Can't wait for you to do more Hot Water Music, Jason Black is such an amazing bassist. Would love you see you review 'Moonpies for Misfits' or 'I Was on a Mountain' or 'Rock Singer' omg he shreddddssss in Rock Singer omg so gud
An absolute masterclass, and completely under-rated song on this album is Kiss and Control - great bass line, great song progression, and absurd metal screams (along with Coin Return - Davey's best in my opinion). As someone who loves 'cinematic scream metal' that song is a beast with great bass lines
huge afi fan and not a bass player, but Synesthesia and Now The World are two b-sides from their 'sing the sorrow' album that retain their older sound and may be interesting to cover. also, At A Glance from their 'black sails in the sunset' album would be my pick for bass, because that entire album has such a nasty bass tone and is considered the epitome of their punk sound.
Yeah, that is prime AFI. I'm down with Sing the Sorrow, but then it kind of went in a direction I wasn't down with until they changed their sound to some post-punk stuff. That was alright
Those do rock, but sing the sorrow was cool too. Just the right amount of soft with the heavy. I would want any more and they went way soft. Death of seasons is a wacky and heavy song.
Mark bleeping himself with the Low End University logo was so funny. I also liked that the thumbnail has Mark with an expression like he's not digging it, but I knew he wouldn't say something negative because he's always positive. These are examples of how the reaction videos can be enjoyable even when I'm not very familiar with the band or song.
Thanks for the kind words, really appreciate you! I always strive to keep it objective about the music, even if a song isn't my cup of tea (happens often). I think any highly-requested song or artist has something worth hearing, and something that makes them unique, and I enjoy the challenge to discover what that is. Bonus points if it's the bass performance! 😉
I grew up listening to their earlier albums, but this is a killer track. Going to have to give this album some more attention. Incredible performance from Davey Havok as well.
I love AFI. The 1999 - 2003 years get played the most, because of the memories from my early 30s they invoke I suspect. I didn't find DecemberUnderground divisive; it was more of a change I felt ready for. A great album, for me anyway.
If you really want to dig into Hunter’s creativity, check out AFI’s Blood album. You never hear fans talk about it, but Hunter went off on that album, and I’m into it
Awesome song, awesome analysis and even more awesome channel🤘🏻. I agree that December Underground can be polarizing but it is far from being a bad album. I think the only ones who disliked it were older AFI fans who had this "goth/horror punk" image of the band. The album definitely has its experimental stuff but nothing to crazy. I love the album and also think it still retains the best aspects of AFI as band.
My beloved AFI. A fan deep in my soul today as much as I was when I discovered them in '99, and love seeing people still discover their work at large beyond a couple hit singles. As others have said many times before, every record really is an "era" for them, so what you hear on Decemberunderground is such a different vibe from what you get 3 years prior on Sing the Sorrow, or 3 years later on Crash Love, or any other point on their timeline, yet they simultaneously always manage to convey such an absolute "AFI vibe." While a vocal minority will always point to arbitrary album cut-offs where things were suddenly changed too much and "everything sucked after X" - I'd highly recommend some stuff from their *actually new* music from 2021's Bodies, or 2017's self-titled (aka "Blood album"), or there's a little EP in between there called The Missing Man. For songs, maybe "The Wind that Carries Me Away," "Trash Bat," or "On Your Back." Or if you want something really funky (literally): "Dulceria" Thanks for the reaction, Mark! Always a joy to hear your breakdowns.
its always refreshing to see people who can actually enjoy different styles of music, or people who can disagree without leaving a snarky remark about it. no matter what they've released, they have always offered something fun and interesting and thats one thing i've always liked about them. its never more of the same exact thing. shut your mouth is one of my favorite albums of all time, and 37mm is one of my favorite songs of all time. their variety is incredible
@ Absolutely agreed; one of my favorites from the past 10 years for sure. I was actually going to include it in my post as a recommended song, but it doesn't strike me as an especially bass-forward track. ;)
DecemberUnderground is a modern classic. I’m a big fan of classic AFI, but every track on DecemberUnderground is a winner and is my fav album of theirs. Hunter’s bass playing always reminds me of 70s classic rock melodic bass mixed with some Joe Lally (Fugazi) goodness. Another great walk thru of a great tune!
It does feel like each era of AFI is a completely different band, but I love all of them individually. The hardcore days are great. The horror punk days are great. The post-hardcore/emo days are great. They change styles a lot, but they always nail it.
@@LowEndUniversityThrice fans are waiting for you to delve into their post-Ambulance catalogue like Vheissu, the Alchemy Index EPs, and Beggars where their sound and creativity really evolved beyond their post-hardcore roots.
I was HUGE into AFI in the Black Sails/Art of Drowning era. Black sails needs to be a full listen - Theres not many albums that have had an affect on me like that one. With that said, I struggle with Decemberundergound and Sing the sorrow. Maybe it was the sharp shift in sound and production but it never clicked with me. Crash Love onwards I was really able to get into, especially Burials.
John Garcia - Space Vato, im not sure who plays bass for him but its very prominent on his albums. Its the singer from Kyuss aka Josh Hommes old singer.
You HAVE to check out the track Death of Seasons off of their record Sing The Sorrow. Although Decemberunderground (specifically Miss Murder) was their commercial peak, Sing The Sorrow is very much THE record where their most significant shift in sound happened, and where the fanbase really starts to split. Some call it a masterpiece (i do), some call it where they “sold out”. Either way, it would be cool to see you check it out, and not necessarily through its biggest singles. Death of Seasons is a weird song with very cool experimental production ideas, and that main solo bass melody from the intro is top tier
Sing the Sorrow has great songwriting on it: "Silver and Cold," "Girl's Not Grey," "Dancing Through Sunday," etc. Otherwise from this album, Decemberunderground, "Love Like Winter" is a really good, catchy song. This is all the poppier period of AFI, yeah, which is what I prefer (I know others prefer earlier stuff lol).
You gotta hear Kyuss if you haven't. They are a bass heavy Stoner metal band. Space Cadet is amazing song with lead bass in it. It's a great introduction although a bit slower than their other songs. And you also gotta check out how the basist plays his bass... He plays right hand bass as a leftie!
Haven’t gone back to this album for a very long time, cause I was one of those fans who didn’t like this one, and also got sick of people calling them “emo”, which they all hated too, so let’s not get that started here. But, Hunter is always a fantastic bass player on everything, so no surprise Mark enjoyed it a lot, can’t fault him! That bridge section is super tasty. Also lol at “New” AFI, and the album is nearly 20 years old.
They've been around for 30 years and it b/c they experimented. not many bands go that far. their new stuff is actual post punk 80's but they always throw in an old punk vibe in some songs
Hey, how are you? I'm from Brazil and I like your content, there's a rock band that I'm sure you'll enjoy analyzing the bass lines of, the band is called "Charlie Brown Jr", any song by them.
This album was the breakover for me. Sing the sorrows and prior is the AFI I love and grew up with (80s kid). December underground and after is a different afi that I don’t love.
This is the best song on this album but I def prefer the shut your mouth to black sails to sing the sorrow and everything inbetween stuff moreso. This song rules tho.
Sing The Sorrow was the album that got them noticed before they made this one. It's a pure no-skip album. Their singles were Girl's Not Grey, Leaving Song Pt.2, and Silver And Cold. If I had to say what the two weakest songs were, I'd say This Celluloid Dream and Girl's Not Grey, but they're still both bangers. If I had to pick a next song to check from that album, I'd say Paper Airplanes or Bleed Black.
Curious if you've heard Nick play before? ruclips.net/video/5EVaUG1iWv4/видео.htmlsi=uHYll9ImcSYDqh0n edit: oh wait you have ruclips.net/video/4Mm3NXGwICk/видео.htmlsi=jxiGi84H3IDZbo4T
I don't know much about AFI, and I absolutely hate screamo vocals, but from a bass and melodic harmony perspective, I thought this was a great selection for this channel. Very cool! If Havok wasn't vomiting up his vocal chords during the verse, I think I would honestly love this song.
Alternatively from @ronjames suggestion of going backwards to 1999 tracks, try some of their actual newer stuff (this song was from 2006; they have 2017 and 2021 records much more recently!) that may be more up your alley since the screaming is nearly entirely retired (people age out of that, shocking!) but the music remains very layered and dynamic!
@notdunric he had throat surgery so I'm not sure he can scream like that anymore and yeah I misunderstood what he was saying that's my bad but the last song on sing the sorrow I feel blends the screams well with his smooth singing
Thanks all! I am aware of AFI, as I've heard individual songs over the years. However, I've never purposefully invested time into their discography. I'll take your suggestions and give a listen. While I like the 90's era punk, I do appreciate when when the older punk bands evolve their sound with something new and creative without completely sanitizing things. Looks like AFI may have gone that direction.
To me every AFI album is good or at least interesting. They're evolving all the time and everything they make is just the logical step of the previous thing they did. I can understand the disapointment of the fans of the oldschool horror/hxc stuff but to me they just went on naturaly to the next step instead of getting stuck and do the same album again and again like a lot of bands do. Sing The Sorrow is their best record I think. It's the perfect balance between the spooky agressive punk sound and the produced catchy emo/goth sound. I hope you'll take some time to focus on it one day! (Deaht Of Seasons may be the best one if you want to focus on the bass especially). I also really enjoy their last album Bodies and its kinda coldwave vibe. A lot to unpack here too!:)
As far as I'm concerned you just covered the high points of Decemberunderground pretty thoroughly. You've done prime AFI, you've dabbled in post-prime AFI. IMO you need to hit early AFI which is a whole different thing again, and something off of Shut Your Mouth which IMO is almost a different phase in itself. For early AFI Checkered Demon, or The Mother In Me are personal favorites. On the early stuff Hunter is damn near the lead instrument, with the guitar just filling out the mix.
But the old still is definitely better no matter what anyone says. Whatever you do don’t listen to crash love. Don’t even look at the terrible artwork. Also sadly on this record all of Davey’s screams are fake, it’s the dude from Atreyu and others in a studio trick and love Davey would do the fake yell and turn his back to the crowd and it was….. something.
AFI are so overwhelmingly underrated as musicians and always get dismissed for evolving into their own. It's truly a shame that their newer material doesn't get the appreciation it deserves. 🫶
Fuck man i love how you use words hahaha, don’t get me wrong your bass skills are phenomenal! but just your choice of words to describe things is a skill in itself homie, much love keep up the great videos
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Feels like every song on this album has an absolute banger of a breakdown.
I’ve never felt older than when you said this album is almost 20 years old…
Their first EP is 32 years old....
Same here, remembering I first heard this band in college...oof. 😰
Basically anything from sing the sorrow would be a good video.
Days of the Phoenix gets my vote for next AFI pick. Still one of their greatest along with Totalimmortal
Can't wait for you to do more Hot Water Music, Jason Black is such an amazing bassist. Would love you see you review 'Moonpies for Misfits' or 'I Was on a Mountain' or 'Rock Singer' omg he shreddddssss in Rock Singer omg so gud
I was on a mountain is my favorite hwm track.....soooooo good.
Free Radio Gainesville
Dude I've been wanting to see more HWM for so long!
Like anything from Fuel For The Hate Game - that album is golden!
Rock Singer would be excellent
Yessss Fuel For the Hate Game is an all time great album this needs to be in the pipeline
Jade is a god tier composer.
This was the last album i bought from this band , i was a huge fan im one of the fans that couldnt do it anymore after this one .
A lot this reminds me of Anti Flag. Not for me.
@@dennisstember5062Anti-Flag, just like Afi had some really good albums when they first started. Then they started to drastically change.
You should give Burials a try. Its quite good
I really enjoyed crash love too but after that I only like a few songs on their newer albums
@chesspunk489 i liked anti flag up until the terror state was the last one I bought .
An absolute masterclass, and completely under-rated song on this album is Kiss and Control - great bass line, great song progression, and absurd metal screams (along with Coin Return - Davey's best in my opinion). As someone who loves 'cinematic scream metal' that song is a beast with great bass lines
Thanks for going back to this album. It’s an underrated gem!
huge afi fan and not a bass player, but Synesthesia and Now The World are two b-sides from their 'sing the sorrow' album that retain their older sound and may be interesting to cover. also, At A Glance from their 'black sails in the sunset' album would be my pick for bass, because that entire album has such a nasty bass tone and is considered the epitome of their punk sound.
Thank you for reminding me how much I love this album.
black sails / art of drowning is top AFI
With the addition of all hallows
Correct!
Shut Your Mouth is my favourite, but those are bangers too
Yeah, that is prime AFI. I'm down with Sing the Sorrow, but then it kind of went in a direction I wasn't down with until they changed their sound to some post-punk stuff. That was alright
Those do rock, but sing the sorrow was cool too. Just the right amount of soft with the heavy. I would want any more and they went way soft. Death of seasons is a wacky and heavy song.
Mark bleeping himself with the Low End University logo was so funny. I also liked that the thumbnail has Mark with an expression like he's not digging it, but I knew he wouldn't say something negative because he's always positive. These are examples of how the reaction videos can be enjoyable even when I'm not very familiar with the band or song.
Thanks for the kind words, really appreciate you! I always strive to keep it objective about the music, even if a song isn't my cup of tea (happens often). I think any highly-requested song or artist has something worth hearing, and something that makes them unique, and I enjoy the challenge to discover what that is. Bonus points if it's the bass performance! 😉
I grew up listening to their earlier albums, but this is a killer track. Going to have to give this album some more attention. Incredible performance from Davey Havok as well.
Yeah it’s sad that people sleep on the album. It’s amazing front to back.
I’ve listened to AFI from the beginning but this is a GREAT fucking album! 🔥
17 Crimes is on point with the bass.
I love AFI. The 1999 - 2003 years get played the most, because of the memories from my early 30s they invoke I suspect. I didn't find DecemberUnderground divisive; it was more of a change I felt ready for. A great album, for me anyway.
“Sing the Sorrow” and “Decemberunderground” are both amazing albums by this band!
If you really want to dig into Hunter’s creativity, check out AFI’s Blood album. You never hear fans talk about it, but Hunter went off on that album, and I’m into it
i love blood album, idk why its so overlooked
YOU'RE AWESOME! I still love this album! ❤
YOU'RE awesome! Thanks, Joy!
Awesome song, awesome analysis and even more awesome channel🤘🏻. I agree that December Underground can be polarizing but it is far from being a bad album. I think the only ones who disliked it were older AFI fans who had this "goth/horror punk" image of the band. The album definitely has its experimental stuff but nothing to crazy. I love the album and also think it still retains the best aspects of AFI as band.
My beloved AFI. A fan deep in my soul today as much as I was when I discovered them in '99, and love seeing people still discover their work at large beyond a couple hit singles. As others have said many times before, every record really is an "era" for them, so what you hear on Decemberunderground is such a different vibe from what you get 3 years prior on Sing the Sorrow, or 3 years later on Crash Love, or any other point on their timeline, yet they simultaneously always manage to convey such an absolute "AFI vibe."
While a vocal minority will always point to arbitrary album cut-offs where things were suddenly changed too much and "everything sucked after X" - I'd highly recommend some stuff from their *actually new* music from 2021's Bodies, or 2017's self-titled (aka "Blood album"), or there's a little EP in between there called The Missing Man. For songs, maybe "The Wind that Carries Me Away," "Trash Bat," or "On Your Back." Or if you want something really funky (literally): "Dulceria"
Thanks for the reaction, Mark! Always a joy to hear your breakdowns.
its always refreshing to see people who can actually enjoy different styles of music, or people who can disagree without leaving a snarky remark about it. no matter what they've released, they have always offered something fun and interesting and thats one thing i've always liked about them. its never more of the same exact thing. shut your mouth is one of my favorite albums of all time, and 37mm is one of my favorite songs of all time. their variety is incredible
@@JustTooManyPuppies Yes, this!! And 37mm is such a fucking vibe, I love it too.
The Missing Man (the song itself) is an absolute gem.
@ Absolutely agreed; one of my favorites from the past 10 years for sure. I was actually going to include it in my post as a recommended song, but it doesn't strike me as an especially bass-forward track. ;)
DecemberUnderground is a modern classic. I’m a big fan of classic AFI, but every track on DecemberUnderground is a winner and is my fav album of theirs.
Hunter’s bass playing always reminds me of 70s classic rock melodic bass mixed with some Joe Lally (Fugazi) goodness.
Another great walk thru of a great tune!
all hallows eve ep will forever be in my heart
It does feel like each era of AFI is a completely different band, but I love all of them individually. The hardcore days are great. The horror punk days are great. The post-hardcore/emo days are great. They change styles a lot, but they always nail it.
Death of Seasons from Sing the Sorrow!!!!!
Absolutely this!!
Awesome again. We love the granular.
Shut your mouth and open your eyes is basically an entire album of Tritones.
More Thrice please...
Just did a Thrice video 2 weeks back! 😉
@@LowEndUniversityThrice fans are waiting for you to delve into their post-Ambulance catalogue like Vheissu, the Alchemy Index EPs, and Beggars where their sound and creativity really evolved beyond their post-hardcore roots.
Sick Puppies, Going Places. She is an amazing Bassist. Seen them live many times and she just slays it.
I was HUGE into AFI in the Black Sails/Art of Drowning era. Black sails needs to be a full listen - Theres not many albums that have had an affect on me like that one. With that said, I struggle with Decemberundergound and Sing the sorrow. Maybe it was the sharp shift in sound and production but it never clicked with me. Crash Love onwards I was really able to get into, especially Burials.
This is my favorite song from that album by a lot. Reminds me a lot of "Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)" from the previous record, Sing The Sorrow.
John Garcia - Space Vato, im not sure who plays bass for him but its very prominent on his albums. Its the singer from Kyuss aka Josh Hommes old singer.
Shout out to the Dispair Faction
AFI, one of the best and most important bands of the last 30 years. Hunter Burgan, one of the most underrated bassists of all time.
More AFI!!!
Happy again!.. i do adore them!
Love old school afi!! But I also really enjoy their album Burials, purely perfect despite being a huge departure
I’ve always said, AFI is three of my favorite bands
Decemberunderground has a bunch of amazing tracks on there.
Miss murder not being one of them lol
You HAVE to check out the track Death of Seasons off of their record Sing The Sorrow.
Although Decemberunderground (specifically Miss Murder) was their commercial peak, Sing The Sorrow is very much THE record where their most significant shift in sound happened, and where the fanbase really starts to split. Some call it a masterpiece (i do), some call it where they “sold out”.
Either way, it would be cool to see you check it out, and not necessarily through its biggest singles. Death of Seasons is a weird song with very cool experimental production ideas, and that main solo bass melody from the intro is top tier
AFI YES!!!
Hunter Burgan belongs in the conversation of top 5 best punk bass players of all time.
Sing the Sorrow has great songwriting on it: "Silver and Cold," "Girl's Not Grey," "Dancing Through Sunday," etc.
Otherwise from this album, Decemberunderground, "Love Like Winter" is a really good, catchy song.
This is all the poppier period of AFI, yeah, which is what I prefer (I know others prefer earlier stuff lol).
I also think a lot of songs from both these albums are better than "Miss Murder," personally, for what it's worth :)
Coheed and Cambria is leaning really hard into that 1980s synth pop sound as time goes on too
You gotta hear Kyuss if you haven't. They are a bass heavy Stoner metal band. Space Cadet is amazing song with lead bass in it. It's a great introduction although a bit slower than their other songs. And you also gotta check out how the basist plays his bass... He plays right hand bass as a leftie!
You're about 3/4 of the way through the crucial punk bands and I would love to see your ranking of the punk/ska bands you've heard so far.
Some people have 20/20 vision. You have 20/20 hearing.
Gotta go listen to Shut your mouth and open your eyes so different from the rest and so good
Under rated band
Haven’t gone back to this album for a very long time, cause I was one of those fans who didn’t like this one, and also got sick of people calling them “emo”, which they all hated too, so let’s not get that started here. But, Hunter is always a fantastic bass player on everything, so no surprise Mark enjoyed it a lot, can’t fault him! That bridge section is super tasty.
Also lol at “New” AFI, and the album is nearly 20 years old.
I shit you not, I was listening to this song at work earlier and thought to myself I wonder if low end university will ever do this song!
Affliction was definitely an outlier on this album, closest they got to their original sound. The rest of the songs took a loooong time to grow on me.
Please do Lounge Act by Nirvana
SPAZ’S HOUSE DESTRUCTION PARTY
For me shut your mouth and sing the sorrow bookend the best of AFI, miss the energy of those years
I guess I'm on the side that likes the album too. I'm slowly beginning to realize that all my favorite music has good bass work. Coincidence? 😀
Really curious of how he would react to C'est Dada / Showers by Actionmen because that bass is insane.
AFI legitimately do not miss, you could listen to their newer albums and still find plenty to be excited about.
They've been around for 30 years and it b/c they experimented. not many bands go that far. their new stuff is actual post punk 80's but they always throw in an old punk vibe in some songs
Hey, how are you? I'm from Brazil and I like your content, there's a rock band that I'm sure you'll enjoy analyzing the bass lines of, the band is called "Charlie Brown Jr", any song by them.
Do some Ballyhoo! Tons of fun, groovy bass lines. Maybe Instigator or I Don’t Wanna Go.
This album was the breakover for me. Sing the sorrows and prior is the AFI I love and grew up with (80s kid). December underground and after is a different afi that I don’t love.
afi rules
This is the best song on this album but I def prefer the shut your mouth to black sails to sing the sorrow and everything inbetween stuff moreso. This song rules tho.
Days of the Phoenix is classic
Snakes in the grass by Much The same
Yes man great band, the great disappointment is a good one
Rx Bandits please please please
Sing The Sorrow was the album that got them noticed before they made this one. It's a pure no-skip album. Their singles were Girl's Not Grey, Leaving Song Pt.2, and Silver And Cold. If I had to say what the two weakest songs were, I'd say This Celluloid Dream and Girl's Not Grey, but they're still both bangers.
If I had to pick a next song to check from that album, I'd say Paper Airplanes or Bleed Black.
Same album of Miss Murder
Checkout the ergs every romance language
Heya. Could you check out the band
GBH
Diplomatic Immunity.
Album - Charged. 1983
Ross Lomas on bass
🤘
Listen to dulceria by AFI
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you still never reviewed some frenzal rhomb - it's up to you
They’re coming soon, promise!
everyone thinks AFI is emo, but theyre punk rock.
Review Sublime- all you need. The bass is busy
Yeah, Sing the Sorrow was the end of my AFI love
I don't know much about AFI, and I absolutely hate screamo vocals, but from a bass and melodic harmony perspective, I thought this was a great selection for this channel. Very cool! If Havok wasn't vomiting up his vocal chords during the verse, I think I would honestly love this song.
Go listen to total immortal or the prayer position and see if you like those. Im Curious to see if you like it
Alternatively from @ronjames suggestion of going backwards to 1999 tracks, try some of their actual newer stuff (this song was from 2006; they have 2017 and 2021 records much more recently!) that may be more up your alley since the screaming is nearly entirely retired (people age out of that, shocking!) but the music remains very layered and dynamic!
@notdunric he had throat surgery so I'm not sure he can scream like that anymore and yeah I misunderstood what he was saying that's my bad but the last song on sing the sorrow I feel blends the screams well with his smooth singing
Thanks all! I am aware of AFI, as I've heard individual songs over the years. However, I've never purposefully invested time into their discography. I'll take your suggestions and give a listen.
While I like the 90's era punk, I do appreciate when when the older punk bands evolve their sound with something new and creative without completely sanitizing things. Looks like AFI may have gone that direction.
I'm not really into AFI, but this album is one of my top 8 of all time.
To me every AFI album is good or at least interesting. They're evolving all the time and everything they make is just the logical step of the previous thing they did. I can understand the disapointment of the fans of the oldschool horror/hxc stuff but to me they just went on naturaly to the next step instead of getting stuck and do the same album again and again like a lot of bands do. Sing The Sorrow is their best record I think. It's the perfect balance between the spooky agressive punk sound and the produced catchy emo/goth sound. I hope you'll take some time to focus on it one day! (Deaht Of Seasons may be the best one if you want to focus on the bass especially). I also really enjoy their last album Bodies and its kinda coldwave vibe. A lot to unpack here too!:)
As far as I'm concerned you just covered the high points of Decemberunderground pretty thoroughly. You've done prime AFI, you've dabbled in post-prime AFI. IMO you need to hit early AFI which is a whole different thing again, and something off of Shut Your Mouth which IMO is almost a different phase in itself. For early AFI Checkered Demon, or The Mother In Me are personal favorites. On the early stuff Hunter is damn near the lead instrument, with the guitar just filling out the mix.
This is their last good record sadly
But the old still is definitely better no matter what anyone says. Whatever you do don’t listen to crash love. Don’t even look at the terrible artwork. Also sadly on this record all of Davey’s screams are fake, it’s the dude from Atreyu and others in a studio trick and love Davey would do the fake yell and turn his back to the crowd and it was….. something.
Day 21 of asking for a million bucks by ALL
Gross...this band died after The Art of Drowning
AFI are so overwhelmingly underrated as musicians and always get dismissed for evolving into their own. It's truly a shame that their newer material doesn't get the appreciation it deserves. 🫶
Fuck man i love how you use words hahaha, don’t get me wrong your bass skills are phenomenal! but just your choice of words to describe things is a skill in itself homie,
much love keep up the great videos