AFI
In 2002, AFI left Nitro Records and released Sing the Sorrow (2003) on DreamWorks Records. The songs Girl's Not Grey, The Leaving Song Pt. II, and Silver and Cold had some Billboard chart success and exposed the band to even larger audiences. They were nominated in the MTV Video Music Awards 2003 in the MTV2 award category for the video "Girl's Not Grey", which came to be the first VMA they won. In June 2006, their newest album, Decemberunderground, was released on Interscope Records. Reviewers have noted an even progression in sound for AFI in this album, featuring ColdPop and New Wave[5] elements. The album's first single "Miss Murder" reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts. [6]The release reflects the continually changing and growing fan base of the band, and the album debuted as No. 1 on the Billboard charts.[7] The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies of the album, and is expected to go platinum later this year.[original research?] Also, the band's second single, "Love Like Winter", enjoyed tremendous success on MTV's Total Request Live and was retired after 40 days on the countdown. On December 12, 2006, AFI released their first DVD I Heard a Voice, featuring a live performance shot in Long Beach, California. On January 20, 2007, AFI played "Miss Murder" and "Love Like Winter" on Saturday Night Live. Although the band performed "Love Like Winter" according to plan, technical difficulties occurred during their set of "Miss Murder", in which Davey sounded mute during various points of the song. However, in later reairings of the episode, Davey's voice is very audible during "Miss Murder". Though "The Missing Frame" was originally supposed to be the third single off Decemberunderground,[8] Davey Havok has confirmed in the "Ask AFI" section of the Despair Faction message boards that there will not be a video for the song.[9] It is unknown if there will be a video made for another song. Havok also confirmed on the same boards that there will be no summer tour.[10] Puget has begun writing some material for a new album.[11] On July 7, 2007 AFI performed at the American leg of Live Earth. They performed "The Missing Frame", "Love Like Winter", "Miss Murder" and a cover of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust". A new EP has now been confirmed for a possible December release. It is said to be sort of a small collection of songs from the Decemberunderground sessions, and was confirmed to have the song "Carcinogen Crush," a song originally recorded during the Sing the Sorrow sessions. It is unknown if the EP version will be from the Sing the Sorrow sessions or from a later sessions. The song has also been confirmed as a downloadable song for Guitar Hero III only for the XBOX 360 with download code obtained by purchasing the official soundtrack of the game