AFI - 07/03/99 - Fireside Bowl - Chicago, IL

Part of the No Delusions Chicago Hardcore Collection.
All known info about the show, including who shot or donated the footage, is burned in at the front of the video.

[@sbz666_]

This. If I could travel back in any point in time, it would be this. Man.

[@slimthumbtak]

Oh yes. Finally. Sixteen year old me was at this show and can be seen in the crowd throughout. Been hoping forever that video of this show would be unearthed and appear online. Probably my favorite live music experience ever.

[@VideInfra]

Killer show to be at

[@slimthumbtak]

@@VideInfra It really was.

[@Onlycapybarafans]

a legend simply for being there. awesome dude. im silent screaming along at 2am

[@iplayrunescape301]

AFI and blessings

[@pierrepucheu]

Who's you?

[@poppasquat8483]

0:00 Strength Through Wounding 1:42 A Single Second 3:50 Wake Up Call 5:36 I Wanna Get A Mohawk 8:09 At A Glance 11:53 Perfect Fit 13:44 File 13 16:45 Coin Return 19:23 This Secret Ninja 22:48 Advances In Modern Technology 24:26 Third Season 27:05 Prayer Position 31:40 Aspirin Free 34:11 Cruise Control 35:54 He Who Laughs Last

[@bloodclot]

now that's a set list!!!

[@pierrepucheu]

I love you man. How the heck did you know all these old songs?

[@poppasquat8483]

@@pierrepucheu been a fan since the 90's

[@treetrain]

Thrash yes! Yes! Yess!! 🖕🤘

[@PiMpiNx187]

INCREDIBLE wish they would go back to this sound🤘🤘

[@EvanVincent.]

One of the best live bands of all time.

[@IkaikaArnado]

I saw them at the warp tour in Hawaii and Boston. Their set was pretty hype. Saw new school AFI at the Republic in Hawaii as well, and their set was good, but shows suck here now cause venues gotta stop at like 9 or some stupid shit like that.

[@user-yd2mz7qm9q]

they sound amazing! wish i wasn't only 8 years old during this time period of the band haha

[@bryanshields5571]

I was at this show!!! THANKS for uploading!!!

[@krunchyv]

I saw them in Memphis tn in 2011 and it was incredible. My homie held all my stuff and I went insane and they played a single second and I fuckin lost it. God I wanna see them again. Always my fav band.

[@deadonasunday]

Incredible to see this footage

[@MrWhtgst]

Just saw afi at riot and I have not followed the new stuf since sing the sorrow and was hoping they would play a couple from back in the day. I FEEL SO LOST me and a few older timers around were disappointed. Davey even shouted us out for our support back in the day at fireside. This is the set list i needed.

[@4sterp542]

I did not deserve this, but I got it. Thank you. This made my month. Best video I have watched in years. As a die hard AFI fan with a tattoo of their band name on my arm I'm always looking for old videos like this. So thank you so much

[@chesspunk489]

Do you ever regret that Afi tattoo? They have been making some pretty bad music for the last 20 years.

[@honeypower]

​@@chesspunk489I don't regret not getting an AFI bat tattoo in 2002 like I planned to 😂

[@sintaklaas6427]

You got a tattoo with their name? Poor you, i hope they are funding all the lasering for everyone who got sucked into their quasi religious stance - you became part of their cult, financing it even. Like all the guru - preachers out there

[@Nyfancam01]

​@@chesspunk489? Cry more. One of those people who hate on a band for having success huh? They should have made skate punk forever huh? Lmfao. SING THE SORROW & DECEMBERUNDERGROUND are both better than very proud of ya ever was!! 💯

[@chesspunk489]

@@Nyfancam01 It sounds like I hurt your feelings. I don't hate them for making money, I hate them for changing their sound to make money. They sound like crap now. If you think Afi is still a good band I have some dog droppings sitting in my yard that you might be interested in buying.

[@HB-zj2sj]

My first AFI show

[@MrVisde]

Thanks for uploading. I went to my very first punk show in 1995 (Lagwagon & Good Riddance). There was a small local band from the east bay called AFI that opened. They stole the fucking show.

[@leemussell8377]

Damn this is good. Saw them in 01 at my second ever gig, such a good band.

[@RiotLignarius]

Damn didn’t expect At A Glance to pop up in the set holy shit what a setlist

[@ricardovasquezchavez9267]

Best AFI era

[@PhoenixAndTheRaven]

No dude. This is cool but such an immature sound. There's a thousand bands that had this sound. The modern AFI is much more sophisticated.

[@dkm4567]

@@PhoenixAndTheRaven almost like it’s his opinions and not yours

[@bloodclot]

​@@PhoenixAndTheRavenplease do share a band that shares the same sound as vpoy and atasf and I would be forever grateful. I've never heard anything match the composition these albums.

[@PhoenixAndTheRaven]

@@bloodclot no band is going to share the exact same sound. I'm talking similar guitar composition and vocal delivery

[@michaelkosciesza645]

Someone should make a feature film about the Fireside.

[@MrWhtgst]

Agreed wbez just had a small 15 min quick history.

[@niaboctruk138]

I would watch that. Great idea!

[@samvimes9510]

7:15 I love how confused he gets when that guy yells BUELLER, just stops mid-drink and slowly turns around

[@ogskullomania3119]

Man this footage is awesome ...wish I could have seen them in this ever Before Art of Drowning

[@austin4669]

The heck the quality is so good

[@LJBysealordd]

Clearly had to be the best camera the 90's had to offer.

[@thedukeparty]

Better than any modern school fight video 😂

[@bettynug]

Davey’s voice was inhuman.

[@sharethatvideo]

11:10 Jade rips in to the late solo: At A Glance

[@tonyjones2612]

Crazy to think less than a year after this they're working on art of drowning

[@6to8john]

Probably the best older live recording I’ve ever seen.

[@jessehutchings]

THIS IS SO COOL

[@EternoEstudianteICT]

JHAJAJAJJJHA BEST FRAMES ! 19:18 : Davey : Thnx u.. Camera : ... xDDDDDDDDD

[@RunningPure]

All I can say is... wish I was there 🖤

[@xx7secondsxx]

Yup!!! That was the summer I found them!!!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🍻🍻

[@IkaikaArnado]

Black sails came out in 99...holy fuck I'm old.

[@gforkss]

I was there!! 15 years old I think? I remember how fuckin hot it was cause it was full way beyond capacity. Spent so many nights at this place as a teenager. best shows I remember were ZEKE OBLIVION TRAITORS

[@richnothnagel]

Ended the set with the song that got me into them on first listen

[@bobbybarrett7475]

They lean in to the older material at the start, but I noticed it seems like once the Black Sails songs get going is when the crowd really comes to come to life.

[@clericthingie]

You mean when the set starts to fkn suck

[@bobbybarrett7475]

@@clericthingie k

[@clericthingie]

@@bobbybarrett7475 I'm not apologizing for not liking crap music

[@bobbybarrett7475]

@@clericthingie did anyone ask you to? Maybe you could apologize for your personality instead.

[@rbalara31]

@@clericthingie Maybe you should apologize for being a douche.

[@joemiller7082]

I saw them a couple of nights after this. In Minneapolis at the Foxfire Coffee Lounge.

[@pierrepucheu]

A piece of gold!...Btw, where's the guy that lists all the songs by minute?

[@Resinpro]

His ear must've been ringing, he's the new comment above you :)

[@decadepasts]

F Minus was really good that night too.

[@scabiesandrabies]

my favorite part is at 19:20!!

[@michaelkosciesza645]

SOOOOOOOO FUCkING SICK

[@iplayrunescape301]

Turn this into vinyl

[@iplayrunescape301]

Best album ever was recorded on a smart phone.

[@roosamiam]

Especially since smartphones didn't exist yet.😂😂😂😂

[@BpgaMusic]

siiiiick

[@staticxboy3000]

22:38 is that Skinhead Rob? If so Didnt know he was their merch guy!

[@modifidious]

0:13 does that footage still exist?

[@jasonhatfield4747]

These guys were a true gem at the time. They deserved all of the success they ended up having. Wow

[@burnstube08]

I wish I was there. Im not sure but AFI never went to Brazil.

[@gqfiend]

Unbelievable

[@jessehutchings]

The cutest girls in the world were at this show 😂

[@ECsponger2]

Never liked AFI back then. I dunno why. Couldn't like every hardcore or punk band then. Looking back now at near 40 years old, I appreciate them now. This is fast and tight as fuck.

[@iplayrunescape301]

I would have started a mosh

[@IkaikaArnado]

I'm actually surprised the pit is so small.

[@iplayrunescape301]

Davey is pretty sometimes. I am so confused... Long or short hair.. idfk

[@iplayrunescape301]

I can 3d print And cast a mold to make apaoxy records..

[@iplayrunescape301]

Apoxybis is the devil

[@iplayrunescape301]

Do not put apoxy down the sink

[@iplayrunescape301]

8:50 favorite song

[@iplayrunescape301]

At A Glance

[@user-vv8bz7wl8d]

Не то , что сейчас.

[@affekonig2000]

Did 88 and maybe good riddance play this show too?

[@affekonig2000]

Ah, Supersleuth!

[@derrickcarone3373]

Punk was dead

[@herlovehealzthedead]

right before they turned weird

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

Sing the Sorrow is when they sold their soul for $$$

[@stevenunyabidness]

felt the same way. then i turned 23 and my brain started working.

[@nolynylon]

It's their job. Do you do your job for lower pay than you can get?

[@Nyfancam01]

Sing the sorrow is the most perfect AFI album ever made. Dark and amazing. And this is coming from a hardcore AFI fan with a black sails tattoo covering his whole upper arm lol. STS is and will always be their best album

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

@@Nyfancam01 everything from nitro is 10x better than STS

[@Nyfancam01]

@crazycarlsadventures5983 lmfao. Um no. Sing the sorrow is the very best AFI record. And I LOVE the punk stuff but STS is the perfect blend of dark Gothic AFI 😍

[@sintaklaas6427]

Bands never know when to stop, not to become an embarrassment - that show would have been a good final show for these religious kids, who have no idea what they are talking about - they are proof for the damage postmodernism has caused the humanity

[@stevenunyabidness]

bitter much?