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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 09/26/2000

Punk rawkers AFI exude another powerful disposition on their fifth album, The Art of Drowning. Issued on Dexter Holland's Nitro Records, AFI's quick and haughty, spiraling guitar riffs and crashing percussion make for another mishmash for single-fisted anthems for punk revivalists and enigmatic pop kids raging against the machine. Nothing short of Pennywise, D Generation, and Powerman 5000, AFI is rowdy with their old-school-inspired rants like "Ever and a Day" and "Of Greetings and Goodbyes." Frontman Davey Havok casts a rough demeanor, but certainly not anything intimidating because punk rock became friendly after the war of early-'90s grunge. The snarl and sweat are not as fashionable as it once was, but the attitude remains the same.

~MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

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Lars Frederiksen - Vocals (Background)
Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
Chuck Johnson - Producer
Chuck Johnson - Engineer
AFI - Vocals (Background)
AFI - Producer
AFI - Main Performer
Andy Ernst - Mixing
Frank Rinella - Assistant Engineer
Davey Havok - Vocals
Jade Puget - Bass
Jade Puget - Guitar
Darcy Vaughn - Viola
Adam Carson - Drums
Alan Forbes - Artwork
Thadd LaRue - Vocals (Background)
Thadd LaRue - Assistant
Jamie Reilly - Layout Design
Nick 13 - Vocals (Background)
Joe Clements - Vocals (Background)

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Release Date: 09/26/2000
Genre: rock