Adam Carson co-founded AFI in 1991, when he was still in high school. Nearly 30 years later, the band is still going strong and has far surpassed its initial, punk rock ambitions. Adam visited Trap Set HQ and told Joe about: his drummer father; being a "bad student"; how he defines becoming "better" as an artist; the inner workings of AFI; and discovering an identity beyond the band. Also, friend of the show, Patty Schemel, stopped by to read an excerpt from her excellent new memoir, Hit So Hard.
260: Billy Conway (Morphine, Jeffrey Foucault, etc.)
259: Kid Congo (The Pink Monkey Birds, The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
258: Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt, Black Pus)
257: John Congleton (the pAper ChAse, Music Producer)
256: Meg Remy (U.S. Girls)
255: Britt Walford (Slint, The Breeders, Languid and Flaccid)
254: Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso)
253: Rick Smith (Torche)
252: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
251: Andrya Ambro (Gold Dime, Talk Normal)
250: Billy Martin (illy B; Medeski, Martin & Wood; John Zorn; Bob Moses, etc.)
249: Matt Sharp (The Rentals, Weezer)
248: Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top, The Moving Sidewalks)
247: Mike Bordin (Faith No More, Ozzy Osborne)
246: Chad Clark (Beauty Pill, Smart Went Crazy)
245: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rocket Juice & the Moon, Atoms for Peace)
244: Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In, De Facto, etc.)
243: Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman)
242: Sean Tillmann (Har Mar Superstar, Heart Bones)
241: Buzz Osborne (Melvins)
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