"The Missing Frame" Instrumental Track

So here's the instrumental track for The Missing Frame. It's courtesy from Tomas Urlich. This is an AFI News HQ exclusive so please do not post it anywhere else.

You can download it by right clicking HERE and clicking Save Media As. If that method does not work, you can download it from Mediafire here (thanks to Mike for uploading!).

Jason's note: We meant to upload the vocal track, but accidently uploaded the instrumental. We'll post the vocals later.

Davey and Adam Take Over 98 Rock in Baltimore

While AFI was at MTV's Ulalume festival in October, they stopped by 98 Rock radio station in Baltimore, MD. For almost fifty minutes, they played some of their favorite music. You can click here to hear the entire show.

Thanks to sistinas on the OMB for finding this! Here's the playlist according to Brian, one of our readers:

Death in June - The Calling

Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver

Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart

Dead Boys - All This and More

Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch

Darker My Love - Blue Day

Deerhunter - Never Stops

Parts & Labor- Nowheres Nigh

Pavement - Cut Your Hair

Pixies - Wave of Mutilation

Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

The Police - Synchronicity II

Despair Faction Chapter Forums To Change

Gavin, the Despair Faction administrator, posted earlier today on the message board saying:

We will soon be upgrading the software that powers the Despair Faction site. Lots of cool stuff ahead.

As part of this, we'll be moving from the current Chapter forum style to a more direct style where the Chapter pages nave threads directly on them. We want to preserve the thousands of exisiting Chapter posts, so we have moved those to the 10th Circle and have closed the existing Chapter forums.

Until the new system comes in, you can find all your old Chapter threads in the 10th Circle, still open and accepting posts (from anyone now). Your Chapter pages also still welcome your posts: http://www.despairfaction.com/group.php

Please remember that if you are not a Despair Faction member, you will not be able to access these threads.

Beautiful Thieves vocal track for download!

Here's the official release for the vocal track for Beautiful Thieves. I myself really enjoyed it because you get to hear extra instruments that fade out with the guitars, bass and drums. Courtesy of Tomas Urlich, please do not post them anywhere else!

You can download it by right clicking HERE and clicking Save Media As. What should I post tomorrow? Vocal track or instrumental for The Missing Frame?

Prices Drop for Crash Love Lithograph Bundles

Just in time for holiday shopping, the prices of four premium Crash Love bundles in the official AFI merch store have been lowered by $12 each. These include the "Deluxe CD Premium Men's Bundle," the "Deluxe CD Premium Women's Bundle," (prices lowered from $79.95 to $67.95) the "Deluxe Vinyl Premium Men's Bundle," and "Deluxe Vinyl Premium Women's Bundle" (prices lowered from $74.95 to $62.95).

The bundles each contain a CD/vinyl, a shirt, and a set of 12 hand-drawn lithographs from artist Camille Rose Garcia.

Beautiful Thieves Promo Single on eBay

What claims to be DJ promo copy of the Beautiful Thieves single is now on eBay. The bidding started at $5.99. The seller is reputable, garnering a 99.8% satisfaction rating since 2005. Click here to see the eBay listing.

If this copy is legitimate, then Beautiful Thieves will be the next single and should start getting significant airtime. Earlier this month, Tunelab.com reported that Beautiful Thieves would be the next single from Crash Love.

Weekend Discussion: What Opening Bands Would You Want To See?

There has been some harsh criticism of the opening bands on the Crash Love Tour. With Gallows cancelling due to illness and Ceremony replacing them for many dates, many have said both bands are too hardcore. So, this week's Weekend Discussion focuses on what bands you would want to see open for AFI on the Crash Love tour and why.

Also, be sure to vote in our poll on whether you like Gallows or Ceremony opening. We can't wait to see your choices.

New Cuff Bracelet in AFI Merch Store

A cuff bracelet has been added to the AFI merch store. It costs $9.95.

Trivia Tuesday: Sing The Sorrow

Today's Trivia Tuesday is based on AFI's CD, Sing The Sorrow, which catapulted their career.

1. The album reached #5 on the Billboard Chart and went Platinum in December 2004.

2. It was ranked number 77 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine’s “List of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time.” Sing The Sorrow was certified "Gold" by the RIAA(Recording Industry Association of America) on April, 30 2003.

3. Sing The Sorrow was the first album to have 3 different album covers Silver, Red and Black (The Black cover had a ocean horizon with no ship reference to Black Sails in The Sunset). The black cover is limited to 2,500 copies and it was originally sold on AFI's US tour.

4. AFI released a "Making The Record" video series for Sing the Sorrow which can be viewed on YouTube. Two of them were DF-exclusive: Backing vocals and Making of Clandestine.

5. Some album artwork contain a picture of a foraminifer, others a dead bird, and most an inverted octopus. All pictures are taken from the book Animals by Jim Harter.

6. There are demos for 6 of the songs in this album: "This Celluloid Dream", "The Great Disappointment", "Paper Airplanes", "...But Home Is Nowhere", "Synesthesia" and "The Leaving Song".

7. "Carcinogen Crush" was written during the Sing The Sorrow session but rerecorded in the Decemberunderground sessions. They did not use the original writings. It was re-worked on.

8. The United States version of "...But Home is Nowhere" is 15:07 minutes long but 3:52 minutes for the UK version.

9. The last page of the Album booklet shows a rabbit picture with the phrase "Rabbits Are Roadkill" eluding to the song "Rabbits Are Roadkill On Route 37", which was released on October 2005.

10. Sing The Sorrow is the first album to include sung lyrics in a foreign language (Spanish)

11. The Leaving Song Pt. II features Spanish lyrics before the chorus. The first one is: "Yo he estado aquí, muchas veces antes, y regreso", which means "I've been here, many times before, and I start." Before the second chorus, it says "Y regreso, aquí otra vez, y comienzo", which means "I come back, here again, and start".

12. In one of the making of STS videos (I think bass tracking), The Leaving Song Pt. II with English verses instead of Spanish verses can be heard in the background.

13. The only two STS songs that remain unplayed live are Paper Airplanes and The Great Disappointment.

14. "The Spoken Word" is NOT the official title for the poem. It's a fan name.

15. In case you hadn't noticed, Girl's Not Grey has a reference to AFI's previous album, "The Art of Drowning". The line says "Swim in the calm tonight, this art does drown"

16. STS leaked in late 2002 with unmastered versions of some songs.

17. STS has an advance record with "unmastered" versios of Bleed Black and This Celluloid Dream. The only difference on Bleed Black is that there's no "breath intro".

18. During the vocal tracking video, Davey is singing the chorus of Rabbits are Roadkill. Obviously, no one knew what he was singing, until RRR37 was released two years later.

19. It's the first album since Very Proud of Ya to feature former bassist Geoff Kresge, who did backing vocals on Paper Airplanes along with band mate Nick 13.

20. But Home is Nowhere was played live twice during the STS era. This Celluloid Dream was played less than 20 times, mostly on July and August 2003 and early 2004. The Leaving Song was played once during a TV show (Musique Plus) and was played at a headlining show for the first time in 2007.

21. AFI did an acoustic show in Atlanta for 99x which featured Silver and Cold (released on the comp), The Leaving Song and Dancing Through Sunday.

22. Davey and Jade started a competition during 2001 to see who could grow the hair longer. You know who won.

23. Davey allegedly had surgery on his throat in 2004. It most be noted that in 2004 no news reports or official word said he got surgery. They always talked about voice rest. However, Davey now says he did get surgery. Make your own conclusions.

24. The last time Miseria Cantare was played live was in Mexico City on April 20th 2007.

25. Some live covers from the STS era include Weezer's "My Name is Jonas" (Australia 2003), Poison's "Nothin' But a Good Time" (Germany 2003), and Jane's Addiction's "Mountain Song" (forget where, 2003)

22/11/2009 Austin setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
The Leaving Song Pt. II
Veronica Sawyer Smokes
Kill Caustic
The Days of the Phoenix
End Transmission
Nyquil
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On the Arrow
Death of Seasons
Medicate
Miss Murder
Too Shy to Scream
Love Like Winter
Silver and Cold

During the show, the crowd got to choose between Nyquil and a cover of the Descendants' song "Bikeage." Nyquil was chosen, to the dismay of the band (read update). Darling I Want To Destroy You was soundchecked.

Update: According to one reader who was at the show "Davey was very frustrated by the fans reaction to them doing a cover song. He said 'well thanks, I guess, that's disappointing.' Then he looked over at Jade and said 'We're flattered, just disappointed.'"

AFI Cancels Dec. 15 and 16 Canadian Dates

From a blog post on AFireInside.net:

"AFI has regretfully had to cancel the first two dates of its upcoming Canadian run due to scheduling conflicts. Refunds for the band's shows December 15 at the Winnipeg Convention Center and December 16 at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park will be available at the point of purchase, beginning Tuesday, November 24th.

The band members apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing their Canadian fans at their upcoming dates in Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria."

Supporting Bands Announced For January 2010

• January 15 – Petaluma, CA: Ceremony, Wolves and Thieves
• January 16 – Reno, NV: Viva Hate, Ceremony
• January 18- Boise, ID: Ceremony
• January 19 – Missoula, MT: Ceremony
• January 21 – Spokane, WA: Ceremony
• January 22 – Seattle, WA: Ceremony
• January 24 – Vancouver, Canada: Skin Like Iron
• January 25 – Portland, OR: Ceremony
• January 27- Fresno, CA: Viva Hate, Ceremony
• January 28 – Santa Cruz, CA: Luke Janela, Ceremony
• January 30 – Tempe, AZ: Audra, Ceremony
• January 31 – Las Vegas, NV: Ceremony

Source

Video and Photos of 99X Interview Posted

99X radio in Atlanta recently interviewed AFI when they stopped by the station. A video of the interview has now been posted here. You can download the audio (recorded by xonedarkflamex) here. They discuss "bedroom eyes," Halloween costumes, the real early days of AFI, video games, cooking analogies, and the future of AFI.

99X also posted photos of AFI at the station here as well as photos from AFI's November 16th show at the Tabernacle in Atlanta here.

Absolute Punk Interview With Jade

Absolute Punk has posted an interview with Jade here. He discusses the three album/three year coincidence of the last decade, the band's longevity, B-sides, and how all bets are off on how you think the future of AFI will sound like.

On an unrelated note, The Phillyist posted a review of AFI's show at the Electric Factory, along with some nice photos. Click here to see that.

AFI at the Verizon Wireless Theater Review

Houston Press has posted a review of the performance of AFI at the Verizon Wireless Theater along with some HQ live shots:
Aftermath isn't one so much for biblical allegories generally, but damn if AFI's Davey Havok didn't remind us of Samson on Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Theater. He proved to us exactly what happens when you sacrifice your locks and your pores to the fashion gods.

View full review HERE and view complete gallery of the performance HERE

Middle Class Rut Opening for AFI in Salt Lake City

On December 8, 2009 at In The Venue in Salt Lake City, UT, the band Middle Class Rut will be opening for AFI. This is according to their MySpace page. It is unknown as to whether this is a single date or if there will be more.

Middle Class Rut is an Alternative Rock band from Sacramento, CA. If you find any information about which bands are opening for AFI this tour, send us an e-mail.

21/11/2009 Houston setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
The Leaving Song Pt. II
Cold Hands
Kill Caustic
The Despair Factor
End Transmission
Triple Zero
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Death of Seasons
Okay, I Feel Better Now
Medicate
Miss Murder
Too Shy To Scream
Love Like Winter
Silver and Cold

Adam Now Has A Twitter Account (We Think)

Rumors are swirling about whether this Twitter account is really Adam Carson's. We can now confirm with 99% certainty that it is indeed Adam. There are three people officially connected to the band who are following him: Hunter, Fritch (merch guy), and Mike Fasano (AFI's drum tech since Shut Your Mouth era).

Fritch has talked to Adam through Twitter. Fritch's account is confirmed legitimate based on Hunter's tweet to him. Adam joins Hunter and Jade, who are already on Twitter (@tranquilmammoth and @jadepuget). His latest tweet: "Houston, TX. Downtown is dead. Looks like a bus day for me."

Backstage With AFI

A 2 part video from the YouTube channel Internet Killed Television has surfaced with Charles Trippy going backstage at the AFI concert in Orlando. Thanks to Alex for leading us to this video.

You can watch part 2 HERE

New Writers: Please Welcome Mike and Mark

Mike is a new writer for the blog and has been a loyal reader on here since the blog's inception. His online hours with our affiliate, AFI Talk, certainly show his dedication to AFI.

Also, Mark is our final addition to the site. He's been friends with Pablo since around 2003. If somebody was around in 2003 you should remember mnx12 and miserywillsing.tk. Lol. Good old days.

Everyone please welcome Mike and Mark to the site.

Weekend Discussion: If You Directed The Beautiful Thieves Music Video, What Would The Concept Be?

With rumors swirling that the next single will be 'Beautiful Thieves' and the great possibility that there will be a music video to accompany the single, we want to know, if you were in the director's chair, what would your video concept be?

Share your directorial visions with one another.

AFI Playing in Japan and Poland in 2010

Three new tour dates have been added to the tour page of AFireInside.net. The first two are in Japan, and the third is in Poland. AFI will play at Club Quattro in Osaka, Japan on February 15th, 2010, and at Club Quattro in Tokyo, Japan on February 16th, 2010.

AFI will also be playing at Stodola in Warsaw, Poland on April 21, 2010.

Just Announced: AFI in Santa Cruz, CA

AFI will play in Santa Cruz, CA at The Catalyst on Thursday January 28th, 2010. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 AM. Tickets are $26. You can purchase tickets here.

19/11/2009 House of Blues, FL setlist

TORCH SONG
GIRL'S NOT GREY
THE LEAVING SONG PT. II
VERONICA SAWYER SMOKES
TRIPLE ZERO
KILL CAUSTIC
END TRANSMISSION
SELF PITY
BEAUTIFUL THIEVES
DANCING THROUGH SUNDAY
THE LEAVING SONG
ON THE ARROW
THE MISSING FRAME
DEATH OF SEASONS
MEDICATE
LOVE LIKE WINTER
TOO SHY TO SCREAM
MISS MURDER
SILVER AND COLD

18/11/2009 Fort Lauderdale, FL setlist

Torch Song

Girl's Not Grey

The Leaving Song Pt. II

Veronica Sawyer Smokes

No Poetic Device

Kill Caustic

End Transmission

Triple Zero

Beautiful Thieves

Dancing Through Sunday

The Leaving Song

On The Arrow

Death of Seasons

Medicate

Love Like Winter

Too Shy to Scream

Miss Murder

Silver and Cold

Thanks to Andrea!

Beautiful Thieves instrumental: AFI News HQ exclusive!

Right click HERE and select "Save Target As..." for Instrumental

Thanks to the hard work of Tomas Urlich, who ripped the Guitar Hero files out of the Wii package, we can now have the instrumental track for Beautiful Thieves. We also have an instrumental/vocal track for The Missing Frame as well, which we will post later.

This is an AFI News HQ exclusive so please do not post it anywhere without Tom/AFI News HQ's permission. Make sure you thank Tom because if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have these tracks!

Pablo's edit: Do NOT edit my posts. Thanks. Vocals will come later.

Crash Love Guitar Tab

Jade posted on his blog that he wants to make a Crash Love guitar tab, and to request one in particular leave a comment on this blog entry.
He also (finally) posted the lyrics to the chorus of Fainting Spells from the contest he had a while ago.

New Australian Tour Dates Announced

AFI will be playing the following shows in Australia in February:

@ Big Top Luna Park

Sydney, AUS

2/23/2010

@ Festival Hall

Melbourne, AU, Australia

2/24/2010

AFI Hosting 'Rock The Deuce" on MTV2

Veronica Sawyer tweeted earlier saying that AFI will be hosting MTV2's 'Rock The Deuce' this Saturday November 21st, 2009. Check you local listings for air times.

Despair Faction Signups Temporarily Closed

Gavin, the Despair Faction and OMB administrator, made the following announcement tonight at 11:00 p.m. EST:

"We are closed to new registrations for the time being. We'll get it back open ASAP. Everyone can still sign up for the site and such, but you cannot upgrade/pay for the DF right now."

Gallows Myspace Update Regarding Dropping Tour

Gallows recently posted this on thier Myspace:

"We're sorry to announce that we have had to cancel our remaining dates on the AFI tour due to illness. We're sorry to disappoint anyone who bought tickets to see us but make sure you go to the show as AFI are an amazing band and we're so lucky to have spent the last few weeks touring with them. We'll be back in the States soon!""

Jonny Craig Will Play Houston and Austin Shows

Thanks to Fortunefox on the OMB, we have learned that Jonny Craig, the frontman of Emarosa, will open for AFI at the Houston and Austin, Texas shows.

View the OMB thread here.

Trivia Tuesday: The Early Days

We decided to go back in time for this week's Trivia Tuesday and gve you facts from long ago.

1. Audio for AFI's set at the record release show for "This Is Berkeley Not West Bay" exists from a soundboard recording made at this show. The soundboard recording remains unreleased. Video footage of AFI's set from this show also exists and circulates among collectors.

2. Audio for "Eddie Picnic's All Wet" was taken from the soundboard recording made at this show. The soundboard recording features the entire performance, but remains unreleased. Video footage of this show also exists.

3. All previous accounts of "Dork" list 6 copies. This is incorrect and the whereabouts of all copies is known at this time with the exception of the single copy that was given to Loose Change at the time that they were received from the pressing plant.

4. Fly In The Ointment features guest vocals by Matt Wedgley on the song "Open Your Eyes", a song originally recorded by Matt's band The Circus Tents. Fly In The Ointment was released on Matt's label Wedge Records.

5. The sleeve for Bombing The Bay was designed by Vinny Wintermeyer, who had also executed the layout for the revised Wingnut version of Anwser That And Stay Fashionable, the design and layout for Very Proud Of Ya, and also the Punk Fiction compilation.

6. AFI played their first live show in Lakeport, CA.

7. AFI's first bassist was Victor Chalker. His real name is Victor Kenyon.

8. Victor's only song he wrote was NyQuil hence why Adam says "Thanks Vic" after they play it on Eddie Picnic's.

9. AFI recorded but never released a song called "Stupidest" and alternate version of Self-Pity during the recording of "Behind the Times"

10. There was an alternate version of Cereal Wars recorded for the "Dork ep"

11. The sleeve for "Eddie Picnic's all wet" was suppose to be an 8 page booklet but it was too time consuming to make it because they would of had to do it buy hand.

12. There was a session for "This is Berkley not West Bay" in which 3 songs that appear on "Answer That" remain unreleased with different lyrics.

13. There are several guitar solos that were not recorded for "Very Proud Of Ya" so the songs in essence are not complete. "No Dave Party" was suppose to have singing in it from the rest of the band except davey hence the title. Also there are several songs that were suppose to be recorded also during this session but because AFI didn't have time in the studio they were never able to finish them. So those songs got released on various compilations instead. So "Very Proud of Ya" didn't turn out how AFI envisioned.

14. Finally there are numerous live, studio, demo outtakes and recordings from a lot of these records and some of the recordings are even older than "Dork" from around 1992.

Miami New Times' Q&A with Davey

Miami New Times spoke with Davey in anticipation for AFI's show at Revolution Live tomorrow. They spoke about Crash Love as well as the music and entertainment industry.

View the article here.

AFI Rock Band track pack out today - Videos!

As we reported, AFI's Rock Band 5-track pack is out today. Here are some videos of the songs:

Beautiful Thieves



End Transmission



Love Like Winter



Medicate



The Leaving Song Pt. II

Custom Love: New Contest

Prize: One (1) Crash Love CD, Signed by Davey, Jade, Hunter, and Adam

Your Task:
Many people have complained about not liking the Crash Love CD cover. So, if you were in charge of creating the alternate CD cover, what would it look like? Using Photoshop, Paint, or by-hand, create your own alternate Crash Love CD cover. You may not use hearts. Otherwise, feel free to do whatever you wish as long as it is appropriate.

Contest ends on December 1st, 2009. Send your completed designs to all 3 administrators' e-mail addresses. (darkflame337@gmail.com, pablo@theartofdrowning.net, talk2much1603@sbcglobal.net)

Rules:
1 entry per person.
Must be 13 years or older to enter.
Must be emailed to all 3 administrators emails.
No hearts are allowed.

Entries will be judged on creativity. Winner will be emailed on December 2nd, 2009. The winner must be willing to give us their shipping address. This contest is open to all countries except in those where this contest is illegal.

16/11/09 Atlanta, GA Setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Veronica Sawyer Smokes
Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Wester
Beautiful Thieves
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Dancing Through Sunday
Medicate
Love Like Winter
Death Of Seasons
Miss Murder
Silver & Cold

15/11/2009 Myrtle Beach setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Too Shy To Scream
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
The Days of The Phoenix
Beautiful Thieves
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Dancing Through Sunday
Medicate
Love Like Winter
Death of Seasons
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

AFI headlining KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas!!

AFI will headline Night 1 of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Xmas on December 12th. This is big news because both nights are always broadcasted online. Click on the post title link to be taken to the KROQ concert page for more info.

Tickets go on sale this Saturday on Ticketmaster. Tickets are $75.

Dave Hause Opening For AFI in Myrtle Beach/Atlanta (Jonny Craig Opening in Orlando, FL)

Update: Jonny Craig will be opening for AFI in Orlando, FL on November 19. Click here to see his MySpace Music page.

Following Gallows dropping off of the Crash Love tour, Dave Hause of the The Loved Ones will be opening for AFI on their next two tour dates at House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC (Nov. 15) and at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA (Nov. 16). Here's the blog post from Dave's MySpace.

"So I got a call today from my old friend in AFI saying that the band they had opening for them on their current tour cancelled. They asked if I could open for them in Myrtle Beach and Atlanta tomorrow and Monday, too which I said of course. So if you live in those towns and want to come out, see you at the shows."

CONFIRMED: Gallows Leaving AFI Tour

According to sharkbait on the OMB, Gallows has dropped off the AFI Crash Love Tour. There are five more dates on the tour for which Gallows is supporting AFI. The message board post read:

"I'm sad to say that when I saw Gallows healine in DC tonight, Frank said they've taken a beating on this tour an will be flying home tomorrow. So DC was their last show and NY was their last show with AFI."

Updates:

10:48 p.m. - According to Gallows guitarist Laurent Barnard's Twitter page, he has been feeling very sick on the tour lately. Recent tweets include "I'm not feeling too hot today" and "NYC tonight and my body is in a complete state of disrepair" and "Show was fun. I feel like slowly dying right now tho" and "It feels like my brain is trying to escape through my eyes." Apparently, lead singer Frank Carter also threw up after the New York City show.

11:56 p.m. - Aaine on the OMB said she talked to Lee, the drummer, who said they were flying home. She also mentioned Frank laying on the stage, half passed out.

11:00 a.m. - Dave Hause will be opening for AFI on their next two tour dates in Myrtle Beach, SC and Atlanta, GA instead of Gallows. Click here for more information.

Weekend Discussion: Songs You'd Kill To Hear Live

The setlists so far on the Crash Love tour have been pretty consistent, but a surprising old song is thrown into the mix every few nights. We've heard Triple Zero, No Poetic Device, Nyquil, Self Pity, Morningstar, Half-Empty Bottle, Don't Make Me Ill, and more. It seems as though no era is quite off-limits.

That being said, we want to know which songs YOU would most want to hear when you see AFI this tour. Feel free to make an entire dream setlist if you'd like. What songs can they still pull off well? What songs are best left unplayed?

Click here to download our Crash Love Tour Setlist Compilation Version 1.0! Click here for the Fan Projects page of the AFI Ignite Download Center where you can download updated versions every Saturday.

AFI posts Making Of Medicate

AFI has posted The Making Of Medicate on their YouTube channel. It's a 3:20 featuring behind the camera scenes and short interviews with members.

Thanks to Jab News for the heads up!

13/11/2009 NYC setlist

Thanks to James from Mad Rock Radio!

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Too Shy To Scream
Triple Zero
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Cold Hands
Death of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
The Interview
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

Beautiful Thieves to be next AFI single

Tunelab.com has reported that Beautiful Thieves will be AFI's next single and will be sent to rock radio stations on November 23rd.

**This is not confirmed as official from any official AFI source. This can be treated as rumor until confirmed.

AFI to play Groezrock 2010

AFI is scheduled to play Groezrock Festival (April 23rd & 24th 2010). Groezrock is an annual music festival that takes place in Gestel, a part of Meerhout, Belgium. Visit the official website of the festival HERE

ExploreMusic's Interview With Davey and Jade

ExploreMusic's Adam Morrison interviewed the band on Tuesday, and two 11-minute videos can be seen here. They discussed Crash Love, what the next single might be, why they think fans connect so strongly with their music, and more.

• Dark Morning Conspirators is a complete song (previously Davey has said that the vocals were incomplete).
• The View From Here is the only unreleased B-side from Decemberunderground.
• There are more demos from Crash Love (Torch Song demo was just released)
• They are "closing in on a decision" regarding what the next single from Crash Love will be.
• Davey hinted that "Too Shy To Scream" and "Veronica Saywer Smokes" are being considered as singles.

Rock Band Track Pack on November 17

According to this article on AltPress, Rock Band will release a 5-song AFI Track Pack on November 17. The tracks are:

• Love Like Winter
• The Leaving Song Pt. II
  
• Beautiful Thieves
• End Transmission
• Medicate

This means that soon after this track pack's release, we will put up vocal rips for you to download.

Pablo's 13/11/2009 edit: It was confirmed HERE today. Each song will cost 160 MSP but if you buy the whole pack it will be 680 MSP.

12/11/2009 Philly setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Too Shy To Scream
Triple Zero
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Values Here (Dag Nasty cover)
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
The Missing Frame
Death of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
6 to 8
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

Crash Love Les Paul Guitar giveaway

Icon vs. Icon are giving one lucky winner the chance to win a special Crash Love branded guitar. The Epiphone Les Paul Special II features a custom Crash Love logo and is autographed by Davey, Jade, Adam and Hunter!

Click HERE to enter. This is UNITED STATES ONLY.

Mark's Fan Pictures Up On Buzznet

Mark, the community manager of Buzznet, let us know he will be posting a bunch of pictures of fans with interviews of them that he conducted while on tour with AFI this past week. He told us interviewed 20 people about their ideal setlists and their love for AFI.

UPDATE: The photo album has been posted.
http://panasonicyouth-crashlovers.buzznet.com/user/photos/

If you're in the album, let us know who you are!

10/11/2009 Toronto setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Too Shy To Scream
Triple Zero
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
This Secret Ninja (won over LIAMST)
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Okay, I Feel Better Now
Death of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
The Missing Frame
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

Pompano Beach Ampitheater Show Moved To Revolution Live

AFI's Pompano Beach Ampitheater show on November 18th has been moved to The Revolution Live according to this article.

Meanwhile, AFI, originally scheduled to play the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, will instead be at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets purchased for the Pompano show will be honored at the door, and they are still available at Ticketmaster outlets, the Revolution Live box office or online at ticketmaster.com.

The show is now listed on the Revolution Live website and tickets can be purchased on Ticketmaster.

Nottingham presale date + Leeds pics

The presale for the Nottingham show starts November 13th. Here are some pics of the Leeds show from August. Click each of them to enlarge. Thanks to Sammy Coddi for everything in this post! :P (info and pics)

Etch Love and ZuBoutique Contest Winners Announced

Etch Love, the AFI contest involving the iTunes LP, has proclaimed a grand prize winner and runner-ups. Congratulations to Mikeoreos, the grand prize winner with this entry:

Another grand prize winner is pulpjhfiction- with this entry:
The runner-ups:
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ed_e_v
graceoc2210
In other news, the ZuBoutique Zukin contest has ended and winners have been announced. Congratulations to 37mm, EmmatrocityDF, and Dreamlandtea.

Runner-ups were Glassspiderwebs and Selineve.

X96 with AFI in the Studio Before SLC Show

DJ Corey O'Brien of X96 radio in Salt Lake City, UT told one of our readers, Mark, that he will have AFI in the studio on the day before AFI plays in Salt Lake City on December 8. No other details are available at this time.

Phrequency.com Interview With Davey (Updated with Part 2)

On Monday, the Philadelphia music site Phrequency.com will post an interview with Davey. The interviewer, Steven Ciccarelli, sent us a teaser quote today. We will let you know when the full interview is posted. Update: you can find Part 1 of the interview here.

Part 2 has just been posted here.

Trivia Tuesday: Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes

Today's trivia Tuesday is dedicated to AFI's most hardcore album, according to fans.

• SYMAOYE was released on November 11th, 1997. (Tomorrow's the 12th year anniversary)
• It was the last full length to feature Mark Stopholese and the first one to not feature bassist Geoff Kresge
  
• AFI did not have an official bassist to record this album, so they hired The Force's Hunter Burgan.
• Hunter was reportedly paid $666 for playing in this album.
• There are some promotional pictures for SYMAOYE featuring an unknown band member. This is Frank Vicario, a member of Snapcase, who never played a show with them and it's unknown if he recorded anything for the album. Snapcase was going to break up and Frank would join AFI. Snapcase remained together.
  
• The album art comes from an old kids magic box.
• There are many references to the number 3 in this album. There are 4 songs with a reference to number 3 (Three Reasons, Third Season, Three Seconds Notice and Triple Zero), and there are 3 songs between each of them.
• The Patron Saints and Angels is the working title for The New Patron Saints and Angels. It was changed because the chorus bass was changed without Hunter knowing. Hence "The New...". It's unknown who played the new bass lines on the chorus (Mark most likely).
• This was the first album to feature an intro as first track.
  
• The vinyl version of this record features a cover of The Misfits' "Last Caress". This was the closer of their live shows for most of the SYMAOYE era.
  
• As far as we know, the only songs they haven't played live are: pH Low, The New Patron Saints And Angels and Three Seconds Notice.
  

10/11/2009 Detroit setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Too Shy to Scream
The Boy Who Destroyed The World
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Trough Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Okay, I Feel Better Now
Death of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
The Interview
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

Mary's Photo's From The Pit (Updated)

Thanks to Nastly Litle Man, I had the unique oppurtunity to shoot pictures from the photo pit at the Chicago show this past Saturday. These pictures are only allowed to be used on AFI News HQ. Do not repost these pictures without our permission.
Here are some shots:

AFI Houston show tickets $9.45 limited time only!

AFI just tweeted a link to buy the tickets for AFI at Verizon Wireless in Houston for $9.45. The direct link to the ticket page is here.

Puregrainaudio.com interviews Adam

Pure Grain Audio posted an interview today where they talk to Adam. No new info this time but it's worth a reading.

You can read here. Thanks to Melissa for the tip!

Review Of St. Louis Show

Consequence of Sound has posted a review of the St. Louis show.
It says:

The band’s vociferous fanbase, however, was not to be deterred, as they sang along with every word and bounced to many of the band’s songs (both new and old). Though older tracks “6 to 8″ and “Ny-Quil” had the crowd in its greatest frenzy, new songs off Crash Love, the band’s recently released LP, brought a good amount of dancing to the stage and crowd (despite being much weaker sounding tracks in the bands deep catalog). The four-piece’s songs have begun to sound less like dark dreary sorrow and more like the kind of love you’re not supposed to make music about.

Read the full article here.

New Bandana and Shirt in BandMerch Store

Thanks to Brittany, we've spotted a couple of new items in the official AFI merch store. There is a "Geo Bandana" for $9.95, a new "Luxury Tote Bag" for $14.95, and a new "Lust" t-shirt for $19.95. (Other shirts in the store may be new, and we just don't realize it, so let us know in the comments.)

There are also gift cards available for the store in the amounts of $25, $50, and $100.

7/11/2009 Chicago Setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Too Shy To Scream
The Despair Factor
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Self Pity
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Okay, I Feel Better Now
Death Of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
The Interview
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

Thanks to Kristi for uploading the picture of the setlist!!

Details on Blaqk Audio's "Bright Black Heaven"

From our sister site, Blaqk News:

Thanks to 'AFI Latino' for the heads up. Billboard put out a recent article regarding Blaqk Audio, spilling some new tidbits of information.

• Jade commented that "if all of a sudden we're doing two Blaqk Audio records in a row people will think AFI is not happening or something", in regards to the new record actually being finished before Crash Love.
• Michael Patterson mixed the record.
• Jade has already written another 70 songs for the group, so the final album might undergo changes before release.

Article link

New AFI Shirt at Hot Topic (OWL)

Hot Topic is selling a new AFI shirt called "AFI Snow Owl." It costs $20.00 and features "a pixelated snow owl flying over to a branch." Click here to see the product page on HotTopic.com. Thanks to Mike for the tip!

Update: Apparently, this shirt is not new (it is from the Decemberunderground merch collection), but it was either re-printed or mislabeled.

6/11/2009 Kansas City setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
Kill Caustic
Veronica Sawyer Smokes
The Days Of The Phoenix
The Leaving Song Pt. II
End Transmission
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Beautiful Thieves
Dancing Through Sunday
Bleed Black
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Death of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
The Interview
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

AFI On Cover of Aquarian Weekly

AFI is on the cover of The Aquarian Weekly, a New Jersey-based alternative magazine. The story inside is an interview with Davey, which you can read online here. The cover headline is "Conspicuous Composition."

Additionally, Fly Magazine sat down with Davey for an interview in anticipation of AFI's November 12 show at the Electric Factory in Pennsylvania. He discusses Crash Love, his personal views on the world, and AFI's career progression. Click here to read the full interview.

Also, The Macomb Daily (Macomb County, MI) posted an article about AFI that features some new quotes. Click here to read it.

No DF Line for New York Show

Gavin just posted an announcement on the AFI Message Board saying:

There will not be a DF-only line perk for the NYC show next week due to time and space constraints. We hope to work up an alternate perk but the line will definitely not exist. If you want to be at the front, you'll need to show up early as with any other show.

Other shows will continue to have this perk, although we will be changing the method of entry soon, so check this space before your show!

Six April UK Tour Dates Announced

Six new UK tour dates have been announced by AFI for April 2010. As of Friday morning, these dates have not been added to AFireInside.net, but they are listed here on Last.fm.

AFI @ Rock City

Nottingham, UK 4/5/10

AFI @ O2 Academy Brixton

London, England 4/6/10

AFI @ABC Glasgow

Glasgow, UK 4/8/10

AFI @ Manchester Academy 1

Manchester, UK 4/9/10

AFI @ O2 Academy

Newcastle, UK 4/11/10

AFI @ O2 Academy

Birmingham, UK 4/12/10

Tulsa Tour Blog Posted

The tour blog for the Tulsa, Oklahoma show has been posted on AFI's official website. It was written by Jade and features two nice photos. Click here to see it.

Hunter Interviewed on LiveDaily

Mike found an interview on LiveDaily.com with Hunter. They talked about going on tour, a little bit behind the album title and writing the album, and a bit about the BT winners.
A highlight:

"I think that's the challenge we face each time we set out to record," Burgan said. "We're so used to doing things a certain way and so we're just challenging ourselves to push the boundaries and do something that sounds new; we'll always be making fresh music. But I think that's our biggest challenge. Certainly, that's something I've learned from this whole process is that it's not always the easiest thing."

St. Louis 11/4/09 Setlist

Torch Song

Girl's Not Grey

The Leaving Song Pt. II

Too Shy to Scream

Ever and a Day

Kill Caustic

End Transmission

Ny-Quil

Beautiful Thieves

Dancing Through Sunday

Cold Hands

The Leaving Song

On the Arrow

Death of Seasons

Medicate

Love Like Winter

6 to 8

Miss Murder

Silver and Cold

Many thanks to Abigail!

Kansas City In-Store Signing November 5

According to this event posting on the tour section of AFireInside.net, AFI will be doing a signing at Streetside Records in Kansas City, MO tomorrow, November 5 at 6:00 p.m., in advance of the November 6 show in Kansas City.

AFI Interview On Shockhound

AFI posted a exclusive video from Shockhound.com on their MySpace today. In it they talk about their small town roots, differences in writing styles between Blaqk Audio and AFI, and the "natural thread" that runs through all of AFI's music.

Some highlights of the text part of the interview were:

• "'Darling I Want To Destroy You' was similar that way, except it was a jam, and that’s never happened before with AFI. Those guys started jamming and the song became a front-to-back thing in rehearsal. Then I took the tape home and wrote the melody just off the music, which is more Blaqk Audio-esque in its creation." -Davey
• "We didn’t scrap anything [when we switched producers], and we didn’t write any new stuff with the new producers. We simply re-recorded it. It was always more of a sonic issue than it was a songwriting issue. We had an idea of how we wanted the record to sound, and we just weren’t getting there on the first attempt. So it really wasn’t as dramatic as it sounds." -Adam

Tulsa 3/11/2009 setlist

Torch Song
Girl's Not Grey
The Leaving Song Pt. II
Too Shy To Scream
The Despair Factor
Kill Caustic
End Transmission
Don't Make Me Ill
Cold Hands
Dancing Through Sunday
The Leaving Song
On The Arrow
Death Of Seasons
Medicate
Love Like Winter
The Interview
Miss Murder
Silver and Cold

Setting The Record Straight: Rules and Regulations

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Torch Song Demo Up On LaLa

Lala, which is a new music search engine for Google, is offering a demo for Torch Song. Thanks to Sundermunich, we now know it is available for purchase. It is on sale for 89 cents but a free stream is offered here.

You can read here.

Four New Northwestern Tour Dates Announced

PunkNews.com posted a list of 21 new AFI tour dates in this story. Of the dates, four of them apppear to be tour dates we did not already know. They are:

AFI @ Knitting Factory

Reno, NV

1/16/09

AFI @ Big Easy Concert House

Boise, ID

1/18/09

AFI @ Wilma Theater

Missoula, MT

1/19/09

AFI @ Big Easy Concert House

Spokane, WA

1/21/09

Thanks to Mike for the tip!

Trivia Tuesday: From Decemberunderground

Here is the third installment in our new weekly series Trivia Tuesday. Last week we tackled Very Proud of Ya, and now it's time for Decemberunderground. If you have any other bits of Decemberunderground-related trivia, leave a comment or e-mail us and we'll post it with credit (be sure to provide a reputable source as well).

• During the recording of the album, Davey was punched in the mouth by sound engineer Joe McGrath after failing to correctly sing a vocal part during 110 takes.
• There are 37 claps in the bridge of Love Like Winter.
• The song "Affliction" ends at approximately 3:37.
• The voices on the hidden track "...And Then I'll Be Home" are from an album of vocal samples found here.
• The dial tones during the bridge of "Summer Shudder" spell out the word thispis, which is the Greek word for affliction.
• The first known lyrics from Decemberunderground were from the end of "The Interview."
• The first known song title from Decemberunderground was "Kill Caustic" in 2004.
• Decemberunderground was released on 6/6/06.
• Rewinding the CD into minus time (before 0:00) will play a 20-second hidden intro to the album. This intro is just more ringing and can be heard at the beginning of the I Heard A Voice DVD (Credit: beneaththeinkk).

TheVine.com Interviews Adam

TheVine.com posted a lengthy interview with Adam. Here some of the highlights, but you should read the whole interview:

• About Too Shy To Scream: "That was a fun one. We have a couple of different mixes of that and some sound like fuckin’ Stomp or the Blue Man Group or something. I kinda had to leave the room when it was being mixed because I wanted to hear more and more of the drums."
• "The first time you get in a rehearsal spot and create new music, it’s always inspiring. I think we’re just remembering how awesome it is to just play together, the four of us."
• "There was one song which had these call-and-response shouts that just about anybody could do. I think the kids were surprised. After a handful of takes, when the novelty wore off, they were looking at each other thinking ‘How long do we have to do this?’"

Click here to read the full interview. Thanks to Soleil for the tip!

Blaqk Audio and Hunter Revenge News

I was reading through my December issue of Alternative Press and there is a side article about AFI side projects. There was some new information about Hunter and Hunter Revenge. Also some Blaqk Audio news that I was not aware of. (In case you missed it: the next Blaqk Audio album will be called Bright Black Heaven)

Highlights about Hunter:

-Hunter has written and recorded a song called "About Babies" for the Nickelodeon kids TV show 'Yo Gabba Gabba'

-Hunter is currently writing a book. The topics were not revealed but Hunter says it is part Fiction part Non-Fiction

Highlights about Blaqk Audio:

-They will wait till after Crash Love touring to release the next Blaqk Audio album

-They have recorded 18 new Blaqk Audio songs, but there will be 12 songs on the actual album

-There will be lots of experimenting with different electronic genres that Cexcells did not touch on ( i.e. IDM and Drum 'n' Bass)

Hampton, NH Tour Video Posted

Theory, AFI's webmaster, tweeted saying: "In the office, first things first. @AFI tour blog update!"

Update: The tour video for the October 17 show in Hampton, NH has now been posted here.

Six New 2010 West Coast Tour Dates (Updated!)

Veronica Sawyer has posted new tour dates on Twitter. The shows are:

AFI @ Showbox Sodo

Seattle, Washington

1/22/2010

AFI @ Roseland Annex
Portland, OR
1/25/2010

AFI @ Rainbow Ballroom
Fresno, California
1/27/2010

AFI @ Marquee Theater
Tempe, AZ
1/30/2010

AFI @ House of Blues
Las Vegas, NV
1/31/2010

AFI @ Magness Arena

Denver, CO

12/6/09

AFI on Rockline

AFI will be on Rockline Radio on December 7. They will be answering called in questions. For the number and information about how to tune in go to http://www.rocklineradio.com/.

AFI at Wrex The Halls 2009 in San Diego

AFI will be playing at 91X radio's Wrex The Halls 2009 on December 13, 2009 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego, CA. Other bands at the festival will be Rise Against, 30 Seconds To Mars, Anberlin, and Paper Tongues. Tickets go onsale this Friday and will cost $39. Thanks to Shanna for the tip!

Another CA Show: Not So Silent Night in Oakland

AFI will be playing at the Oracle Arena on Friday, December 11th, in Oakland CA for Live 105's "Not So Silent Night 2009." AFI will be playing with Muse, Vampire Weekend, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and Metric.

Not So Silent Night Presale
* Thursday, 11/5 at 10am - Friday 11/6 at 5pm.
Click here to be a LIVE 105 Activist and get your NSSN presale link and password!

General Public Tickets
* NSSN tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, 11/7 at 10am. Click here to buy tickets or head to a Ticketmaster outlet near you!

AFI Playing in Petaluma, CA on January 15

According to a release yesterday from The Phoenix Theater's official Web site: "AFI will play the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA on Friday, January 15, 2009. The show will be a homecoming for AFI, a band formed in Ukiah that played many of their early shows the Phoenix."

This is the first time in eight years that AFI has played there. The venue was also the site of their 1993 reunion show. The Days of The Phoenix talks about their shows at the theatre. Tickets will go onsale on November 7.