When I grow up, I wanna be Ziggy Stardust.

Chapter Two: Emo of the new century

Sk8er punks + "Sweetness"= Broadway style funerals w/dancing corpses called Helena

(If you feel lost at some point, you should read Part One before)

Now we're around year 2000, Britney is thin and innocent and Tony Hawk is everyone's hero. Teenagers are too young to know Sunny Day Real Estate, but they do know Jimmy Eat World, the radio is infested with pop punk, skater looking bands like Blink 182 and Green Day (And Avril Lavigne when she was a sk8r gurl), the bands responsibles of the 2005's Pop Punk Revival.

The kids who were old enough to have their bands are the ones who caused the Pop Punk Revival, and since they grew up listening not only Blink 182 but also Weezer, emo was mixed in their music as one of their biggest influences. The explosion and jump to mainstream of this new kind of emo, now mixed with punk, was, if I'm not making a mistake, when my Chemical Romance released their single "Helena". And also, the Warped Tour and the Taste of Chaos helped a lot, having punk and new-emo bands together in the biggest rock fests of the country. That was the beggining of an era.

I remember reading all over school "The Used" because a girl wrote it in all the restrooms of the school, and I also remember being like "who the hell feels so used that she writes it everywhere??!!!" Also, I remember that girl who went to prom with a dress like Helena's black and red one. (mine was like the one Amy Lee was wearing on Evanescence's "My Inmortal" video so I can't critizice her xD) I bet you and all the people older than 17 have some similar stories.

The bands considered as representatives of this part of the history of emo are My Chemical Romance, The Used and Taking Back Sunday, but, if we consider what emo was like before this mess, I think the bands who are more sticked to the emo aestethics, (and I'm not talking about those riddiculous hairstyles and painted pants, I'm talking about music aesthetics) are The Academy Is..., Dashboard Confessional, Senses Fail and Paramore; or what do you think? Here are some videos to make you easier to compare:

(Sorry, I know I already used this one but it's the only good video with embed code available)

The Academy Is... - Seed (live in leak - MTVU)

Taking Back Sunday - Make Damn Sure

I think MCR and what is called emo now is actually the beggining of screamo and not emo as it is, don't you think MCR sounds more like this:

Underoath - Writing On The Walls

Than like this?:

and, if you have any doubt why Paramore should be included,here's your answer:

As a conclusion for this chapter, I would like to proclaim The Academy Is the best emo band of the generation. Are you with me?

Thanks for reading!! I know you still want to critizice The Millionaires, but don't worry, I'll post part 3 ASAP!!