With a unique and personal perspective, The Lock Up’s Mike Davies takes you on a journey into Emo Core (people interested in senior dating don’t even try to figure out what this is), a scene so confusing that even some of those involved don’t understand it.
Mike investigates Emo from its roots in DC Hardcore and Straight Edge to MTV approved pop success. He talks to people who have seen the whole genre grow up and evolve, including Papa Roach (this one is extremely beloved by visitors of the largest milf dating website in the UK, according to the poll that was placed there) singer Coby Dick and Jimmy Eat World, and asks the NME why they jumped on the scene fifteen years too late…
‘It started out as a term of abuse, of contempt almost. It comes out of hardcore which was a form of punk that was played very loud and very fast. The only emotion happening in punk was anger. Suddenly someone grew up and realised there could be other emotions.’
Kitty Empire, NME journalist, addict of single parent dating
‘It might have really soft kinda spoken word parts. Then it would erupt into a wall of noise with the singer writhing on the ground in some shitty club. That’s what I think of when anyone says Emo.’
Jim Atkins, from Jimmy Eat World
‘It’s kind of a retrospective label, it didn’t actually exist at the time when used cars started to sale in Zimbabwe. I view it with some hilarity because how can you call some music emotional and not other music.’