TRIVIA: Very Proud of Ya (1996)

• Very Proud Ya was released on June 18, 1996.
• Very Proud of Ya is the AFI album with the most songs, with a total of 20 songs on the regular release. (vinyl-only and No Dave Party are apart)
• The cover for the album was designed by AFI's then-bassist, Geoff Kresge. Pablo asked Geoff about the cover and he said it matched the album theme song (Consult My Lover).
• This is the first album where Jade Puget does backing vocals. He's credited as Jade "The Playah" Puget.
• According to the Nitro Box Set, Adam came up with the name. They really regret naming the album Very Proud of Ya.
• This album is AFI's album with the most re-recordings. Advances in Modern Technology, Theory of Revolution, Aspirin Free, Crop Tub, Two Of A Kind, Yürf Rendenmein, Cruise Control, Who Said You Could Touch Me, Rolling Balls and Love is A Many Splendored Thing were already featured in previous AFI's releases. This happened because they had little studio time and couldn't finish new songs.
• Cruise Control and Love is a Many Splendored Thing were featured in a movie called Mary Jane Is Not A Virgin Anymore. Davey had small dialogs on it and they can be seen here.
• This is AFI's first CD release on Nitro Records.
• "No Dave Party" the pre-gap hidden track on Very Proud of Ya, was intended to feature vocal recordings from Adam, Mark, and Geoff. Due to time constraints, only instrumental tracks were recorded. Paul Marchand recorded "extra guitar" for the track.
• He Who Laughs Last was AFI's first single.
• File 13 means trash. In an office, when the boss asks the employee to put the document under file 13, it means he must put it in the trash. Hence the line "Feel like garbage can"
• AFI would dedicate Advances In Modern Technology to Smith, Mike and Fritch during the Black Sails and The Art Of Drowning live shows.
• 1995's Fly in The Ointment featured early versions of Crop Tub, Theory of Revolution and Cruise Control.
• Crop Tub and Darling, I Want To Destroy You are the only AFI songs where Davey uses a vocoder. A vocoder is used to distort vocals.
• This album takes its name from a chorus line on the album theme song, Consult My Lover, "I'm so proud of you, so proud of you, I'm proud, I'm very proud of you"
• Two of a Kind and Yürf Rendenmein are different from the Answer That versions.
• Yürf Rendenmein is a word-play, as it means "Your friend and mine"
• Cruise Control was oftenly described as AFI's love song, during live shows.
• This album was the third release that Love Is A Many Splendored Thing appeared on, and the first time it was properly recorded in a studio. The first release was on 1993's Eddie Picnic's All Wet 7" (live), and the second one was on This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay.
• Who Said You Could Touch Me and Rolling Balls were previously released on 1993's Behind The Times 7"
• There are several guitar solos that were not recorded for "Very Proud Of Ya" so the songs in essence are not complete. "No Dave Party" was suppose to have singing in it from the rest of the band except Davey, hence the title.
• There are several other songs that were supposed to be recorded during this session but AFI didn't have time in the studio to finish them. So those songs got released on various compilations instead. "Very Proud of Ya" didn't turn out how AFI envisioned.