Visually, the style favored straightened black hair, skinny jeans, band t-shirts and ... experienced. Emo is a nostalgic genre, and hard times bring about nostalgia both real and artificial.

which consisted mostly of plain T-shirts, jeans and Chuck Taylors, was a direct manifestation of the group's vehemently anti-corporate stance. Like it or not, Seattle's Sunny Day Real Estate was ...