I got into them when they released Sing The Sorrow back in 2003 and i tought it was an amazing album at the time. They were actually my favourite band for about 2 years after that. Their back catalogue is better though, my favourite records are Black Sails In The Sunset, All Hallows EP and The Art Of Drowning. When they released Decemberunderground i thought it was ok at the time. But the more i listened to it the less i liked it, plus i'd started to get into better stuff at this point. They're a completely different band now than when they started out, i don't know whether it's progression or maturity or selling-out or all three. I'll probably check out their new album when it comes out just out of curiosity, it might surprise me.
I still have 2 AFI t-shirts in my closet at home. I have one with the Sing The Sorrow style logo and the 'i hate punk rock' one which was my favourite.
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