AFI ''DECEMBERUNDERGROUND'' In at #1!!!; 182,000 Scanned First Week as Band's 7th Album Becomes Its First #1

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2006--AFI's unrelenting 15-year climb to the top of the charts reaches its summit as the Ukiah, Calif. band's seventh album, "DECEMBERUNDERGROUND," enters the Billboard 200 album chart at #1 with first week sales of 182,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Reached with news of the #1 debut, AFI vocalist Davey Havok commented, "It's an amazing feeling to have something that you believe in so strongly, that is so much a part of you touch so many people. But it was truly our fans that did this. They have brought us this recognition and we are deeply honored. I am truly elated not just for us but for them as well. This is ONE for the team."

"DECEMBERUNDERGROUND" was released 06/06/06 on Tiny Evil/Interscope, and was preceded by the single "Miss Murder," praised by the press as "a galvanizing, smeared-mascara anthem" (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY), a "stomping instant radio anthem" (SPIN), and as one of ROLLING STONE's Key Tracks: The Best Of This Issue's Record Reviews Section and BLENDER's 20 Songs You Should Download This Month. Additionally, AFI recently generated a record-breaking 500,000 single-day plays from the band's heavily trafficked MySpace Music profile.

Following a performance of "Miss Murder" on last week's MTV Movie Awards and a headlining set at San Francisco's annual BFD festival, AFI embarks this week on a North American summer tour that includes already sold-out headline dates in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and a stretch of dates as a headliner on this year's Van Warped Tour.

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또, 소식하나.

Myspace에서 주는 Myspace Music Award를 탔네요.

이건 다 톰 덕분(?)^^

Further more, Myspace has given AFI the first ever Myspace Music Award for getting half-million plays in one day. That is the MOST ANY BAND HAS RECEIVED.

LOS ANGELES (www.myspace.com) - MySpace.com, the leading Internet lifestyle portal, announced that rock band AFI will receive the inaugural "MySpace Music Award" for a record-breaking 500,000 single-day plays from the band's heavily trafficked MySpace Music profile (www.myspace.com/afi). The honor marks the first time MySpace has issued such an award to any of the more than 1.5 million bands using the site to connect with fans.

"This is the first time a band has had over a half-million song plays on MySpace in a single day so we wanted to recognize this unbelievable accomplishment with something new," said Tom Anderson, president of MySpace. "In recognition of this milestone we're announcing AFI as the first recipient of the 'MySpace Music Award.'"
"It's amazing," commented AFI guitarist Jade Puget. "It's a testament to both MySpace and to our fans."