Sunny Day Real Estate (favorite song, favorite band, album, member, quote)

Engine · 06-30-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Anthony

Aren't they critically considered like the defining emo band? I don't even know what the means, but still

Um..yes and no. They are considered that now that there is an established scene that needs some figureheads - but there was no such thing as Emo in the early 90s (not in the codified sense anyway). People who need to categorize all music probably even called them grunge at the time.

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Are the first two albums really that much better? I always felt that they were at the absolute height of their powers with "How It Feels To Be Something On"

In my opinion, yes, they really are.

sidewinder · 06-30-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Engine

Um..yes and no. They are considered that now that there is an established scene that needs some figureheads - but there was no such thing as Emo in the early 90s (not in the codified sense anyway). People who need to categorize all music probably even called them grunge at the time.

They are indeed hard to classify because their sound changed over the course of their career. The last two are not emo at all, IMO, which is why I said what I said. Defining emo band for the second wave of emo, basically. The softer kind. The first wave was a lot more hardcore (Rites of Spring, Embrace, etc).

None of this really matters though...just buy tickets for the show!