TRIVIA: Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes (1997)

• SYMAOYE was released on November 11th, 1997.
• It was the last full length to feature Mark Stopholese and the first one to not feature bassist Geoff Kresge
• AFI did not have an official bassist to record this album, so they hired The Force's Hunter Burgan.
• Hunter was reportedly paid $666 for playing in this album.
• There are some promotional pictures for SYMAOYE featuring an unknown band member. This is Frank Vicario, a member of Snapcase, who never played a show with them and it's unknown if he recorded anything for the album. Snapcase was going to break up and Frank would join AFI. Snapcase remained together.
• The album art comes from an old kids magic box.
• There are many references to the number 3 in this album. There are 4 songs with a reference to number 3 (Three Reasons, Third Season, Three Seconds Notice and Triple Zero), and there are 3 songs between each of them.
• The Patron Saints and Angels is the working title for The New Patron Saints and Angels. It was changed because the chorus bass was changed without Hunter knowing. Hence "The New...". It's unknown who played the new bass lines on the chorus (Mark Stopholese most likely).
• This was the first album to feature an intro as first track.
• The vinyl version of this record features a cover of The Misfits' "Last Caress". This was the closer of their live shows for most of the SYMAOYE era.
• As far as we know, the only songs they haven't played live are: pH Low, The New Patron Saints And Angels and Three Seconds Notice.