A Fire Inside (AFI) press release

AFI’s album-in-progress, as yet untitled, is due in 2003. “We’ve never taken this much time between albums. We probably wrote somewhere between 35 and 40 songs. Twenty made it to pre-production, of which 17 are going to be tracked.” The Berkeley, Calif.-based quartet is ensconced in a Hollywood studio with producers Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage) and Jerry Finn (Blink 182, Rancid, Green Day).
“I haven’t seen a band since Nirvana with this sort of intense chemistry among its members and with their fans,” says Vig of AFI, who are crafting their DreamWorks Records debut.
Remarks Finn: “Butch and I feel lucky to be working with AFI on this record. The band has written their most ambitious songs and arrangements to date – they’ve truly outdone themselves.”
Butch is leaving on 9/29 to resume touring with Garbage. Jerry and AFI will continue working on the album. We’re expecting AFI to release in the first half of next year.