AFI 'Crash Love' album

Alt-rockers AFI will follow up their chart-topping 2006 album, "Decemberunderground," with their impending release, "Crash Love," the California outfit's eighth studio set. The quartet--comprised of singer Davey Havok, drummer Adam Carson, bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puge, will unveil the new DGC/Interscope Records effort on September 29th. The single, "Medicate" impacts Alternative on September 1st.

"Honestly, I've never been more proud of an AFI record," says Havok. "We are thrilled to hear it come to life."

"Crash Love," produced by Joe McGrath (Morrissey, Alkaline Trio) and Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer), took the band two years to finish at Los Angeles' Conway Studios. The group held an online contest earlier this year, offering fans the opportunity to participate on the new album if their video submission was selected. From thousands of entrants, AFI selected a handful of winners who contributed background vocals to the new release.

During Crash Love's recording, the members of AFI were joined at Los Angeles' Conway Studios by the winners of the band's Begin Transmission contest, in which the band members personally went through thousands of fan-made video submissions and chose a handful of entrants to contribute backing vocals to the new album. Honorable Mentions also chosen by the band each received a handmade Valentines Day card by the member of AFI who chose him or her.

AFI will return to the road for its first live shows in the U.S. since its July, 2007 appearance at Live Earth. The eight-date run of club and theater shows will commence October 2nd.

AFI tour dates
10/02 - Minneapolis, MN - Epic
10/04 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
10/05 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
10/07 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
10/08 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
10/10 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
10/13 - Hartford, CT - The Webster
10/14 - Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel

CRASH LOVE follows up two consecutive platinum AFI albums, 2006’s DECEMBERUNDERGROUND and 2003’s SING THE SORROW. AFI’s discography also includes the full lengths THE ART OF DROWNING (2000), BLACK SAILS IN THE SUNSET (1999), SHUT YOUR MOUTH & OPEN YOUR EYES (1997), VERY PROUD OF YA (1996) and ANSWER THAT AND STAY FASHIONABLE (1995).

AFI biography
AFI is an American hardcore punk band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998, lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute backup vocals.

AFI has released seven studio albums over 18 years as a band, the first being Answer That and Stay Fashionable in 1995. The band then went on to release Very Proud of Ya the next year, followed up by a third in three years, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes. Over the years, AFI has changed its style from the earlier days of hardcore punk, to the horror punk of 1999's Black Sails in the Sunset and 2000's The Art of Drowning. It wasn't until this, the band's fifth album, that the band first featured on the charts, as The Art of Drowning peaked at #172 on the Billboard 200.

The band had its first major success 12 years after it formed, in 2003, with Sing the Sorrow reaching #5 on the Billboard 200. The album was supported by singles "Girl's Not Grey" and "The Leaving Song, Pt. II", both featured in the top 20 of America's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2003. It went onto receive Platinum certification with over one million units sold in the US.

The band returned in 2006 with Decemberunderground, which featured the hit single "Miss Murder". Both achieved #1 in their respective charts, the Billboard 200 and Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The album also featured "Love Like Winter", which attained #4 on the Modern Rock charts. It reached as far as Australia, where it grasped Gold certification, and also achieved this in AFI's home country of the United States, where it has sold in excess of 900,000 copies.

meet the band AFI
Davey Havok - vocals
Jade Puget - guitar
Hunter - bass
Adam Carson - drums

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