One of the best things about music is its unpredictability. Sometimes, those moments can cause true horror but the best moments are just ace. That’s why we spend so much time caring so much – for those moments. It’s worth the risk. Most of the time. Here are all of the Thrash Hits contributors’ biggest surprises of 2013. They’re mainly bad, actually, but whatever…
AFI

AFI (A Fire Inside) is an American punk rock band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. The band's lineup stabilized in 1998 with lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backing vocalist Adam Carson, bassist, backing vocalist and keyboardist Hunter Burgan, and guitarist, backing vocalist and keyboardist Jade Puget. Havok and Carson are the sole remaining original members. Originally a hardcore punk band, they have since delved into many genres.
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AFI on Thrash Hits
Album: AFI – Crash Love
September 30th, 2009
AFI
Crash Love
Interscope Records
28 September 2009
by Jon Kerr
Following the death of their influential producer Jerry Finn, AFI have recruited the chart-friendly Jacknife Lee to co-produce Crash Love, perhaps to right some of the wrongs on the bland Decemberunderground. The band are already brashly hailing it as “the album we’ll be remembered for”. So, should you believe the hype?
Reading & Leeds Festival line-ups CONFIRMED
March 30th, 2009
Well, it turns out our earlier information was a big bag of balls – well, most of it anyway. The initial line-up for this year’s Reading & Leeds Festivals has been officially announced by Festival Republic, and you know what? It’s not all bad news.