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| Birth Name: David Anthony Marchand Birthplace: Rochester, NY. Birthdate: November 20, 1975, then shortly after, moved to Ukiah, CA. Side Projects: Son of Sam, Blaqk Audio. Released a clothing line in 2005 called Glitterboy. Due to creativity differences Glitterboy was cancelled. He is currently working on another line which should be out sometime in 2007. Favorite Movie: Nightmare before Christmas Favorite Food: Snowcones, (He is vegan) College Majors: Psychology and English Liturature but quit college before earning the degrees. Movements: He is part of the Straight Edge Movement - which means no drugs, alcohol, or smokes. Musical Influences: The Cult, Christian Death, The Smiths, Quessn, The Cure, Bauhaus, Misfits/Danzig/Samhain, Depeche Mode, and Joy Division. Tattoos: a pair of large black wings on his back and a flaming heart on his chest, as well as both arms sleeved with direct references to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Musical appearances: loaned his voice to The Nerve Agents for their 2nd release, Days of the White Owl on the song, "Jekyl and Hyde.", and backing vocals for The Offspring's 4th and 5th albums Ixnay on the Hombre and Americana, Tiger Army , Dance Hall Crashers song "I Don't Wanna Behave", from the album Lockjaw and the Transplants song "Quick Death". Provided vocals and lyrics for the one-off Samhain tribute Son Of Sam, alongside Todd Youth of Danzig, Steve Zing and London May of Samhain. Havok sings on the song Blue Strip by the band Fury 66 Appearances: Bleeding Through's DVD, Wolves Among Sheep, Live Freaky Die Freaky, and Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore movie. |
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| AFI formed in 1991 when the members were attending high school in Ukiah, California. Adam Carson (drums) and Davey Havok (Vocals) first became friends after playing school soccer together. Adam used his brother's drum kit, Davey (a member of the school choir) exhibited talent as a singer even this early, and they were joined by guitarist Mark Stopholese. A Fire Inside made their first foray in recording with the EP "Dork" (1993), split with the band "Loose Change" featuring future AFI guitarist Jade Puget. Soon after, AFI broke up while its members moved to different colleges, including the University of California, Berkeley where Havok began a double major of English and Psychology and the University of California, Santa Barbara. The original bassist Geoff Kresge moved to New York where he played with the band "Blanks 77". After reuniting to perform a very successful live show, the members decided to drop out of college and play in the band full-time. Between 1993 and 1995 they released many independently made vinyl EP's ("Behind the Times", "Eddie's Picnic All Wet", "This is Berkeley, Not West Bay", "AFI/Heckle", and "Fly in the Ointment"), and eventually released their debut full-length album Answer That and Stay Fashionable in 1995 on Wingnut Records, later re-released in 1997 on Nitro Records. Their second album, Very Proud of Ya, was released in 1996 by the Nitro Label, after which their bassist Geoff Kresge decided to leave the group for personal reasons. The bassist, Hunter Burgan (formerly of The Force) filled in for Kresge for the tour in support of Very Proud of Ya. He went on to help AFI record Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes and was subsequently invited to become the full time bassist.
After the recording of the A Fire Inside EP in 1998, Mark left the band to be replaced by guitarist Jade Puget, formerly of Redemption 87 and Loose Change, who was critical in forming the band's new sound over the following albums. Following on from the new approach they had taken on the aforementioned A Fire Inside EP (released on Adeline Records) the band recorded their Black Sails in the Sunset (Nitro 1999), a musical turning point. On this album, and the following All Hallow's EP (Nitro 1999), other EPs and the seminal The Art of Drowning album (Nitro 2000) their original hardcore roots were still quite apparent in their musical approach, but more 80s horror punk seemed to appear in the lyrics. Their next album, Sing the Sorrow was released on the much larger DreamWorks label on March 11, 2003. However, many fans feel this album displays a different musical approach, and has lost some of the aggressive punk sound of previous albums. AFI's seventh album, Decemberunderground was released on May 29th, 2006 in the UK and June 6th, 2006 in the US. The album displayed an even larger change in sound for AFI, featuring many more electronic and new wave elements. |
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| Birthname: Jade Errol Puget Birthdate: November 28, 1973 Joined AFI: 1999. Birthplace: California Favorite food: Cheese Bagels, Granola Bars. Also a vegan and is in the Straight Edge Movement. Favorite Video Game System: Atari. Favorite Colors: Pink and Black College Degree: Bachelors of Art in Social Theory Favorite Movie: Beetle Juice Side Project: Blaqk Audio Tattoos: The number 18 (Formerly a 13), a cat jumping through a 9, and the words "Love will tear us apart." Before joining AFI Jade played in various bands, most significantly Loose Change (which shared a 7" with AFI in 1992 when the bands first started. This 7", titled Dork, was AFI's first vinyl), and Redemption 87. Jade's recordings with the band include Black Sails (1999), All Hallows (1999), Days of the Phoenix (2001), and 336 (2002)and the full length CDs Black Sails in the Sunset (1999), The Art of Drowning (2000), Sing the Sorrow (2003) and Decemberunderground (2006). |
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| Birthname: Hunter Burgan Birthday: May 14, 1976 Joined AFI: Became the full time bassist in 1997. Favorite artist: Prince Side Project: Hunter Revenge Instrument: drums, bass, guitar, saxophone, and piano |
| Alias: Steve Angel. Favorite cereal: Cocoa Pebbles. Favorite pie: Peach Food: Is vegetarian Previous band: Hunter was a founder of the band called Frisk, he played the drums. The band played their last show in 12/05 |
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| Birthname: Adam Carson Birthdate: February 5, 1975 Favorite AFI album: The Art of Drowning Adams favorite album is The Art Of Drowning. The songs that mean the most to him are God Called In Sick Today, Morning Star and Days Of The Phoenix. Food: vegetarian. |
| He is the only band member that is not part of the Straight Edge movement. Appearances: The Nerve Agents Days of the White Owl (2000), and Butterfly Collection (2001) Drum Technician ,Tiger Army Tiger Army (1999), Tiger Army Early Years (2002) Drums Adam is a pirate |
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