Posted by Sanam Tala at cpe-65-29-145-150.wi.rr.com on November 17, 2003 at 21:49:56:
In Reply to: Yes and no. posted by Smalls on November 17, 2003 at 21:46:37:
: : I was always under teh impression that the emo movement grew out of the DC hardcore stuff...like fugazi, dismemberment plan, etc...
: Yes, the beginnings of emo came from that... but it was Weezer-ripoff acts who popularized it. If not, it would've remained a subset of a subset of punk and not something defined unto itself and marketable.
: How do I know this? Though I don't care for most punk, since Utica was such a small town, I knew every punk band in Upstate New York because the coffeehouse I hung out at was the only viable punk venue between Syracuse and Albany.
: Also the only viable poetry venue, folk rock venue, comedy rock venue, rockabilly venue, etc.
: If you were remotely fringe in Utica, it was VBLPs or nothing.
: And then, it closed.
: Mike