Paradise Lost

AFI, also known as A Fire Inside, Anthems For Insubordinates, Asking For It...whatever, you get the picture. I'm posting this video due to the fact that I'm seeing them on Monday and I'm stoked on it. Sure, their set list will consist of shit such as 'Miss Murder' and the like, but I can still remember the 'wonder years,' so to speak; the time when AFI played hardcore punk and still sounded fast and pissed off. Now, well, they don't sound like that. Anyways, on to the review.

- 0:03: The video starts off with a close-up shot of Davey Havok. Is he the person that laughs last? No one knows.
- 0:07: Alright, all of the 'hardness' that this video could have had has been shot down already, and the song hasn't even started. Yes, that's a lollipop. No, that is not punk. It's all good, the lip piercing negates the fact that Havok is sucking on a lollipop.
- 0:13: "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a hardcore band." There is still hope for this video. It could turn out well and I could be circle-pitting soon enough.
- 0:16: A man is shown closing the trunk of a car. Is he putting away his grandma's groceries? Maybe putting away a spare tire, perhaps? Again, no one knows. The suspense is killing me.
- 0:25: "NO TRUST", the song kicks in and I'm STOKED. If I wasn't sitting down at home, I'd be tempted to mosh into oncoming traffic. I don't care, I'm just an AFI fan, no big deal.
- 0:35: Alright, so these dudes aren't bringing groceries home. No way. There's a shovel in the back seat. Gardening? Doubtful, especially when Davey Havok is crying in the trunk.
- 0:39: I'm slowly putting the pieces together. Davey is tied up and bloody in the trunk of a car and his bandmates intend to kill him because of the future music that AFI will write. Foreshadowing, maybe?
- 0:46: "I'veeee gotttt a probbbllemmm!" Yes, you do. Being tied up in a car isn't safe.
- 0:57: Time to unload the groceries...I think.
- 1:18 - 1:34: Random, but much appreciated, live clip of the band. Fuck, look at that intensity. I'm moshing and I'm not even there, ugh.
- 1:39: Okay, serious business. It's really time to get those damn groceries out of the car. The milk is getting warm and the ice cream is melting. Don't fuck around.
- 1:41 - 1:49: FUCK! Those don't look like Kroger bags to me. No big deal, it's just Havok chilling out, bleeding and shit. Next, homeboy pulls out a knife and starts shanking like crazy! Definitely wasn't expecting that. Davey, sorry man. You shouldn't have written 'Miss Murder.'
- 1:52: As if the stabbing wasn't enough, homeboy #2 takes out a gun and fucking owns the already (most likely) dead body. Rough.
- 1:55 - End: The video closes with another awesome live clip and the bandmates closing the car's trunk. You know, no big deal. My mind is blown.

Great band (pre-Decemberunderground), even though Tommy likes that record. Time to go listen to Shut Your Mouth and cry about how AFI will never be the same.

- Geoff