Editing AFI (band) (section)

==Musical style==

AFI's music has been classified under many genres of music, including [[punk rock]],<ref name="barnard">{{cite web |last1=Barnard |first1=Laurent |title=This Is Hardcore: AFI – The Art Of Drowning |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/this-is-hardcore-afi-the-art-of-drowning |website=[[LouderSound]] |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="allmusic"/><ref name=Houston>{{cite web |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/aftermath-afi-looking-slightly-dated-but-still-bringing-the-goth-rock-at-verizon-6504532 |title=Aftermath: AFI, Looking Slightly Dated but Still Bringing the Goth-Rock at Verizon |work=[[Houston Press]] |date=November 23, 2009 |last=Hlavaty |first=Craig}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/06/afi-sign-republic-records|title=AFI sign to Republic Records|access-date=21 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320010746/http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/06/afi-sign-republic-records|archive-date=20 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv/2006/05/09/TV-Notes-Gilmore-Girls-creator-bids-farewell-with-season-finale/stories/200605090178|title=TV Notes: 'Gilmore Girls' creator bids farewell with season finale|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> [[hardcore punk]],<ref name="barnard"/><ref name="strauss"/><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/afi-mn0000589630/biography|title=AFI – Biography – AllMusic|author=Steve Huey|work=AllMusic|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/96754/9|title=AFI UK Tour Dates & Ticket Details Announced|author=Saard|work=Stereoboard.com|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref>  [[emo]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=A.F.I. |journal=[[Cincinnati Magazine]]  |page=232 |issn=0746-8210 |date=October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=VANS WARPED TOUR |journal=[[Spin Magazine|SPIN]] |volume=22 |number=7 |page=97 |issn=0886-3032 |date=July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20061016afi_afi |title=AFI |publisher=Bmi.com |author=Bruce Britt |date=October 15, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Parker |first=Nick |title=AFI Brings Emo Punk to Salt Lake City |date=July 19, 2006 |url=http://media.www.slccglobelink.com/media/storage/paper442/news/2006/07/19/Entertainment/Afi-Brings.Emo.Punk.To.Salt.Lake.City-2133215.shtml |work=The Globe |publisher=[[Salt Lake Community College]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427212525/http://media.www.slccglobelink.com/media/storage/paper442/news/2006/07/19/Entertainment/Afi-Brings.Emo.Punk.To.Salt.Lake.City-2133215.shtml |archive-date=April 27, 2009 }}</ref> [[gothic rock]],<ref name=Chicago>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/06/18/afis-vampire-fetish-makes-it-hard-to-take-band-seriously/ |title=AFI's vampire fetish makes it hard to take band seriously |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=June 18, 2006 |author=Greg Kot}}</ref><ref name=allmusic /><ref name=Houston /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/afi-confront-their-chaos-in-no-resurrection-song-premiere-20131015 |title=AFI Confront Their Chaos in 'No Resurrection' – Song Premiere |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Gentile |first=John |date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> [[horror punk]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/new-addition-to-family-of-misfits-1.1437299?page=all |title=Horror punk pioneers the Misfits to perform at Starland Ballroom |publisher=[[NorthJersey.com]] |date=October 21, 2015 |last=Aberback |first=Brian |quote=The Misfits' influence spreads far and wide, from latter-day horror-punk bands like AFI, the Alkaline Trio and Japan's Balzac to heavy metal icons Metallica.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://b-sides.tv/reviews/20131029-afi-new-album-burials-released |title=AFI New Album 'Burials' Released |publisher=B-sides.tv |date=October 29, 2013 |last=Clement |first=Kaitlyn |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702161220/http://b-sides.tv/reviews/20131029-afi-new-album-burials-released |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=DeadPressCrashLove /> {{nowrap|[[post-hardcore]],<ref name="CBS">{{cite web |url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2013/04/17/afi-coming-out-with-new-album-in-september-2013/ |title=AFI Coming Out With New Album In September 2013 |publisher=[[CBS]] |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/afi-girls-not-grey-top-21st-century-hard-rock-songs/|title=No. 23: AFI, 'Girl's Not Grey' – Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs|work=Loudwire|date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref>}} [[skate punk]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |author=Colin Larkin |date=May 27, 2011 |quote=Although often described as a cross between goth rock and hardcore punk, by the time of their commercial breakthrough in 2003, the Ukiah, California, USA-based quartet AFI (an acronym for A Fire Inside) started out as a straight ahead skate/ punk band.}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref name="soundspheremag.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/live/afi-rock-city-nottingham-april-5-2010/|title=Live Review: AFI [Rock City, Nottingham] April 5, 2010|date=April 6, 2010 |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.seattlepi.com/tucson_az/events/show/368719087-afi|title=Events|work=seattlepi.com|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> [[screamo]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/afi-sing/ |title=A.F.I.: Sing the Sorrow |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |author=Stephen Haag |date=April 17, 2003}}</ref> [[Garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]],<ref name=Chicago /> and [[pop-punk]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-afis-davey-havok-on-his-emotions-and-hair-disasters-20131022 |title=Q&A: AFI's Davey Havok on His Emotions and Hair Disasters |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Gentile |first=John |date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> 

AFI's sound has constantly changed.<ref name=Yancey /> AFI originally were a hardcore punk band.<ref name=PunkNewsVeryProudofYa>{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/633/afi-very-proud-of-ya |title=AFI – Very Proud of Ya |publisher=Punknews.org |last=Moran |first=Chris |date=October 22, 2001 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/qanda-with-davey-havok-from-afi-playing-revolution-wednesday-6436734 |title=Q&A with Davey Havok from AFI, Playing Revolution Wednesday |work=[[Miami New Times]] |last=Landau |first=Ericka K. |date=November 17, 2009 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> AFI's first three albums, ''Answer That and Stay Fashionable'' (1995),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/answerthatandstayfashionable |title=AFI ''Answer That And Stay Fashionable'' |work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |last=Heller |first=Jason |date=June 22, 2010 |access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref> ''Very Proud of Ya'' (1996),<ref name=PunkNewsVeryProudofYa /> and ''Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes'' (1997),<ref name=Rising>{{cite magazine |title=Nü Day Rising |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]  |volume=19 |number=4 |issn=0886-3032 |date=April 2003 |last=Gross |first=Joe |page=102}}</ref> all have been described as hardcore punk. AFI's fourth album ''Black Sails in the Sunset'' and the band's fifth album ''The Art of Drowning'' both have been described as horror punk.<ref name=Yancey>{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/12221/afi-burials |title=AFI – Burials |publisher=Punknews.org |last=Yancey |first=Bryne |date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> AFI's 2003 album ''Sing the Sorrow'' is considered post-hardcore<ref name=DailyCampus>{{cite web |url=http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/2/10/the-blood-album-by-afi-a-cross-section-of-25-years-making-music |title='The Blood Album' by AFI, a cross-section of 25 years making music |work=[[The Daily Campus]] |last=Gilbert |first=Matthew |date=February 10, 2017 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> and emo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/may/23/emo-bands-drawing-young-audience/ |title=Emo bands drawing young audience |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |last=Kappes |first=John |date=May 23, 2004 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=DailyCampus /> ''Decemberunderground'', which features elements of music genres like [[electronic music|electronic]], [[new wave music|new wave]], [[industrial music|industrial]], punk rock, hardcore punk, and [[synthpop]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/711/711277p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225045041/http://music.ign.com/articles/711/711277p1.html |title=AFI – Decemberunderground |website=[[IGN]] |last=Thompson |first=Ed |date=June 5, 2006 |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/decemberunderground-mw0000540890 |title=Decemberunderground – AFI |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Apar |first=Corey |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-afi-7950 |title=AFI: Decemberunderground |work=[[NME]] |date=May 26, 2006 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> is considered alternative rock,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/with-decemberunderground-afi-rode-tacit-approval-all-t-1798267996 |title=With ''Decemberunderground'', AFI rode tacit approval all the way to the top |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |last=McFarland |first=Kevin |date=April 15, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> post-hardcore<ref name=Yancey /> and emo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamiejones/can-you-guess-the-classic-emo-album-by-the-cover-art |title=Can You Name The Classic Emo Album By The Cover Art? |publisher=[[BuzzFeed]] |first=Jamie |last=Jones |date=September 18, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> AFI's 2009 album ''Crash Love'' is considered alternative rock<ref name=DeadPressCrashLove>{{cite web |url=http://www.deadpress.co.uk/49/album-afi-crash-love |title=Album: AFI – Crash Love |work=Dead Press! |last=Andrews |first=Jonathan |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> and [[pop rock]].<ref name=Yancey/> AFI's 2013 album ''Burials'' is considered alternative rock<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/burials-20131022 |title=AFI: Burials |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Powell |first=Mike |date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> and gothic rock.<ref name=Yancey/> AFI's 2017 self-titled album, also referred to as ''The Blood Album'', has been described as new wave, [[post-punk]] and gothic rock.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI – ''AFI (The Blood Album)'' |url=http://themusic.com.au/music/albumreviews/2017/01/12/afi-afi-the-blood-album-carley-hall/ |last=Hall |first=Carley |work=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]] |date=January 12, 2017 |access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/afi-the-blood-album-mw0003012735 |title=AFI (The Blood Album) – AFI |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Yeung |first=Neil Z. |access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> In 2021 AFI released their 11th album [[Bodies (album)|Bodies]], which has been described as continuing their gothic rock sound and taking a greater influence from [[New wave music|new wave]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 'Bodies' Is Mostly Lifeless {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/afi_bodies_album_review |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=AFI's 'Bodies' Is Mostly Lifeless {{!}} Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=Album review: AFI – Bodies |url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-afi-bodies |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref>

''Louder'' wrote, "Long before [[My Chemical Romance]] topped the charts with the anthemic ‘'[[Welcome to the Black Parade]]'’, California's AFI were already injecting their brand of punk with [[gothic fiction|gothic]] imagery and a sense of theatricality. By the time [[Gerard Way]]’s band arrived, AFI had already built a devoted fan base incorporating punks, hardcore fans, [[goth subculture|goths]], [[Heavy metal subculture|metallers]] and every other type of musical pariah imaginable. They were a band that couldn't help but stand out everywhere they went."<ref name="barnard"/> ''[[AllMusic]]'' described AFI as "Northern California [[hardcore punk]] revivalists" whose style "evolved to include [[alternative rock]], [[post-punk]], [[emo]], and [[new wave music|new wave]] flair".<ref name="allmusic"/> ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' said that the band "morphed from a conventional [[garage punk|garage-punk]] band into a [[gothic rock|gothic-rock]] arena act."<ref name=Chicago/> ''[[Loudwire]]'' said that the band "developed from more of a SoCal punk style into a somewhat gothic [[post-hardcore]] band".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/afi-girls-not-grey-top-21st-century-hard-rock-songs/|title=No. 23: AFI, 'Girl's Not Grey' – Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs|work=Loudwire|date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' said that "Although often described as a cross between goth rock and hardcore punk, by the time of their commercial breakthrough in 2003, [AFI] started out as a straight ahead [[skate punk|skate/punk]] band."<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |author=Colin Larkin |date=May 27, 2011 |quote=Although often described as a cross between goth rock and hardcore punk, by the time of their commercial breakthrough in 2003, the Ukiah, California, USA-based quartet AFI (an acronym for A Fire Inside) started out as a straight ahead skate/ punk band.}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]'' wrote, "To call California-based hardcore/[[screamo]] quartet A.F.I. a band without a flag in the current modern rock landscape is not an unfair assessment of their situation."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/afi-sing/ |title=A.F.I.: Sing the Sorrow |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |author=Stephen Haag |date=April 17, 2003}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' categorized the band as pop-punk.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-afis-davey-havok-on-his-emotions-and-hair-disasters-20131022 |title=Q&A: AFI's Davey Havok on His Emotions and Hair Disasters |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Gentile |first=John |date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> AFI has often been labeled as "gothic punk" due to the band's appearance, but AFI band members never considered the label accurate. Jade Puget has said, "Goth-punk isn't a style of music, it doesn't even exist."<ref>Alex Burrows. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', March 2003</ref>

Puget, who has produced much of the band's music, stated in 2021:
{{blockquote|Anyone who knows our catalog knows that no two records really sit together. Some sit a little closer, maybe. We do certain things, just by virtue of who we are, that are consistent, but those things come about organically. Every time we do something, I have to judge it on its own merits. Some fans are going to judge a new album, or a new song, based on what's come before. But as artists, we can't do that, because it would only hinder our creativity.<ref name=":1" />}}