I think the reason people hate 'emos' so much is because emo music is really REALLY shit. lol.

If you want to know what emo is, it's not a spin off from goth like someone said earlier. It's actually a spin off from punk. Punk spawned a genre of music known as hardcore. Bands like Minor Threat and stuff. Emo spawned from that. Emo's full name is 'Emotional Post-Hardcore'.

I don't really know why everyone is getting on their high horse so much to be honest.. There's always gonna be prejudice in our society. It's sadly human nature to fear what is different or what we don't understand. I'm sure all these kids who are slagging off emos are about 14, and i'd like to think they'll grow up eventually.. I did! I used to walk around wearing baseball caps and fubu jeans, slammin to Tupac and whatever. Not that that's a bad thing, but I was VERY closed-minded about everyone else. When I was in school, the label - Mosher was just coming about. I thought they were weird and I took the piss out of them and whatever else. As it turns out, most of these people happen to be some of my best friends today! They introduced me to some great music, some great herb and a generally better way of living my life. 5 years on, I'm the lead singer in a punk band! www.myspace.com/maycontainnuts

One thing that I noticed about this thread is that the people are just coming across as naive and ignorant. They'll grow out of it. Let them be. Emo music is usually shit though. Alkaline Trio are good.. There are a few emo bands that have some quality songs. It's mostly bunk though.