[pls dnt try that]

Just leave us emos alone!

just let us belive what we belive

and we will let you belive what you want

its a two way street,

Emo 4 lyf!!

I've never read such shit in my entire life.

its funny cause, the press are making themselves seem stupid

I just really wanted to wish whoever is taking part in the protest good luck, i myself am not a fan of my chemical romance but totally and utterly applaud everyone involved for the reasoning in taking part, blaming bands and music for teenage suicide is ridiculous, people listen to music to make them feel better not to make them feel worse, yeah sure music is a powerful influence but not to the extent that it could completely change someones outlook on life to so much so they would commit suicide. i just wish newspapers would realise how important music is to alot of people, i really hope something good comes out of this protest!!
And my heart goes out to the young girls family and friends i hope they dont succumb to the exaggerations they read in the papers

Jess Allchin
Aged 21

WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT!? AND WHY ARE MCR GETTING THE BLAME FOR THIS. HAS THE MEDIA EVEN LISTENED TO GERARD'S SPEECH WHILE THEY WERE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDENS? THE MEDIA NEED TO GETTA GRIP THEY'RE TALKING SHIT!!!!!

its really unfair when they write all this shit. especially when narrow minded people read it and believe it. i nearly punched my brother at dinner yesterday cause hed read it and acting like it was all true.
it really gets me when your families stop listening to what you say (the truth) and start listening to the media as if its all true (but its not)
grrrrrr
that was to show my outrage :P

leve the kids alone, not all of them self harm. emos are way nicer than the thick burrberry wearing idots that annoy every one, when has an emo been aggresive ??

there nice kids let them be

People need to get over the whole emo thing.
I get classed as one, and yer, I listen to the music and wear the clothes and crap, but I don't label myself as emo, cause labels are complete crap. I don't see why everyone hates them so much anyway?

"I would have my kid become an emo a thousand times over rather than become beer swilling, "Ingerlund"-chanting skinhead. Look at the statistics of how many emo and Goth kids go on to higher education as opposed to the trackie-bottom wearing potheads who hang around on street corners all over this country. When was the last time anyone saw an emo or a Goth accused of stabbing, robbing or assaulting someone? These kids are the real future of this country.
Mike Johnson, Worthing, Sussex"

Too right mate, someone needs to get daily mail to say some mean stuff bout the millions of chavs so they go protest, then we can just napalm their asses and honestly england would be one of the nices placest to live without them scaring people so much they cant leave their homes or mugging people in broad daylight. somethings gotta be done, the kids are just getting worse

Fucking hell, im sick of all this shit now !

im just gunna stay out of this! Nobody listens anyways!

God, why does everyone hate emos so much? There is nothing wrong with us. Then peopple say well, you hate chavs but we have a reason to hate chavs, they hate uss because they are stuck up idiots. ARGH!!!!! P.S MCR ROCK!!!

I absoloutley love MCR, but emos do my fookin head in. i used to be sooo jealous of kids like emos always making out their lives were soooo hard getting everything they want from mummy and daddy. i hard to work hard for everything i got growing up and when i see emos around complaing about thier terrible lives walking round wearing DC trainers and expensive clothes from GRIN and Route one. Emos make out they are individual and different but you they all wear the same bloody clothes hae that stupid lopsided hair cut. i dont care if that sounds harsh. most emos come from middle class families who have money. rich kids make out thier lives are soooo fucking hard...pisses me offf!!!

It s so easy isn't it to absolve responsibility for this childs death on the basis that "its just music"

It is clear that she (Hannah Bond) was influenced by the self absorbed nature of this music. Any influence at all like this on someone who is vulnerable is too much. I believe Mr Way's hands are drenched in her blood - not that he will care while he is counting her money in his pocket.

Right, first of all, im not a big fan of MCR, but I honestly think this is stupid!
Why on earth are you pinning the fact that some people like to be different on a some people that you proberly dont even know ? Seriously, there are plenty of other bands that have similr lyrics, but to be honest, they are just lyrics.
Emo actually started as a genre of music and escalated into a style. This is only because the people listening to that genre started to dress like the band members. But this is the same with any music genre or a band/singer. For example, people that like rap and RandB music may dress in baggy jeans, lagre t-shirts and wear chains around they're necks.
I personally dont class myself as an emo, but you just described my frinds and I in a nutshell! I dont agree that all emos self-harm and commit suicide, infact I think that is a load of rubbish! I understand some people get rather depressed and self-harm but to blame this on song lyrics! That is pathetic!
I am only 14, but i think strongly about this as I am constanly called emo, and I constantly get accused of self-harming, athough i have never done such a think.
One think I dont understand is why are the press concentrating on a harmless group of really nice people, rather then trying to tackle the real promblems in a community? It seems to me that they are all making trouble because they have nothing interesting enough in there lives. Whilst there are more important tthings to deal with, things that are actually already trouble, you make pointless accussations, and remarks best left un-said, therefor causing trouble that is unnescessary.

So, they can moan about "emos" who are depressed and suicidal?
Not all of them are for god sake..
get over it, yeah ?

love the pic of mikey at the top. looking all like he just got arrested. lol. as 4 article, it was good. made its point, me thinks! xx

So I just read and reread the article coz I think these are hilarious and the people who write them haven't got a clue. If the music that we all listen to whether it be Emo, Goth, Rock, Metal, Indie and so on is what is causing our depression and suicidal tendancies why aren't we all dead? I'm a goth, my mum's a goth, my dads a metalhead, dysfunctional we may be but we enjoy the music we listen to. It's the BBC and Daily Mail that will cause suicide amongst teenagers due to their stereotyping. Everyone has their own opinion and own life to live so why can't people let it be. Those stereotypes aren't in the tabloids because one of the many teenagers who follow emo/goth etc have stabbed someone or bullied someone to the brink of suicide.. We are the victims and people seem to think we're easy pickings. I may not follow the emo style and music but I don't see why they should get any grief either.

So I just read and reread the article coz I think these are hilarious and the people who write them haven't got a clue. If the music that we all listen to whether it be Emo, Goth, Rock, Metal, Indie and so on is what is causing our depression and suicidal tendancies why aren't we all dead? I'm a goth, my mum's a goth, my dads a metalhead, dysfunctional we may be but we enjoy the music we listen to. It's the BBC and Daily Mail that will cause suicide amongst teenagers due to their stereotyping. Everyone has their own opinion and own life to live so why can't people let it be. Those stereotypes aren't in the tabloids because one of the many teenagers who follow emo/goth etc have stabbed someone or bullied someone to the brink of suicide.. We are the victims and people seem to think we're easy pickings. I may not follow the emo style and music but I don't see why they should get any grief either.

So I just read and reread the article coz I think these are hilarious and the people who write them haven't got a clue. If the music that we all listen to whether it be Emo, Goth, Rock, Metal, Indie and so on is what is causing our depression and suicidal tendancies why aren't we all dead? I'm a goth, my mum's a goth, my dads a metalhead, dysfunctional we may be but we enjoy the music we listen to. It's the BBC and Daily Mail that will cause suicide amongst teenagers due to their stereotyping. Everyone has their own opinion and own life to live so why can't people let it be. Those stereotypes aren't in the tabloids because one of the many teenagers who follow emo/goth etc have stabbed someone or bullied someone to the brink of suicide.. We are the victims and people seem to think we're easy pickings. I may not follow the emo style and music but I don't see why they should get any grief either.

Thats a fair comment from the BBC to be honest, and a nice picture of Mikey as well ;). Too bad the stupid newspapers didn't see "emo" in that way *grr!!*. :)

But what is the big thing about emos?!?!Just leave us alone for god sake!! And whats with all the stereotyping as well, everyone dresses and acts differently so why can't people accept that?? All this hate and stuff needs to stop :)

dont mind wat those daily mail idiots have to say ya its sad hannah killed herself (RIP) but its just insulting to see them slagging us like this! i mean yeah its a famous scene but people from all diffrent styles e.g. Chav,goth,d4,punk often self harm because they have problems! just coz your emo doesnt mean YOU SELF_HARM! daily mail BACK OFF!

Wow. It seems BBC is just as bad as The Daily Mail. They still have their facts all wrong. Dashboard Confessional and Fall Out Boy are 'emo' now? Honestly it makes me laugh.
"emo superstars My Chemical Romance"
Oh god, when will the ignorance end? They're a rock band. Just because their lyrics are a little dark doesn't mean that they're anything different. I don't see why My Chemical Romance has to go through all of this media shit when there's a load of other bands that really do promote suicide and could be classified as "emo".
Honestly, I think Good Charlotte is more "emo" than any of the bands mentioned.
"The most day of my life is the day that I die" isn't exactly the most uplifting lyric in the world

EMO=sad get a life and and a good music taste
muse and klaxons are better than mcr anf fob

EMO=sad get a life and and a good music taste
muse and klaxons are better than mcr anf fob

Ok, Who Gives A Shite? I Have A Side Fringe, I Like MCR and Fall Out Boy, And I Ent In A Suicidal Cult. Im perfectly Happy And I Got All The Things That Damn Article Said. Its Just The Fashion. Music Does Not Say * Kill Yourfslef Now * People Presume That Cuz You Have Black Hair And A Side Fringe, Your Suicidal And That Ent The Case.

i hate stereotyping.
im 15 and at my school you are either an emo or a chav, and just because im into rock music and my favourite band is mcr im the outcast. half my year has no idea who i am, but wont talk to me because people have spread rumours about me and my group of friends because we are "emos"
its a load of shit
people need to stop putting people into groups because of what music they listen to or how they dress.
ok rant over, sorry about that

yeah the daily mail is pissy and the people who write for it are a bunch of scheming little wombles, but don't you think we'd be better off just rising above it than wildly lashing out? when i saw the articles, i laughed so hard i cried, and so did my sister (who doesn't like rock or metal music). it was THAT inaccurate. we'd all be better off getting a good laugh out of it and holding our silence until the wombles get bored of 'emo' and start writing about what a social nuisance chavs are.

yeah the daily mail is pissy and the people who write for it are a bunch of scheming little wombles, but don't you think we'd be better off just rising above it than wildly lashing out? when i saw the articles, i laughed so hard i cried, and so did my sister (who doesn't like rock or metal music). it was THAT inaccurate. we'd all be better off getting a good laugh out of it and holding our silence until the wombles get bored of 'emo' and start writing about what a social nuisance chavs are.

i clicked on that link and have never been so pissed off in my life! what a load of bullshit! Im not emo im just me i dress how i wanna listen 2 what i wanna. people need 2 luk closely its not "alternative" people that are the problem we are all happy with what we are because we are free to exspress ouselvs how ever we want. You need to luk at chavs the have the problems they come from broken homes and drug addicts are messed up and depressed not us! And omfg on that link wots wiv the pic of mikey way? i dnt get what they are trying to say here.

if you want to know what emo is, don't ask us.

if you want to know what emo is, don't ask us.

Look, I know people always stereotype 13 year old girls as fan-girls (especially in Emo discussions) but, as much as i like Emo music, I like basically any style of alternative, plus some classic rock, nu-metal, and heavy metal. Guess what? People call me Emo every single day. It drives me insane because of the way they define Emo. They see Emos much more like the Daily Mail does, a self-harming group of people who are sucked into a endless vortex of depression. To them, all Emos wear hoodies, skinny jeans, and converse. If people saw Emo as basing your life around music, Emo in particular of course, then I wouldn't mind as much. Really, music is my life and a MAJORITY of the stuff I listen to and play is Emo. Emos are hated most. Why? Who really knows. But seriously, if you have everyone ignoring you, hating you because of the way you dress or the music you listen to, or making fun of you constantly, how great is that gonna make you feel? If you are detirmand to see Emos as suicidal, instead of blaming them and their choice of music and style, why not blame all the ones who hate them. Really, that's the biggest problem

In conclusion, stereotyping sucks.

Its so annoying these days with teenagers claiming depression. These bands are glamourising it as some romantic thing that you go through and then you are "saved" by something (usually the band). Its irritating. PROPER depression NEVER leaves you, it is constant. You just learn to live with it, and deal with it. Teens these days are claiming they're depressed when really they're just a bit down. But depression sounds much better than "I'm feeling a bit sad"... and its bands that have glamourised depression and made it into this cool thing to go through.

What the daily mail are saying is true. And when you all grow up you'll realise this.

Please tell me i am not the only one who is fed up with all this 'define emo' crap, it is clear we all have slightly different oppinions. So shut up and be proud of who you are and respect other peoples oppinion, if they reckon they are emo and you dont, deal with it. Atleast you know you are.

jeezzzzzzzzzz FFS
get over it people.
(im talkint to the newspapers with all their articles here)

people dont realise how much them blaming MCR has upset me.

they try and help people, and now its getting shoved back in their faces :(

everything theyre saying is all a load of bullshit!

grrr

jeezzzzzzzzzz FFS
get over it people.
(im talkint to the newspapers with all their articles here)

people dont realise how much them blaming MCR has upset me.

they try and help people, and now its getting shoved back in their faces :(

everything theyre saying is all a load of bullshit!

grrr

The Daily mail are talking rubbish emo isn't a cult it's a sterotype.

1st thing they got wrong-MCR and FOR are not fooking emo.that is not me having a go at either of those bands because i think theyre both hugely talented(if not complete annoying twats)
but i do think its completely wrong how people steriotype Emo.people see Emo as young lads and lasses sitting in a dark corner slitting themselves. that is not what Emo music is about.
plus if these people realy think about it would they rather a bunch of Emo's walk past theyre houses,or a bunch of knobhead chavs?

cast your minds back to the 70's when punk was coming into its own, especially when the sex pistols released 'god save the queen'. people would have these superficial and ignorant views of scepticism, hatred and even fear towards this new way of thinking, simply coz it was different and something not everyone could fully grasp or understand yet, then smartarse media monkeys would catch wind of it and try to dissect, analyse and complicate it. sound famliar?

Hmm.
It's a totally stupid and sticky subject, but the thing that really gets up my arse is that they put all the spot light on the emo genre and blame it for suicides and self harm because of the lyrics. Well, we could do exactly the same thing with Rap or Hip hop (as an example). They sing about pimps and hoe's, doing drugs, shooting people etc and no one ever has a go at them saying that they're making the younger generation go around having under-aged sex and do illegal drugs...

So why bother with the emo genre?

Yet another generation scared and possessed by a demon which they do not understand or have any want to. It's never going to change, this is the way the mainstream works. The intelligent look to understand others, not to hide in fear of them.

WTF does MCR has to do with emo?
They're as fxcking mainstream as can be!
*reading the rest of the article*
Ow nice, looks like wikipedia is the new source for BBC -.-
*reading on*
Well, ik have nothing else to say ^^

I actually think this was a pretty good article....

At least it was a hell of a lot better than the Daily Mail's....

I don't see what the big deal is about being emo??? i understand that there was a kid who killed herself, and it was a terrible tragedy, i know that, but we're not all like that!!!!

let me put it another way to the Daily Mail- if 'emo' means people who self harm, take drugs, and basically think of morbid things, then why is Amy Winehouse not branded 'emo'??? ok, there were drink and drugs problems with MCR, but they're long gone now!!! all gee's suicide thoughts are gone, mikey suffered anxiety about his talent of playing bass but he's now got over it!!! it's just because they're open about them and let people see that they're only human that the daily mail has the problem with

the Daily Mail just have a vendeta against us emos because they see us as having a better teen life than what they ever did, with better hair and music lol!!! XD

Emotional hardcore was a label given to bands in the late 80's, rites of spring etc. Emo was a stigma given to bands in the mid 90's such as promise ring, sunny day real estate and later on saves the day. Emo is dead and fucking buried, except for a handful of bands. Get the fuck over it none of you can remember it and it was never cool to say "I'm emo". I can't think of one band who actually want to be called emo and if there are bands out there that do, they should be shot. It was a stigma and an inside joke not something to bragg about.

Emotional hardcore was a label given to bands in the late 80's, rites of spring etc. Emo was a stigma given to bands in the mid 90's such as promise ring, sunny day real estate and later on saves the day. Emo is dead and fucking buried, except for a handful of bands. Get the fuck over it none of you can remember it and it was never cool to say "I'm emo". I can't think of one band who actually want to be called emo and if there are bands out there that do, they should be shot. It was a stigma and an inside joke not something to brag about. If anyone wants to discuss my post further, go listen to some promise ring and some getup kids then we can talk about what's emo and what's not.

I agree with the Daily Mail.
I also think that by going through with your protest and "mass suicide" you will be proving their point.
But I dont care, at least there'll be a few less emos.

this is bullshit.
im so over the media blaming bands and websites for people being emo.

people just like the look and the music, doesnt mean their depressed!

im sure theres alot of people out there that look as normal as can be and are planning to kill themselves this minute.

This is a complete load of shit its not bands or any form of music that drives people into this it CHAVS and the way the person is treated

the media makes me laugh...they say that either exams are getting easier or teenagers getting smarter, then they say that were all dumbasses who like to join death cults...get your fucking facts straight!!

These article is the sex!
Im Emo.
I Love it!
When I Read The Daily Mirror!
That Just Made Me Laugh!
They Made Up There Own Thing And Thought Lets Call This Emo!
Emo's Not All Abot Killing Yourslef Or Practisng Slef Harming!
Liam your right its not music that drives emo's to kill themselfs its Chavs And Other Gangs.
I Selfed Harmed Age's Ago Becuase Of Them I Was Getting Betten Up.
And If It Wasnt For My Emo Friends I Might Have Not Been Her Today!
Emos About Romance Not Death!
I LOVE THE BBC.
For getting a more clealer idea for others about what emo is!

Who cares what they thinkl? and any other type of media, drop it ok!

first off, I am insulted that fall out boy have been called emo.. they are to shit to count as music beyond the levels of Mcfly..

Second of all, emos are nice kids who dress how they do and listen to the music they do because they like it, they dont want to be different to the people they hang round wiht, just different to the stupid twats [hi you wankers and the BBC and tabloid press] that constantly give them grief about how they live. Why won't these stereotypical rems stop hassling emo kids and start worrying about the fucked up kids that kicked a guy to death on his own doorstep.. cos i dont know any emo has ever done that

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OK, I'm A. Not a teenager, and B. In no way a fan of My Chemical Romance. I do not class myself as "Emo", and I defy anybody to. A few years ago when all this "Emo" bollocks started going around, there was none of this bullshit, people self harmed a LONG TIME BEFORE My Chemical Romance were even around. When I hear songs that I used to listen to when I was a teenager my friends are surprised that I never commited suicide, but I always knew that they were JUST SONGS! How funny that the BBC feels the need to alienate everyone that wears skinny jeans, converse trainers and hair clips, I've been wearing all three for years! What now! It just makes me chuckle that they have grouped even more people into this ridiculous stereotype. People dress how they like, it doesnt make them emos! I have nothing against emos in the slightest, I just am not one, and don't like being called one. I'm not a jar, I don't need a label thank you. It's not bad enough that we get judged because we have tattoos and piercings, we are now being judged on what clothes we feel comfortable in!
How many chavvy girls walk around in skinny jeans and hair clips, because they are trying to fit in with how so many other people around them look, that doesnt make them emo does it?
My mum owns a pair of skinny jeans, is she an emo too? Does she cut herself?

Didnt think so.

Just read some of the other comments and wanted to add....

I'd much rather pass a group of, dare I say it, "emos" than a group of god damn chavs. Having a lot of tattoos seems to make you a target, not really a good thing when you live on a scummy council estate. I liked the comment about the poor middle class kids that listen to rock and alternative music and call themselves "emo" and think that they have it so tough. Then they judge the people like me that have grown up on council estates being bullied for being different. They have done exactly the same as the media is now doing to them.

Karma sucks dont it

Just read some of the other comments and wanted to add....

I'd much rather pass a group of, dare I say it, "emos" than a group of god damn chavs. Having a lot of tattoos seems to make you a target, not really a good thing when you live on a scummy council estate. I liked the comment about the poor middle class kids that listen to rock and alternative music and call themselves "emo" and think that they have it so tough. Then they judge the people like me that have grown up on council estates being bullied for being different. They have done exactly the same as the media is now doing to them.

Karma sucks dont it

Just read some of the other comments and wanted to add....

I'd much rather pass a group of, dare I say it, "emos" than a group of god damn chavs. Having a lot of tattoos seems to make you a target, not really a good thing when you live on a scummy council estate. I liked the comment about the poor middle class kids that listen to rock and alternative music and call themselves "emo" and think that they have it so tough. Then they judge the people like me that have grown up on council estates being bullied for being different. They have done exactly the same as the media is now doing to them.

Karma sucks dont it