name	Jade Puget
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Jade Errol Puget
birth date	November 28, 1973
origin	Ukiah, California, USA
instrument	Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer
genre	Alternative rock, punk rock, hardcore punk, EBM, post-hardcore, synthpunk, horror punk, synthpop, electronica
occupation	Musician, Producer
years active	1998–present
label	NitroAdelineInterscopeDreamWorks
associated acts	AFIBlaqk AudioInfluence 13Loose ChangeRedemption 87
website	AFireInside.net
notable instruments	Gibson Les Paul StudioGibson Les Paul SpecialGibson SGModified Marshall Plexi Heads ("Billie Joe" Mod)- Main Amplifier In Studio & Live starting on "Sing The Sorrow"Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Studio Head up to "Sing The Sorrow"- Secondary Studio Head starting "Sing The Sorrow")w/ Marshall cabinetsDiamond Amplification Nitrox }}

Jade Errol Puget (born November 28, 1973 in Santa Rosa, California) is the guitarist for the alternative rock band AFI (joined in 1998), and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. Puget is vegetarian and straight edge.

Puget has a half-sister named Alishea, a half-brother named Gibson, and a younger brother named Smith, who is also AFI's tour manager. Gibson appears in the poem in the interlude of "...But Home Is Nowhere" full length album version Sing The Sorrow.

With straight A's throughout his K-12 career, Puget dropped out of school at the age of 17 and continued his education at UC Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1996. After graduating from college, Puget joined AFI.

He has various tattoos, including an "18" (which was originally a "13"), a cat jumping through a 9 (a tattoo he shares with Nick 13 of Tiger Army and Davey Havok), and the word "committed" arched across his stomach. On his arms, he has the words "Boys Don't Cry" (an homage to The Cure) and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (a Joy Division tribute). He also has the word "Paprika" on his arm.

Puget plays a Gibson Les Paul Studio through Mesa Boogie dual rectifier and modified Marshall plexi amp heads with Marshall cabs. He used several Les Pauls, a Gibson SG, a Fender Telecaster, and Esquire for the recording of ''Sing the Sorrow''. Jade has stated in an interview in Guitar World magazine that he currently uses a Diamond Amplification Nitrox for his live setup and that he used a Gibson Cloud 9 Les Paul for a good deal of the recording of Crash Love.

Before joining AFI on November 2, 1998, Jade Puget played in various bands, including Loose Change and Redemption 87. His first album with AFI was 1999's ''Black Sails in the Sunset''. The first song he wrote for the band was "Malleus Maleficarum". The band released ''The Art of Drowning'' in 2000, ''Sing the Sorrow'' in 2003, ''Decemberunderground'' in 2006, and ''Crash Love'' in 2009. AFI won a VMA for best rock video for "Miss Murder" in 2006. Puget is also a member of Blaqk Audio with AFI bandmate Davey Havok. Their debut album, ''CexCells'', was released on August 14, 2007. Blaqk Audio's new album, ''Bright Black Heaven,'' is due to be released in Spring 2011.

Puget remixed Marilyn Manson's single "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)," released as an international bonus track from the 2007 album ''Eat Me, Drink Me'', and The Cure's song "Freakshow" from their 13th album ''4:13 Dream''. The remix appears on The Cure's 2008 EP ''Hypnagogic States''. He also recently remixed Tiger Army's "Where the Moss Slowly Grows" off the band's latest album ''Music From Regions Beyond''. The song is only available through purchasing the album on iTunes. He also did some additional production on The Dear & Departed's debut album ''Something Quite Peculiar''. Additionally, he recently remixed Tokio Hotel's UK single "Ready, Set, Go!" from their first English album, Scream. Jade also did some production work for the band Scarlet Grey on their song "Fancy Blood" on the album of the same name. His remix of The Static Age's song "Vertigo" (called "Airplanes") appeared as a bonus track on the band's album "Neon Nights Electric Lives. His remix of Escape the Fate's song Issues, for which he used the name Wolves At The Gate, appears on their Issues Remixes EP.

Puget was named "Best Guitarist" of 2009 by a poll among readers in the February issue of Alternative Press magazine.

In July 2011, Puget and his girlfriend of six years, Marissa Festa became engaged to be married.

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name	Davey Havok
background	solo_singer
birth name	David Paden Passaro
born	November 20, 1975in Rochester, New York, USA
origin	Ukiah, California, USA
instrument	vocals
genre	Alternative rock, hardcore punk, deathrock, synthpop, darkwave, EBM
years active	1991–present
associated acts	AFI Son of Sam Blaqk Audio
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David Paden Marchand (born David Paden Passaro, on November 20, 1975, in Rochester, New York), more commonly known by the stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI and the electronic music band Blaqk Audio.

Havok is an outspoken advocate of the straight edge lifestyle and veganism.

Biography

Havok was born in Rochester, New York, and is of Italian ancestry. At the age of three, his father died and when his mother later remarried he took on the surname of his stepfather, Marchand. When Havok was six years old, he and his family moved from Rochester to Ukiah, California. There, Havok attended Catholic school until the eighth grade.

In high school one day, he and his friends Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker decided to start a band, even though they did not own or could not play any instruments. Stopholese suggested that his friend Adam Carson join the band as a drummer, because he knew Carson owned a drum set.

Shortly after high school, the band broke up and Havok moved to Berkeley, California, where he attended UC Berkeley, planning to double major in English and Psychology. He began constantly writing lyrics to songs that would eventually appear on the albums ''Answer That and Stay Fashionable'' and ''Very Proud of Ya''.

In a memorable reunion, the band played at the Phoenix Theater for several hundred fans. Following the good reception from the fans, they decided to reunite and record an album. In 1995, the band's first album ''Answer That and Stay Fashionable'' was released on Wingnut Records and in 1996, their second album ''Very Proud of Ya'' was released on Nitro Records. In 1997, the band released their third full length album, ''Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes'', in which Davey's lyrics are more serious, being about religion and other social points.

The next release was the ''A Fire Inside EP''. It featured covers of The Cure's "The Hanging Garden", in which Davey got to flaunt Robert Smith influences, and "Demonomania" by The Misfits. In 1999, the band released ''Black Sails in the Sunset'', which was the first album to include the current line-up: Havok, Carson, Hunter Burgan and Jade Puget. In the fall of 1999, they released the ''All Hallows EP'', which has gathered a cult following among the fanbase, and is perhaps their most popular EP.

In 2000, they released ''The Art of Drowning'' to fair record sales, and great acclaim by fans of the band. The group had toured with another band, Samhain, on their reunion tour. Havok later joined three Samhain musicians, Steve Zing, London May and Todd Youth, and recorded an album in the vein of Samhain under the name Son of Sam, entitled ''Songs from the Earth''. In 2000 when Michale Graves had left the Misfits, Havok was approached by Roadrunner Records to be the new lead singer of Misfits. However, Havok told an interviewer that he'd never leave AFI as it was his own band.

Following Davey's work with Son of Sam, AFI continued to tour for a few years and released a few EPs along the way. In 2003, the band's first major label release, ''Sing the Sorrow'', was released, attaining great record sales.

On June 6, 2006, ''Decemberunderground'' was released on Interscope Records. Havok, along with AFI, toured around the world, each tour named after a song from the album. Along with this concert series, AFI's first DVD, ''I Heard a Voice – Live from Long Beach Arena'' was released on December 12, 2006, containing the live concert from Long Beach Arena from September 15, 2006. This DVD was released as in CD version in November 2007.

On August 14, 2007, Havok's new electronic side project with AFI guitarist Jade Puget, Blaqk Audio, released their first album, entitled ''CexCells''. Blaqk Audio went on a two month long American/Canadian tour following the release.

AFI's eighth studio album Crash Love was released on September 29, 2009.

Clothing lines

Glitterboy

Glitterboy Clothing was a short-lived fashion line created by Havok. It was partly inspired by the 70s glam music scene, among other things. The line was canceled due to creative differences between Havok and Serious.

Paden

Paden was released in 2007 and was available exclusively through Fred Segal clothing stores in California.

Tokyo Hardcore

On September 3, 2007, Jeffree Star posted a bulletin on MySpace, stating that he and Havok had modeled for the whole of Tarina Tarantino's brand new jewellery line, Tokyo Hardcore. The catalogue was released in September 2007 and a teaser video was posted on Buzznet along with a journal by Tarantino.

Zu Boutique

Launched in August 2008, Havok's newest clothing line features high-quality t-shirts with a limited pressing of 100 shirts per design. The line "pays homage to pop culture, forward thinking, and hedonism." A jewelry line was released in March 2009. The jewelry line is a collaboration between Zu Boutique and PNUT Jewelry run by Rusty Pistachio of punk band H2O fame. The jewelry will also be limited, with only 10 to 90 pieces of each design made.

In August 2009, Davey Havok designed a new shoe with Macbeth Footwear for the Zu Boutique clothing line.

Acting

In 2009, Havok joined sci-fi movie legend Lance Henriksen and horror movie icons Bill Moseley and Danielle Harris in the cast of the "illustrated film" series Godkiller. Havok voices the antagonist role, a fallen god named Dragos. Havok previously voiced the role of Hay in the stop-motion animated film ''Live Freaky Die Freaky''. He also played a small part in a 1997 indie film Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore.

On February 10, 2011, it was announced that Havok will be joining the cast of Green Day's ''American Idiot'' on Broadway. Havok will be playing the role of St. Jimmy.

Discography

With AFI

With Son of Sam

''Songs from the Earth'' (2001)

With Blaqk Audio

''CexCells'' (2007)

''Bright Black Heaven'' (2011)

Guest appearances

Havok has appeared as a guest vocalist on releases from various other bands, including:

Background vocals on Tiger Army's ''Tiger Army'', ''Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite'', ''Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise'' under a different name and ''Music from Regions Beyond''.

The Transplants song "Quick Death" from their self-titled album.

The Nerve Agents track "Jekyl and Hyde" from their second release, ''Days of the White Owl''.

Backing vocals for The Offspring albums ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' and ''Americana''.

The Dance Hall Crashers song "I Don't Wanna Behave", from the album ''Lockjaw''.

The Fury 66 track "Blue Strip".

The Heckle cover of The Misfits song "Astro-Zombies".

Havok also appears on Bleeding Through's DVD, ''Wolves Among Sheep''.

Havok is seen on the Eighteen Visions's CD/DVD while recording their self-titled album.

Havok sang a duet with Billie Joe Armstrong twice on Green Day's 2nd leg of the North American 21st Century Breakdown Tour, which is rumored to be on the next Green Day live album.

Sang the Operation Ivy (band) song "Knowledge" with Tim Armstrong and "Radio" with Rancid on the ''Give 'Em the Boot'' DVD.

Voice featured, along with other hardcore punk luminaries, in an answering machine recording on the All Bets Off album, "Girls About Songs".

Sang a cover of Straight Edge Revenge by Project X alongside the hardcore punk band Ceremony on November 6, 2008 in Berkeley California. The Video is viewable on YouTube.

Featured vocals in the Scarlet Grey song "The Sky & I" on their album Fancy Blood.

References

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name	Adam Carson
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	February 05, 1975
origin	Ukiah, California, United States
instrument	Drums
genre	Alternative rock, punk rock, hardcore punk
occupation	Musician
years active	1991–present
label	Nitro RecordsDreamworks RecordsInterscope Records
associated acts	AFIInfluence 13Tiger ArmyThe Reckless Kind
website	www.afireinside.net
notable instruments	Drum Workshop drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo heads and Vater drumsticks }}

Adam Alexander Carson (born February 5, 1975) is the drummer of the rock band AFI. He and Davey Havok are the two original members left in the lineup. Carson also filled in as drummer for the band Tiger Army. His drumming can be found on Tiger Army's ''Early Years EP'' as well as their debut album ''Tiger Army''. Carson was also a member of Influence 13 - a band formed by Nick 13, Jade Puget (who joined AFI in 1998), Geoff Kresge (who left AFI in 1996), and two other friends. He is a vegetarian.

Adam Carson is the one who conceived the album title, "Very Proud of Ya" and has written the lyrics for the song "Key Lime Pie," (a tribute to one of his favorite foods) and contributed a couple of lines to "Rizzo in the Box."

On May 25, 2011, AFI News Headquarters announced that Carson is involved in a new band called The Reckless Kind, described as "A 5 piece, super heavy soul band." They recently finished recording their debut album, and two songs ("PRO" and "Party Like Me") have been added to their ReverbNation account.

Discography

With AFI

With Tiger Army

Tiger Army (October 26, 1999, Hellcat Records)

Early Years EP (October 8, 2002, Hellcat Records)

References

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