“I and the whole band grew up in bands and loving the music, and we wanted to celebrate it and the nostalgia around it,” he said. While there were many possibilities for different theme nights or past trends to celebrate, Rowe said he had a personal connection to why he wants to bring back emo nostalgia for a night. “We like playing anything that makes the crowd go wild.” “We play a lot of My Chemical Romance, Panic at the Disco, and Fall Out Boy, which are always in high demand,” Rowe said. The songs that the band will perform are right in line with the songs that were at the top of the charts in 2007. MySpace Emo Prom is a time to reminisce the feelings and culture of the time.
Rowe also hosts a podcast called The Emo Social Club, which is dedicated to discussing topics particular to the emo scene. “I think that the same people want to feel that again, now that we’re older but still feeling the same way.” “Emo would be music that was for kids who felt left out or not like everyone else and were drawn to lyrics and styles that were darker and emotional, as a way to have our own outlet and cathartic experience,” Rowe said. This became increasingly popular in the mid-2000s, and with it came a slew of dark clothes, heavy makeup, and neon-bright hair.
The term “emo” began in the mid-’80s as a descriptor of a subset of rock music and eventually grew its own subculture in the late-1990s. People come in their best ‘scene’ outfits, either prom fashion or Hot Topic best, and then we start the moshing and dancing.” “It’s a night of Emo nostalgia performed by a live band playing all the favorites. “We did an event at Gabe’s in February that was a lot of fun, so we’re bringing it back,” he said. For the last year, the group has traveled around Illinois and Iowa, putting on these shows. The organization putting on the event, Taking Back Emo, describes itself as “a movement to bring you back to the Era of Teenage Angst.” The nostalgia of the early 2000s is a big draw for the event, with people wanting a way to revisit the culture from 11 years ago, when the first iPhone was announced, America was about to plunge into financial crisis after the housing bubble burst, and the final Harry Potter book had just been released.īrian Rowe, a founding member of Taking Back Emo, is a member of the band that will perform at the event. “I was thinking I would wear a black dress shirt, a tie, red skinny jeans, and way too much eyeliner,” Kestrel said. Iowa City resident Alex Kestrel has already come up with his outfit of choice for the night.
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