AFI

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Ukiah, CA, United States (1991 – present)

AFI (A Fire Inside), is an American band from Ukiah, CA, United States that formed in 1991. Their career progression has taken them through notable and drastic changes in music styles from hardcore punk to a combination of punk and alternative (that some may call horror punk) and more recently, a variant of alternative.

While still 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 (1993) with the now defunct Loose Change, which included future AFI guitarist Jade Puget.

AFI disbanded when its members attended different colleges, including UC Berkeley. Kresge moved to New York 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 (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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t0talimm0rtalz wrote:
2 hours ago

ohh ok i gotcha. AFI is way better than rise against and bad religion. Bad Religion is not bad, rise against sucks

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kill666zuuo wrote:
6 hours ago

change the pic !

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Abbadon321 wrote:
yesterday morning

rise against and bad religion? wtf! these furrfags are nothing compared to RA & BR

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hockeybub89 wrote:
yesterday evening

I meant that for that AceXV guy...

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bertality wrote:
yesterday evening

what the hell happened to these guys.. i miss the old AFI :(

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evilxdead wrote:
Thursday morning

Holy shit, Bad Religion is a similar artist now? Awesome!

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t0talimm0rtalz wrote:
Thursday morning

lol, no there's no fake AFI. I was saying there is not "real" and "fake" AFI because all AFI is AFI. From beginning to end, its all AFI, and it's all good. That's all

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morti-viventi wrote:
Thursday morning

the current one is probably the most recent promo of them to date.

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jaredletofan6 wrote:
Thursday morning

ummm.. what is with this pic?? is this an old pic????

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Aztech74 wrote:
Thursday morning

AFI IS AFI DONT BE MAD

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hockeybub89 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

There is a fake AFI?

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bright_inside wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

what bout new album?

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t0talimm0rtalz wrote:
Wednesday morning

haha, "real" AFI didn't go anywhere. They have plenty of albums to buy/download. AFI is totalimmortal. XD

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evilxdead wrote:
Tuesday evening

Did my picture actually become the main one for a bit? I fucking missed it!

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AceXV wrote:
Tuesday evening

I miss real AFI...

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t0talimm0rtalz wrote:
Tuesday evening

thats not "real" AFI. It's just the beginning. Although Mark was a better guitarist (I don't know what to say about Geoff and Hunter, they're both so good), they started in the hxc scene, every band branches into new territory. If they didn't all their music would be the same and it would get old and boring

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Adthey wrote:
Tuesday evening

That's not even 'real' AFI, just Davey and Adam in highschool. AFI for me are adam, davey, jade and hunter.

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orchidenver wrote:
Tuesday morning

this is their hc-punk photo. this is real AFI.

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yodus_ghost wrote:
Tuesday morning

That's really old photo. Hail Hitler!

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red_planet wrote:
Tuesday morning

`nice

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