how skramz should sound

[ifp]

in 1996, when i was 17 i started a band that i thought sounded like converge, endeavor and reach out. we would play shows with saetia, closure, i robot, etc. you have to understand, back then there were heavy bands and there were emo bands and it was unusual for anyone to really mix the two into one song. more or less that's what those bands were doing. a year after we broke up people started telling me that i had been in a "monumental screamo band". i had no idea what this label meant and figured this was a new way for people to categorize emo bands that had more screaming.

by the early 2000s when the white belt explosion took place and jerome's dream, orchid and all those bands were huge i was told that this new crop of bands were "screamo" as well. i didn't see many similarities between these bands and my old/current band so i was baffled as to how the label was being applied so liberally to a myriad of bands. with all these differences, it seemed there had to be something more than just the sound of the music that was defining all this.

as someone said earlier, if you put closure and jerome's dream side by side, there's a huge difference in the tempo, melodics and overall attack of the music. however they share similarities in their approach to creating aggressive music that appealed to a more introspective sensibility. it was also, for lack of better term, totally nestled in a DIY approach.

Great stuff here, what band were you in?

I was in this band: http://youandi.bandcamp.com/ .

[Phil]

Were you also in Instil?

[ifp]

Were you also in Instil?

Yes, Justin, John and I were all in instil before we started you and i. I was 16 when I joined instil.

[lemyisgod]

=Seriously get off the internet and start going to more shows.

X1000

I was at your St. Vitus show man and it was disappointing that there were only a handful of people there. Looking forward to your show with Foxmolder at ABCs

[ifp]

I was at your St. Vitus show man and it was disappointing that there were only a handful of people there. Looking forward to your show with Foxmolder at ABCs

thanks! it was a little weird playing on a stage and the fact that about 5 people we watching us made it potentially awkward...but we played as hard as we could and had a good time regardless.

but yeah, more people at shows.

i'm also excited for that abc show. that place is always such a nice experience in terms of how it's run and how friendly everyone is.

[JoshuatheNomad]

in 1996, when i was 17 i started a band that i thought sounded like converge, endeavor and reach out. we would play shows with saetia, closure, i robot, etc. you have to understand, back then there were heavy bands and there were emo bands and it was unusual for anyone to really mix the two into one song. more or less that's what those bands were doing. a year after we broke up people started telling me that i had been in a "monumental screamo band". i had no idea what this label meant and figured this was a new way for people to categorize emo bands that had more screaming.

by the early 2000s when the white belt explosion took place and jerome's dream, orchid and all those bands were huge i was told that this new crop of bands were "screamo" as well. i didn't see many similarities between these bands and my old/current band so i was baffled as to how the label was being applied so liberally to a myriad of bands. with all these differences, it seemed there had to be something more than just the sound of the music that was defining all this.

as someone said earlier, if you put closure and jerome's dream side by side, there's a huge difference in the tempo, melodics and overall attack of the music. however they share similarities in their approach to creating aggressive music that appealed to a more introspective sensibility. it was also, for lack of better term, totally nestled in a DIY approach.

Great stuff here, what band were you in?

I was in this band: http://youandi.bandcamp.com/ .

That's cool, I'm a big fan.

[R E S P E C T Me]

Some examples:

as days turn to years the light goes out. it's too dark to see where we're headed. i cling to what's left in memory of all you've done for me. welcoming the rest with open arms. we've put too much in to let it go. tonight i scream for you.

-In Loving Memory, Tonight I Scream For You

This does a pretty good job of presenting the other side of this hardcore scene/whatever you want to call it. A lot of these bands played songs each made up of about a single paragraph's worth of lyrics using somewhat vague, narrative-like descriptions of an aftermath of a traumatic experience. Perhaps it's unnecessary to attempt and classify differing lyrical-styles.

Yo, get for real, In Loving Memory pulled their lyrics out of a hat.

[JoshuatheNomad]

Eh, yeah, that makes sense.

[vavavampire]

The thing that ruins it is everyone hating it. I don't know about America, but screamo in this country is a dirty word and most people think it is a bit embarrassing if you're into it. There's like one good screamo band here. On the other hand if you're in some happy cap n jazz twinkly bullshit everyone jerks off over it.

[phoenix_crush]

I was in this band: http://youandi.bandcamp.com/ .

That's cool, I'm a big fan.

lol nice edit. I liked the fanboy post more.