Take a closer look at emocore adherents

A combination of punk rock and hardcore music genres are the basis of the EMO subculture. The term "emocore" originates from emotional hardcore and is believed to have appeared the middle of the Eighties. The first emocore adherents of the subculture added melodic features to their tunes. Sorrow, love, sense of guilt are the main topics of their tunes. Hence, the emo style could be defined as rock music with emotional lyric features. Still, the definition of the emo style is still hotly debated. Although the emo subculture was originally regarded as a music genre, now it is referred not only to music, but also to conduct, fashion, hair style and the way of life. The emo style is considered unfashionable. This way emo adherents display that they are not interested in social processes. Emos consider themselves outcasts and, hence, demonstrate their neglect of existing social rules and regulations through the emo style. Tight jeans and T-shirts, with printed names of popular emo bands, skate sneakers, colorful stockings, a wide diversity of body accessories, badges, bracelets characterise the image of an EMOtional teenager. The emo fashion is also known for its hairstyles. Popular looks include long side-swept bangs, sometimes covering one or both eyes. Straightened and dyed black hair is also an emo trend. Blue, red, pink or blond highlights are very stylish. Short choppy layers of hair are also common. Occasionally this style has been characterized as a fad. At the beginning of the 2000s, the emo style was associated with an immaculate look, but when young people stuck to the style, it became darker, with long bangs and emphasis on the color black. Emos are extremely sensitive personalities. Specialists define them as introverts who are reluctant to communicate with the world around. Instead, they demonstrate their standpoints by means of poetry. Poems they compose are full of sadness, nostalgia and despair. Ordinarily these emotions are observed in youngsters aged 12 - 18, when they are emotionally and psychologically unstable. For most emo representatives emoism becomes a way of life.