AFI (A Fire Inside) Band • Page 4

Do you remember which band members face you got on your album? lol I got Davey and Hunter, bought it twice on day 1. Then went and saw the Omen remake a little while later in the day

 

lol no

my CD is at my parents' house... man, don't even remember much about the album art except for the cover... I'll try to get a hold of it this weekend... I don't even own something that plays CDs anymore, except the computer...

 

I really like Crash Love...

 

I'm not huge on Crash Love but I do really like Veronica Sawyer Smokes and Medicate.

 

This is the band that got me into music. I remember hearing my older brother play Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, I was in 4th grade and it introduced me to actual music, prior to this I was really on the Boy Band craze as it was the height of Backstreet Boys and Nsync.

I was hooked. I went with him to buy Black Sails In The Sunset with money from my paper route. I literally would not have gotten into this scene without these guys.


When DU came out I fought it. I wanted to hate it, it was too poppy, too mainstream... I couldn't fight it though eventually I gave the record a proper spin and grew to love it. I legit can't comprehend that ya been 10 years. I will always love Sing The Sorrow and before the most, but I can't wait for more music.


Also Crash Love made me nearly give up on this band for good cause I despise that record

 

When Backstreet Boys and N Sync were burst into popularity in 1999 I was already big into alternative rock (especially The Offspring, Green Day, Our Lady Peace, Third Eye Blind, Foo Fighters, Nirvana). It was through The Offspring's cover of Totalimmortal and Tony Hawk 3 having The Boy Who Destroyed The World that introduced me to AFI in the first place around 2001-2002, and I downloaded a bunch of random songs off of kazaa (remember those days? hahah). Then Sing the Sorrow came out and the rest is history lol.

 

For me it was Weezer's Blue Album that really got me outside of the "top 40 pop" scene of the early 90s and immersed me into the alternative rock scene when I was 8.

 

This is a loooot like my experience

 

I remember hearing "The Boy That Destroyed the World" through THPS and loving it. Granted, I fucking loved that whole soundtrack. It wasn't until a guy on my school bus gave me a burned copy of The Art of Drowning that I fell in love. Then Sing the Sorrow came out and I was hooked for life.

 

I remember searching Limewire constantly before STS came out to get the album early. Once the songs downloaded, they were always some terrible rap song. Then one day, I pressed play, and bam, the real album a few weeks early. I bought that album 6 times I believe. Red, Silver twice, Black on Black twice, and the deluxe version with the book and dvd. Good times.

 

I have the deluxe one with the book too. Found it in my parents house when visiting recently. I always felt like it might be worth something, but then I realized I kinda want to just hold onto it forever for nostalgia purposes.

 

Don't sell it, unless you have to and are selling it to another AFI fan. I guarantee you would regret it.

 

I practically only listened to metal around the time Sing the Sorrow came out - then listened to it and became addicted to the band

would stay up super late on school days listening to this shit, ah, such good times haha

I love this band

 

I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for AFI. Sing the Sorrow was all I listened to for awhile there when I was 19 haha.

Still think Jade might be one of the most underrated guitarists to ever play for a popular band. Crash Love gets a lot of shit (it's a bit schizophrenic in it's execution) but tell me the solo near the end of "Medicate" isn't a fucking barn-burning spectacle. Dude shreds.

 

dude shreds

remember that Silver and Cold vid? loved the Bathory jacket he wore on that

 

Hunter is also one hell of a bassist, whether it be playing something complex or just writing an awesome line. He's a genius.

 

yeah! he toured with Cold Cave a couple of years ago, too - that's so sick

 

Yeah, he is. Hunter is the definitive bassist for AFI, sorry Geoff lol love Tiger Army though!

 

It makes my heart so happy that this thread is active right now

 

I still have my DVD/book also. I consider that my relic.

 

So probably a new album soonish right?

 

Signs point to yes

 

Maybe, but Davey is recording with his other band here shortly. That may delay things or Davey might just be a wizard :D

 

I have the book! Also a vinyl copy! B )

 

Lucky motherfucker. That's my white whale. I need that in my collection.