AFI used to sound like THIS??! Bass Teacher REACTS to “Totalimmortal”

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➡️ I truly forgot about AFI after learning the bass intro for "Miss Murder" back in college, and playing the track on Guitar Hero with my roommates. I was really surprised to see requests coming in for them because I didn't even think it was the same band. "Totalimmortal" from their 'All Hallows EP' was quite the surprise, and I truly loved the songwriting I heard on this one. My long-time impression of the band totally changed, and I look forward to digging through more of their older material. I discuss Hunter Burgan's thick bass grooves, his tone, their use of tritones as "passing chords", the AMAZING gang vocal layering, clever guitar orchestrations, and much more. I just wish that little breakdown section was longer - that was one of the song highlights for me! They could've totally extended that another round. Regardless, I have a newfound crush on this band, and never expected to cover them here on the channel! 😇🤘🏼
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[@jangreveraars9634]

Early AFI is so fucking good

[@manuele.itriagom.728]

Up to The Art of Drowning is amazing. I do enjoy their later albums, but l understand why many others don’t.

[@that_diggity_d880]

Best horror punk music at the time too! Love blasting them around Halloween time

[@bracket0398]

I did like some of Sing The Sorrow; The Art of Drowning and previous were way good before the radio treatment.

[@ashleyk.wilson]

Totalimmortal, Days of the Phoenix, and God Called in Sick Today still delight my soul....

[@KptnKurt]

Crash Love is amazing idgaf whole album even the radio hits

[@user-vw2st5dx1r]

Hey Mark, I got one you cannot pass up. 100 Proof by 88 fingers Louie. It changed my life as a bass player. Also the history of the band and who they went on to become is pretty awesome.

[@woodscrow1]

Ohh that's a great one!

[@mikepritchard7159]

Just clicked to recommend this. Top shout

[@shagadelicpunk9121]

Keep requesting this one until he does it.

[@nofrojeff2000]

Oh wow deep cut, immediately listening to this again lol

[@bruceleeman]

Yup, recommended this one way back too! Let's get it done ✊

[@PollyBonanzas]

Totalimmortal is 100% my favorite AFI song. It just hits so hard. I only learned about it through the cover by The Offspring, which I also love.

[@vengefulamoeba668]

The Boy Who Destroyed The World was the first song i heard from them on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 and i was HOOKED

[@saedemoph]

The first song I heard of them was lost souls, loved them since then.

[@chrisegg7936]

same! I remember hearing that song for Rodney Mullen's "I love skateboarding" video and at the time, I absolutely refused to believe that was the same band as Leaving Song and Miss Murder.

[@Nephske]

⁠@@chrisegg7936like yourself, my first introduction to AFI was the Mullen tape in THPS3. With that being said, I can give or take the leaving song, but the leaving song pt. 2 off the same album is a fucking masterpiece.

[@keola7111]

i wish they could stay in that era forever

[@TheSmithSkateboards]

"Once there was a boy who had a vibrant glow."

[@PeJota615]

Dude I'm sooooo glad you're checking out oldschool AFI. I highly recommend you check out everything they did between Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes and Sing the Sorrow!

[@JustinSmith81]

Absolutely! StS is one of the greatest albums ever released imo lol

[@vonnie7713]

Agreed! Golden years!

[@basslogicvibes641]

💯

[@ricardomoraes9624]

You are right!! I also like the stuff from when Geoff Kresge was in the band. Answer That and Stay Fashionable and Very Proud of Ya are great albums.

[@reverend_sasquatch583]

Those were all great records. Not the biggest fan of StS, that's where they definitely started going more in the mainstream "emo" direction, but they still had piss on that record. Art of Drowning is still my favorite for some reason-probably nostalgia.

[@MarkWiseArt]

This is the AFI I fell in love with.

[@geneboothe7072]

Totalimmortal is one of the best songs ever. Imagine seeing them live in their prime playing this. That was unreal. AFI was the best band I ever saw live.

[@rawpower12xu]

Oh man AFI was one of my favorites. Saw them in 2000 with Rancid and Distillers. “Sacrifice Theory” is ear candy for bass lines

[@blairweinberg6279]

One of the best shows I ever saw was this tour in Toronto!

[@wordssoundsshapesshadows]

I was gonna say the same lol

[@Freiheit1232]

Sacrifice theory is ill

[@DangOlJesse]

That would be an INSANE show to see. Love all of those bands so much. I was too young at the time. Early AFI shows were a damn near spiritual experience, from what I've seen. I wanna punch everyone in my house every time I watch old footage lol. Rancid is one of favorite bands. Distillers kill, too. Man....

[@gjg5789]

Not a fan of Rancid, but getting to see AFI in their prime with Distillers would have been awesome. Very jealous.

[@shanesmith2853]

I love AFI sooooo much! They've changed their sound several times. This is by far favorite era!

[@Vikingeek]

This older era of AFI was something else, you didn't get many "casual" fans, everyone was more or less ingrained into this underground cult of AFI fandom, or didn't know who they were (at least here in the UK). Went to a show at the Astoria, the 2nd support band finished up and I don't think a single person went to the bar, as soon as the 2nd band had left the stage the entire crowd started chanting "Through our bleeding we are one" (from their track Strength Through Wounding) and didn't stop until AFI were actually on stage, was surreal!

[@MrVisde]

I grew up in the 90s in the east bay…we were spoiled because AFI played shows almost every weekend between Berkeley, Oakland, and SF. I must’ve seen them more than a dozen times during their hardcore punk phase…such a rad band. It was crazy seeing them turn into a superstar rock band.

[@slaughterin-allbbnb8766]

Interesting , were they east coast ? I’m west coast and used they used to play shows here in so cal back in the 90’s all the time too I seen em tons of times back then as well as blink 182 way back before they ever went radio

[@chrisclark6562]

@@slaughterin-allbbnb8766they were East Bay, not East Coast

[@MrVisde]

@@slaughterin-allbbnb8766 they were from NorCal. Anything across the SF bay bridge we call east bay. On any given weekend AFI, Link 80, Redemption 87, or Swingin Utters were playing somewhere in the bay. Yeah, I remember Blink playing a ton of shows in SoCal back then. They were my favorite band, but never really traveled up north.

[@slaughterin-allbbnb8766]

Ahh gotcha ! Ya they played a lot down here Travis barker lived few blocks from me and blink played constantly down here in riverside Cali . Punk scene down here back then was pretty banging. I went to shows 3-4 times every week growing up as a teen.

[@uraskin4it]

@@MrVisdeJade was in Redemption 87 too. I remember that scene well, I spent most weekend nights at Gilman and Berkeley Square while it was open and saw a video or 2 get filmed. It feels like you named a lit of old friend and acquaintances there. Don’t forget Nuclear Rabbit, the Criminals or Screw 32.

[@patrickquecke6875]

AFI was my first concert in 1999 at the Phoenix Theater petaluma i was 13😂. The Theater "Days of the Phoenix" is about. I think that concert changed my life, I didn't know who AFI was, Tom gaffy just told my parents it was a good first concert for me to go to. He is the GM and let's Phoenix kids go to shows for free. Like 1000+ people packed in an opera house built in 1904, the walls would sweat, wooden floors bounced, and the only sight of Davy I got was when I crowd surfed. That venue is as important as the Gilman in Berkley. Thanks for the great song.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Great read!!

[@Steve031900]

I think I might have been at that show. I saw them at the phoenix with The Nerve Agents and Death by Stereo. It had to have been 1999, maaaaybe 2000. Such a great show. “The walls sweat” is such a great way to describe the Phoenix. Just transported me right back there.

[@mattyenni1616]

I was there! I spent practically every weekend at the Phoenix through the late 90s and early 2000s. My band was fortunate enough to open some big shows there. I remember AFI shows at the Phoenix with like 50-100 people max. Then there was the pepper spray incident on the 2nd night of back to back sold out shows. AFI didn’t come back for a while after that, but gave us “Days of The Phoenix.”

[@cttate]

The entirety of the early catalog is so good, Black Sails in the Sunset is forever my favorite album from them though.

[@dakneeee]

i just ran into this video because im an AFI fan, i think they are so underrated. i think what i enjoy most about them is their Dynamics throughout their older songs and that Davey Havok has an impressive vocal range. Love them, thanks for this video

[@kylelarsen2608]

Every album of theirs is like a whole new band. Love it. You should do Sacrifice Theory for one of his most impressive bass lines.

[@Thirteen31Music]

Love classic AFI. Hunter isnt a flashy player but he is really good at playing a groove with the drums and not just following the guitar like many pop punk bands do. Check out Third Season for a simple but weird bass line in the verse

[@joemiller7082]

I think Art of Drowning shows off his talent really well. The mix puts his bass right up front.

[@nikolailien6167]

Third season is so underrated. Love that song.

[@bushleague3472]

Never really thought of it that way, but you are right. Always very locked to the drums for a punk bassist.

[@JohnathanSadler-ks5bk]

Strung out - firecracker baseline is crazy amazing.

[@bucknasty69]

Strung Out shred hard. Probably the only punk/hardcore band I’ve seen play with double bass drums and Jacksons. Not really surprising though, considering a lot of late 80s/early 90s hardcore was very thrashy. Some of RKL’s stuff sounds like it could have been thrash metal.

[@broccoli919]

Strung Out is an amazing band. Sadly, if you’ve heard the expression “never meet your idols” it’s true. Rob was a huge douche

[@seanmckelvey6618]

imo, AFI's horror punk era is probably their best work. All Hallows EP is mandatory october listening, but Black sails in the sunset and The Art of Drowning are both from the same sort of time and are also really great albums.

[@Dinsdale_Piranha_Innit]

Yeah, I never really got into their east bay hardcore/skate punk stuff, but those 20 or so months between Black Sails and Art Of Drowning are exactly the right amount of spooky and sucked me right in. Sing The Sorrow didn’t do it for me at the time (but then again, The Cure’s ‘Wish’ bummed me out when it was new and now it’s essential, maybe I give StS another shot) and everything after that was pop.

[@seanmckelvey6618]

@@Dinsdale_Piranha_Innit StS has it's moments for me, but overall leans a bit too much towards the pop stuff that would follow. I don't mind a couple of tracks from their later work, but as a whole I lost interest after they phased out of the horror punk thing.

[@rdgblading1813]

Ever listen to son of Sam?

[@Dinsdale_Piranha_Innit]

@@rdgblading1813 That record goes hard. Guest appearances by Nick 13 and Danzig on multiple cuts. Just revisited it a minute ago, OG green vinyl.

[@GavinHuss]

Has to be Propagandi next. Speculative Fiction

[@TBird-Andelin]

I second this!!

[@rbalara31]

Never underestimate Todd the rod.

[@Turtlepower1982]

They def have an amazing progression from how to clean everything and present day.

[@Josway37]

Failed Imagineer maybe?

[@ottomattix86]

From my hometown ❤️. Fat Mike mentioned their excellent melodies once during a pod cast

[@xerodelacroix5552]

AFI sounded like this for longer than they haven't.

[@mgmatecki]

Would love to see a breakdown on "100 Proof", from 88 Fingers Louie 🤘

[@TurdFurgessin]

I love playing that bass solo

[@StackingtheSouth]

They were an amazing punk band. I can not get into the new stuff at all, but I still play the punk era stuff all the time. I'm going to see them in Aug, too.

[@ashleyk.wilson]

I hope the show plays enough of the good old stuff for you!

[@shiivagroove]

Love this band. 🔥 If you do a second AFI video, "Sacrifice Theory"; Hunter's basically soloing to the bass gods the entire song and the bass gods do in fact salute that from him on that track.

[@davidmedlen8207]

Such a dam good song.

[@charleslatham7800]

Beyond stoked that it’s time for AFI. Treat yourself to a lil bit of Death of Seasons while you’re at it, sir!

[@joemiller7082]

Pretty darn good bass lines in that one.

[@81bats61]

Seeing them in 2001, before Davey had vocal issues, was a great experience.

[@StingrayMM20]

I can't recommend enough watching the official video for the song. Gives you a great visual idea of the energy they had back then.

[@Dinsdale_Piranha_Innit]

Seriously, very surprised at the video chosen.

[@aaronknofx6630]

"OSKER" : "stop the bus" & "panic" big ones ..😎

[@rbalara31]

Idle Will Kill is one of the best punk albums ever, imo.

[@richieb1125]

Panic!!! Man I forgot about this tune.

[@scottwurm1572]

They were sooo good!

[@goaliemike4]

Love this era of AFI! Can’t wait until you do a video on At the Drive In/The Mars Volta, Refused, and Thrice.

[@richieb1125]

Would love to see him pick apart some Volta, not really sure what to suggest though. Juan is a killer.

[@flynnlivescmd]

Ew. No

[@richieb1125]

@@flynnlivescmd wow you made some really good points there

[@cocktail_dad85]

My life is comprised of two phases. The phase before I heard AFI and the phase after. They're THE band for me. Their albums from Black Sails in the Sunset through DecemberUnderground defined my teens and 20s. I'm nearly 40 and their music still gives me chills and explains things that I feel better than I could hope to. 4 inarguably great musicians.

[@alextinu8841]

I watched this twice and I am thinking how much all this bands have shaped my life and my musical intrests. It all started for me in 95 and sincer then day by day music was my companion. It's funny that probably if I never liked punk I would never picked a guitar or bass and for sure I would have missed your videos. Great job, thanks! ❤🎸👀

[@LowEndUniversity]

Cheers for that!! I feel the same about prog metal. Bass became irresistible once I saw what those guys were doing!

[@ashleyk.wilson]

I first heard Totalimmortal in 2000, and it still makes my soul dance to this day. But when I heard Miss Murder play on the radio, I literally cried... and not in a good way.

[@lostmotel6156]

Oh yeah! They were a hardcore/goth punk staple for a decade before they went mainstream. Two very different phases of their career, both good

[@OODZUTSU]

man, hunter is such a beast. glad you checked this one out!

[@mikekristin7201]

One of the most underrated punk bands of all time. Saw them at the fireside bowl (rip) back in in Chicago. Changed my punk rock life. One of the best gang vocals bands of all time

[@salinaember9527]

this band poured their heart and soul into their work leading up to their mainstream success. they put in all the work in the 90s and early 2000s and had so much respect from their fans. ultimately, the fans got them the success and recognition they deserved. i was one of their earlier fans who supported them though buying their merch and cds in the late 90s onward. when they started appearing on the radio and ended up on tv, it was one of the greatest feelings ever as a music fan. they were a tried and true hardcore punk band with unmatched creativity. they even helped pioneer mid to late 2000s post hardcore and emo with their influence and approach. this "totalimmortal" era of afi is considered their horror punk era and the underground's favorite. i actually feel bad for you and everyone else who discovered them by miss murder, even if it isnt a terrible song. by that time, they were experimenting with glam rock and pop. if you love punk that leans into the artistic side, definitely listen to black sails in the sunset, all hallows, and the art of drowning. if you want to hear them at their best, listen to sing the sorrow. that album is their magnum opus. alot of well written bass on it.

[@xtldc]

Their horror punk era, from the release of the Fire Inside EP through the Black Sails in the Sunset album, the All Hallow’s EP, and the Art of Drowning album, will always be my favorite era of AFI. Fall Children on All Hallow’s is one my all time favorite songs by any band. Honorable mention to Sing the Sorrow, which still includes some of those elements, but feels more like some sort of gothic emo thing.

[@f.b.jeffers0n]

Fuck yes! They were sooooo good in their punk days!

[@barneyfromblueshift]

I remember my friends and I being so bummed as AFI transitioned into more of a pop-punk kind of sound. I still liked Sing the Sorrow, but a lot of my friends did not. But this old stuff I really loved. Hearing this song for the first time in probably a decade as a man now in my 30's - this is still great. Very raw, lots of emotion, the group vocals. Great stuff, thanks for covering this.

[@thegourmetchef30]

Thanks for this! Hunter from this era is beast and this bass tone is one of my favorites, inspired me to start playing back in the late 90s!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Great to hear!

[@josephupchurch7138]

Love this f*cking song. Hits ya like a runaway, fully loaded, 100 mph freight train. And the train is fully engulfed in flames. 🤘

[@rasicomega]

AFI...my high school and early college years aligned with this classic, golden era of AFI. So much cool and fun bass work from this band. From the same EP "The Boy Who Destroyed The World" absolutely rocks and "Sacrifice Theory" is wonderful as well. There are some vids of Hunter playing along to his own work floating around KZbin as well. Matt Freeman also posts vids playing along to Op Ivy and Rancid songs.

[@scrotube]

Really glad you're doing AFI. This is the perfect channel for me, as everyone suggests songs and groups that I love. I would absolutely love to see you do a full bass line and tabs for songs. You're so talented at immediately picking up the key and playing the line in only a few seconds listening. I realise it's a lot more work than a reaction, but you're the man for the job. I hope you'll take a stab once or twice a week!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thanks for the nice words! Could be a fun idea, we shall see. Would be much more realistic if I could track down bass stems for some of them!

[@arronchristensen142]

Loving all these throwback punk tracks for me. Do prisoner of society by The Living End next the walking baselines will make you very happy.

[@martinbaker1701]

Have they forgotten would be a cool Living End song to try too, and played on a double bass of course

[@chrispatricola93]

Fantastic! Great band, talented as hell. Great suggestion.

[@flibbidyx2]

Those types of gang vocals were quite common in early AFI, particularly around the Black Sails/All Hallow's/Art of Drowning era.

[@acarneiro7539]

Congrats my friend. You just fell in love with every ingredient that makes us all love AFI! Unmatched originality....

[@LowEndUniversity]

I sure did!

[@Ambient_Owl]

I'm not even a bass player and I can't stop watching these videos. Loving the dive into this style you're doing lately. So many bands I love coming up and really interesting to hear a bass player's perspective as someone who has always been guitar-centric. Can't wait for the next one!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Glad you enjoy it! 🙏🏼☺️

[@chrisegg7936]

I'm not an AFI fan at all and I still go back and listen to this EP multiple times a year, especially this song. One of the best punk songs of all time.

[@kristofori]

I remember playing Totalimmortal in high school all the time, such a rad tune.

[@jakejohnson5117]

watching you explore AFI for the first time was awesome. keep going, their albums are riddled with clever changes and melodies

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

Man I stumbled across the All Hallows EP at 16 and picked up a bass two weeks later off of my first paycheck at Academy Sports. Hunter is single handedly responsible for 20+ years of bass playing. Synesthesia is a great one to check out.

[@kumakendo]

Hard core/ nitro records era AFI was wild! People don’t give them enough credit as musicians but all of them a pretty well accomplished.

[@jonnydisaster]

STOKED TO SEE THIS ONE! AS ALWAYS YOUR ENERGY, EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM IS SO GREAT TO SEE! OLD SCHOOL AGI FAN HERE, IF YOU KEEP GOING INTO THEIR BACK CATALOG THERE IS ALOT TO CHECK OUT IF YOU DIG THE SOUND OF THIS EP. CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE COMING UP NEXT. LOVE THAT YOURE ON THIS PUNK RUN RIGHT NOW. ITS GREAT SEEING SO MUCH APPRECIATION AND RESPECT FOR THE GENRE

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thank you man, always appreciate your comments! Much more punk coming up! 🙏🏼

[@goraack]

Just found your content while listening to some of my favorite old tracks on YT. A fan of old AFI is a great thing to find, didn't think there was too many of us left. Dropping a sub for sure.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Welcome aboard! Fell in love with them after this one.

[@MagicMikeSin]

Check out the change/breakdown on "A Winters Tale" as well as the whole Black Sails album! Hunter was one of the reasons I started playing bass, even before Geezer or Cliff.

[@joshyaks]

For my money, the only series of albums that can compete with AFI's run of Black Sails in the Sunset -> The Art of Drowning -> Sing the Sorrow are Rancid's first 5 albums.

[@wolfhawk1999]

Black Sails is a phenomenal album

[@michaeldugan3544]

Black Sails leads the pack in my top 5 90s punk albums.

[@viracocha03]

Yeah, their first handful of albums are all absolute gold.

[@eucompsa]

So happy you did song in particular!!

[@damianjim2255]

Very proud of ya was my introduction to em. Love em.

[@pewerjenius]

"Very Proud of Ya" is one of my favorite records. That band used to be something entirely different. They changed a lot in the early 2000s but the old stuff stands on it's own as some really really great punk rock.

[@sunpeaksturner]

Hey ..it’s so cool to hear your perspective..keep up the great work 😊

[@AndreBart83]

Thank you for listening to my request. The afi of that era was incredible. Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

[@LowEndUniversity]

My pleasure!!

[@bengoshi4]

bravo! bis!

[@Interconnector-podcast]

My absolute favourite AFI song, even got the t-shirt all a way back when. As a lifetime punk, to see someone new to it digging it so much is so cool and the track choices so far.. magnifique. So here's my weekly plug for Frenzal Rhomb's 'It's Up To You' - where are all the Aussies and Kiwis to back me up on this one?

[@michaeldugan3544]

Death of Seasons is definitely a track you should be digging into. There's an awesome video of Hunter playing it live in studio.

[@geoffbrown1382]

Infectious Grooves - Violent & Funky

[@hiding_my_name]

I second this

[@nojuanatall3281]

Sick band. Robert is too good for Metallica IMO. But I don't blame him for joining one bit.

[@hiding_my_name]

@@nojuanatall3281 Isn't Robert's son playing with Suicidal Tendencies now?

[@poppasquat8483]

Hearts Frozen is a great example of Hunter's bass work and much lesser known song

[@nickwilson6888]

Of Greetings and Goodbyes is probably my favorite AFI bassline. Its a great example of Hunter playing what the song needs, and then showing off. It really makes for a dynamic punk song

[@michaelharing3830]

Watched them live in 2000, they closed out the show with this song, amazing

[@croatoansounds]

Oh yea! AFI is an all time favorite, good choice. Hunter’s bass is always worth checking out. Bass specific AFI recommendations: Sacrifice Theory, Now the World, the Great Disappointment, maybe some “Exsanguination”… there are a lot haha

[@jankmedia1985]

Early AFI is awesome. I was already done with my punk phase by the time Miss Murder released but I still go back to All Hallows EP and The Art of Drowning from time to time.

[@krisjones2251]

I agree on the 88 Fingers Louie suggestions! Such an underrated punk band from back in the day

[@agentstack3449]

Jason from Hot Water Music is a phenomenal bassist, plus they are just a great band in general. While I truly love their 98-04 era, Drag My Body off of Exister (2012) is a banger for sure.

[@seth9356]

Good call! Drag my body is my fav!

[@chrisclark6562]

Happy to hear old AFI. I was a huge fan until the release of Sing The Sorrow in 200 and completely gave up on the band. Great work as always Mark! Lovin the channel !!

[@twobarsfourstars]

Awesome song awesome video! AFI has wild good gang vocals and always wrote openers for the crowd to chant along to open shows. Hunter is so talented and his riffs are so out front with their best work. It’s funny how much Miss Murder changed the perception on them. They were crushed at first for being a “bad misfits clone”, then crushed for leaving hardcore with Sing the Sorrow (which sort of undercut that album when it came out), and after they were crushed for selling out with Miss Murder. At no point were they just enjoyed for where they were at, which was outstanding live as a Despair Faction fan who got to meet them at the Sing the Sorrow tour. Agree with another commentator, their run from Answer That through Sing the Sorrow is totally worth the listen and contains some really excellent anthems and playing.

[@MrBlairskie]

This was my shit in high school lol The best AFI Era. Love it dude keep it up!!

[@KesslerMickschGeorgeII]

The feel change section was a nod to Refused ‘deadly rhythm” intro; making it last longer would’ve been weird. And it’s not a hit or gonna get many shots but “dancing thru Sunday” is my favorite AFI tune. Short & sweet, all killer/no filler. Worth a listen

[@andygreen5565]

Awesome to see old AFI on here. Make sure you check out Sing The Sorrow album as well.

[@stephanehoude3436]

Just discovered your channel and your great mate! Your deep dive into punk rock remind me of my teenage years! thank you so much!

[@patsgarage8593]

AFI used to be so much better back in their early days

[@philthyphil7651]

Love it!!! Thanks so much for listening to us (requests that is, I'm not in the band)

[@LowEndUniversity]

Always! 😉

[@bushleague3472]

Aww hell yeah! I feel like this era of AFI has still never been sonicly approximated. Heavy, agressive, and crushingly dark but somehow never getting anywhere near metal. The "dark" harmonies, the jarring feel changes that somehow always worked, and the dynamics between Jade's deadpan vocals and Davies near screaming. And the live shows... I never experienced anything like an AFI show from this era.

[@thevenomousT]

Great video, I'm going to lose my shit when you do that Paul Gray video. Love your channel, I learn a lot.

[@jesseortiz5745]

Love AFI. They knew how to craft a entire album. Each one has a different sound. The evolution is crazy. Cereal War from their first album was what got me liking them. Black Sails, Sing the Sorrow and Art of Drowning are in my top albums of all time. They are amazing to play all the way through.

[@mattday2656]

one of my favourite bands since the late 90's (I have the 22 year old sleeve to prove it) and still cover a bunch of their songs busking and playing open mics.

[@MedalionDS9]

Don't comment on here often but started watching your vids here or there in the past year or so... may I say, it's kinda refreshing to think of a Bass teacher who I assumed would look down on punk as a genre for this stuff, looking at a lot of it on this channel lately

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thank you kindly! I love having an open mind with all music, because I used to be pretty close-minded. Trying to redeem myself and catch up on the areas I missed!

[@Jettonx]

Fully love AFI whole discography is brilliant! Hunter is such a great player too. 10/10 video

[@CyberChunk77]

Dope! As usual. I have an off-brand request but it's a nice dual bass vibe: Pinback Loro. Again, loving this channel it's fun as hell, keep up the great work.

[@BrockAwesome]

I don't know how I got here but I grew up listening to AFI and it was really fun to watch someone hear it now, for the first time and analyze it. Also, was great that you enioyed it so much.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@jonathanbarb5516]

This era of AFI was awesome

[@Neto08]

I think fall children would definitely be a fun one to break down!

[@davidr8824]

One of my favorite songs of all time when I was growing up. Ive always imagined this song being used in a sick driving sequence in a movie

[@the_verTigO]

For some older AFI you might want to try The Prayer Position. Such a great song.

[@mtcnaz]

Great band . Saw them live a lot in this era and they were the best live show I saw by far.

[@artaxAF]

Man, you're getting some killer recommendations. AFI has been my favorite band since I was 14 (over 20 years ago) and this song is singlehandedly responsible.

[@martinbaker1701]

I love his bass work on the Sing the Sorrow album, really enjoyed learning alot of that back in the day

[@rogacien666]

I've started playing bass because of AFI, Nofx and Rancid. Needless to say, I really dig your videos on theses bands =)

[@FamousAndFallen]

He is truly showing what these popular punk bands do that set them apart. It's so great to see them get the credit they deserve

[@LowEndUniversity]

Glad you like them!

[@rubberbabybuggybumper6270]

Fun fact, in the Jim Carey movie “Me, Myself, and Irene”, the end credits song was a cover of this song by The Offspring.

[@meeksywampus]

Hunter’s bass tone has been my go to forEVER.

[@nstreep]

Totalimmortal is a classic. Seeing this song live in the early 2000's was something else. These guys were so influential on my local scene. As soon as the All Hallows EP dropped every local band had whoa's and was doing the horror/Misfits thing. AFI has gone through many phases but their punk and hardcore phases were by far my favorite. My favorite album by them is Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes. It's straight hardcore with old school two step break downs and everything. Like if the Misfits binged Gorilla Biscuits. I couldn't hang with their emo stuff but the goth phase they're in at the moment isn't terrible.

[@silby77]

Well this was a treat before work! Every AFI album is almost like a different band. They are not one of my favorites but I have always appreciated them. The bass in this song is killer.

[@alextinu8841]

Ok, now AFI? First comment? Can't wait to finish the day and go home to watch this confortable in my bed. I am so excited that you picked this one! Again, thanks for doin' this, you made my day! (again) ❤🎸👀

[@LowEndUniversity]

Hope you enjoyed it!!

[@taylorbradford8565]

There's a few tracks from Bigwig's Invitation to Tragedy that would be great to hear you breakdown, but I'd highly recommend the track Blinded from the album.

[@samhain3824]

Stay asleep is my go to album, but can’t go wrong with any of them.