Regardless of why Justin Sane got banned... which I would still like to know...

AFI was huge before they signed to Dreamworks. They sold out every show in every city they played, everyone knew who they were, and they were making tons of money. Without signing to Dreamworks they might not be playing huge amphitheaters, but they would still be big, on KROQ and probably on MTV. Oh well. Who knows how things would've gone. They still rock, so it doesn't matter.