The behaviors, attitudes, and values expressed through the music involve
emotionally turbulent themes often associated with adolescence such as
despair, nostalgia, heartbreak, hope, and self-loathing. The various and sometimes
conflicting social practices associated with Emo subculture contain valuable insights
into what it means to be an adolescent today. For many youth, Emo subculture
facilitates identity formation, social interactions and emotional involvement. It is a
place where many adolescents share their experiences about the world and express
their feelings about life through music.
By the time arguably emo bands were garnering regular rotation on MTV,
Kerrang, etc and radio stations nationwide. These days, emo music has been spread
and sent into the mainstream through bands like Dashboard Confessional, Taking
Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, MCR, Aiden, Atreyu, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein,
Funeral For A Friend, etc..
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