Tell All Your Friends
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Emma Garland examines the lasting impact of 2000s mainstream emo—with original interviews from members of The All-American Rejects, Say Anything, Thursday, and more.
Emo is one of the most enduring subcultures of the 21st century. It’s also one of the most maligned. The stereotypical emo kid remains fixed in the cultural...
Published By Da Capo
Format Hardback
Number Of Pages 304
Publication Date 02/23/2027
ISBN 9780306834387
Dimensions 6 inches x 9 inches
“Surprisingly funny and always sharp…Garland is a pop-culture writer to watch. A top-notch work of rock music writing.”—Kirkus (starred review)
“If someone fell into a Y2K coma and woke up 25 years later wondering how emo had become one of the most commercially successful genres of the 21st century, Tell All Your Friends would bring them up to speed. A massive Limewire download of cultural history packed into a tight .zip file of a book.”—Dan Ozzi, bestselling author of Sellout
“A deeply informative explainer of emo's rise from the underground in to everyday culture—and why it will never leave. This is how emo's story came to include Kid Cudi and The 1975 alongside Dashboard Confessional and American Football.”—Chris Payne, author of Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral history of Emo's Mainstream Explosion, 1999-2008
"This isn't just the official emo bible, it's easily one of the smartest music books I've ever read. Emma Garland embodies both her lived 2000s Myspace teen experience and her adult years as a leading music critic to synthesize these vastly different strands of emo into a meaningful history. It is not just ridiculously and painstakingly well-researched; it is also laugh-out-loud funny, heartfelt, bittersweet and serious all at once. Whether you're into American Football or All American Rejects, Tell All Your Friends is the must-have read on 90s to present day alternative culture."—Hannah Ewens, author of Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture
“A colorful window into an influential but often underestimated genre.”—Publishers Weekly