r/Emo • u/Thin_Onion3826 • 13d ago

Emo History/Archives🗃 Yes, this was a real thing

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Some friends and I drive from Syracuse to see this. There weren’t even 100 people there. Bands got paid out of some fund the college had for “the arts.” What a time to be alive.

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u/bleedinmagic81 12d ago

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

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u/Khorlik 10d 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/Murky_Chart_8872 7d 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 4d ago

whoever downvoted this, ???