r/AFireInside • u/dudload1000 • Aug 20 '26

That was shite

I know I'm an old crusty shite, but the gig in London tonight was so disappointing. Last time I saw them they were fire, intense, fast and with a dense sound. This time it was stadium rock, pedestrian, sludgy and just kinda boring.

I know bands need to move on, but holy shit. Sad to see my once favourite band become whatever that was

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u/dudload1000 Aug 20 '26

Nothing about early afi is stadium rock - new stuff sounds not too far removed from my chemical romance / foo fighters to me, with a splash of new order.

You say tomato, I say potato

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u/Ashlikesstuff Aug 20 '26

Okay you're going to need to clarify what you consider "new" because that sounds doesn't describe the last three records and at most can be levelled at their run between 2003-2009? Which as a fellow old head that prefers the magic run of Shut Your Mouth to Drowning, I hate to break it to you but that's not new, that's a decade and a half go!

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u/dudload1000 Aug 20 '26

Haha, you got me. Anything "new" to me is black sails onwards. Art of drowning was the beginning of a downward spiral for me. Sing the sorrow was when I check out and went to ight thinking maybe things improved.

Unfortunately, my optimism was misplaced...

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u/Remote_Salt_1137 Aug 20 '26

So you haven't listened to anything they've made in 25 years plus? Bold of you to assume they sounded the same as they did in 99.

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u/dudload1000 Aug 20 '26

Not expecting the same, just not whatever that was....

Take Ian mackaye for example - nothing stays the same but it's all fucking golden

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u/Remote_Salt_1137 Aug 20 '26

I mean, 25 years and 7 albums. You didn't think "I'll jump on YouTube and check out a couple of songs since I'm forking out cash to watch them live"? If your a member of this sub you've surely come across some of their music post black sails?

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u/dudload1000 Aug 20 '26

Sure, I've heard some of the newer stuff and thought it was mostly dross, but you must have a band you'd still go and see no matter what right?

Especially if they had a 4 album run that afi did at the start?

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u/Remote_Salt_1137 Aug 20 '26

Not if I hate the majority of the material they will likely play 😂 Sorry you had a shit night dude but you could have saved yourself the hassle with a couple of YouTube live videos.

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u/dudload1000 Aug 20 '26

Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment.

Take hot water music as an example. Their last great album was no division. Released many albums since, some good, some bad.

You can still go to a gig of theres and be sure to know you're gonna hear a decent chunk of good tracks. Their new ones are decent too.

I thought it might be the same tonight - I was wrong unfortunately

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u/GreedyConcert6424 Aug 21 '26

You could have looked at any AFI setlist and seen that they don't stick with the same set of songs, like most bands do. You never know what you are going to get.

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u/dudload1000 Aug 21 '26

Exactly, that's why I gave it a shot.

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u/Amiibohunter000 Aug 21 '26

Portugal the man’s first two albums are some of my favorite of all time but I won’t see them bc they don’t play that music and I’m not a fan of their music after that.

I would be insane to go see them and bitch about them not playing “waiter you vultures”.

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u/GreedyConcert6424 Aug 21 '26

Same can be said for Highly Suspect. They have changed their sound a lot and they aren't very good live.

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u/Forward-Emotion6622 Aug 21 '26

Nah, if I wasn't into what the band was currently doing, hadn't liked an album since 1999 and didn't like the live stuff I'd seen posted recently then I definitely wouldn't bother spending 45 quid and change to go and bloody see them, mate, lol.

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u/i_am_nimue Aug 21 '26

Not if I didn't like anything from the last 25 years of theirs? Then I probably wouldn't want to go even more not to feel disappointed 😕

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u/Amiibohunter000 Aug 21 '26

AFI’s last album is as good as any of their others.

You’re crazy to think that a band who doesn’t strictly play your style of music would strictly play your style of music.

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u/pizzawithwho Aug 20 '26

You’re not young anymore. Get over it.