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Lansing-area music insiders share favorite CDs of the past decade As 2010 approaches, we asked a handful of local music insiders to name their No.

AFI frontman Davey Havok entertains the audience at the Shaw Conference Centre on December 18, 2009.

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A crowd of thousands steamed up the windows of the Magness Arena Sunday night as AFI, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Say Anything and I Fight Dragons hit the stage while temperatures outside dipped into the single digits.

To Defend is human, to killdivine. I'm not quite sure I get the whole "motion comic" - or illustrated film, if you're feeling particularly pretentious - thing.

Approaching two decades as a functioning band , AFI is effectively in punk rock for the long haul.

Aftermath isn't one so much for biblical allegories generally, but damn if AFI's Davey Havok didn't remind us of Samson on Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Theater.

After a string of groundbreaking albums AFI have cultivated one of the most passionate followings on the planet.

AFI has been on an upward trajectory since its inception in 1991. Starting out as a hardcore punk band out of the Bay Area, building its cred at 924 Gilman Street, AFI has evolved from its earlier punk approach to now incorporating occasional dance music, metal-tinged raucous, and goth sensibilities.

Over the course of 18 years and eight albums, California's AFI has matured from a Misfits-inspired punk band to one of today's most adventurous and accomplished acts.

AFI punks up The Bangles Next week's Rock Band 2 update is being dominated by punk rock group AFI.

AFI will continue to prove it is willing to keep going strong this weekend. The California-based band will play at the House of Blues on Sunday in what has been another successful stretch run in promotion of their newest album, "Crash Love," and the preceding single, "Medicate." House of Blues Promotions Manager Anne Marie Bailey said previous ...

In September 2007, AFI's Davey Havok and Jade Puget brought their electro-synth side outfit, Blaqk Audio, to the Double Door forA an intimate and electrified show .

"I can die happy now." Those words came out of the mouth of a sixteen year old girl I befriended at Saturday's AFI show at the Riviera Theater in Chicago.

It's too easy to take AFI for granted. The Bay Area hardcore-turned-take-your-pick-of-genres band is such a strong live act -- and makes such smart music -- that it's easy to forget that nobody else out there sounds like it.

's current tour got underway, bassist Hunter Burgan said he was looking forward to the jaunt in support of the band's recently released album, "Crash Love." But there were plenty of things to accomplish in the days leading up to the trip.

Three years after the Billboard No. 1 hit album "Decemberunderground," A.F.I. is back with their latest effort, "Crash Love." The California gothic punk band's name is an acronym for "A Fire Inside." Their new album, however, might have fans wondering whether the fire has sputtered out.

314-726-6161. AFI Approaching two decades as a functioning band , AFI is effectively in punk rock for the long haul.

"I can't believe some dude out there tried to steal my shoe," the baffled Havok exclaimed after making his way back on stage.

Think of it as delayed gratification: After spending 50 minutes outside in the cold Tuesday night while the Hartford Fire Department checked over the Webster Theatre in response to a fire alarm, fans were even more pumped up than usual for headliner AFI .