After releasing a string of independent-label singles and EPs between 1993 and 1995, AFI released its debut full-length in August 1995. Recorded at the famed studio of Bay Area punk producer Andy Ernst, Answer That and Stay Fashionable includes the reappearance of several beloved tracks from AFI's early EPs, including “Rizzo in the Box,” “Cereal Wars,” and “Ny-Quil.” Highly influenced by Northern California punk-pop stalwarts like Screeching Weasel and Swingin’ Utters, AFI embodied adolescent angst with a healthy dose of hyperactive juvenile humor. (Calvin and Hobbes get namedropped on “Cereal Wars,” and the poignant, excitable boy hero of that comic strip was definitely a touch point for AFI early in its career.) In songs about lampooning jocks (“High School Football Hero”) and begging mom to allow punk rock fashions (“I Wanna Get a Mohawk”), AFI ridiculed its suburban punk background even as the band proudly gave voice to the emotions of suburban punk kids. The band’s secret weapon was vocalist Davey Havok, a 20-year-old who could convincingly personify a 13-year-old mid-tantrum.