[MuGen]

I was reading a forum somewhere else that is ultimate pointless in search of good emo bands. I found an arguement in the process about whether Emo/Punk is musc or the lyrics. So i'm asking what you guys think...

I personally think that Emo isn't the music, but it is the lyrics inside the music. Because without the emotion driven lyrics behind the gutwrenching guitar riffs, we wouldn't be able to classify it Emo. If Emo is the music, then what defines it to be Emo? The sound of a guitar, bass and drums playing together can be easy to classify in terms of the mood, but I say Emo is created utilizing emotionally spillying lyrics.

Punk is the universal term I would use for all kinds of music that use that kind of driving force behind their music, but Emo is the sub cat of Punk that places the music with emotional lyrics.

Emo = Music or Lyrics?