Definition:
1) A member of the Punk Rock counter-culture
2) The real version of Emo
3) An emotional-punk
4) A Punk associated with Emotive hardcore
Style and appearance:
A Emo Punks's style is:
1) A mix of the Emo and Punk fashion: plaid bondage pants, combat\biker boots, spiked bracelets, ripped clothes typical to punk and
black\gray clothes, skinny/ripped jeans, Converse shoes, band bracelets typical to emo
2) Makeup ( not necessary )
3) Nail-polish ( not necessary )
4) Liberty Spikes with or without long bangs, Prison Bar Haircut, Chelsea Hawk, any colored or natural hair
5) D.I.Y
Attitude:
1) Have ironic humor
2) Be political
3) Be artistic, as both punks and emo are artistic people
4) Express yourself through music, as both punks and emo do
5) Mosh and fight! - since you're half punk, you can mosh or fight whenever you want, as you have to stand up for what is yours
6) Be ironic!
7) Never be too serious
8) Write poetry or song lyrics, as you're half emo
9) Be yourself and don't sell-out
10) Don't take others opinions
11) Be against mainstream
Music: (bands are JUST examples, listen to anything you like of these genres)
1) Punk Rock with any political background (Ramones, Sex pistols, Dead kennedys and The Exploited)
2) Emotive Hardcore/Post-Hardcore (Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Embrace and Moss Icon)
3) Screamo/Skramz (Pg.99, I Hate Myself and The saddest landscape)
4) Emocore (Jimmy Eat World, Sunny Day Real Estate and My Chemical Romance)
Interacting with an Emo
Emo Guy: Dude you listen to Emo music?
Emo Punk Guy: Yeah I do listen to Emocore
Emo Guy: What are your fav bands? Mines are My Chemical Romance, Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens
Emo Punk Guy: Cool I know those bands, but listen to bands such as Rites of Spring, Moss Icon and I Hate Myself, but I do listen to other types of Emocore
Emo Guy: Great!
Now interacting with a Punk
Punk Guy: Hey do you listen to punk rock?
Emo punk: Yeah I do
Punk Guy: Really? just to be clear I don't mean Pop Punk
Emo Punk: While I'm not really a fan of Pop Punk, but I heard some songs from that genre and it's alright, but hell yeah I listen to Punk Rock such as The Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, Bad Religion and Black Flag
Punk Guy: Wow, awesome I thought you were a poser, but guess not!
The word used to describe someone with the style of a punk and an emo.
I'm emo-punk trash