Nope. No one's done one for Op Ivy yet. Go for it slacker.

ha, sure why not, i'll do it on the weekend or something, right now I have to deal with the girlfrind, school work, and my new obsession with World of Warcraft, so it'll probably wait till the weekend.

A friend of mine has been listening to AFI since she was 8 and her uncle or cousin or something got her into them. They're her favorite band now... I think that's neat.

An Op Ivy profile would be pretty cool, go for it.

[QUOTE=El_Shizzy][B]Each member[/B]

[B]Davey Havok[/B]
I think that Davey is highly underappreciated in both of his duties in AFI. For one, he has written all AFI lyrics on the past few releases. Not only that, but if you look at the lyrics, you will know he is one of the best writers out there. He has the vocabulary of a motha and has taught me more words than my English teachers ever have. He uses a lot of imagery in his words and can pretty much paint a picture inside your mind with those words. The other thing I recognize him for is his singing range. He has good skills at singing low pitch (Ever And A Day), high pitch (High School Football Hero), screaming (Death Of Seasons), and talking (At A Glance). He can do it all pretty much. The man is very talented.

[B]Jade Puget[/B]
He is one of the reasons newer AFI never really gets old. Not anytime fast if ever. He adds a whole new depth to the instrumentals of the band. Whereas Mark would play your average punk/hardcore songs consisting of mainly power chords the whole way through, Jade plays almost exclusively barre chords, small guitar licks, solos, etc. This may not seem all that impressive at first, seeing as how many other bands do similar, but you may be missing something in the songs if you only heard some a few times before. In a handful of songs, the solos are hidden under other music which seems very rewarding when you hear these solos the first time. Everything he has written for AFI has been incredibly catchy and hard-hitting at the same time.

[B]Adam Carson[/B]
There is a reason that this is the only remaining founding member besides the frontman. He is very very talented. While the first 3 albums, his main concentration was on speed. But lately he has been more and more experimental in the drum progressions. Now in some songs, the drums are the most prominant feature which is a big step forward from the old songs with him drumming.

[B]Hunter Burgan[/B]
Previous bassist, Geoff Kresge, is to this day one of the best bassists around. How does Hunter manage to hold his ground and still prove to be a better bassist for AFI? He is A Fire Inside and what it has become. Hunter is the driving heaviness in the band's music. While Kresge played fast catchy lines that were upbeat in a sense most of the time, Hunter played a deeper, more metal-ish sound while still keeping the signature hardcore style and speed. The first major change in AFI occurred when Hunter stepped in as bassist. Coincedence? I think not.


[B]Discography[/B]

Dork EP - 1993
Behind The Times EP - 1993
Eddie Picnic's All Wet EP - 1994
Heckle EP - 1994
Answer That And Stay Fashionable - 1995
Fly In The Ointment EP - 1995
Very Proud Of Ya - 1996
Answer That And Stay Fashionable (re-release)- 1997
Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes - 1997
A Fire Inside EP - 1998
Black Sails EP - 1999
Black Sails In The Sunset - 1999
All Hallow's EP - 1999
The Art Of Drowning - 2000
Days Of The Phoenix EP - 2001
336 EP - 2002
Sing The Sorrow - 2003
Leaving Song Pt. II (Australian release only) - 2003
AFI (A Retrospective)- 2004


[B]Related Bands[/B]

Tiger Army (Adam played Drums for their S/T and Early Years EP; all members have sung backup for them; Geoff Kresge went on to join them; Tiger Army provides backup vocals and music for AFI on select songs as well)
Son Of Sam (Davey Havok sings for them)
The Fritch (Hunter plays drums in this band)
Loose Change (Jade Puget once played guitar for them)
Redemption '87 (Jade Played for them as well)
The Force (Hunter once played bass for them)
Rancid (They collaborated on a version of "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing")

[B]Recommended Downloads[/B]

Self Pity
The Despair Factor
Smile
Let It Be Broke
Coin Return
Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)
NyQuil
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Cruise Control
No Poetic Device
The Boy Who Destroyed The World
Overexposure
Shatty Fatmas


Well that was a lot of work.
If you come in to spam my thread with "AFI sUx!!!!!1", F'uck you. At least give me a reason dammit.[/QUOT

I really like AFI but only because of sing the sorrow, i also have black sails and art of drowning an they aren't very good so i would have suggested getting most songs of sing the sorrow

Hey, I didn't know of that profile. You know I love AFI El_Shizzy and now I love you too. Very very good profile. I didn't know that the bassist of AFI was the same as Tiger Army's, he was awesome.

very good. afi will always be in rotation for me

great job

afi is awsome. one of my personal favorites. but please dont call them hardcore, post-hardcore or emo (emo? what the **** were you thinkging?) becuase you [U]really[/U] cant catagorize them with your fancy lables and such. think about it. well, think about it as given retrospective afi mixed with newer afi. they've really made they're own style of music.

Hardcore/Punk band. When Jade joined they became a Post-Hardcore band.

Now that wasn't so bad.

[QUOTE=Sk8SkaNJ]Hardcore/Punk band. When Jade joined they became a Post-Hardcore band.

Now that wasn't so bad.[/QUOTE]


For some odd reason. They remind me of GlassJaw.

I really like Shut your Mouth and Open your Eyes and I really dislike Sing the Sorrow. I'd like to get the retrospective but the styles are so varied it'd be weird to listen to the new stuff right next to the old stuff.

Was this ever added to the list of profiles?

[QUOTE=Sk8SkaNJ]Was this ever added to the list of profiles?[/QUOTE]

There's a list? Where can I find it?

If you read the rules you'd know.

kudos on the profile.
afi are one of my favorite bands, but i never knew that much about them and their history. very nice work

[QUOTE=Sk8SkaNJ]If you read the rules you'd know.[/QUOTE]

I assumed I was comofrtable enough with mx rules in general and I never read the punk forum rules.

I saw an AFI show not too long ago with Bleeding Through, and it was an amazing show. Davey's cheerleader move in the crowd is one of a kind.

[QUOTE=Sk8SkaNJ]If you read the rules you'd know.[/QUOTE]

haha I didn't know either, I never acctually read the rules, other than bands you can't discuss, and I ignore those ones anyway.

Yes it was added to the rules page Reiner. And thanks for all the comments guys.

I must say that was a superb post, on the best band of the modern day. as you can see by the name, i love those guys. If you havent been to a show of theirs, you need to because it is the most intense thing i have ever encountered. well thats about it, and if you dont like AFI i have nothing to say to you cause it would be terrible words. :evil:

[QUOTE=Brain Squ¡rmin' Like a Toad]d00d, red da rules


All kidding aside, very nice work. I have actually never gave AFI a real listen, maybe I should.[/QUOTE]
Same, I hated everything I've seen on MTV. But I hated everything on MTV that Coheed and Cambria put out but I love all their other stuff, I like my sci-fi rock. ;)

3 words... holy... f[B]u[/B]cking... sh[B]i[/B]t...
that profile was awsome. but some songs to add to the songs to listen to
bleed black
days of the phoenix
girls not grey
halloween (the outro is as long as the main part of the song, its awsome)
silver and cold (its different then most of the songs on the CD, its the softer side)
totalimmortal
the leaving song pt. 2 (awsome opening solo by jade)
and he who laughs last.
I've been a fan of AFI for a while, and I'm dying to get the box set thing with all of their hits from when they were on nitro records :thumb:

Yeah, "Totalimortal" is pretty kickass. I liked the video too.

[QUOTE=El_Shizzy][B]Each member[/B]

[B]Davey Havok[/B]
[U]I think that Davey is highly underappreciated in both of his duties in AFI. For one, [B]he has written all AFI lyrics on the past few releases[/B].[/U] Not only that, but if you look at the lyrics, you will know he is one of the best writers out there. He has the vocabulary of a motha and has taught me more words than my English teachers ever have. He uses a lot of imagery in his words and can pretty much paint a picture inside your mind with those words. The other thing I recognize him for is his singing range. He has good skills at singing low pitch (Ever And A Day), high pitch (High School Football Hero), screaming (Death Of Seasons), and talking (At A Glance). He can do it all pretty much. The man is very talented.[/QUOTE]



As a matter of fact, Davey has written [B]MOST[/B] but not all of the lyrics on the past few releases. Jade did write the 1st and 3rd verse of the song "This Time Imperfect"

Anyways.... aside from that little mistake, Great post covering my favorite band!!!!!

Wow, well done, this definately does my favorite band an honor, way to pay homage! Those songs that you mentioned to download are by far some of my favorite, especially The Despair Factor!

[QUOTE=Raynor21]Wow, well done, this definately does my favorite band an honor, way to pay homage! Those songs that you mentioned to download are by far some of my favorite, especially The Despair Factor![/QUOTE]

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aFi I$ $0 pHaGgIsH, U n00b!!!

No im jk, don't get angry.
I'm a huge AFI fan, but I think you shoulda put God Called in Sick today and their cover of My Michelle on the reccomended downloads list, and maybe something from the new album too, just for a bit of variety (I would reccomend Leaving Song 2 or Dancing Through Sunday for that).

Other than that, awesome.

That was a nice read, good job man.

Nice job on the profile. :thumb: AFI kicks ***.

[QUOTE=El_Shizzy]
Dork EP - 1993
Behind The Times EP - 1993
Eddie Picnic's All Wet EP - 1994
Heckle EP - 1994
Answer That And Stay Fashionable - 1995
Fly In The Ointment EP - 1995
Very Proud Of Ya - 1996
Answer That And Stay Fashionable (re-release)- 1997
Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes - 1997
A Fire Inside EP - 1998
Black Sails EP - 1999
Black Sails In The Sunset - 1999
All Hallow's EP - 1999
The Art Of Drowning - 2000
Days Of The Phoenix EP - 2001
336 EP - 2002
Sing The Sorrow - 2003
Leaving Song Pt. II (Australian release only) - 2003
AFI (A Retrospective)- 2004

[B]Recommended Downloads[/B]

Self Pity
The Despair Factor
Smile
Let It Be Broke
Coin Return
Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)
NyQuil
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Cruise Control
No Poetic Device
The Boy Who Destroyed The World
Overexposure
Shatty Fatmas
[/QUOTE]
Dear, I would like to know why you don't include any of the wonderful rarities like Red Hat or Dream of Waking or Lower It? Those are some great old songs. Oh, and if anyone wants to rip the pre-ATASF stuff to mp3 for me, that'd be lovely. Man in a Suitcase would be nice too since they didn't put it on the Nitro version, only on the Wingnut version. Oh, and one more thing, you included the TLSP2 singles in your discography list, but you left out the GNG singles! I have 2 of those. Not the best song, but the little demos that come along are nice. [url=http://www.afiseries.com]Ixnay & Alli's site[/url] has the complete discography. Oh, and Death of Seasons, GCIST, and TTI should've been on the downloads list. Those are great songs (gotta love the industrial breakdown in DOS)

Well, well, well. Look what we have here. :D



I didn't include those songs, because honestly, I like the other ones better. Plus, the ones I listed are easier for new listeners to find. Dream Of Waking is one hell of a tune I must say. As is Lower It. I've heard every AFI song, and like them all. I can't put every track on there ya know. :thumb:

no one ever bumps my band profile :(

[QUOTE=TheNowhereman42]no one ever bumps my band profile :([/QUOTE]
Give it time. It just got put on the list.

[QUOTE=MinorThreat]As a matter of fact, Davey has written [B]MOST[/B] but not all of the lyrics on the past few releases. Jade did write the 1st and 3rd verse of the song "This Time Imperfect"

Anyways.... aside from that little mistake, Great post covering my favorite band!!!!![/QUOTE]
actually, Davey wrote all of the TTI lyrics. It's the Spoken Word on which Jade did the 1st and 3rd stanzas.

[QUOTE=El_Shizzy]Well, well, well. Look what we have here. :D[/QUOTE]
An obsessive AFI listener that:
~got ahold of 5 AFI cds within one month
~has AFI making up 1/4 of the cd collection
~is a member of the [url=http://despairfaction.com]fanclub[/url]
~has received a letter back from Davey
???

Shizzy, do you have the full version of the Chicken Song? The one I downloaded only has up to "It's something to eat when your wife's in the shelter" :upset: I want the post-Jade-talking part too!

[QUOTE=maco]An obsessive AFI listener that:
~got ahold of 5 AFI cds within one month
~has AFI making up 1/4 of the cd collection
~is a member of the [url=http://despairfaction.com]fanclub[/url]
~has received a letter back from Davey
???

Shizzy, do you have the full version of the Chicken Song? The one I downloaded only has up to "It's something to eat when your wife's in the shelter" :upset: I want the post-Jade-talking part too![/QUOTE]
I do. I originally had the version you have, and was real pissed. So I went and finally found the real version.


Hmmm, of your accomplishments:
~Got ahold of 6 AFI CD's in one month
~I have too many CD's to want to make that into a fraction.
~Meh, don't feel like paying money. I'm cheap. :)
~Never had anything to do with Davey.

why does it matter how many you get in a month? i'm sure i could get ahold of 12 AFI CDs in a month. why would that matter though? :confused:

[QUOTE=cheeser_1]why does it matter how many you get in a month? i'm sure i could get ahold of 12 AFI CDs in a month. why would that matter though? :confused:[/QUOTE]
I bet you can't. They don't have that many CD's. :)

Great job on that. Can't believe I've never read that yet.

[QUOTE=El_Shizzy]I bet you can't. They don't have that many CD's. :)[/QUOTE]
They don't have that many [i]albums[/i].
I have eight AFI CDs. I'm sure there are four I don't have.