15 years ago, emo conquered the world

Few genres can lay claim to dividing opinion quite like emo. There’s rarely any middle ground – you’re either all in or all out. Around the turn of the millennium, artists like Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional paved the way for a fully-fledged mainstream breakthrough, thanks to their poppier interpretations of a genre that had long-laid dormant since its woollier origins in post-hardcore throughout Midwest American suburbs in the 1980s. By 2006, what was formerly bubbling under finally exploded into worldwide public consciousness, spearheaded by the undeniable charisma and collective talents of its main players. As each of their career trajectories rose rapidly skywards, artists such as My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco and Paramore admittedly ...

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ロックンロールを救う逆襲の復活作! FOB狂想曲が鳴り響き、ボクたちは再びボクたちの歌を取り戻す! ■2007年リリースのアルバム『インフィニティ・オン・ハイ-星月夜』が全米チャート初登場1位を獲得、日本でもオリコン・チャートで初登場11位を記録するなど、全世界の音楽シーンに強烈なインパクトを与え、夏フェスでも大人気だったフォール・アウト・ボーイが3年ぶりに戻ってくる。 ■新曲となる「My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)」は配信開始してすぐに米英のiTunes で2位になるなどそのパワーを見せつけた。 ■すでにサマーソニック2013に出演決定!! ■〝僕たちがまだキッズだった頃、音楽こそが日常をやり過ごしてくれた唯一の存在だったんだ。だからこそ僕たちはフォール・アウト・ボーイというバンドをはじめたんだ。僕たちは解散していたわけではないからこれは再結成ではないんだ。僕たちは原点に立ちかえり自分たちにとって大切である音楽をつくる必要があったんだ。フォール・アウト・ボーイの未来はここに始まる。ロックンロールを救おう…。” -Fall Out Boy 【収録予定曲】 「My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)」他。

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