emo city

I feel like no matter what people say, everyone's got a sense of enjoyment for emo music. How can you not like listening to some good emo?? Especially when you're having one of those days where you feel like you hate everyone for no reason at all. You can't deny it..we all have those days. So when I'm feeling blue (or just whenever) I listen to Bayside. They sing lyrics such as, "I'd grab your hair and I'd hack it off. And put it on display at the front of the yard on a stick that's decorated with a little pink bow and a sign that says her friends and family should have taught her more about love." Indeed those lyrics are a bit "harsh", who cares? It makes me giggle, and think about the people that I'd like to do that to.
Bayside is a four member rock band. Their genres are mostly defined as punk, emo, and alternative. They originated from Queens, New York in the winter of 2000 and signed with Dying Wish Records. From there they released their Long Stories Short EP and a split album with another band called Name Taken. In 2003 they joined a very large, very popular record label called Victory Records. Since then, they've released four albums. Their most popular being The Walking Wounded (2007), and their latest album is entitled Shudder (2008).
Tragically in October of 2005 (just after the first release with Victory Records, Sirens and Condolences) their drummer, John "Beatz" Holohan died in a car crash involving the entire band. When they were driving back from a show in Colorado the van tipped, causing everyone to be injured, and unfortunetely resulted in the death of Beatz. After this tragedy many bands referenced Beatz in their songs, including Bayside. They put out an acoustic album which featured old songs played acoustic, and some new ones as well. Off of that album the song Winter was devoted to Beatz.
Seeing as Bayside made a total of six amazing albums in the ten years that they've been together, and also experienced the death of Beatz, and still produce music; it shows that they're really in love with music and will make it no matter what. Despite sad lyrics, Bayside has the tendency to make all the songs sound upbeat and enjoyable. Part of the reason they're so darn talented. Bayside is my favorite emo band (really one of my favorite bands in general) because they're a group that produces good music, and it is obvious that they have serious talent.