MonsterMash
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AFI?when i was reading the "how you got into horror" thread i noticed a lot of members here (past and present) said AFI were an influence, so i thought id start a thread on them.
not strictly a horror band, i know, but i always liked the way they mixed SoCal punk, hardcore and goth influences together and seemed to always make music with real passion and energy.
im not so keen on the direction they've gone in these days and i didnt really enjoy decemberunderground, but i still love to listen to their earlier stuff. shut your mouth and open your eyes, and black sails in the sunset, are two of my favourite albums, i have an AFI tattoo (the pumpkin from the All Hallows EP) and the band will always mean a lot to me.
who else likes them? and who doesnt?
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doc_horror
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they was kickin it til sing the sorrow
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Calavera
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cal liked em when he was a wee lad! he was rly into them when they did the art of drowning and black sails. they then did the whole, girls not grey thing and then i went off em, althoguh after playing guitar hero, i can say that miss murder isnt THAT bad.
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danblood
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They are one of those bands I got into very young along with The Offspring so they will always mean a lot to me. I think they were at their peak with Black sails/Art of drowning the imagery that those two albums conjour up in my brain is immense! They are are really powerful. I still love whatever they put out nowadays but secretly wish they would go back to devilocks and sing about walking through the mist!
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Tommy Creep
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I don't know as anyone will ever make a record as good as the All Hallow's EP...
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MonsterMash
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| doc_horror wrote: | | they was kickin it til sing the sorrow |
yeah. sts was where they lost it for me, but the 3 albums before that, and the eps, still kick ass.
i'd probably still go and see them live, if they toured, but thats it now.
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doc_horror
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Fiendforce is selling their pre-disney catalogue (ie. the good albums) now, coincidentally...
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SpookySam
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I love em. Will never be as good as the old days tho. I've got tattoos of the Girls Not Grey rose & the STS falling leaf.
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Dr.Jekal
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| Tommy Creep wrote: | | I don't know as anyone will ever make a record as good as the All Hallow's EP... |
hell yeah!
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NatheoftheLivingDead
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AFI were my favourite band from 2001, just after I played Tony Hawk's 3 for the first time and heard The Boy Who Destroyed The World. I saw the video for Days of the Phoenix and was sold when a friend of mine copied Art Of Drowning a few weeks after that. Obviously dug a little and I totally agree with Tommy: few bands will ever release an EP as good as All Hallows. I was taken with the dark imagery they had and noted the progression from album to album. I therefore wasn't surprised when I heard Miseria Cantare gracing my speakers for the first time. I still love Sing The Sorrow, and always will, but Decemberunderground was, and remains a huge disappointment. Not a bad album, but not an AFI album either. Not even close.
I should probably stop the essays...
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Tommy Creep
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Yeah I first heard them on THPS3 too 
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