A major development took place when the band screamo band Hot Cross (who has vocalist Billy Werner of Saetia - another mid 90s screamo act) was signed to Equal Vision Records (The Fall of Troy, Chiodos, Coheed and Cambria). They released an album on EV, but as far as I know it hasn't picked up much popularity among the general population.
To everyone in the group: don't tell me off, don't argue, don't piss yourselves. All the history is available if you know where to look, and I think if you were to put the pieces together you'd see my (and others) points. You can't be emo, emo is a genre of music.
You can still dress how you want. You can cut yourself, wear dark make up, write bad poetry (all the corporate fashion hype that you were so easily drawn into). You can still listen to all these bands (I personally love Taking Back Sunday and Dashboard Confessional), there's nothing wrong with any of that.
What you can't do is let yourselves remain uneducated and continue blindly following media hype and misdirection. There is nothing wrong with knowing that there is a history behind everything.
To whoever read this: thanks. Look into this list of bands (for starters):
Versoma, Cap'n Jazz, Bells On Trike, Make Me, Kite Flying Society, Piglet, Love Like... Electrocution, June Paik, Suis La Lune, Zann, Anger Is Beautiful, Dispensing of False Halos, Das Oath, Envy, Daniel Striped Tiger, The Plot to Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, Devar Toi, and anything else you might run across in your search for new bands.
Broaden your tastes, and keep learning about music.
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