A Fire Inside - AFI (english version)

AFI (A Fire Inside) is a rock band formed in Ukiah (California) in 1991 composed by Davey Havok, Mark Stopholese, Hunter Burgan and Adam Carson while studying in high school they start to play alternative music. Their style has evolved over the years. Their beginnings in the 90s were marked by the hardcore punk influenced by The Misfits and Dead Kennedys  The punk still remainded on their second and the third album incorporated electronic sounds and gothic music of the 80s. In 1993 they released their EP "Dork" with the group Loose Change where Jade Puget played. Chalker left the group and was replaced by Geoff Dresge but shortly after the group was disbanded when its components separated to go to different universities. Years later reconvened to devote theirself entirely to music. They recorded numerous vinyl EPs and shared with bands like "Heckle" and "Swingin 'Utters".

Their official debut came in 1995 with: "Answer That and Stay Fashionable". A year later Dexter Holland (The Offspring) signed them to his label Nitro Records where AFI recorded "Very Proud of Ya". Shortly before the launch of the third album, Kresge left the band and was replaced by Hunter Burgan. In 1997 it was published "Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes" with a very different sound to the band's original. A year later comes "A Fire Inside EP" released by Adeline Records. Stopholese was expelled from the band andwas replaced by Jade Puget (ex-Redemption 87 and Loose Change). Jade brought with him a new sound and more aggressive rhythms. These sounds were collected in 1999 on the new album "Black Sails In the Sunset" in which collaborated Holland. That same year take another EP: "All Hallow's EP".

In 2000 published another album "The Art of Drowning" with old school hardcore sound with melodic touches and lyrics inspired in horror punk, highlighting the singers: "The Days of the Phoenix" and "Totalinmmortal". The latter would be versioned by The Offspring. Two years later they released their single in ten-inch vinyl.

In next album, "Sing the Sorrow", AFI was assisted by Butch Vig (producer of "Nevermind" by Nirvana) and Jerry Finn (Green Day producer and Blink 182) and signed with DreamWorks Records. The new album was full of dark alternative/goth sounds. They managed to reach the top positions of the Modern Rock Tracks with "Girl 's Not Grey", "Silver and Cold" and "The Leaving Song Pt II". The album sold over one million copies just in the U.S. June 2006, "Decemberunderground" was launched with a more electronic sound reaching number one on the Billboard 200, in addition to being certified platinum by the RIAA and gold by ARIA. They have participated in Guitar Hero III with "Miss Murder" and completing the game levels you can get to hear the song "Carcinogen Crush". In Guitar Hero 5 participated with "Medicate".

Three years later they released their eighth studio album "Crash Love". In July 2013 went on sale on iTunes the single "I Hope You Suffer" and in October "Burials" album. Its second singer was "17 Crimes" of a remix by The Riots for the movie "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones". 

The members have their own lives outside of AFI. Havok began in 2001 with the Blaqk Audio project with a synth pop, techno, industrial, darkwave and electro style. Blaqk Audio have released two albums: "CexCells" and "Bright Black Heaven". Youth founded in 2000 the horror punk group: Son of Sam, and Havok was the vocalist on the first album: "Songs from the Earth". Burgan plays with Hunter Revenge who released an album in 2001 titled with a homonymous name. Carson worked for five years with Tiger Army and recorded two albums with this group. Havok has worked with Tiger Army  at "Power of Moonlite" and "Music from Regions Beyond". Puget also collaborated with this group mixing the theme "Music from Regions Beyond".

Current members:
Davey Havok: vocals (1991-)
Jade Puget: guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals (1998-)
Hunter Burgan: bass, piano, backing vocals (1997-)
Adam Carson: drums, percussion (1991-)

Ex-former members:
Mark Stopholese
Geoff Krespe
Vic Chalker

Discography:
1995: Answer That and Stay Fashionable
1996: Very Proud of Ya
1997: Shut Your Mouth an Open Your Eyes
1999: Black Sails In the Sunset
2000: The Art of Drawnine
2003: Sing the Sorrow
2006: Decemberunderground
2009: Crash Love
2013: Burials

EPs:
93: Dork
93 : Behind the Times
94 : Eddie Picnic 's All Wet
95: AFI / Heckle
95: Bombing the Bay
95: Fly In the Ointment
98: A Fire Inside EP
99: Black Sails EP
99: All Hallow's EP
01: The Days of the Phoenix EP
02: 336

Tour:
Aug/01 - Chicago
Aug/01 - Montreal
Aug/08 - West Palm Beach
Aug/09 - Palm
Aug/12 - CharlotteAug/13 - BristowAug/15 - Camden
Aug/16 - Mansfield
Aug/18 - Holmdel