Emo And Goth Music Be To Banned In Russia
July 24th, 2008 by MrsBarnesAccording to The Moscow Times the Russian government is in the process of drafting a law to make emo and goth music illegal.
Last month a parliamentary committee was convened to discuss a draft proposal of the Russian government’s “Government Strategy In The Sphere Of Spiritual And Ethical Education” bill, the details of which were leaked to The Moscow Times. Among other measures, the proposed legislation calls for heavy regulation of emo web sites and for banning young people dressed like emos from entering schools and government buildings.
The bill also outlines what it calls a “spiritual and ethical crisis” facing Russian youth, including the high rate of alcohol abuse, teen abortions and “negative youth movements.”
Emo ideology encourages and justifies drug use and sexual relations among minors, according to the bill, which also lumps emos and goths together with skinheads.
“The point of the bill is so that by 2020, Moscow will have someone to rule its government,” said Alexander Grishunin, an adviser to Public Chamber member Yevgeny Yuryev, one of the bill’s three coordinators. “This is the first step in the public discourse.”
The bill’s sponsors hope that it will be passed into law by the end of the year.
Read the entire article from The Moscow Times.
Thank god. Good riddance god damn emo pussies.
Fuck oath man, about time
By the way..
There is a MAJOR difference between Metal and Emo music
Example of lyrics from the Emo genre:
“Slit my wrists and black my eyes”
Example of lyrics from Metal:
“This abortions knife aiming at the womb of the christian conspiracy”
The first one seems to support suicide
While the second one seems to attack christianity
Obviously there are more examples that someone is BOUND to pull
But there are only few GOOD metal songs that support fucking binge drinking and drug abuse and suicide (if any for the last one)
Emo music is not good at all, it is shit and anything supporting or encouraging suicide should be abolished….end of story
Well, that’s unfortunate for them I suppose. I don’t really care though seeing as how I neither live in Russia nor listen to emo music.
To every1 saying goth music sucks, I have just one word for you.
…Nightwish. [old,, of course..]
last time i heard, russia was a communist country, so it’s no surprise that the government is trying to get everybody to think and act like them. goths should be left alone because they want to be left alone, and emos should be given a multitude of dangerously sharp objects to cut themselves with. anyway, good thing i live in canada where you could be a black, nazi homosexual and not have people riding up your ass for who you are.(that wasn’t supposed to be a gay joke in reference to being a homosexual and having people ride up your ass. it’s an expression, or something or other)
we don’t live in russia. let them deal with it.
i dont really believe this will happen. i mean that is communism to the extreme, thats telling people how they should dress.. and its our bodies not the governments, i dont belong to anyone.
same with music, i like metal.. and if people wanna like emo/goth then go them.
if anything chavs are responsible for all the shit.
#6 ( I TOTALLY AGREE ) general music Says:
July 24th, 2008 at 1:19pm
What is the difference between emo, metal and rock? If emo music is setting a bad example for kids then rock music has been doing it for a long time same with metal. If they ban emo and goth music they will have to ban rock, metal, and rap, they all talk about sex and drugs, then what ban the rolling stones from preforming in russia? I just think that banning one type of music because it talks about issues that are in almost every style of music is real stupid.
Rockzie says: Country music is just as bad.. I know alot of people comitting suicide over the shit they put out! I think you should leave it as is.. Just because your music wasnt all great when you were growing up doesnt mean you haft to ruin everyone elses!.. its not what they listen to, Its how they are being raised!!!
Yeah, theres already been news reports that two 23 year old girls killed themselves because of their obsession with My Chemical Romance.
Emo should be banned world wide with their suicidal messages.
haha this is totaly stupid, music is music how can u ban it, theres always gonna be emo and goth kids especially in russia. jazz and blues music is even more depressing than emo haha, if i listen to that shit and i was 23 man id kill myself too haha. but honestly banning music into a country? how the F#%@ ar eyou gona manage that?, ban guitars and cd players and ipods from entering the country?
yesssss finaly someone understands that emo and goth are posibly the two gayest things around…… aslong as they dont ban DREAM THEATER like OMG I would totaly like flip out man….. oh well
as the great sickopath said
all music but death metal and classical should be banned.
dont like it?
good.
hehe, this sucks, becuase emo is kinda faggy for one, but!! thats not a reason, however, banning emo and goth… haha.. metal pwns! the lyrics and shit in most metal, is way worse than emo, listen to slayer, that kind of metal lol, it kicks mother fucking ass!! lol i reckon, they think, that it is a reason for self harm, and banning it.
haha this is funny! that “GENERAL MUSIC” who ever that person is was right about what he or she says .. most of our music now is talking about drugs and crap so what’s the point.. they shud ban the music through lyrics not through type of music!
Hmmmm, the comment I submitted never got….submitted. What I wanted to say is that people, especially the government should stop pointing the finger at and blaming everything else for the problems that youths have. Try looking at the PARENTS and how they have RAISED their children! For once look at the REAL source of the problems!!!!!
This is bullshit.
the guy who set up the gorgoroth show in poland is in prison for 5 years because the band was a accused of “blasphemy”
more recently, sophie lancaster was beaten and kicked to death in the UK for being “goth”
its bullshit. i know emos are more prone to feminine behavior and so arent made of the same stuff as gothic black metal freaks like me, but if you are a fan of black metal and you do ware all black, there is one option and one option only… carry a weapon with you at all times. other people, in or out of government everywhere, will try to change you and try to kill you. arm yourselves for self deffense. i am not encouraging violence. only self-preservation
Well thats the tail-end of fucking communisim. What kind of bollocks is that. Its not gonna help cause it means more people are gonna do listen to the music and wear the cloths just to rebel cause, lets be honest, thats all they want to do anyway!
This is dumb and it happens all over the world all the time.A bunch of fucking politician idiots decide they are going to blame music or life styles that they don’t understand for the worlds problems.Yeah getting rid of emo and Goth is going to make a better society for you.What a bunch of shit!The only thing that will make a better society is to get these shit bags out of power.
Emo sucks by the way,but i hate seeing any kind of music or lifestyle blamed for the worlds problems over and over again.
omg this is bull.i dont like emo or goth.but wth is this.its not up to them to decide what children listen to its up to there parents. dont fucking put a law about that just fucking notify what its doing and leave the rest up to ppl who care…which it no one..its just music
as long as they still
have metal, it’s all good.
Good riddance. They better keep metal though for damn sure.
AGOIJAOAGA HAHAHAH
Mother Russia knows best.
lmao!! Sorry russian emos u must listen your dear mother russia! All salute the spetnaz!!
I think this article is quite amusing in the very least bit of what it comes to make of it. The whole “Emo” revolution has swept the world not to forget the United States in which pop rock has become labeled as “Emo” music. The origins of this style of music has came about in the mid 80’s and early 90’s in Washington, DC as an offshoot of Hardcore. It slowly started getting more melodic and less chaotic as the style called Emocore slowly drifted away and didn’t make a comeback until the late 90’s and still treads in the sea of music that is current of today’s trends. The whole basis of “Emo” soon gave way to its new sound style in the late 90’s and in today’s pop music trend as kids started showing more emotion in their lifestyle and felt that they should turn their depression and oppressed feelings into a lifestyle. It has become apparent that Russia feels that this is unethical and not very spiritual which I believe is not really against anyone unless they are very opinionated against how the world’s trends go and how kids and heck even adults want to show their feelings to the public eye. “Emo” kids as some are refered to only want to write their sad and depressing poetry and wear dark eyeliner, lipstick, and black clothing to show that their against the world and want to hang around the dark corners of their rooms. Now in the article, it does mention of alchohol abuse, abortions, and negative youth movements, in which I think this is blasphemous. I mean I am talking in an American eye but that doesn’t really have to be connected to a lifestyle of that nature. I mean their is so many different trends that so called affect people to do this sort of thing but in a sense I believe they connect it with the way most lyrics go in “Emo” music. They also mention a connection to skinheads which is a totally different trend in itself and I would love to write an article on them but I’ll say that for another day. Well as this does seem amusing I does seem pretty serious and thats how they want to run their country, its their choice. It just gives me more relief that I have more freedom as an American. Ohh before I do finish this off, I would like to mention something that may have a bit more understanding of why Russia may have done this. In the past spring/winter, I also came across an article found in a magazine that I regularly subscribe to that talked about the “Emo” revolution going on in Mexico. As it said, there has been riots and protests being held in Mexico due to the intolerance of “Emo” kids getting bashed for their opinons and viewpoints. Very interesting non the least but its does raise some eyebrows to the public.
Theres No Such Thing As Bad Music, It Just Merely Doesn’t Fit Your Musical Taste. Anyone who agrees with this is very narrow minded. This is ridiculous. And for anyone who thinks they’re so almighty to decide whether or not music is “good” does not see any true beauty in art and never will. Open your minds people.
Emo should’nt be banned.It should be exterminated ruthlessly.Goth is cool.Metal fucken killz!Burn in hell motherfuckers.
In Soviet Russia, music bans you!
I think it’s funny how shitty of a name ‘metal heads’ are giving themselves by their assmasterous comments about “fuck emos” “fuck goths” “they all look like gayz lol”
Firstly: Have you fucking seen the way Vital Remains dresses? They’re shredtastic but you have no room to talk “metal heads”.
Secondly: You seriously, seriously can’t just say “emo sucks” because it’s almost a dead genre, no one calls themselves ‘emo’ anymore. If you are referring to bands that sing during a chorus and don’t happen to shred it up, then go fuck yourself and practice your diminished scales and go jerk off your guitar neck.
Thirdly: You faggots think that a government saying “ban emo” isn’t talking about metal too? If the term “emo” is used they don’t know what they’re talking about and most likely mean ‘ban everything screamish’.
Fourthly: Those gayass ‘emos’ are getting more pussy than you are.
Banning a music genre is ridiculous, I honestly think this is bullshit and isn’t true at all.
Like someone said earlier, Russia has a brutal black metal scene and that would be the first to get targeted.
I think the leaders of Russia just don’t like the music and needed to come up with a reason to ban it
Alright!!! just what we need in America, an influx of Russian death hippies! Well maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll only get to France. They’d fit right in!
I think they should outlaw snake handling bible thumpers, now those dudes are scary!
Just as long as they don’t do anything to Rammstein D:
This is why i love russia Fuck emo and gothic music fuck heavy metal fuck death metal fuck all music cause that shit is plain stupid
I have to say, it made me chuckle to myself to hear of this. Emo is terrible, as is a great deal of goth. But if Russia is really putting effort in to being a democracy (and I highly doubt they are as of late) this is totally against everything that a democracy is supposed to be about. I fact, all of Russia’s actions are pointing towards a resurection of the Soviet Union, at least in my mind. Give it ten years, I bet you anything it happens. You’ll see. After all, it’s the birthplace of modern Communism, what else would you expect? The Soviet ideology is simply too deeply rooted in Russia’s blood to just disappear permanently.
I wanna know who the asshole is that get’s to sit there all day getting paid deciding which music is “emo” to ban and what is just “rock” etc??
I never cared for emo music and actually I don’t hate any genre as long as it’s not being showed down people’s throat by the media, like the faggish, lipsinking pop bullshit boy/girl bands.
Most people I know hate emo, but banning it will make it “cool” again because that will trigger more demand for it in the underground circuit.
If they even have the balls to ban metal, I hope the people will revold and topple those ignorant shitheads. Now THAT, would be fucking METAL !!!
I don’t like neither the emo fasion nor the goth one, but bannin g, no matter what, is fascist shit.
FUCK EMO MUSIC METAL METAL METAL ALL DAY but um that doesnt give them a right to censor music or sum1s artisict abilitys who writ these songs
Banning music is bad news. If they ban emo and goth music what is stopping them from banning Metal next or any other types of music that are considered a “negative movement” I love how they are blaming music for all the problems they are having with teen’s over there. Its really too bad.
I want emo and goth to be banned in my country too
Go-Figure…..a Fucking Commie Country banning freedom of expression…..
banning emo music oooh nose! lololol
if only they could take a page out of Americas book.. then there would be equal rights for everyone..
oh wait..
except for gays..
and arabs
still every nation these days.. and well for all times, whether or not those nations declare themselves as democratic, are still to some degree making decisions that are completely authoritarian..
so good work to Russia. You are really proving to the world that you have left your communist ideology behind you
Just one more reason why I’m glad I am an AMERICAN! Music is just a way of expressing yourself, so any place that bans a certain type of music can go fuck themselves.