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Is This Band Emo
Is This Band Emo? is a website that classifies various bands and musicians based on whether they are included in the emo music genre, with some responses accompanied by comedic comments. Created by Tom Mullen, founder of the Washed Up Emo podcast and website, it is intended to inform about the history of emo music. It has been featured in various music publications such as ''Alternative Press (magazine), Alternative Press'', ''Consequence (publication), Consequence'', and ''Rolling Stone''. Origins The emo genre formed in the Washington D.C. Washington, D.C. hardcore, music scene as a subgenre of hardcore punk in the 1980s, before reaching mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. Tom Mullen, who had discovered the genre through the underground punk scenes, first created the blog Washed Up Emo in 2007 in response to its increasing mainstream prevalence. Likening emo's popularity in the 2000s to the "hair metal" genre, Mullen lamented what he perceived as the shifting legacy o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayetana (band)
Cayetana were an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band was formed in 2011 by Augusta Koch on vocals and lead guitar, Kelly Olsen on drums, and Allegra Anka on bass. They released two studio albums, '' Nervous Like Me'' (2014), and ''New Kind of Normal'' (2017), as well as three EPs before breaking up in 2019. History Kelly Olsen and Allegra Anka first met while going to college in New York, before moving back to their hometown of Philadelphia. They met Augusta Koch at a party in 2011, and bonded over their desire to be in a "girl band." They decided upon meeting that they would form a band, but none of them could play their instruments. Koch originally had to play with a borrowed guitar. Cayetana began performing music together in 2011. They self-released their first extended play, titled ''Cayetana EP'', in 2012. In 2014, they were signed by the independent label Tiny Engines signed them, and released a 7 inch titled ''Hot Dad Calendar'' in March of that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |