Concert
review: Rock band, AFI rocks sold-out
venues
courtesy
of www.afireinside.net
By
Alex Carbajal
On-line Forty-Niner
LOS
ANGELES -- Last weekend was a culminating
one for many fans throughout the South
Bay, who had been waiting for almost two
months for AFI (A Fire Inside) to take
the stage for three sold-out shows; in
Los Angeles, San Diego and Irvine.
AFI,
fueled with its catchy and influential
lyrics, destructive drums beats, thunderous
bass lines and supersonic guitar riffs;
did not stop anybody from cheering the
moment the band took to the stage.
AFI
consists of Davey Havok on vocals, Jade
Puget on guitar, Hunter on bass, and Adam
Carson on drums.
AFI
has been working hard at writing, recording
and performing music for over 10 years.
With its latest release "Sing the
Sorrow," out on Dreamworks Records
AFI has garnered widespread notoriety
that they deserve. Since the release of
"Sing the Sorrow" in March,
AFI has been touring non-stop to promote
it.
Last
Thursday AFI played to their biggest crowd
ever, where they were headlining act.
Mixing the new and the old, AFI's set
included songs from almost all of their
six full-length albums, which surprised
and overjoyed their older and more hardcore
fans.
Because
of the new deal with a major label, AFI
had the chance to broaden the spectrum,
using new music instruments and machines
on the new album. They ventured out and
used drum machines and synthesizers on
a few of the songs on "Sing the Sorrow."
This
is something that most musicians would
find hard to duplicate live. Not AFI.
It was as if they had been doing it forever.
The best example of this would be the
song, "Death of Seasons."
What
starts off as a really fast and hard song,
takes a bizarre twist in the middle, when
all of a sudden we hear a techno-like
breakdown that is then followed by more
unrestrained vocals and harmonies.
Songs
like this make going to an AFI show worthwhile.
Even though AFI is known for its hard
and fast songs, a few mellow songs captivated
the audience that night.
When
Jade played the intro to such songs as
"God Called In Sick Today,"
and "Morningstar," the goose
bumps started to rise on everyone who
had their eyes and ears glued to the stage
as AFI hypnotized them with music.
For
anyone who is a fan of AFI and has not
seen them live, you are doing yourself
an injustice.
