I find myself thinking about the fact that bands like Dashboard Confessional and Simple Plan were comprised almost entirely of men in their mid 20s/early 30s. Their songs were often about things like self harm, depression, and other factors that largely appeal to the sensibilities of teenagers that are going through the normal Teenage Shit™. Their target demographic leave the bands, in retrospect, feeling a lot like:
Meanwhile other bands of the era that were also widely considered edgy and emo were singing songs about hope and cautionary tales against giving into your feelings of anger and the desire to hurt other people. Like damn, leave those poor kids alone you weird old (comparatively speaking) men.
Meanwhile other bands of the era that were also widely considered edgy and emo were singing songs about hope and cautionary tales against giving into your feelings of anger and the desire to hurt other people. Like damn, leave those poor kids alone you weird old (comparatively speaking) men.