Song: "Yurf Rendenmein"
Artist: AFI
Album: "Very Proud Of Ya"
Year: 1996
Place Of Origin: Ukiah, California
Years Active: 1991 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Yurf Rendenmein" is a song that appears to be about someone trying to fit in but changing who they are to be just like everyone else. The vocalist is kinda calling out this person. Like, why are you acting like us just to think you fit in? He would rather the person just be themselves and allow them to accept them for who they trully are. This is a re-recorded version of the song. The original appeared on AFI's debut album "Answer That And Stay Fashionable".
AFI DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
1995 - Answer That And Stay Fashionable (Wingnut Records
* did not chart on Billboard 200
1996 - Very Proud Of Ya (Nitro Records)
* did not chart on Billboard 200
1997 - Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes (Nitro Records)
* did not chart on Billboard 200
1999 - Black Sails In The Sunset (Nitro Records)
* did not chart on Billboard 200
2000 - The Art Of Drowning (Nitro Records)
* #174 on the Billboard 200
2003 - Sing The Sorrow (DreamWorks Records)
* #5 on the Billboard 200
* certified platinum
2006 - Decemberunderground (Interscope Records)
* #1 on the Billboard 200
* certified platinum
2007 - I Heard A Voice - Live From Long Beach Arena (Interscope Records)
* #133 on the Billboard 200
2009 - Crash Love (Interscope Records)
* #12 on the Billboard 200
2013 - Burials (Republic Records)
* #9 on the Billboard 200
2017 - AFI (The Blood Album) (Concord Records)
* #5 on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON AFI:
These California kids got their start as a band back in 1991, when the guys were in high school and could barely play their instruments! They released a few EP's and eventually dropped their debut album, "Answer That And Stay Fashionable", in 1995. This album was produced by Tim Armstrong of Rancid. Dexter Holland of The Offspring liked what he heard from AFI and inked them to a deal on his own label, Nitro Records. At this point, AFI was a hardcore punk/skate punk type of band. In 1999, you could hear a style shift on their "Black Sails In The Sunset" album. The band began to incorporate horror punk elements to their hardcore sound. Their 2000 album, "The Art Of Drowning", became their first album to chart on the Billboard 200 and the band was seeing enough success to gain some interest from major labels. In 2003, AFI dropped "Sing The Sorrow" through major label DreamWorks. This would prove to be their most successful album in terms of album sales. This record achieved platinum status thanks in part to hit singles like "Girl's Not Grey", "The Leaving Song Pt. II" and "Silver And Cold". "Sing The Sorrow" spent 51 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts! Their next record, "Decemberunderground", became their first and only #1 album of their career to date. The band continued success in the late 2000's and 2010's with three more charting albums, "Crash Love", "Burials" and "AFI (The Blood Album)". AFI's last release was an EP called "The Missing Man" in 2018. Word out of the AFI camp is that their next full length studio album is complete and was set for release in 2020, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the band decided to release it in 2021. AFI has been a solid band for a very long time now. Amazing that they've been a band for 29 years now!! It probably doesn't seem like they've been around that long because they really broke in 2003 with their "Sing The Sorrow" album. They didn't blow up out of nowhere however. This is a band that paid it's dues before they got to taste big success. You can tell that they are heavily influenced by bands like The Misfits, Descendents and The Cure. As I said earlier, they got their start as a hardcore punk/skate punk band but by 2000, they started veering down that horror punk/goth punk and at times emo path. They also incorporated some elements of pop and electonic music. Still, their sound's foundation is rooted in hardcore punk. I first got into AFI when I heard "The Leaving Song Part II" from "Sing The Sorrow". I may have heard a song or two by them before that but I really began to take notice when they released "Sing The Sorrow". I'd say "Sing The Sorrow", "Decemberunderground" and "Crash Love" is my wheelhouse for AFI. But, I enjoy their latest releases as well as their early releases too. This is a top tier hardcore/horror punk band.
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Alkaline Trio
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TEN AFI SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Love Like Winter
2. The Leaving Song Part II
3. Totalimmortal
4. Medicate
5. Miss Murder
6. The Days Of The Phoenix
7. Girl's Not Grey
8. White Offerings
9. 17 Crimes
10. Get Dark
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