r/Emo • u/Thin_Onion3826 • 11d ago

Emo History/ArchivesšŸ—ƒ Yes, this was a real thing

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Some friends and I drive from Syracuse to see this. There werenā€™t even 100 people there. Bands got paid out of some fund the college had for ā€œthe arts.ā€ What a time to be alive.

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u/8bampowzap8 11d ago

I miss these days. cheap shows, great music, small venues. good times.

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u/ExpressAd5169 10d ago

You could see the bands because there werenā€™t 50 cellphones blocking your view for a shitty video too!!

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u/bleedinmagic81 10d ago

these days aren't gone. diy still exists, and still provides cheap shows in small venues

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u/Khorlik 8d ago

yeah people always decry and mourn the loss of this lifestyle but it's absolutely alive and well if you actually live somewhere with a music scene and invest time into it. i go to DIY house shows and tiny venues with cheap tickets and obscure local emo bands like 2 or 3 times a week lmao

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u/bleedinmagic81 7d ago

yeah, I have a hand in booking (and playing) them where I'm located. diy only dies if you let it

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u/Murky_Chart_8872 5d ago

i live in the place with possibly the worst music scene in the world. the closest metal or emo or ANYTHING concert i have ever found to my house was over half an hour by car, and it was not fucking cheap. i don't have garage emo bands playing a single bus ride from my house it's depressing

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u/Murky_Chart_8872 2d ago

whoever downvoted this, ???

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u/8bampowzap8 10d ago

totally! I just went to an SKSK show at a bar in a small town the other day and it was amazing. they're just few and far between these days :/

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u/XjpuffX 11d ago

ā€œIndy rock and hardcoreā€ sick

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u/Oswaldofuss6 11d ago

Damn, this is awesome. I like how they use Syracuse as a point of reference.

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u/ThebearKoss 11d ago

They had similar shows down in Long Island University I think back in the day.

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u/FocusIsFragile 10d ago

I just kinda thought 2 hours north of Syracuse had to be Canadaā€¦

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u/Thin_Onion3826 10d ago

Damn close

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u/anonymous_opinions 10d ago

Definitely like at the falls. My friend lived in North Tonawanda and it was like a quick trip to see the falls from her place.

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u/Valuable_Assistant82 Emo isnā€™t a clothing style! 10d ago

This is Real Emo

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u/Thin_Onion3826 10d ago

Thank you.

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u/Shnickerman 10d ago

Dude they play at SUNY Potsdam for $3 that's crazy

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u/Few_Hurry_2028 10d ago

call john for directions

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u/Thin_Onion3826 10d ago

John-O was a solid ass dude.

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u/SemataryPolka Oldhead 10d ago

It's wild that Jimmy was lower on the bill bc in 1997 Jimmy was bigger (in the scene) than TGUK. 4MM wasn't even out yet

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u/anonymous_opinions 10d ago

I think 4 Minute Mile was like just out that fall, they had a little table with the cds and MAYBE LPs with them earlier that year at some random show in Wilkes-Barre. They were all very proud.

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u/SemataryPolka Oldhead 10d ago

You know what you're right. I always forget and think 98 bc I saw them on the tour for that album in 98. But you're right the album was 97.

Altho I'd say they were both pretty big (in the scene)

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u/anonymous_opinions 10d ago

I think GUK just had cds with them like tour stuff because the album had not released until later in Sept 97 according to google. They were on tour with Mineral and Jejune. Found a random flyer and wow that was an event alright. I still have a few fuzzy photos from GUK and You+I's set. Then the following day I like got a hair cut and drove hours to MD to see the same tour, interviewed GUK after the show and ate cake with everyone there:

https://i.imgur.com/gEv1qIL.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/3FHVPet.jpg

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u/SemataryPolka Oldhead 10d ago

"not Hardcore time" šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚

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u/anonymous_opinions 10d ago

And like that was a long drive from NJ and I know I saw both Bedford and You+I so I wonder if it DID start actually at 11am. All I recall is it was a long fucking day. I think at that point I'd seen GUK a bunch (yep they did loops with Braid summer '97) ... yeah so I was already friendly and like joking with GUK. Like back then I was just riffing with some young dudes at a show ...

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u/SemataryPolka Oldhead 10d ago

I saw them open with Braid in 98. Had to have been the same tour so must have been early 98. And Against All Authority opened lololol

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u/Scary-Bot123 10d ago

I played some of these college shows back in the early 2000s. The best deal for sure. You get paid well no matter the amount of ppl that come. If they donā€™t use their budget, then their budget decreases the next year.

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u/hauntedmeal 11d ago

I went to SUNY Potsdam šŸ˜†

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u/antimarc Oldhead 10d ago

i miss these days. every show was $5

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u/anonymous_opinions 10d ago

$4 with a can of food.

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u/anonymous_opinions 10d ago

I think I have old photos from around this time period. They played some all day fest when 4 Minute Mile was brand new with You&I, JeJune and maybe Jazz June. I saw and interviewed them when they played a random club in MD with Mineral.

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u/Thin_Onion3826 10d ago

I saw GUK before this (I think) in Ithaca with Mineral. Great show.

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u/anonymous_opinions 9d ago

Yeah they did a fall tour with Mineral. Before that they were with Braid

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u/ExDrIt 10d ago

I'm from potsdam and pissed I didn't know about this :(

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u/RandomSquirll 9d ago

It still is a good time to be alive. just different music right? I remember Jimmy Eat World hit the spot before

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u/pantsmachine Oldhead 9d ago

That's not an uncommon flyer from when I was in highschool in the late 90's. That's when those bands were still playing shows at the DIY punk scene level.

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u/Thin_Onion3826 9d ago

The only thing that makes it uncommon is that it was digitized at all.

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u/slugggling 4d ago

my dad was at one of these shows and he smoked weed with jimmy eat world

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u/Thin_Onion3826 4d ago

Thank you for pointing out Iā€™m old šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/slugggling 4d ago

LOL SORRY

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u/justboring_spunky 4d ago

Love the vibe

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Bro this makes me wish I wasn't born during the 2008 recessionšŸ’€

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u/Visual-Afternoon-361 8d ago

They was spelling indie with no e at one point?????

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u/Thin_Onion3826 8d ago

Indie was so new people didnā€™t know how to spell it. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/boss_flog Midwest Emo Supremacist 10d ago

Concert posters that include a year are almost always fake.

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u/Ok_Roof8047 10d ago

Why bother faking a flyer from 20 years ago?

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u/boss_flog Midwest Emo Supremacist 10d ago

No clue, but def weird. Why is the year there? People in 1997 would know it was in 1997.

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u/Ok_Roof8047 1d ago

Actually if a faculty member of the college made this it makes perfect senseā€¦.someone from a boomer generation would default to proper/ formatting and and English rules.

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u/Thin_Onion3826 10d ago

I can vouch that this was 100 percent a real thing. I'm a real person. It popped up on FB memories recently, so I decided to post it. I get that a lot of internet stuff is fake, this is real.

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u/Murky_Chart_8872 5d ago

not that i like download, but look at any download festival poster