AFI 'DECEMBERUNDERGROUND' In At No 1!!!; 182,000 Scanned First Week As Band's 7th Album Becomes Its First No 1

LOS ANGELES, CA (Nasty Little Man) - 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 No 1 with first week sales of 182,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Reached with news of the No 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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