The Story of Emo
THE UNDILUTED STORY OF ONE OF ROCK’S MOST ICONIC BANDS • Covering every album, every line-up, every controversy and every story, this is the ultimate guide to MCR. From the Attic Demos and The Black Parade to reunions and rivalries, this book has it all.
The Story of Emo
Editor’s Notes
CHAPTER 1 THE 80s & 90s: THE BIRTH OF EMO
EMOTIONAL RESCUE • Seattle was the home of grunge, but 90s emo pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate offered something grander.
DIARY 1994
GEEK POWER • They were the nerds made good who helped shape modern emo – but Weezer and stardom didn’t mix.
WEEZER 1995 PINKERTON 1997
PHOENIX NIGHTS • Arizona’s Jimmy Eat World were the bridge between emo’s old and new schools – and in Clarity and Bleed American, they made two classics of the genre.
JIMMY EAT WORLD • The trio of albums which showed emo was a force to be reckoned with.
ESSENTIAL 80S & 90S EMO ALBUMS • The foundations on which the modern emo scene was built.
CHAPTER 2 THE 2000s: WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE
THE EMO DECADE • The emo scene began the 2000s as a fringe concern. Within a few years, it had become the soundtrack to a generation.
THE HEART BREAK KID • Driven by acoustic guitar and heartfelt lyrics, Dashboard Confessional’s debut album The Swiss Army Romance introduced the world to the new face of emo.
JERSEY BOYS • No band embodied emo’s maverick spirit and theatrical leanings like My Chemical Romance. This is the story of their rise, fall and resurrection.
rOAD WArRiOrs. • When Hammer was invited to join Gerard et all on 2005’s incarnation of the Vans Warped Tour, we could hardly refuse…
THE UK’S BIGGEST HEAVY METAL HAMMER MAGAZINE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE • MCR’s holy trinity of 2000s albums reassessed.
One Vision • Six months after The Black Parade made them the biggest band on the planet, Metal Hammer endeavoured to find out if that success had become a poisoned chalice in our most in-depth MCR interview yet…
MCR’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK
CONCEPTUALLY SPEAKING • The story of The Black Parade is that of a character, The Patient, who’s facing an untimely death. So with that in mind, here’s another trio of classic concept albums you should ‘check out’ (see what we did there?)
LETS DANCE • Chicago’s Fall Out Boy emerged from the punk scene to become emo’s crossover heroes. Cue huge hits, celebrity romances, breakdowns and insecurities.
FALL OUT BOY • Revisiting Pete Wentz and co’s career-defining albums.
THE 10 BEST FALL OUT BOY SONGS • FOB bassist Pete Wentz picks his band’s best songs, from the big hits to the deep cuts.
SUGAR, WE’RE GOIN’ DOWN • (From Under The Cork Tree, 2005)
"There’s just something great about being unabashedly comfortable with what makes you feel happy." • In 2019, Pete Wentz talked us through the rise, fall, and rise again of Fall Out Boy.
VIVA LAS VEGAS! • High-kicking their way out of Sin City, Panic! At The Disco were the point where emo met Broadway – and they had dreams to match.
PANIC! AT THE DISCO • The evolution of Vegas’s finest across their first three albums.
THE 10 BEST PANIC! AT THE DISCO SONGS • In 2016, Brendon Urie talked Louder.com through his favourite PATD tracks.
EMO PANIC! • How My Chemical Romance and their fans got caught up in a sensationalised tabloid storm.
RIOT GIRL! • Hayley Williams is one of emo’s most defiant and inspirational icons. But as the T-shirt says: ‘Paramore is a band’.
PARAMORE • They may have been late to the 2000s emo party, but Hayley Williams’ outfit became one of its most iconic bands.
The In Crowd • My Chemical Romance, Fall Out...
