| Guitarist [[Jade Puget]] recalled, "We went with [producer] Jerry Finn up to the farm in Northern California to do pre-production. They wanted us to go stay on this shabby farm; it was such a bummer." <ref name="yahoo1"/> | |
| [[Jade Puget]] remembered: "Davey and I flew down there and we just sit in that basement all day. And in the middle of one of these days, I had this 'ding-ding-ding-ding ...' [sings the [[intro]] bass line]. I think, I played the bass line on the guitar." <ref name="yahoo1"/> | |
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| + | [[Davey Havok]] came up with the "Miss Murder" as a throwaway lyric, which he was going to change to the real lyric. But Jade Puget insisted to keep it because he thought that it was cool. <ref name="yahoo1"/> |
| - | Davey |
| + | Davey admitted: "I wrote backwards. Rather than writing with a concept, I wrote with a task to make this lyric into a song, into a concept." <ref name="yahoo1"/> |
| Drummer [[Adam Carson]] added: "We almost swept it off the record." <ref name="yahoo1"/> | |
| Havok continued: "Yeah, we didn't think, I mean, I still don't think it's the best song on the record." He even wanted to replace this song, but the other band member insisted that the song was OK. <ref name="yahoo1"/> | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91ptLOteYlQ | |
| *Live performance from the HD Radio Sound Space at KROQ on February 27, 2017.* | |
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| + | ### Notable covers |
| + | ApologetiX made a Christian parody cover on this song in 2008. |
| + | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQlPHRVFGPc |
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| + | String Tribute Players performed a tribute to "Miss Murder" in 2009. |
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| + | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHYroSic51g |
| ## Gear and settings | |
| ### Guitars | |
| #### Jade Puget | |
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| + | [[Jade Puget]] played several **Gibson Les Paul Studio** guitars. |
| #### Hunter Burgan | |
| [[Hunter Burgan]] uses **Fender Precision basses**. In the official video, he is seen playing the black one with the red [[pickguard]]. | |
| ### Amps and effects | |
| #### Jade Puget | |
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| + | Jade Puget used [Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_amplifiers/mesa_boogie/dual_rectifier/) and Marshall Plexis ("Billie Joe" modified) through Marshall 4x12 straight Cabinets |
| #### Hunter Burgan | |
| Hunter Burgan is an endorser of **Ampeg SVT Classic amp heads** with **Ampeg SVT 8x10 cabs**. For the recording and consequent tours he used white amps, but later start using black ones. <ref name="premier1">{{cite Premier Guitar Youtube channel.|url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jtw8L6tqNc"|title="Rig Rundown - AFI's Jade Puget & Hunter Burgan"}}</ref> | |