AFI
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1) AFI (A Fire Inside) is an American alternative rock band from Ukiah, CA that formed in 1991. Their career progression has taken them through notable and drastic changes in music styles from hardcore punk to alternative rock with pop and electronic influences.
While in high school in Ukiah, California, David Marchand aka Davey Havok (vocals), Mark Stopholese (guitar) and Vic Chalker (bass) formed an outfit called AFI in 1991. Stopholese suggested his friend Adam Carson, who had a drum kit, join the band. Stopholese learned guitar and Chalker learned bass, but Chalker was soon replaced by Geoff Kresge and AFI made their first EP in recording Dork (1992) with the now defunct Loose Change, which included future AFI guitarist Jade Puget.
AFI disbanded when its members attended different colleges. Kresge moved to New Jersey where he played with Blanks 77. After reuniting to perform a live show, the other members decided to drop out of college to play full-time with AFI. Between 1993 and 1995 they released several vinyl EPs/Compilations (Behind the Times; Eddie Picnic’s All Wet; Fly in the Ointment; This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay; AFI/Heckle; Bombing the Bay) independently. Their first full-length, Answer That and Stay Fashionable was released in 1995. In 1996, the band released their second album, Very Proud of Ya, on Nitro Records. The songs “Cruise Control” and “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing” from Very Proud of Ya were used in the 1996 independent film Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore, which was first screened in 1997 and also featured Havok in a small role.
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cometbus remember when
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Zell182 How am I only just realising now that the lyrics "My whole life is a dark room. One. Big. Dark. Room." from The Despair Factor are a quote from Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice? Figures that Davey would enjoy a film like that :)
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St1cki3 So apparently Ronan and Davey are (very?) good friends. Who's Ronan you ask? The singer of VNV Nation! Davey goes to their concerts...frequently. So I shall give these guys a listen!
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05061985 decemberunderground is so good. Been listening to that one randomly all of a sudden.
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ChelseaaSmile DU creates a very particular mood and atmosphere. I have no clue why it gets so much hate. [2]
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BurialHex Sometimes i get those nostalgic feelings, then i listen to the old AFI. God, what i love the records till Sing The Sorrow! Means so much to me. Unforgotten times. Forever.
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bobo9390 DU creates a very particular mood and atmosphere. I have no clue why it gets so much hate.
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- Blaqk Audio Shows - June 2011 | News 13 May 2011 | from interscope.com/afi
- Blaqk Audio Shows - June 2011 | News 13 May 2011 | from interscope.com/afi
- AMERICAN IDIOT UPDATE FROM DAVEY: | News 17 Feb 2011 | from interscope.com/afi
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