Holy moly I absolutely loved this!!! Any fan of this era of music should give this a listen or read. Emo music could be listed as their own genre as there are many subgenres of emo music or for those who may not be as familiar with this style of music, you could say it's a subgenre of pop, indie rock or alternative. 

I do recommend pulling up the complimentary pdf that the publisher has to help keep track of all those that contributed to the book (I failed to do so). There were names that I definitely recognized from over the years of listening to emo music but there were some new names who I had to look up.  It is easy to forget in the moment how young these musicians were when you are younger than them but looking back as a grown adult it's like wow you were only 17? 18? 19? 20? And you accomplished that?! 

I am looking forward to picking up a physical copy of this book and see what the inside looks like. It was such a formative time for me, coming out of high school and into my college years. I wanted so bad to be apart of the scene but I definitely just hung out in the background with my black nails because that was as risky as I could let myself get at the time. I had gone to so many shows and would see my favorite bands over and over. I only went to one Bamboozle and one Warped Tour but it was enough to leave an impression on me. Looking back I wish I took more photos and preserve the time as much as I could because now 16 years later the memories are beginning to fade.  

Even though this audiobook clocked in at over 13 hours, I thought it went super fast & I was really into learning the background of the genre and just hearing about the music that makes me happy. I probably could have listened for a few more hours. I know this stopped at the year 2008 but I was really hoping that the end would talk about the recent surge of new emo artists and how Tik Tok has brought that era back to the forefront. 

**I do not rate Non Fiction books as it is based on real events and real experiences.**