*Here are some AFI facts!*
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>>>According to ADAM,AFI was found in their sophomöre year of high school during lunchtime.
>>>HUNTER first heard AFI's first album at a barbecue.
>>>When he was 17,JADE was in a car accident,and he got scar on his mouth because of it.
>>>ADAM's first tattoo was of sparrows,stars and banner on his forearm.
>>>DAVEY & JADE share a tattoo of a cat jumping through a 9 (Nick13 of Tiger Army also has the same tattoo).
>>>HUNTER's favourite subject in school was co-ed P.E.He thought his teacher was the best.He claims his teacher would call out 'Hunter,where do you draw the line?!'.Hunter never really understood what that means,but he says he thinks it has something to do with his mohawk.
>>>DAVEY appeared as a guest on lots of albums of other artists:guest vocalist on The Transplants song 'Quick Death' ;sings on the song 'Blue Strip' by the band Fury66 ;sings the intro to 'Pay The Man' by Offspring on Americana album (also does backing vocals on Offspring's 4th album
'Ixnay On The Hombre') ;lends his voice to The Nerve Agents for their 2nd album 'Days Of The White Owl' on the song 'Jekyl And Hyde' ;does backup vocals on Dance Hall Crashers song 'I don't wanna behave' ;did many backing vocals Tiger Army (also sings on their 'Incorporeal' song from 'll:Power Of Moonlite' album) ;appears on the Bleeding Through's DVD 'Wolves Among Sheep'...
>>>ADAM has been seen using a bass drum with the Jolly Roger (a black flag with a white skull and crossbones) printed on the front.
>>>I heard from somewhere that HUNTER's real name is STEVE ANGEL!Pffhahaha,sorry Hunter,but if this is your real name,it sounds hella funny!...
>>>Nick13 of Tiger Army once mentioned that ADAM was a member of Influence13-a band found by himself,JADE,GEOFF(ex-AFI) and 2 other friends.He said 'It was a weird line-up that never took off'...
*...And some AFI album facts!*
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[!]Davey's dad was playing guitar on song 'No Dave Party' (secret track:rewind backwards on 1st track of AFI's 'VERY PROUD OF YA' CD),Geoff Kresge did the art for the album and Jade (then,still in Redemption 87) did the back vocals,along with Nick13 of Tiger Army...
[!]AFI had paid Hunter 666 dollars for their album 'Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes' asking him to join them as a permanent member!
[!]AFI's 5th album,'ART OF DROWNING',was their most successful Nitro release.It sold over a reported 200.000 copies in 3 years (and it is still selling)...
[!]Their 6th album,'SING THE SORROW',which went platinum,reached 5# of the Billboard Top 200 in first week of sales!!!
[!]'Decemberunderground',AFI's 7th album,had hit #1 on Billboard with 182.000 copies sold in it's first week on sale!
[!]On 06/06/06,when 'DECEMBERUNDERGROUND' was released,Davey's grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday!
Awards that AFI won
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~Lifetime Achievement Award~ from Alternative Press (2003).
~MTV2 VMA Award~ for Girls Not Grey video (2003).
~Sing The Sorrow was voted as the #1 rock/alternative album of 2003~ in Guitar World Magazine + Jade Puget was voted as one of the top 5 most valuable guitarists by the readers of GW Magazine.
~Outstanding Debut On A Major Label~from the Californian Music Awards (2004)
~Outstanding Group~from the Californian Music Awards (2004)
~'Sing The Sorrow'-Outstanding Rock Album~ from the Californian Music Awards (2004~
~MySpace Music Award~,AFI were the FIRST recipients of this brand new award.The band achieved a record milestone of 500.000 unique single tracks plays within 24 hours.on the MySpace network (2006)!!!
~MTV VMA Best Rock Video For 'Miss Murder'~ (2006)
Some facts about AFI songs
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¤'The Great Disappointment' is AFI's longest track.
¤In 'The Leaving Song Part 2' there is the part on Spanish that says
'Yo he estado aqui muchas veces y regreso'...that means 'I have been here many times before,and I returned' and
'Y regreso aqui otra vez y comienzo' means 'Returned here again,I begin'.
