Soo for those who aren't familiar with DIY (Do It Yourself). Are labels that do handmade shit whether they are CD-R's, tapes, and vinyls. I noticed lately many of the crappy mainstream labels such as Victory Records, Dine, Vagrant, Epitaph, ect are doing limited vinyl's of the bands cd's they did for hot topic, best buy, and such mainstream media corporations like those. Maybe they heard a little of DIY and how cool it was these labels have been copying what these awesome cool labels have been doing in limited press. I mean if they liked what they did and digged that whole stuff, that's awesome; still doesn't change the fact they are sell out labels, and aren't DIY. So I am here being a douche again I will give a list of shitty labels that are corporate sell outs. No offense, but I really dislike these labels for 2 main reasons, 1. if you notice the bands on these labels try so hard and try to make a "Perfect" album and are focusing too much on that rather on what they feel like coming out of it as a whole band and playing what they feel like it and not to impress a crowd filled with fairies with hardcore band shirts from hot topic. You can tell by the early releases they made sounded so much better when they were signed in a independent label you can tell the difference and to when they signed to a major label. Example. Alexisonfire, this Canadian "Screamo" band did a demo in cd-r called Math Sheets Demo. They then released a S/T under a Independent label at the time and went lame "Equal Vision Records". Supposely its been said that they dedicated this album to Level Plane Records another independet label that had Saetia, pg.99, Shikari (NOT the lame band Enter Shikari), Hot Cross, etc. When the band released there second length "Watch Out !" right when Equal Vision Records had mainstream success the bands sound totally changed. It was a "Success Hit" in Canada giving it a Platinum. Same thing with another great band Moneen, who did there first two releases under the Canadian independent label Smallman Records, as soon as they wen to Vagrant they did Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? in which Smallman records were also helping out the album, I believe this album was very successful in still sounding themselves not because Vagrant, but because Smallman was still there. As soon as Vagrant took all over moneen while making The Red Tree the band even tried making a "Perfect" single when they went on Vagrant, even the band was really stressed because of this. Why the fuck would Vagrant force moneen to play a certain mainstream style? Why? I thought these labels were all about the bands making there own music on there own terms? What happened there. You can even watch moneen's documentary It All Started With A Red Stripe. The engineer told Kenny from moneen "Are we really happy was almost perfect" and that the lead guy from Vagrant wants something perect from them... Bitch say fucking what? That is sooo poorly to do judge a fucking great album that had somewhat mainstream success and underground success as well. Moneen went on signing into a even bigger label Dine Alone. But because the band did a shitty and there last album, they disbanded because they didn't met the fund of being this so called "Mainstream Success". Anyways here is a list of shitty labels I belive that messed up many bands.
-Dine Alone
-Equal Vision
-Victory
-Epitaph
-Atlantic
-Hopeless
-Reprise
-Sumerian
-Indianola
-Rise
-Velocity
-Fearless
-Sire
-Decaydance
-Eyeball
There's probably more of this shitty labels. Some of these consider themselves "Independent" labels, and some of these are mainstream Sell Outs. I just personally think these labels are such shit to me. But remember it is ONLY MY OPINION you don't have to agree with me in any from. Most of the bands on these labels are. The used, Dashboard confessions, Alesana, Askingalexandria, My chemical romance, etc. Basically bands that would never ever ever be on this blog for the only exceptions of Moneen's early releases and Thursday's first 3 lengths. Ok now here is a list of shitty as bands that consider themselves "Emo" and "Screamo" fucking mainstream sellouts.
-Askingalexandria
-A day to remember
-Alesana
-My Chemical Romance
-The Used
-Chiodos
-From first to last
-D.R.U.G.S
-Woe, is me
-Escape the fate
God knows how many of these poser ass bands are there in the world giving emo and screamo a bad name that punks hate. In reality emo and punk are very related. As a matter of fact its where it came from, not from a dumbass big forehead guy that became a band called the used and named it Screamo, no. Kids need to realize that isn't near the reality of emo or screamo bands. Its a massive confusion that even Toru okada said at the end of there song Lights Out of this massive confusion that is going around, Palatka saying "What The Fuck is emocore, its the stupidest thing i've ever heard.' in reality those who say emocore or believe this genre such exist you look stupid when you say it and have a retarded face. Such genre doesnt exist. it's all emotive hardcore. Bands that are the real thing DIY Emotive Hardcore. That is the real thing of emo and screamo, not many know of it and not many punks know of it, but if punks and poser "emos" sat down and heard the real emo and real screamo punks would apologize to the real them and still beat the crap out of the poser twice as hard for being in fact a huge douche, more than a douche than me posting this while some of you get butthurt. The truth hurts, but thats life some of you kids were blinded or brainwashed to all this MTV FUSE tv crap music and kroq however you spell the repetitive music radio station that plays the same boring shit. I was never a big fan of the boring sex pistols, or Nirvana. I wasn't a big fan of Alesana or Askingalexandria. Wasn't a fan of The Beatles or even Led Zepplin. When it comes to music I wouldn't lie to myself and force my ears to listen to crap that bores me just to impress a "Popular" crowd. At the same time I am glad I was the only one of my high school times and even college as of today that that listened to something so different from everyone else that even the people who didn't like that noisy loud shit I love were very interested in it and were interested in this DIY I always rambled of in lunch time and in class. No, it didn't make me an outcast because of it. Because in my High School you'd either be a lameass shuffler jerker whatever these justin beaver kids make up these days with the colorful yellow skinny jeans sagging or bright yellow skinny jeans sagging, or you can be a punk thrasher listening to the same boring shit going to these half ass set shows with poorly bands that are to lazy to record anything or aren't serious on the musician ship of a whole band, or you can be the poser everyone hates a fairy that likes the bands I just listed and beleive that is all real, I may not know if you are real or not I cannot judge you because of what you listen to or because of how cliche you are. I am no one neither who is better. I am not proving that all that I am trying to say is that these kids very likely belive they are "them". So here is a list of great labels you should check, or you can just miss out on the best real emo and real screamo DIY bands and still be that failing poser everyone hates. Or just take my word. It ia really your choice. I just like shring this type of music and being a douche to those sell out bands and kids that like that Warped Tour crap.
-Affinity Index
-Black with Sap
-Square of opposition
-Lauren records
-Level Plane records
-Discos Huelga
-Plastic Smile Records
-Bear records
-React with protest records
-Radical friends records
-Forever escaping boredom records
-Olhar De Vidro Records
-Texas Toast DIY
-Kyeo Speaks
-Inkblot Records
-Utarid
-Caypo Records
There are a few others I didn't mention but all relate to another somehow whether its a split or compilations. Now here is a list of real Screamo bands and Emo ones as well I will list all the 90's that I know of as of todays date
90's emo/screamo
Saetia
Jeromes Dream
Honeywell
Guyver-One
Across five aprils
goodbye, blue monday
boys life
Kolys
Age
Agna Moraine's Autobiography
Allure
American Football
Anasrca
I hate myself
I am Heaven
Audience of one
Braille
Carlisle
Cap'n Jazz
Caught in the fall
Cobra Kai
Crash and Britany
Cursive (early stuff)
The day of a man as a man
The Desert Jet Set
Eldritch Anisette
Everyone asked about you
The Pennikurvers
Portrait
Portraits of past
Reversal of man
Pg. 99
Evergreen
Full circle swing
In loving memory
Inkwell
Jasemine
Rachel
The khayembii communique
Kukim
The little rock nine
Shikari
Lync
Midvale
Mineral
My own pine box
Native nod
Neil perry
Network 34
New ethic
I have dreams
A new kind of american saint
Ordination of Aaron
Palatka
Plunger
Schema
Bells on trike
Slint
The snacks
Staynless
Sunny day real estate
twelve hour turn
usurp synapse
Vitreous humor
125, Rue Monmarte
anomie
8 days of nothing
The spirit of versailles
Angel falls
Angel hair
Crossed out
Asshole parade
lumber
00's and now
Punch
Beau Navire
Moldar
Calculator
Capsule
Comadre
I wrote haikus about cannibalism in your yearbook
Adobe homes
Innards
MNWA
Alessa
Algernon Cadwallader
Halfway to holland
Osceola
Apergers
Iwontstopwonderinguntilyoustopbreathing
Flowers with gun barrels
Celestial being
The truth about dreaming
Suffix
lord of snow
battle royale
battle of wolf 359
bear garden
beneath low flying planes
boa narrow
boy problems
boys and sex
boyfriends
1994!
Snowing
In Braille
Burn Idols
Cease upon the capital
coping
DEERS!
Die, emperor, DIE !
The reptilian
El Spectre
Enoch Ardon
Exasperation missionary
For want of
Lester freamon
james dean
The pine
Reaching away
John cota
Jupiter lander
kidcrash
L'Antietam
Loma prieta
Lumber lung
And sooooooooooooo mannnny moreeeeee
You can tell the difference between this fake emo and this real emo
Alesana (NOT screamo)(lame shit sell out) Cliche emotions
Beau Navire (Real Screamo)(DIY) you can definetly hear the emotion building up and beautiful screaming
My chemical romance (Not EMO)mainstream pop
I wrote Haikus About Cannibalism in your yearbook (DIY) you can hear the beauty emotions translating through, it is basically real emotive hardcore and the way its meant to be
Lyrics
aside from everything like stuttering and shifting my eyes listen when i say, "hey don't be that way."
I'm pretty sure I am clear on my statement.
