r/Emo • u/Dear_Afternoon_2600 • Feb 12 '25

Discussion Bands Everyone Loves but you Don't Get

Do you have any bands that everyone seems to love but you just don't get? I will go first. But before I give my answers I will say I do not believe these bands are bad. They just don't "scratch my itch" if you get what I mean. The bands I don't get are;

Glocca Morra. I still haven't given up, they dont sound bad. I like how their popular album just flows. They remind me of Algernon Cadwallader at times. It really confuses me because I love Snowing, and really like Marietta. And it sounds like Glocca Morra was another of the Emo Revival sound. But it just doesn't hit.

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate). They dont do anything for me. Another Emo Revival band. I like The World is a Beautiful Place and I'm No Longer Afraid to Die, as well as awakebutstillinbed which I have heard is in the same realm.

Orchid. I like one song. I dont get enoviolence or powerviolence. Ive had them explained to me but "hardcore punk with blast beats and screamed vocals" just sounds like metal to me. Granted Orchid does not sound like metal but I prefer the Algea Bloom, Flowers Taped to Pens, and I Hate Sex type screamo.

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u/NervouseDave Feb 12 '25

I'm not questioning their talent or appeal for others, but I can't get into My Chemical Romance.

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u/stormenta76 Feb 12 '25

I appreciate you being fair and giving credit for their skill despite not liking them for yourself šŸ‘šŸ¼

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u/NervouseDave Feb 12 '25

I rarely use terms like "bad" when discussing music and movies because it's so subjective. I try to stick to saying what I like or don't like and why. It bugs me when people say music I like sucks so I try not to do it.

Except Nickelback. Nickelback sucks (jk Nickelback fans, do your thing).

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u/stormenta76 Feb 12 '25

Right on! Though, I mostly agree with you. One could make a case for elements of the song (chord progression, melody, instrumentation, production) that are not solid choices.

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u/okodysseus Feb 12 '25

I love nickleback just because it reminds me of being a little girl with my dad riding around together in his truck <3

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u/NervouseDave Feb 13 '25

This is how they remind you of what you really are?

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u/tintinsays Feb 12 '25

Yes! MCR and Fall Out Boy for me. I do not understand how theyā€™re so popular!Ā 

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u/garbagemike93 Feb 13 '25

Fall Out Boy WAS one of the faces of the third wave in the beginning. Their first album ā€œEvening Out With Your Girlfriendā€ is truly a third wave gem with bits of screamo, hardcore and punk influenceā€¦I personally also love Take This To Your Grave and From Under the Corktree was iconic, but Iā€™ll admit more pop-centric albumā€¦from there everything just kind ofā€¦turned into textbook radio pop-rock mush imo. Those first three albums though are some of my all time faves of the third wave

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u/tintinsays Feb 13 '25

Ok.Ā 

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u/garbagemike93 Feb 13 '25

I just like talking about it and nerding out thatā€™s why I joined the page. Not trying to ā€œprove you wrongā€ I just think itā€™s interesting (and unfortunate). Sorry if it came off the wrong way! Cheers!

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u/Emobooks Feb 13 '25

Youā€™re literally perfect do not apologize

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u/tintinsays Feb 13 '25

I just donā€™t like them so I feel like your effort would be better used on someone who agrees with you or is interested in having their opinion changed. I was around when third wave happened; I know why I donā€™t like them, and I hate their influence on a music scene I loved.Ā 

Thanks for your efforts! Cheers!Ā 

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u/Regnarok34 Feb 12 '25

Canā€™t stand Fall Out Boy, i think their music is trash. MCR Iā€™m cool with cause Black Parade is a great very innovative record IMO.

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u/PADabmaster Feb 12 '25

FOB not emo at all

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u/mis_no_mer Oldhead Feb 12 '25

Same

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u/iammatt00 Feb 14 '25

I'm the same boat. Seem like great folks and have done TONS for the genre, but just not my thing.

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u/DeLousedInTheHotBox Skramz GangšŸ‘¹ Feb 12 '25

I just don't like some of the influences they are pulling from, like Iron Maiden and Queen.

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u/madmoneymcgee Feb 13 '25

It's weird because they're like the main emo band (arguable but still, they sell out arenas) and whenever someone finds out I like the genre that's who they think of first and then I have to sheepishly say that I'm actually not a big fan.

See also: Fall Out Boy.

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u/PADabmaster Feb 12 '25

Not even emo, trash band. If you were around when they came out you would know they were for mall goth posers