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AFI / Snapcase / Recover

live in New York City
2003
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Review by: Brian
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Published on May 13th 2003

Living on the Island, going to shows in the city can be a real bitch, especially on school nights. But this is the life of a student of the great scholastic system. Plus, I couldn't pass up the chance to see AFI for the first time.

Recover took the stage to open up it for the swarming crowd. The band's style of punk/emo/notsurewhatthefucktocallit is like some strange hybrid of The Early November if they decided to attempt a harder genre with some definite classic rock overtones in it. They mostly pleased the crowd with their short set; the main highlight from the dual vocalists and co. was "Inhale Water," the closer from Ceci n'est pas recover.

Replacing Hot Water Music (to who, my somewhat dismay, didn't play for reasons I was unaware of) was Snapcase, who I'm not into in any way yet was seeing them for the second time in two weeks. The hardcore veterans with the mouse-on-crack vocals seemed to receive a mixed crowd reaction, as they played nearly (if not THE) the same exact set as the one they played at the Finch show at the Vanderbilt in Plainview.

As "Miseria Cantare" filled the speakers, Davey came onto the stage decked in a loose dress shirt and tie. Upon finish, AFI kicked it into high gear right into "The Lost Souls." Expected but more than satisfied, AFI proceeded to play mostly stuff off Art of Drowning and Sing the Sorrow, but thankfully managed to include plenty of tunes for old-school fans. At one point, they recalled a 1996 show with Snapcase and played "Perfect Fit" as a tribute. "Totalimmortal" made the crowd go apeshit as did every other chant-along. As that period between set (which anthemicly closed with "Morningstar") and encore went by, the crowd exclaimed on a loop "Through our bleeding/We are one!" which was impassioned as you might imagine. The band took the stage back to run over "Death of Season" (disco beats included) before they injected the final dose on "god Called in Sick Today."

The person who had the fortunateity of singing into the mic right at Davey's face at one point had a look of orgasmic delight when the show finally ended ("DID YOU SEE THAT?! DID YOU SEE THAT?!"). The expression on his face likely reflected that of the whole crowd.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 4, 2004 at 3:28 PM (EDT)
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who gives a shit if afi are "gay". who gives a shit if they are on MTV, just cos a band is talented as fuck and has a shitload of fans doesnt make the band or its fans gay.

Posted by NOFXPunkLTJ22 on 2003-08-29 09:49:17
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"recover-ok
snapcase-gay
afi-gay
hot water music-cool "
Thanks for the rundown haha.

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 19, 2003 at 11:37 PM (EDT)
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wasnt recover before the early november? maybe you should use well established bands over glitzy crap when making comparisions

Posted by inagreendase on 2003-05-18 20:28:01
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i said early november TRYING A HARDER GENRE. no one seemed to get that.

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 18, 2003 at 4:07 PM (EDT)
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HOW DARE YOU COMPARE RECOVER TO THE EARLY NOVEMBER? are you an idiot?

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 4:01 PM (EDT)
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zombie prescription

thats all i have to say.....snapcase kick ass

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 11:48 PM (EDT)
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hot water music rules all. There, i have spoken.

hate, Jesus

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 6:07 AM (EDT)
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HWM probably didn't play because their bass player is in the hospital. I saw them on the 25th of April in Belgium. Just before they were flying over (especially for this show) apparently something happened to the bass player. So, one of the guitar players (sorry i dunno the names) played bass, which obviously not helped that much, on top of that they were drunk as hell... they're coming back end of the month though

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 10:33 PM (EDT)
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"um, people that go to school....you try getting on the bad side of alcoholic dad's who cheat on their wives"

fu ck that i do go to school to get my masters but i don't say that or that i'm an idiot in high school with zit cream on my emo goggles.

citizen

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 8:35 PM (EDT)
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"people who listen to afi are gay"

damn right they are,and now since there on the mtv their all like "wo hooo good charlotte ,new found glory AFI"

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 6:39 PM (EDT)
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"what an awful fucking review. pure shit. who cares about "school nights?" "

um, people that go to school....you try getting on the bad side of alcoholic dad's who cheat on their wives

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 6:35 PM (EDT)
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people who listen to afi are gay

Posted by TheOneTrueBill on 2003-05-13 18:31:09
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i like the other review better

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 4:51 PM (EDT)
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recover-ok
snapcase-gay
afi-gay
hot water music-cool

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 4:25 PM (EDT)
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easy fanboy. no one cares what davey havok wore to the show. And you would rather see Hot Water music than Snapcase? are you retarded or Emo?

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 2:42 PM (EDT)
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I thought this review was shit, then I realized there was a basis of comparison since someone else reviewed the same show........definetely shit

Posted by FortyMinutesWest on 2003-05-13 12:26:43
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Snapcase is so much better than AFI and Recover combined.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 11:03 AM (EDT)
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SNAPCASE KICKS ASS ON AFI AND RECOVER...thats all that has to be said - bigjerk

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 10:36 AM (EDT)
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what an awful fucking review. pure shit. who cares about "school nights?"

citizen

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 8:08 AM (EDT)
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well i was really referring to some of the instrumentals when i compared early november and recover

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 7:19 AM (EDT)
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"The person who had the fortunateity of singing"Sorry, the what?

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 2:00 AM (EDT)
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the early november and recover? hahahahah wtf