Microcosm Publishing & Distribution - From the Basement: A History of Emo Music

From the Basement : A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society (Music History and Punk Rock Book, for Fans of Everybody Hurts, Smash!, and Nothing Feels Good) Taylor Markarian reveals the emo music scene's history and the other genres that it developed out of and since influenced. Examining the popularity of bands like My Chemical Romance and festivals like Warped Tour, Markarian traces the connections between the popularity of the music and the other cultural phenomena that occurred around the same time. Markarian also explores the connections between emo music and mental health, examining how the music may have both offered an outlet for depressed emotions on the part of the musicians, as well as allowed listeners to relate better to their own sadness or depression. Including interviews with many of the bands themselves, this is an essential read for any fan of emo music and any historian of music more broadly.