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They were also known at one point as "Anthems for Insubordinance". It's written on the back of one of their old CDs. Very Proud of Ya, or Answer That and Stay Fashionable.

Source please. - -The Spooky One (talk to me) 04:33, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was Anthems For Insubordinates. Observe the bottom right of the second picture from the top. Which if you ask me just goes to show that the name of the band has never been anything other than AFI, and it's "stood for" whatever they felt like at the time. I'd be inclined to refer to all the meanings as backronyms, at any rate. --Blue Dream (talk) 13:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I remember reading an interview with Davey Havok in I think either (UK magazines) Kerrang or Rock Sound around the time of Sing the Sorrow where he explicitly stated that AFI was originally a meaningless name that was not an acronym for anything. I remember he said something about how a bunch of bands he was into at the time had three letter acronym type names and he just thought AFI sounded cool. It never stood for anything at the time.92.236.245.163 (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As Blue Dream pointed out, it's likely a Backronym. - -' The Spook (TALK) _{(Share the Love with Barnstars)} 21:57, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should possibly be offered a section, such as in Anberlin's article, where their jokes/lies were revealed to be incorrect. It seems they just make up a new meaning every now and then, so maybe we should just leave the lead as AFI, with a sourced section describing the situation. kiac (talk) 11:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sigh* asking for it was the name of the band's post box in their early days, and anthems for insubordinates was their publishing company. they had a theme of making everything have the afi initials. it stood for nothing, and they'd give out random stuff when people asked what it stood for, such as abuncha fucking idiots. --Gpmuscillo (talk) 21:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So it's a backronym, or whatever they call them. Sources? k-i-a-c (hitmeup - the past) 03:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ultimate Guitar is not a reliable source. I've never actually heard them called Asking For It. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marky Maz (talk • contribs) 22:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's on the liner notes on a couple of their albums... - -' The Spook (TALK) _{(Share the Love with Barnstars)} 23:42, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but that doesn't prove anything. All that proves is: 'The band has used the letters AFI in front of a selection of different sayings, that can sometimes be assumed to be the letters' meaning'. Or something alone those lines. It doesn't say: 'AFI means this' or 'AFI meant that'. As gpmuscillo said "they had a theme of making everything have the afi initials, it stood for nothing,". k-i-a-c (hitmeup - the past) 12:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We need to do away with the whole "name" section. a simple line in the first paragraph is enough: "AFI, short for A Fire Inside..." or something that effect. that section doesn't really add much to the article and can be considered "trivia", which is also something that doesn't deserve its own section

The point is: Most of the names are just bull shit made up by the band, the band's name is AFI. Either there's a section on how they make these names up, or there's nothing. There is nothing saying it is part of their name, or anything official, just because it's on a cover does not mean they are saying "our band name is A Fire Inside" or whatever you are assuming. Trivia sections are not encouraged, though it is more useful than falsely stating the band's name in the lead sentence. k-i-a-c (hitmeup - the past) 08:52, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mark's nickname

The Artist still known as Mark is not a pun. It's a reference to Prince. A pun is a single word or phrase with multiple meanings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.36.44.45 (talk) 00:08, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Emo?

I don't agree with this label. I mean, this need to stop. Labeling every band now with the "emo" tag? And Tokio Hotel too? Panic at The Disco? Fall Out Boy? I mean come on! Please, I like emo, but this doesn't make any sense. I just want to stop this nonsense in wikipedia. Just take out the "emo" tag of bands that evidently are not emo. xwexarexbulletsx (hitmeup - the past) 08:52, 6 December 2008 (UTC)EXACTLY.[reply]