AFI

USA, 1991–now

California band (A Fire Inside) led by Davey Havok, formed in 1991. Evolving from hardcore to gothic horror-punk, Sing the Sorrow and Decemberunderground ('Miss Murder') fused Misfits-style darkness with anthemic emo drama.

MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced AFI and 0 artists AFI influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced AFI?

• Descendents — AFI began as a fast hardcore-punk band in the lineage of the Descendents before evolving toward gothic horror-punk.
• Bad Religion — Bad Religion's melodic hardcore is among AFI's early punk roots.
• Siouxsie and the Banshees — Siouxsie and the Banshees' gothic drama informs AFI's later, darker post-hardcore and horror-punk aesthetic.