Kunezibonelo eziningi lapho izinguquko ezinkulu emsindweni nasesithombeni sebhendi ziholele empumelelweni enkulu. Ithimba le-AFI lingesinye sezibonelo ezivelele kakhulu.
Njengamanje, i-AFI ingomunye wabameleli abadume kakhulu bomculo we-rock ohlukile eMelika, izingoma zabo zingazwakala kuma-movie nakuthelevishini. Amathrekhi abaculi aba amaculo emidlalo yehlelo, aphinde athatha phezulu emashadi ahlukahlukene. Kodwa iqembu le-AFI alizange lithole impumelelo ngokushesha.
Iminyaka yokuqala yeqembu
Umlando weqembu waqala ngo-1991, lapho abangani basedolobheni lase-Ukiah befuna ukwakha iqembu labo lomculo. Ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu lalihlanganisa: U-Davey Havok, u-Adam Carson, u-Marcus Stofolese no-Vic Chalker, ababehlanganiswe uthando lwe-punk rock. Abafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu abanesifiso sokudlala isici somculo osheshayo nonolaka wezithombe zabo.
UVic Chalker waxoshwa eqenjini ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva. UJeff Kresge wathatha indawo yakhe. Khona-ke ukwakheka unomphela kweqembu kwadalwa, okwahlala kungashintshiwe kuze kube sekupheleni kweminyaka eyishumi.
Ngo-1993, kwakhululwa i-albhamu encane ethi Dork. Irekhodi alibanga yimpumelelo kubalaleli, okuholele ekwehleni kokuthengiswayo. Abaculi bacula emahholo angenalutho, balahlekelwa ithemba labo langaphambili.
Umphumela waba ukuqedwa kweqembu, elihlangene hhayi kuphela nokwehluleka kokudala, kodwa futhi nesidingo sokuba abaculi baye ekolishi.
Impumelelo yokuqala
Okubalulekile eqenjini le-AFI kwakunguDisemba 29, 1993, lapho iqembu liphinde lahlangana ekhonsathini eyodwa. Yilokhu kudlala okwaqinisekisa abangani ukuthi baqhubeke nomsebenzi wabo wokudala.
Umculo usuphenduke intandokazi ebaluleke kakhulu ezimpilweni zabaculi abagxile ngokuphelele ekuzilolongeni nasekudlaleni bukhoma.
Ukuphumelela kwafika ngo-1995 lapho i-albhamu yokuqala ye-studio yeqembu ishaya amashalofu esitolo. Irekhodi elithi Answer That and Stay Fashionable lidalwe ngesitayela se-hardcore-punk esidumile muva nje.
Ama-guitar riffs aqinile asekelwa isosha esihlambalaza iqiniso. Izilaleli zathanda ukushayela kweqembu elincane, okwenza kube lula ukurekhoda i-disc yesibili eyenziwe ngesitayela esifanayo.
Eqhulwini lempumelelo, leli qembu laqala ukuqopha i-albhamu yalo yesithathu ethi, Vala Umlomo Wakho futhi Vula Amehlo Akho.
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi esebenza kurekhodi, uJeff Kresge washiya iqembu, okwakungumfutho wokuqala woshintsho. Isihlalo ebesingenamuntu sithathwe nguHunter Burgan, owaba yilungu elibalulekile leqembu iminyaka eminingi.
Ukushintsha isithombe seqembu le-AFI
Naphezu kwempumelelo ethile eyayihambisana nebhendi engxenyeni yesibili yawo-1990, abaculi basala baziwa kuphela phakathi kwabalandeli be-hardcore punk yesikole esidala. Ukuze iqembu le-AFI lifinyelele ezingeni elisha, izinguquko ezithile zesitayela zazidingeka. Kodwa ubani owayengacabanga ukuthi izinguquko zaziyoba ezinkulu kangaka.
Inguquko emsebenzini weqembu kwaba i-albhamu ethi Black Sails in the Sunset, eyaqoshwa ngokubamba iqhaza komdlali omusha we-bass. Umsindo okurekhodi ulahlekelwe isici se-perky drive sokukhishwa kokuqala. Izingoma zaba mnyama, kuyilapho izingxenye zesiginci zihamba kancane futhi zizwakala kakhulu.
"Impumelelo" kwakuyi-albhamu ethi The Art of Drowning, ethathe ishadi le-Billboard inombolo engu-174. Iculo elihamba phambili le-albhamu, elithi The Days Of The Phoenix, lithole ukuduma okukhulu kubalaleli. Lokhu kuvumele ibhendi ukuthi ithuthele kulebula entsha yomculo, i-DreamWorks Records.
Uguquko lomculo lwaqhubeka nge-Sing the Sorrow, ekhishwe ngo-2003. Iqembu lagcina lizishiyile izici ze-punk rock, ligxile ngokuphelele kwezinye izindlela. Erekhodini elithi Hlabelelani Usizi umuntu angezwa ithonya lemfashini ye-post-hardcore, eseyiwuphawu lwebhendi.
Kwenzekile nezinguquko endleleni abaculi ababukeka ngayo. Umculi wezwi uDavey Havok udale isithombe esinenhlonipho, esadalwa kusetshenziswa ukubhoboza, izinwele ezidayiwe ezinde, ama-tattoos nezimonyo.
I-albhamu yesitudiyo yesikhombisa kaDisembaunderground ikhishwe ku-#1 kumashadi. Waba yimpumelelo kakhulu emlandweni weqembu. Yayihlanganisa izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ethi Love Like Winter kanye nethi Miss Murder, eziphawuleka kakhulu phakathi kwezilaleli eziningi.
Umsebenzi owengeziwe weqembu le-AFI
Iqembu le-AFI laqhubeka nokuba seqophelweni eliphezulu lokuduma kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kweminyaka eyishumi. Lokhu kwenziwe lula ukuthandwa okukhulu kwe-post-hardcore phakathi kwentsha engakahleleki yangaleyo minyaka. Kodwa ngo-2010, ukuthandwa kweqembu kancane kancane kwaqala ukwehla. Kwavela inkinga efanayo emaqenjini amaningi ahlukile, aphoqeleka ukuthi aguqule ngokuphelele uhlobo lwawo.
Naphezu kokushintsha kwezitayela zefashini, abaculi bahlala bethembekile kubo, kuphela "bekhanyisa" umsindo omdala. Ngo-2013, ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu Ukungcwatshwa kwenzeka, okwakunezibuyekezo ezinhle ezivela "kubalandeli". Futhi ngo-2017, i-albhamu yokugcina yobude obugcwele, I-albhamu Yegazi, yakhululwa.
AFI Group namuhla
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi imfashini yomunye umculo we-rock yaqala ukufiphala, leli qembu liyaqhubeka nokujabulela impumelelo emhlabeni wonke. I-AFI ikhipha ama-albhamu amasha kaningi, kodwa amarekhodi ahlala egcina izinga elathathwa abaculi emuva maphakathi nawo-2000.
Ngokusobala, i-AFI ngeke igcine lapho, ngakho-ke amarekhodi amasha nokuvakasha kwekhonsathi kuzoba ngaphambi kwabalandeli. Kodwa ukuthi abaculi bazothatha isinqumo sokuzinza kanjani esitudiyo maduzane kuseyimpicabadala.
