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Ukiah, CA, United States (1991 – present)
AFI (A Fire Inside), is an alternative rock 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 (1992) 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 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 (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.
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 (1992) 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 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 (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.
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The Missing Frame
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jazzzon wrote:
why are you so annoyed it was the same amount of time between sing the sorrow and decemberunderground & the album will be out before the ep anways due to them having starting the album now
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afireinside wrote:
please be joking. i looove gay people... but that is the most nauseating thing i've ever heard.
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JustinXXX wrote:
I hope Davey Havok is able to marry Jeffree Star someday when same sex marriages are legal.
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afireinside wrote:
man, they are forever saying "this album/ep/song will be out in early/late whatever month of whatever year" and we are forever waiting like... three years after the date they first said.
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ASolitaryEcho wrote:
I watched it on youtube a couple of weeks ago, it can be. I'm not sure hah
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morti-viventi wrote:
An interview THIS year? I remember hearing that around one of the times the EP was supposed to come out (december '07) or even earlier. I hope they're not reusing old jokes.
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ASolitaryEcho wrote:
He said it with a hint of sarcasm, so it's probably not true, hah. I have no idea where it is. It was on some interview this year.
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xOllieBurtonx wrote:
Black Sails in the Sunset and The Art of Drowning were awsome everything else isnt really my cup of tea and the new stuff just makes me angry
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neithan02 wrote:
which one?
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ASolitaryEcho wrote:
Hey, that's what they said in the interview.
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higginst wrote:
a ska... opera.... oooooooooook :S
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KingHeff wrote:
@ the guy with the slipknot icon, just listening to slipknot is depressing
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ASolitaryEcho wrote:
I really doubt they will do that, haha.
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Rock_fm wrote:
I like only Miss Murder and The Missing Frame, think the cover of The Cure is awful cause its sounds very pop.
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neithan02 wrote:
wtf AFI and trumpets and stuff... sorry but I seriously cannot imagine that that will happen.
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ASolitaryEcho wrote:
Like they said, it's going to sound like a "Ska-opera."
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evilxdead wrote:
I made a video for "Cereal Wars" today.
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joshuaxvx wrote:
I do like Decemberunderground, but I swear, I will be so bummed if the new album is as disappointing as DU was.
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maggot4real wrote:
these guys are an awesome band but most of the songs i think are good are kind of depressing
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KingHeff wrote:
i am looking forward to the new album, especially with havoks new uhh indulgence in playing old material again, and his new look... im hoping he's thinking in a more hardcore direction XD
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