AFI School of Rock

AFI’s “Medicate”, Silversun Pickups’ “Bloody Mary”, Blondie’s “Long Time”, Interpol, Bishop Briggs, Hole, White Lies, and more! What makes a rockstar look cool? In this episode we examine AFI’s Medicate and Silversun Pickups’ Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) to see if we can discern to what extent its nature vs. nurture that gives musicians that X-factor rockstar coolness.

We also talk about Blondie’s Long Time, Interpol’s All The Rage Back Home, Bishop Briggs’ Baby (acoustic), Hole’s Violet, and White Lies’ Holy Ghost. We also mention the Pixies (we don’t specifically mention a video, but we had in mind Here Comes Your Man) and Chvrches (again, we don’t reference a specific video but The Mother We Share makes our point). We also briefly mention some other AFI videos, including: Miss Murder, Girl’s Not Grey, The Leaving Song Part II, Silver and Cold, and The Days of the Phoenix; we also mention Interpol’s Everything is Wrong and Silversun Pickups’ Substitution. Lastly, we give honorable mentions to The Bravery’s An Honest Mistake and Death Cab for Cutie’s I Will Follow You into the Dark.

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• Music videos from the episode:
  • Medicate (AFI)
  • Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) (Silversun Pickups)
  • Long Time (Blondie)
  • All The Rage Back Home (Interpol)
  • Baby (acoustic) (Bishop Briggs)
  • Violet (Hole)
  • Holy Ghost (White Lies)
• Honorable mentions:
  • Other AFI videos mentioned:
    • Miss Murder
    • Girl’s Not Grey
    • The Leaving Song Part II