Editing AFI (band) (section)

===Mainstream labels and popularity (2002–2007)===
[[File:Jade puget.jpg|thumb|left|Guitarist [[Jade Puget]]]]

In 2002, AFI left Nitro Records. [[DreamWorks Records]] [[artists and repertoire]] executive [[Luke Wood]] signed them to the label following intense interest.<ref name="hitquarters">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_LWood.html |title=Interview with Luke Wood |publisher=[[HitQuarters]]|date=4 Mar 2002 |access-date=5 October 2011}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2020}} Their first album for the label, ''[[Sing the Sorrow]]'', was released in 2003. The album opened in ''Billboard''{{'}}s top ten and scored enthusiastic lead reviews in major music magazines.<ref name="tedder">Michael Tedder (June 19, 2003). "[http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/inside-out/Content?oid=2169373 Inside Out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103054339/http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/inside-out/Content?oid=2169373 |date=2013-11-03 }}". [[The Pitch (newspaper)|''The Pitch'']].</ref> The songs "[[Girl's Not Grey]]", "[[The Leaving Song Pt. II]]", and "[[Silver and Cold]]" had some Billboard chart success and exposed the band to even larger audiences. They were nominated in the 2003 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] for the [[MTV2]] award category for the "Girl's Not Grey" video, which came to be their first VMA.

In June 2006, AFI's seventh studio album, ''[[Decemberunderground]]'', was released on [[Interscope Records]]. The album's first single, "[[Miss Murder]]", reached No.&nbsp;1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName%3DSingles%26model.vnuArtistId%3D175174%26model.vnuAlbumId%3D775285 |title=Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – AFI |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 22, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310203349/http://billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=175174&model.vnuAlbumId=775285 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 }}</ref> The release reflects the continually changing and growing fan base of the band, and the album debuted as No.&nbsp;1 on the [[Billboard charts]].<ref>{{cite news |title = AFI burns brightly with No.&nbsp;1 debut |work = [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |date = 2006-06-14 |url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58141/afi-burns-brightly-with-no-1-debut |access-date = 2006-07-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060711122405/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58141/afi-burns-brightly-with-no-1-debut| archive-date= 11 July 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=decemberunderground&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=RIAA Certifications for Decemberuderground |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=2007-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153612/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=decemberunderground&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> The album's second single, "[[Love Like Winter]]", was successful on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Total Request Live]]'' and was retired after 40 days on the countdown.

On December 12, 2006, AFI released their first DVD, ''[[I Heard a Voice – Live from Long Beach Arena]]'', featuring a live performance shot in [[Long Beach, California]]. The performance was later released on December 13, 2007, as a live album, and charted at number 133 on the Billboard 200, and number 16 on the [[Hard Rock Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/275313/afi/chart|title=Billboard Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2016-05-06}}</ref> The album was well-received, with punknews.org giving it a four-star rating and commenting that when hearing or seeing the performance "you begin to realize AFI are truly a great live band," and that at some points "[[Pantera]] would say turn the noise down."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/6163 |title=AFI – I Heard a Voice DVD |date=March 23, 2007 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=2012-03-29}}</ref>

[[File:AFI at Live Earth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|AFI performing on the [[Live Earth concert, New Jersey|American leg]] of [[Live Earth]] in 2007]]

On July 7, 2007, AFI performed on [[Live Earth concert, New Jersey|the American leg]] of [[Live Earth]]. They performed "The Missing Frame", "Love Like Winter", "Miss Murder", and a cover of [[David Bowie]]'s "[[Ziggy Stardust (song)|Ziggy Stardust]]".