Reacting to Emo Hits of the 2000s (MCR, FOB, & More!)

this gave me life

Today is actually the 18th anniversary of I Brought you my Bullets, You Brought me your Love being released!

My Chemical Romance just used to top themselves with each song, it’s incredible

As soon as you said “Fuse days” I had a mid life crisis.

I really loved MCR's stuff they were just 100% dialed in to that scene. Down to the lyrics, the sound and aesthetic. The complete package. Others were trying it, but these guys just went all the way in.

The cardinal rule of emo: “you gotta scream in the bridge”

Twenty years, jesus there's no way I'm this old. I'm feeling emo again.

My chemical romance literally shaped my entire late middle school/ high school life. So amazing. "I never told you what I did for a living" is the most incredible song from the lyrics to chaos of the instrumentals. Every last piece pure gold. The angst in the song is off the charts... obviously I love everything about the color fred as well.

I always felt like you and Ray Toro were kindred spirits in terms of your approach to guitar at that time. There were a lot of reallllly talented players at that time, but you two really took it to the next level with your obvious Van Halen/Queen/80’s metal influences.

Hawthorne Heights are like the nicest dudes around. I saw them in highschool and was $5 short of being able to afford a hoodie, but it was cold outside so they just gave it to me.

"This was from the Fuse days." It totally was, every morning when they would just play hour blocks of music videos back to back.

If Helena isn't played at my funeral.. I'm not going 💜MCR

"Oh he's cutting the antlers off. No don't cut the antlers off." Why is this such a me response

I'll be 34 years old, in 2 days, and I was there for the whole 2nd wave of emo...I still remember all the lyrics to most of the songs on this list and albums they are on lol. I've got a Jimmy Eat World 3/4 sleeve tee from around the "sweetness" era. I agree that they are a "bridge" between the old "emo" and the 2nd wave. They still retain the "90's college rock" vibe, too, that was a part of the turn of the century emo bands that shaped what could be called the "2nd wave of emo". I still listen to MCR, weekly, on my 4.5 mile, both ways, walk to work. They are one of those bands that can get you through a long, snowy walk and also good for "work" music for me as a janitor. I was lucky enough to see MCR, when they toured in support of their first album, in Flint, MI at the Local 432 venue. Classic venue, saw some good bands there, a lot that went on to do great things and a lot that lived their glory days on Saturday nights circa 2003-2006 and then were lost to time. In my hayday, they had a ska night, a metal night and I guess it was an emo night, but it was raw, lot of first wave style emo bands like Sunny Day Real Estate - hell, they came through the Local, too. It was the age, just before the cell phone and quality cameras within arms reach. This list is really a list of albums that I bought when they were still on the "new" rack, back-n-the-day...who remembers record stores? Recordtown? Sam Goody? of course FYE, too. I could make commentary on all of these songs...Saw FalloutBoy at Warped Tour 2003 or 04, I remember walking behind, Andy Hurley and his wife, for a good minute or two...His back tats were sweet, in person. Man, there will never be another scene like the early 2000s emo scene, the metal scene, too, for the matter. Silverstein, in 2007, was amazing. Saw them at a venue with Black Dahlia Murder, Every Time I Die, Mayday Parade, just to name a few. Dirtfest 07, if you look it up, there's a band list but there were more there, than listed. One band that I've always been partial to is "The Academy Is". I can't tell you how many times that I have listened to "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Paramore was good, too, early stuff really had that "1st wave emo" vibe and then on to "riot" they we're full scale , 2nd wave emo. I could talk about this stuff for days haha. Thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane, Fred.

Coheed - devil in jersey city, Motion city soundtrack - everything is alright, Thursday - understanding in a car crash, the starting line- the best of me

Grew up listening to Taking Back Sunday, MCR, Jimmy Eat World, Story of the Year, Paramore, Fall out Boy and Panic at the disco, It was just 3 kids in my school in Bangalore, India listening to EMO music. People thought we were weird hahaha! Good times!

Love this! This is 100% my musical "home" and this scene is such a mix of great elements from a bunch of other genres!

This music is coming back because us show going kids from 15 years ago have the money to pay for stadium tickets now, and damn it we want to be 15-18 again

I love his dad energy he's giving me. He's just so genuinely sweet and funny. Love hearing his take on the scene and his experiences.

You yelling I’ve got it baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad is iconic