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Asialicious

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« on: 08 Aug 2005, 23:08 »
I have just recently gotten the last of the AFI cds for my birthday. I was wondering if anyone else likes AFI here.
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« Reply #1 on: 08 Aug 2005, 23:24 »
I never got into AFI. They didn't appeal to the punkier or poppier side of me.
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« Reply #2 on: 08 Aug 2005, 23:35 »
http://www.nothingnice.com/index.php?pageNum_Recordset2=150&totalRows_Recordset2=285

But really,  I never thought AFI were all that inspired.  Cliche goth crap.  I mean, there's good goth stuff out there.  AFI isn't.
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« Reply #3 on: 08 Aug 2005, 23:39 »
Siouxsie and the Banshees for yes.
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« Reply #4 on: 08 Aug 2005, 23:41 »
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Siouxsie and the Banshees for yes.


It's like you read my mind and posted it.
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« Reply #5 on: 09 Aug 2005, 01:53 »
AFI are ok as a classic hardcore revival band. I mean, 'Hearts Frozen, Thawed Once More By the Spring of Rage, Despair and Hopelessness', that's a fine 36 seconds of music.

But, well, I'm listening to 'My Girlfriend's Girlfriend' by Type O Neg right now. AFI just so cannot hold up as 'goth'. Though they are actually a bit goth. Unlike, what, every other band kids nowadays think is goth.

Man, I would like five minutes alone with Ville Valo and a baseball bat.
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« Reply #6 on: 09 Aug 2005, 11:05 »
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AFI are ok as a classic hardcore revival band. I mean, 'Hearts Frozen, Thawed Once More By the Spring of Rage, Despair and Hopelessness', that's a fine 36 seconds of music.


I have that on Short Music for Short People.

I dig AFI, I get a lot of shit for it, but Black Sails is a completely good album, and anything before it isn't goth, it's more hardcore punk. There stuff after it is good, but I think mostly because I liked them when I was 13.

I still listen to it everyonce in a while and still know all the crap by heart.
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« Reply #7 on: 09 Aug 2005, 14:16 »
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Man, I would like five minutes alone with Ville Valo and a baseball bat.

If you're done with him, could you pee a heartagram on his remaints for me?
I swear, every time I see that heartagram, I want to puke blood. HUARGH!

I am not commenting on AFI on purpose here, my answer would not qualify as diplomatic.
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« Reply #8 on: 09 Aug 2005, 14:24 »
I would arrange his intestines into an attractive heartagram after I gutted him like a fish.
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thehoopiestfrood

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« Reply #9 on: 09 Aug 2005, 14:27 »
Heh heh. My claim to fame is that I was paler than Davey Havok naturally, when he was wearing full goth makeup at the time. I have a photo somewhere - it is a wonder to behold.
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« Reply #10 on: 09 Aug 2005, 14:47 »
I'll admit to liking AFI too, although I take a lot of flak for it.  I find songs like "Girls not Grey" very catchy, while lyrically quirky enough to keep me from feeling like too much of a corporate whore.  Also, I would kill to have Havok's hair.
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« Reply #11 on: 09 Aug 2005, 19:17 »
During my punk phase I listened to Black Sails in the Sunset pretty regularly.
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Merkava

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« Reply #12 on: 09 Aug 2005, 19:31 »
I've never gotten into them, but I have heard a few good songs.

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« Reply #13 on: 09 Aug 2005, 19:34 »
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I have just recently gotten the last of the AFI cds for my birthday. I was wondering if anyone else likes AFI here.


You're from Marshaltown, IA?

I assume you've heard of Modern Life Is War. If not, step to.
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heretic

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« Reply #14 on: 10 Aug 2005, 05:43 »
hey merky!
i never liked AFI, i saw them in a show, and i just spent most of the time trying to figure out if any of them were female.
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heretic

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« Reply #15 on: 10 Aug 2005, 06:34 »
oh geez, that was painful :)

yes, so i could hit on them. i want to be sure to avoid the women. because i am gay. i like to have sex with afi's androgenous boys
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spizzletrunk

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« Reply #16 on: 10 Aug 2005, 07:53 »
Not an AFI fan.  The music is boring, plus their attitude sucks.  Like, who cares how much makeup you can wear?  Shouldn't you be concerned about making a good record?
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thehoopiestfrood

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« Reply #17 on: 10 Aug 2005, 08:32 »
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i just spent most of the time trying to figure out if any of them were female.


Nice! Strangely enough when I met them we were outside the Barrowlands, which has a Celtic Pub next door. When closing time came around all these wasted football fans came staggering out and proceeded to hit on the band. It was fantastic. I've never seen grown men look so scared.
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« Reply #18 on: 10 Aug 2005, 09:29 »
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Like, who cares how much makeup you can wear?  Shouldn't you be concerned about making a good record?


You probably hate KISS, too, don't you?  Do you hate rock and roll?  I think you do.
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spizzletrunk

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« Reply #19 on: 10 Aug 2005, 09:30 »
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Like, who cares how much makeup you can wear?  Shouldn't you be concerned about making a good record?


You probably hate KISS, too, don't you?  Do you hate rock and roll?  I think you do.


Haha.  Semi-sarcasm on my part.  Sometimes I forget I'm on an Internet forum where people can't hear the tone of my voice.
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sp2

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« Reply #20 on: 10 Aug 2005, 09:32 »
You probably missed the sarcasm in my post, too.
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spizzletrunk

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« Reply #21 on: 10 Aug 2005, 09:34 »
Most likely
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sp2

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« Reply #22 on: 10 Aug 2005, 11:56 »
That's probably because you hate rock and roll.
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Praeserpium Machinarum

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« Reply #23 on: 10 Aug 2005, 12:00 »
personally I like rock and rumble more, but each to his own I suppose...
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« Reply #24 on: 10 Aug 2005, 13:11 »
I have an AFI 7" that I like a lot, the "All Hallow's EP" but I'm not sure which full length sounds like it. TRheir early stuff sound slike they were just ripping off the Offspring, and the newer stuff just sounds like crap.
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Shellhead

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« Reply #25 on: 10 Aug 2005, 15:57 »
AH!!!  AN ENTIRE TOPIC ABOUT AFI!
I'm going to crawl into a fetal position and cry myself to sleep now.
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Kid Modernist

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« Reply #26 on: 10 Aug 2005, 16:23 »
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I have an AFI 7" that I like a lot, the "All Hallow's EP" but I'm not sure which full length sounds like it. TRheir early stuff sound slike they were just ripping off the Offspring, and the newer stuff just sounds like crap.

 
Members of AFI and Offspring are good friends. Offspring covered Total Immortal off of All Hallows for the Me, Myself and Irene soundtrack. If I'm not mistaken, they knew eachother growing up.

I personally think that early to mid AFI sounds more like they are trying to be The Misfits more than Offspring though.
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Micolithe

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« Reply #27 on: 10 Aug 2005, 17:52 »
I used to like AFI.




When I was 14.
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« Reply #28 on: 11 Aug 2005, 01:26 »
The All Hallows EP always used to be (and, indeed, is) my favourite AFI release. Short and pretty sweet.
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sp2

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« Reply #29 on: 11 Aug 2005, 01:28 »
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I used to like AFI.




When I was 14.


I used to like AFI



Back when they were called The Misfits.
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Shellhead

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« Reply #30 on: 11 Aug 2005, 11:52 »
I liked AFI

Then I realized I can never listen to an entire song because of the amount of suckage coming from the speakers.
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« Reply #31 on: 11 Aug 2005, 12:05 »
I like AFI... Somewhat. Most of the older stuff is okay.

Shellhead: your sig, Belgium! How so? Be we compatriots?
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soap

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« Reply #32 on: 11 Aug 2005, 12:50 »
AFI have some good songs ... they've just gone a bit overboard with the 'wish i was a tim burton character' side of things
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Praeserpium Machinarum

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« Reply #33 on: 11 Aug 2005, 12:53 »
I think it's a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference, you know, the most vile and unspeakable word in the galaxy.
Anyway AFI I haven't heard, but the name is ridiculous..
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« Reply #34 on: 11 Aug 2005, 13:09 »
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I think it's a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference, you know, the most vile and unspeakable word in the galaxy.


Sorry Everest, but Praeserpium was right.
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« Reply #35 on: 11 Aug 2005, 13:49 »
Oh. No apologies then :) I just haven't read/seen the Hitchhiker thing (that reminds me I should...), that's all.

Praeserpium: AFI : A Fire Inside. They play an inexplicable mess of punkrock, hardcore and goth. So "ridiculous" isn't too far off :p
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« Reply #36 on: 11 Aug 2005, 14:15 »
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an inexplicable mess of punkrock, hardcore and goth.


I think the criminal thing is that mix could be really awesome. I see some sort of hybrid of Alien Sex Fiend, early Christian Death, Black Flag and Danzig-era Misfits circa 'Static Age'.

Seriously. That would rock hard. All their songs would be about dying tragically, then rising from the grave to overthrow consumerism.
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« Reply #37 on: 11 Aug 2005, 14:55 »
Touché! Guess I didn't explore the idea far enough.
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Asialicious

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« Reply #38 on: 11 Aug 2005, 21:58 »
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I have just recently gotten the last of the AFI cds for my birthday. I was wondering if anyone else likes AFI here.


You're from Marshaltown, IA?

I assume you've heard of Modern Life Is War. If not, step to.

Actually I've heard of both and have been to a step to show.
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« Reply #39 on: 11 Aug 2005, 22:19 »
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Seriously. That would rock hard. All their songs would be about dying tragically, then rising from the grave to overthrow consumerism.



Best band ever.


I personally don't like AFI much, simply because Siouxsie and the Banshees/Creatures and Bauhaus kinda fill up a good portion of my goth band needs.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #40 on: 11 Aug 2005, 22:29 »
Dude, what about the Sisters? You've got to love a band that were so pretentious that they started wearing garishly bright clothes in order not to be 'pinned down' as a goth band.
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« Reply #41 on: 17 Aug 2005, 11:39 »
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I assume you've heard of Modern Life Is War. If not, step to.

yes for mliw, theyre amazing.
i sued to be such an afi whore back in the day.    I've just started listening to them again recently, the early stuff strikes me as pretty generic hardcore now, i'm likeing the post black sails stuff better.  what happened to them though, did they break up?
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Asialicious

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« Reply #42 on: 17 Aug 2005, 14:39 »
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 what happened to them though, did they break up?
They're still together. A while ago Davey(lead singer) hurt his vocal cords, so they're taking a while to put out another cd.

By the way, AFI is not goth. They're emo. Also, get over the mascara. It's rediculous to diss, judge, and label a band on the makeup they wear.
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« Reply #43 on: 17 Aug 2005, 17:27 »
I like AFI. Shut Your Mouth.../Black Sails/Art of Drowning shit is tight.
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« Reply #44 on: 17 Aug 2005, 18:04 »
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It's rediculous to diss, judge, and label a band on the makeup they wear.



You probably hate KISS.  Do you hate rock and roll?  I think you do.
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« Reply #45 on: 17 Aug 2005, 18:08 »
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By the way, AFI is not goth. They're emo. Also, get over the mascara. It's rediculous to diss, judge, and label a band on the makeup they wear.


AFI aren't goth or emo. But they are certainly more goth than emo, unless they've trend hopped their latest album.
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soap

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« Reply #46 on: 18 Aug 2005, 13:14 »
they don't sound emo to me and between me and my brother we somehow have all their most recent albums (not the best of tho)

definitely more gothesque than emo
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« Reply #47 on: 18 Aug 2005, 13:18 »
I base this mainly on the fact that every photo I see of Davey Havok he's wearing leather trousers, a :wumpscut: shirt and enough fishnet to supply an Icelandic trawling fleet.

Not a scarf.
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soap

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« Reply #48 on: 18 Aug 2005, 13:59 »
i do it cos of the long words in their lyrics and the fact they look like they came from the same sketch book that gave the world the character of edward scissorhands
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« Reply #49 on: 20 Aug 2005, 23:18 »
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I base this mainly on the fact that every photo I see of Davey Havok he's wearing leather trousers, a :wumpscut: shirt and enough fishnet to supply an Icelandic trawling fleet.

Not a scarf.
I have three pictures of Davey in my room right now and he is not wearing leather anything or any fishnet.

Also for the record, I have nothing against KISS and am a big fan of Metallica and many other rock bands.
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