1.
Your "look" was based on Oli Sykes, Gerard Way, and the Suicide Girls.
2.
And you got extra "scene points" for tattoos, piercings and stretchers.
3.
Your Limp Bizkit t-shirt and striped knee-high socks came from the "grunger" shop in Lakeside.
4.
Your bought your skateboard from Limit in Basildon.
5.
And you got baggy Fubu jeans from the market.
6.
Weekends were spent sitting on the skate ramps at your local park.
7.
As soon as you were old enough, you started getting the train to Camden to pick up your ~essentials~.
8.
You tried to join in with the "pits" but never felt genuine "windmilling" or punching the air near the floor.
9.
Your first part-time job was in HMV, because they allowed you to have piercings, show your tattoos, and wear skinny jeans and Converse to work.
10.
Thurrock Music Festival was the only festival in Essex that didn't suck.
11.
You could get in to some over-18 nights, but you were marked with a black cross that screamed "I'm an underage loser" to everybody there.
12.
You loved The Fat Surfer because you could slide in the back door without fake ID.
13.
But you soon upgraded to The Grand Hotel Basement/JunkClub.
14.
You never missed a gig at The Mill in Raleigh or Chinnerys on Southend seafront.
15.
And nothing could beat an underage rock night at The Hermit in Brentwood.
16.
You definitely danced to Panic! At The Disco in a cage at The Pink Toothbrush.
17.
And despite never missing a "Pound-A-Pint" at The Alex, you always missed the last train.
18.
And of course, like every other emo, you only ever liked things before they went mainstream.
