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  • wish they were still this crazy. I miss those days.

  • When I watch videos of them ten years from this, I know they still got it...but Davey seems a little alienated and/or depressed or is just moving on. I mean, of course you would move on after that amount of time! So many of us wish for the old times...but it just seems that they were at their best in the 1999-2003 era, this venue suits it. Every band goes through it. AFI kicks ass always.

  • i cannot stop watching this

  • God this is fucking intense...I don't think I'll ever be to a concert like this. Everybody chanting with the singing "AS WE BURN, ALRIGHT!". Hahahahaha crazy bastards

  • Wow.... Davey Looks Like He Came Straight Outta The Misfits

  • The amount of ignorance here is amusing. As much as you say the younger Davey Havok would have went against all their new music just because they went mainstream, he was still younger. Everyone matures, and he never agreed to being a true punk for his whole life, he always had different influences, and he wants to do something different now. I'm not saying the new AFI is better than the old, I find satisfaction in both, but you can't say that someone sold out because they grow older.

  • Its their time of the year!

  • love afi. kids are pussies nowadays, no one crowd surfs or stage dives

  • What an intense show.

  • Must be awesome to watch this vid today and see yourself in the crowd. Remembering the awesomeness of this show.

  • what an amazing, amazing album, I miss how they used to be :(

  • as we all ARISE! ...............fucking love it

  • man where did the bands energy go. i saw this song live a few years ago it was nothing like this

  • i miss hunters hair!

  • at 2:49 someone pulls his arm

  • Everyone needs to stop. If you don't like the music, don't expect some sort of party.. get over it.

    AFI in my eyes has and will always be fucking amazing.

  • and in all honesty, how awkward would it be for a bunch of almost forty year old guys to be playing violent crazy punk shows? Of course afi would mature. its natural.

  • I love how that guy at 1:15 does a flip. And I miss the old days, they were so fun.

  • Look at how alive the scene was. Never see a show like this again.

  • OLD AFI rulezz!! new AFI sucks!!

  • bands change with age .....GET OVER IT!

  • I've probably said this before, but the comments on this video should all be about Davey being tackled... he took it like a pro: no lost time, and he even fucking sang with the guy.

  • For whatever comment was made by "themayorofdac" it was not me...someone got my account. Ironically I am a big AFI fan. I even got called by Hunter once when they gave my daughters free tickets to a show in Chicago.

  • Black Sails In The Sunset <3

  • omg, so cute! it's Jade!

  • I love this video. Btw, Davey dressed gothic/punk, not emo, there is a stark difference. That was a reflection of their sound; dark hardcore punk. Their sound now isn't bad, but it falls short of everything before '03 (greatly).

  • I resent the universe for not letting my be there.

  • @cricketrox4ever i hate time... i could've been born in 1975 and could've grew up with davey but nooo.... : |

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  • @jared103081 youre a fuken retard if u think afi is emo now if anything they have grown out of the way they were. cause they were way emo in 99 for fucks sake hes not only wearing eyeliner but lipstick too youre an idiot

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  • @spacecowboyrodeo I was talking about the sound of the music now not the way the band looks. Hey man dont get me wrong their a good bad, its just the last two albums are targeted more for the 11teen year olds. So dont get so bent out of shape.

  • @spacecowboyrodeo AFI has never been emo. They used to be punk with a lot of Misfits influence, then they became more alternative rock and created a very identifiable and unique style. People needs to stop throwing around the word "emo" and labeling bands with it when they clearly aren't emo bands. Emo music has nothing to do with makeup either.

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  • Fucking ninja out of fucking nowhere. And instead of catching his breath or looking for help, Davey just keeps singing. It must have been awkward though, but that's what I call badass.

  • THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME !!!!! THE CROWD WAS SO HOT !

    Damn! I love this era of the band, and I think I actually miss it, but AFI was and is a great band so I'll just enjoy the old and new stuff for what they are.

    But the Hardcore AFI was so fucking amazing, it's unbelievable.

  • The passion in these older songs and performance is so incredible, so raw, and yet so fucking perfect!

  • showcase theatre!!!

  • newest afi is just a clone of the cure.

  • @KinkyFRESHHH

    if anything its the smiths

    but its neither

  • To themayorofdac...i recently listened to crash love for the first time & it made me cringe.People who like their new stuff dont have a clue about music cause their the mainstream & the mainstream like poppy rock with afew catchy jingles.In 10 years their music has been watered down and over produced that no energy or passion or fury or melodic epic breakdowns remain.They do deserve all the money in the world(they have it now) for their masterpieces from 2003 & Most Importantly before that.

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  • poor Davey being jumpd on x3

  • was this @ the Showcase Theatre in Corona, CA.? It looks like it.

  • i just hope they put out like 1 more punk album before they call it quits, although i know davey cant sing like this anymore. :(

  • @yugoterror Davey can still sing like that, he sang an older song (the name slips me) in april at the Glasgow ABC. don't know if he can hold it though, but his screams and singing in that style remain

  • old shit kicks ass. new shit kicks ass, but a slightly different type of ass. AFI just kinda goes around kicking a diverse abundance of ass. all the time.

  • This is it, I love this performance. I keep coming back to this video. Everything about this performance is great. Raw energy, AFI in their prime. This is when I fell in love & was die hard for them, this was all that mattered.

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  • afi sucks now period the represent the decline of good music

  • Autumn's flame dances in my eyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

    best line lol! Black sails ftw

  • Wow...I'm so jealous of every person in that room! I still love AFI no matter what, but seeing them back then would have been so amazing!

  • This is how I will always remember them. I refuse to go see them live now because the venues aren't this intimate anymore plus they don't have the same intensity. I agree with people that change is good, but I just didn't like the way they changed. At least I will always have the memory of going to those crazy shows back in the days.

  • @strungoutboy21 davey actualy does SXE hardcore shows which are more intimate then thiss i think i have it on my profile if u wanna check it out and its from 09

  • @fresh098 People get drunk at straight edge shows too... .. .

  • i miss afi soooooooo much, i wish they would play a diy show again

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  • @2:55 Holy shit o.o that guy deserves to die!!!

  • @GhostAvenger397 no that guy deserves a trophy for having a good time, look right after it when davey and him yell the lyrics to eachother. its how a punk show should be =P

  • I miss the old afi ;(

  • that was so fucking sick

  • Doesn't mean old afi shows weren't much more fun =P. i mean srsly. look around 3 minute mark, Davey gets effin tackled and they sing the next line to each other.... i love their new and old stuff.. but their old.. was just much more fun.

    He doesnt look like he wants a mohawk anymore ='[ if you see him, yell it @ him.

  • you people that rip the new AFI are clueless. They're older... with age comes maturity. Look at ANY band. Their songwriting is 100x better... whether it aligns with your person preference is what is up for debate.

    AFI has never given a shit what you think of them.. and they never will.. and that is why they are so great. They write from their heart.

    CL is epic. It's an album straight from Daveys heart about the decline of culture. Get bent idiots

  • Well said!

  • @themayorofdac WELL SAID!!!

  • I'm agree with you. AFI was a band who used to write hardcore songs and now they're just doing art in the way they want to. Their songs are much mature, lyrics are more objetive and clear. Their new stuff is better in quallity. Instead, years brings security and steals energy in exchange. I like very much the new material, but I fell in love with the AFI showed in this video and that will always be the AFI golden times for me : )

  • @themayorofdac dude sure they matured but their music matured in such a way that it sucks now. now musically sucks but it is not as enjoyable to listen to their new (kind of) music for those who like the old afi

  • @themayorofdac I'm sorry brother, but this vid gives me goosebumps, and I'm almost 30 now, but this still stirs fire in my soul, this was pure chemistry flowing between AFI and the crowd, ''through our bleeding we are one'', you can clearly see it here, and that is long gone now...

    Greetings from Italy.

  • @themayorofdac i think most of the time as bands first album tends to be the most raw and usually close to my fav. bands tend to sell out or fade away... it's all a matter of opinion -- no one's opinion about AFI's music makes them an idiot

  • @themayorofdac

    BAWWWWWW SOMEONE HAS AN OPINION THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM MY OWN.

    Get bent yourself.

  • @themayorofdac I'm sure you now this, but you have to respect all opinions, too. I miss the Punk AFI. Also, December Underground was pretty crappy. CL is awesome, though.

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  • @themayorofdac Needless to say, lots of old people turn grumpy, sour, and smelly.... You must be "mature, aged, and smelly" Thx but na, New AFi is garbage

  • @themayorofdac Fag..

  • @themayorofdac

    With age comes dilapidation, carelessness, objection, confusion, and financial insecurity. AFI changed their style of music when they joined Dreamworks to please the record executives and so they could reach a broader audience and fatten their wallets. Open your fucking eyes. Watch this video and note how much fun they have playing this music.

  • @themayorofdac So, you are implying that they are mature now right?

    since when does looking like a faggot and start wearing *more* make up come with maturity?

  • @galifan

    Go look at some of afis older shows. By older i mean BSITSSish. Davey wears a fuckload of makeup. Just because you don't appreciate musical growth doesn't mean you are right.

  • @themayorofdac fail

  • @themayorofdac

    you're unbelievably ignorant if you think Crash Love is a "mature" sound. It sounds like an album made to appeal to teenage "scene" girls. They didn't progress or grow, they changed sounds to sell more records and gain more acclaim. If someone walked up with the Crash Love album and handed it to Davey Havok in 1998, and told him it was his band, he would have laughed in their face. They epitomize every meaning of the term "Sell Outs"

  • @filmcriticconnor You're pretty damn fluent in ignorance yourself. All of your points are wrong. All of them. For Crash Love, Davey cut his hair short, wore almost no makeup, lost the lip ring, started wearing shiny gold suits, wrote lyrics criticizing current pop culture, and for the first time ever, didn't scream once on the whole album. In other words, CL is the antithesis of what's popular amongst the "scene" crowd. What are you talking about?

  • @filmcriticconnor I gave Davey and his friend a ride in 1996 not long after VPOY came out and he sang along to every word of a Madonna song in the car. He never bought into the bullshit that so many morons do. He was never the generic "punk" you wish he was. Nor was anyone in the band. Sorry. They did speak against nu-metal and boy bands when those trends were happening, but they've always appreciated GOOD pop music which was abundant when they grew up in the 80's.

  • @filmcriticconnor That is the best comment I have read in a while. You are so right. afi is a group of sellouts.

  • @filmcriticconnor Back to the Future!!

  • @themayorofdac Baaaaam in ur face haters .. rly nice statement

  • @themayorofdac preach on ,afi is my all time fav band,and you are completly right, so let all them idiots talk, afi grows and reaches different musical heights with every album.Despair faction out...much love.

  • davey was so pumped at this show

  • RIP AFI (1991-2000). You will be missed.

  • yes!

  • Fuck me. I miss THIS AFI. Their newer records are not as epic as they used to be. This was AFI's apex that's for sure.

  • i know they went emo i miss punk rock afi they need to go back to punk rock

  • I would give anything to be in a crowd that know the words to this song as opposed to being surrounded by 13 years old fangirls who think "wtf" when they play their older music.

  • That isn't true, they played Love Is A Many Splendored Thing at a concert I went to this year and everyone knew the words, most old fans don't even know that song.

  • Meh, fuck Love is a Many Splendored thing, they need to start playing more BSITS and SYMAOYE... third season, exsanguination,narrative of soul against soul, triple zero...

  • I call bullshit, I highly doubt that everyone knew the words because 1.) it's only on vinyl and 2.) it's a very hard song to sing

  • Look up Edgefest 09 ass and see for your self.

  • Dude, are you fucking retarded? Like seriously, i've already seen that video and no "everyone" did not know the words. At the start of the song there were only 5 or 6 people who actually had their hands up, then some people started clapping at the breakdown. Seriously man.. even people commented on that video saying "the crowd sucks". Which indirectly means you suck (and this is the opinion of others)

  • the best song they have ever written. miss murder sucks dick and crash love is worse than DU

  • Even if they suck now (which they don't) this still isn't the best song they've written, there are tons of songs on par and better than this one though it is a great song, hell, there are songs on Crash Love that are just as awesome as this.

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  • name some songs that are on par or better than this after art of drowning

  • Sure. To start we have Dancing Through Sunday, The Leaving Song Pt.2, Reivers Music and This Celluloid Dream to name a few, then there are songs like Kill Kaustic, Affliction and Kiss and Control and more recently we have songs like End Transmission, Okay, I Feel Better Now and 100 words. That is the short list, for a full list just look at their entire discography.

  • The ones you named are awful... End transmission? Kiss and Control?? How can you even put those songs on par with this song... it's Kill Caustic btw, and the screams in it are dreadful.

    The only decent ones you listed are DTS and Leaving song part 2.

  • Correcting my spelling doesn't make you right. I know a message board full of people who could give you endless lists of songs on par and better than that song. Take a trip to the DF.

  • The DF is garbage and doesn't mean anything. I've been a member of that board since 2004 and still haven't joined... I've seen them many times and I even have Jade's fucking guitar pick. Correcting your spelling obviously makes me right because you spelt it wrong....

    And I was at edgefest, right at front, that's where I got Jade's pick.

    Crash Love and DU are just plain awful compared to pre-AOD, STS was good, kept the dark, somber lyrics... DU just took a turn for the worst.

  • Back when they were awesome... oh sweet nostalgia.

  • god i miss this.................why!!!! why davey do you have a fucking vagina now! afi used to be soooo good what the hell happend!

  • LOOOLLLLLLL

  • Gosh they were soo great.... I mean, they sitll are, but now it's just different...

  • true AFI!!! :/

  • davey kinda looks like marilyn manson a bit here, doesnt he? i miss this AFI SOOOO much. i wish they wer still punk... the worst part is that everyone thinks that miss murder is punk, and thats what gies punk a bad name, they should of stayed w/ this, now they're just a bunch of whiney screamo emo fags. love the old stuff tho.

  • VERY TRUE

  • adams fuckin beast,

  • it's playback?

    i seem to hear he singing when he is away from microphone

  • naw, ther old bass player just sounds a hella like davey.

  • God he used to get like every note, i struggle getting any notes singing along to AFI songs! Nothing beats his growly singing around black sails! Though, i like all his styles, not so much on the high whiney singing he does now, but i qute like his lower singing!

  • Davbey is straight, he has girlfriend called Brittany! Enough said!

  • Lots of gays have girlfriends... like a sheet

  • he's bi actually. yes, he does have a girlfriend, but he is bi, i read it in an interview w/ him in spin magazine.

  • isnt/wasnt he dating jeffery star?

  • was, and you can thank davey 4 jeff's new mohawk, it was all davey's idea. lol

  • now hes goin out with this hot ass chick!

  • He's not gay -_- He said so in an interview.

    Love this song.

    Love old AND new AFI. <3

  • "it's fuckin great, you should go get it," LMAO!!!! that made me laugh so hard haha

  • i always smile at around 3:00 when davey gets tackled and then they're both ''ashes fall''

  • Oh its sad...at least some ppl on this didn';t leave duchey comments! I do wish afi were punk again, their music is still awsome as hell just different...they aren't bad cuz they aren't punk, and it isn't their fault what kinda fans they have....well kinda but mostly ppl choose. IDK, I like them and I'm not emo for sure!

  • Amen. :)

  • this was when they were good

  • Oh the good ol' days of somewhat punk AFI. Now their shows are packed with emo kids and have coordinated outfits. LAME

  • I don't know about the whole band but davie the singer has always been gay.I think you meant there music sounds bad know. raised fists singer is also gay.

  • davey isnt gay. stupid idiot

  • yes he is and there is nothing wrong with that, or does it make you uncomfortable?

  • lmfao dude. im one of the people who critisizes homophobes on youtube. and by the way. this is a paraphrased version of what Jade posted on the AFI message boards.

    No Davey is not gay nor is anyone else in the band. And even if we were its none of your business. I dont care what your friend told you. My friend told me your were gay!

    ill see if i can find the exact quote

    enjoy Mr. Ignorance

    -Shawn

  • FOUND IT!!!!!

    ________________

    "Sorry To Burst Your Bubble... but Davey is not gay. Or bi. Get over it. Just because your friend heard he was gay or you read it on some message board doesn't make it so. However, since I've made posts like this repeatedly over the years and people still refuse to believe he's not gay, I guess we'll have to keep hearing about it ad infinitum." -Jade Puget

    ENJOY, bitch

    -Shawn

  • you could be right. i am just going by shit i saw in the mid ninties. i have seen afi at least 15 times the last being in 01. one show in 96 a band i worked with opened for them. after we went to the nam(vegan resturant) were i witnessed him passionitly kiss another guy. it could have been a joke or a dare i did not see the events leading up to it. davey and hunter are two of the coolest guys i have meet. i even love hunters other band the force. check out there myspace. HARDCORE PRIDE

  • well thats why you're an idiot...you run around claiming things you heard 15 years ago...maybe you should shut up...and btw you don't know davey or hunter...nor do you know any bands who toured with them...PS. i bet your "import" sucks and is all show

  • not what i heard what i saw. and its not my fault i was involved in the scene 15 years ago and still am to this day. you were like 7 or 8 when i first saw afi bitch. check out the new band Withdrawal myspace

  • hooray for ppl who actual find evidence instead of saying random bullshit about AFI yaaaaaay

  • :)

    yeah i know. the ignorance on youtube really pisses me off

  • Where did you find that?? I'm always trying to convince people that he's straight, but no one believes me.

    Could you messag me a link please?

    And, to those who still don't believe that he's straight, he's got a girlfriend now.

  • It wasnt in an interview. I saw it posted by one of the mods on AFI's non-DF forum area. Posted was a quote from jade (this wasnt the entire post, it was quite lengthy and covered various other topics)

  • actually i dont think he is and no theirs nothing wrong with being gay.

  • Dave is bi

  • god damn right they got to fucking soft

  • Look at how much more pumped the four of them were back then...

  • I can't wait for the new album, too bad the ep looks to be being released afterwards somehow.

  • song is fucking amazing

  • rofl

  • GoD DaMMiT i WiSh PeOpLe DiDn'T tYpE lYkE tHiS

  • just adds more proof to the fact that there's been no good new music since 2000.

    '95-'99 were the best years,

    Snot, sugar ray, pantera, life of agony, tool..i could go on.

  • man afi ruled back in the day

    and davey looked a lot cooler too..........

  • epic

  • haha look at Hunters hair! I love AFI and i kno they've changed through the years but thats what makes them great! You never kno what the next album will sound like...

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  • AFI puts on a great concert it seems... how I'd love to go to one.

    Old or new, anything AFI is godly.

  • omg, what the hell happend to them, its a shame that they had to change.

  • What's wrong with being gay?

    ....

  • nothing, but it interfered with the way that they play music, even though they aren't gay, their image ruined good music.

  • That's bullshit.

  • Every band evolves, if they didn't.. People wouldn't keep listening to the same monotonous records they keep putting out each time. Like them or not, AFI is great. I'm excited to see what they put out in the future

  • this concert is perfect, mosh pits, fans on the stage, yea

  • lol some fan tackled davey at 2:57. I'd be pissed if i were him

  • davey's been hit in the balls before too lmao! forgot which vid though but i've seen it

  • has any1 ever noticed how adam was the only 1 never to change like apperance wise over the years hunter davey nd jade all changed through the years

  • adam never really had much of a style 2 him just shirt and jeans thats y