AFI "The Art Of Drowning" Rocktober 2022 Swift was 16 years old

Swift was 16 years old at the time of the album's release and wrote it's songs during her freshman year of high school

including the never-before-heard "Junco Partner (Acoustic)" and electrifying live performances of "Rudie Can't Fail" and "I Fought The Law

created a sound that

beautiful acoustic album steeped in the bluegrass and roots music that moved Dierks to be a country musician in the first place

The album was recorded in fifteen days during the summer of 1997 with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa whom vocalist Ville Valo has credited as the honorary sixth member of the band due his help in honing the band's sound

AFI "The Art Of Drowning" Rocktober 2022 Swift was 16 years oldHardcore punk goes goth in the hands and screams of AFI. Grind in some metal and a little emo, and you've got a kickin' album with "The Art of Drowning." AFI's fifth studio effort really gets to the core of classic punk. Rowdy and restless, it rages against the powers that be. The album peaked at 174 on the Billboard 200 chart.