(A Fire Inside) is an American Punk Rock band. AFI was formed in 1991 by Davey Havok (vocals), Mark Stopholese (guitar), Vic Chalker (bass) and Adam Carson (drums) in Ukiah, California . Bassist Vic lost interest and was replaced by Geoff Kresge . Kresge left AFI eventually becoming part of the band Tiger Army (now plays for The Horrorpops ) and the spot was filled by Hunter Burgan . Eventually, guitarist Mark Stopholese was replaced by Jade Puget , who at the time was in the band Loose Change .
AFI (short for A Fire Inside) formed in 1991 when the members were attending high school in Ukiah, California. Adam Carson (drums) and Davey Havok (Vocals) first became friends after playing school soccer together. Adam used his brother's drum kit, Davey (a member of the school choir) exhibited talent as a singer even this early, and they were joined by guitarist Mark Stopholese. A Fire Inside made their first foray in recording with the EP "Dork" (1993), split with the band "Loose Change" featuring future AFI guitarist Jade Puget. Soon after, AFI broke up while its members moved to different colleges, including the University Of California, Berkeley where Havok began a double major of English and Psychology and the University Of California, Santa Barbara . Geoff Kresge moved to New York where he played with with the band "Blanks 77". After reuniting to perform a very successful live show, the members decided to drop out of college and play in the band full-time. Between 1993 and 1995 they released many independently made vinyl EP's ("Behind the Times", "Eddie's Picnic All Wet", "This is Berkeley, Not West Bay", "AFI/Heckle", and "Fly in the Ointment"), and eventually released their debut full-length album '' Answer That And Stay Fashionable '' in 1995 on Wingnut Records, later re-released in 1997 on Nitro Records. Their second album, '' Very Proud Of Ya '', was released in 1996 by the Nitro Label, after which their bassist Geoff Kresge decided to leave the group for personal reasons. The bassist, Hunter Burgan , formerly of The Force (and currently, also taking part in side projects "The Frisk" and "Hunter Revenge") filled in for Kresge for the tour in support of '' Very Proud Of Ya ''. He went on to help AFI record '' Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes '' and was subsequently invited to become the full time bassist.
After the recording of the ''A Fire Inside'' EP in 1998, Mark left the band to be replaced by guitarist Jade Puget , formerly of Redemption 87 and Loose Change, who was critical in forming the band's new sound over the following albums. The song 'Lower It' is rumored to be about straight edge kids who do not stay straight edge. Following on from the new approach they had taken on the aforementioned ''A Fire Inside'' EP (released on Adeline records) the band recorded their '' Black Sails In The Sunset '' (Nitro 1999), a musical turning point. On this album, and the following ''All Hallow's'' EP (Nitro 1999), other EPs and the seminal '' The Art Of Drowning '' album (Nitro 2000) their original hardcore roots were still quite apparent in their musical approach, but more 80s horror punk seemed to appear in the lyrics. However, many fans feel their latest album '' Sing The Sorrow '' which was released on the much larger DreamWorks label on March 11, 2003 displays a different musical approach which has lost some of the punk aggression in favour of a more dance orientated approach to writing. The fans spent some time trying to work out the meaning of the album, and even some aspects remain under question.
- AFI was nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards 2003 in the MTV2 award category for the video Girl's Not Grey, which came to be the first VMA they won.
- They are followed by a devoted fan base called the Despair Faction . Consisting of fans old and young, the Despair Faction are privy to many added band bonuses which include contacting the band on their website.
- Some claim that the bands initials do not stand for A Fire Inside. Although Davey Havok claims that the meaning of AFI has always been A Fire Inside with Jade and Hunter, earlier AFI records such as '' Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes '' list contact information addressed to "Asking For It." They have also used the moniker "Anthems For Insubordinates".
- AFI was also featured on the "Godmoney" (1997)Soundtrack with "Wake Up Call"
- 2004 saw AFI record two cover songs: soundtrack: this song appears only as the bonus track in the 2-disc set, and is not present in the game, unless you unlock it.
- On October 7th, 2005, AFI went on KROQ for an interview on the radio. They released an unreleased song from the '' Sing The Sorrow '' sessions, entitled "Rabbits are Roadkill on Route 37". This can somewhat explain the picture of a rabbit on the second to last page of the ''Sing the Sorrow'' lyric booklet.
The Nitro Records and DreamWorks Records releases were all released in Cassette , 12" Vinyl and CD formats.
- ''Totalimmortal Promo Single'' 1999
- ''Totalimmortal'' 1999
- ''Wester Promo Single'' 2000
- ''The Art of Drowning Promo'' mid 2000
- ''The Art of Drowning Promo Cassette'' July 14 2000
- ''The Days of the Phoenix Radio Promo'' 2000
- ''AFI: A History'' early 2003
- ''Sing the Sorrow Advance CD'' early 2003
- ''Girl's Not Grey Radio Promo'' January 2003
- ''Sing the Sorrow 4-Track Sampler'' early 2003
- ''Sing the Sorrow 6-Track Sampler'' early 2003
- ''Sing the Sorrow Sampler (Australia)'' early 2003
- ''Sing the Sorrow Test Pressing'' early 2003
- ''Girl's Not Grey Advance Promotional Single'' January 6 2003
- ''Girl's Not Grey'' March 2003
- ''Girl's Not Grey'' March 2003
- ''Girl's Not Grey Single Promo'' mid April 2003
- ''Rockline Promotional Radio Interview CD Set'' April 21 2003
- ''The Leaving Song Pt. II Radio Promo'' mid 2003
- ''The Leaving Song Pt. II Australian Promo'' mid 2003
- ''The Leaving Song Pt. II'' July 2003
- ''Silver and Cold Promotional Single'' late November 2003
- ''Live at the Hard Rock Cafe Promotional CD'' late November 2003
- ''Head Like a Hole Radio Promo'' 2004
- ''Head Like a Hole Australian Promo'' September 2004
- ''Satan Is Love Volume 1'' 1996
- ''Punk Nation Unification'' 1996
- ''Bacteria Sour'' 1996
- ''Go Ahead Punk... Make My Day'' September 24 1996
- ''Godmoney'' August 12 1997
- ''Punk Fiction'' late 1997
- ''10 Years Later'' September 23 1997
- ''Cinema Beer Nuts'' September 23 1997
- ''The Show'' January 14 1998
- ''Deep Thoughts'' July 28 1998
- ''California Hardcore: A Call to Arms'' November 3 1998
- ''No Time to Kill'' 1999
- ''Short Music for Short People'' June 1 1999
- ''Cinema Beer Belly'' October 12 1999
- ''Punk You!'' 1999
- ''The Thought Remains the Same'' January 25 2000
- ''The Way It Should Be'' February 14 2000
- ''Punk Goes Metal'' August 1 2000
- ''For Those Who Stand'' December 4 2000
- ''Punk Rawk Show'' December 11 2000
- ''The Cornerstone Player #016'' early 2001
- ''That Darn Punk'' March 6 2001
- ''The Show Volume 1'' April 27 2001
- ''The Vans Warped Tour'' June 21 2001
- ''Moto XXX Volume 2'' July 21 2001
- ''Nitro Records: Warped Tour 2001 Compilation'' 2001
- ''Plea for Peace/Take Action'' August 7 2001
- ''PBS: Punk Broadcasting System'' September 4 2001
- ''Nitro Records Video Compilation'' 2001
- ''DreamWorks Cheat Sheet Sampler'' 2002
- ''Punkzilla'' January 22 2002
- ''Punk Chunks 2'' February 15 2002
- ''Punk Rawk Show - Taking Back the Airwaves'' April 23 2002
- ''MTV Road Rules'' August 6 2002
- ''Monitor This'' April 2003
- ''Concrete Corner Sampler'' April 2003
- ''Universal Music International: Weekly Showreel 14/03'' April 14 2003
- ''Universal Music International: Weekly Showreel 17/03'' May 5 2003
- ''Universal Music International: Weekly Showreel 24/03'' June 23 2003
- ''High Voltage'' June 24 2003
- ''The Cornerstone Player #44'' July 2003
- ''Cinema Beer Buddy'' July 8 2003
- ''Universal Music International: Weekly Showreel 27/03'' July 14 2003
- ''SoundGear New Music'' August 2003
- ''Cinema Board Buddy'' August 12 2003
- ''MuchMusic: Big Shiny Tunes 8'' November 11 2003
- ''Nu Rock Traxx Volume 105'' November 25 2003
- ''DJ Elitizk Ultimate'' late '03/early '04
- ''Backbeat Video Magazine Vol. 1'' December 30 2003
- ''99x Up Start Bands Volume 1'' 2004
- ''Triple j Hottest 100'' March 14 2004
- ''Vans Warped Tour Live 2003'' April 2004
- ''Hitman: Contracts DVD'' April 20 2004
- ''XDoaneX2'' mid 2004
- ''99X Joyride'' 2004
- ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' (soundtrack only) November 23 2004
- ''Music from the Cutting Edge. Razor Vol. 11'' January 1 2005
- ''Magazine Comps''
- ''Metal Hammer RIOT Video'' ??/??/??
- ''Search and Destroy: The History of Punk Volume 1'' June 2000
- ''Metal Hammer CD'' November 2000
- ''Rock Sound CD'' December 2000
- ''Rock Sound CD'' April 2002
- ''Rock Sound: Music & Attitude'' May 2003
- ''20 Tracks Compiled By The Offspring's Dexter Holland...'' July 5 2003
- ''NME: Rock 'N' Roll Riot (CD 2)'' November 9 2003
- ''Visions: All Areas Volume 39'' late 2003
- ''The Nitro Years Box Set'', vinyl collection released by Nitro in
- '' AFI '' retrospective released on November 2 , 2004
- ''MySpace Records Volume 1'' November 15 2005
- ''He Who Laughs Last...'' 1996 Video-Single (only)
- ''Third Season'' 1997 Video-Single (only)
- ''Totalimmortal'' 1999 Video-Single (only)
- ''The Days of the Phoenix'' 2000 Video-Single (only)
- ''Girl's Not Grey'' 2003 CD/Video Single
- ''The Leaving Song Pt. 2'' 2003 CD/Video Single
- ''Silver and Cold'' 2003 Video-Single (only)
- ''Miss Murder'' May 8, 2006
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