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Son_of_putrefaction - Thanks for posting that letter. I'd been meaning to post it in one of these threads for ages, but forgotten where I'd read it. It certainly changed my attitude on bands 'selling out'.
People have got to relax on this selling out thing. When good bands are recognised and marketed, they become popular. If you happen to like their music, be happy for their success, don't fucking whine about it.
Decemberunderground is different, yes, but AFI are not all Decemberunderground and Sing the Sorrow. They still play a lot of older songs at shows - and believe me, seeing songs like Days of the Phoenix and God Called In Sick Today played live is WORTH the hundreds of emo kids clawing for the front row to catch a feel of Davey's balls (I'm not kidding. It happens.). The old material is still a part of them and always will be - they're still the same guys who wrote Black Sails in the Sunset, and for that reason I'll never abandon them, no matter how mainstream they become.
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