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A.F.I.
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Hardcore punk revivalists AFI (A Fire Inside) originally formed in 1991 when its members -- vocalist Davey Havok,
guitarist Markus Stopholese, bassist Vick, and drummer Adam Carson were attending high school in Ukiah, CA. Vick was replaced
by Geoff Kresge after several months, and the band played a few local gigs and released a split 7" with fellow Ukiah natives
Loose Change, as well as an EP titled Behind the Times. The bandmembers then split up to attend different colleges, with Kresge
temporarily moving to New Jersey to join Blanks 77, and all assumed AFI was defunct. However, the band reconvened during a
holiday break from school to play a one-off reunion show, and audience response was so positive that the bandmembers decided
to quit school and concentrate on music full-time. A couple of singles preceded a record deal with the Nitro label, which
issued the band's second album, Very Proud of Ya, in 1996. Two LPs followed in 1997, a re-release of the debut, Answer That
& Stay Fashionable, and Shut Your Mouth & Open Your Eyes, and personnel shifts ensued; Kresge was the first to leave,
being replaced by Hunter, and Stopholese departed in favor of ex-Redemption 87 guitarist Jade Puget. The new lineup recorded
an EP titled A Fire Inside in 1998, and issued a full-length album in 1999, Black Sails in the Sunset. Art of Drowning followed
a year later. In the new millennium, AFI hooked up with Garbage's Butch Vig for some recording. The end result was Sing the
Sorrow, released in March 2003, their major-label debut for DreamWorks.
Written by Steve Huey
“When you're playing a style of music that doesn't really fit anywhere, you run
a risk. Youčre challenging people to leave their niche, to leave their predetermined ideas of what they're supposed to like.
Luckily, we have a lot of people who just focus on the music and appreciate us for what we are. So we get fans from all different
genres of music, the jocks, the spooky kids, skaters, college kids, punk rockers, hardcore kids, metal kids, all that.”
-Davey Havok-
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Name: Davey Havok
Position:
Vocals
Born: November 20th, 1975
Joined Band: Original Member
Side Projects: Son of Sam
and Blaqk Audio
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In the small town of Ukiah, California Davey started AFI with
two other friends Vic Chalker and Mark Stopholse. Soon after that Adam Carson would be askd to join along. Davey, who is the
main lyric writer, has said that music is his life and without it he would be completely unhappy. Davey goes by the "Straight
Edge" lifestyle. Which means he doesn't do drugs, smoke or drink alcohol. He is one of the most honest and kindest people
you could ever meet.
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Name: Hunter Burgan
Position: Bass
Born:
May 14th, 1975
Joined Band: 1997
Side Projects: Hunter's Revenge
Beofre joining AFI in 1997, Hunter was in two bands called The Frisk and
The Force. He also currently has a side project band called Hunter's Revenge. They have put out 1 cd so far. He even has his
own record company called Checkmate Records. Hunter, just like the rest of the band, is one of the most kind people you can
ever meet. He's also one of the funniest.
| Pink AFI T-Shirt |
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| (top) "There are no flowers, no, not this time" (bot.) "There will be no angels gracing the lines.." |
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Name: Adam Carson
Position: Drums
Born:
February 5th, 1975
Joined Band: Original Member
Adam Carson is one of two original members of AFI along with Davey. You also
may have seen his face gracing the cover of the "Dork EP" witch was a split release with Loose Change, (Jade's old band).
Just as the rest of the AFI family, Adam is one the the kindest people you can ever meet. He was formaly in the band Tiger
Army. He is also a killer drummer.
Name: Jade Puget
Position: Guitar
Born:
November 28th
Joined Band: 1999
Side Projects: Blaqk Audio
Jade was originaly a member of the band Loose Change. They were the band
who did a little known split 7" called "Dork." He would later join the band in 1999 and stay. Jade is the head music writer
for AFI and also writes some of the lyrics. He is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. He seems to be very talkative
at times too.
| White Button Up AFI Shirt (front) |
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| "Radiate. Recognize one silent call as we all form one dark flame." |
| White Button Up AFI Shirt (back) |
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| "Nothing, from nowhere, I'm no one at all....." |
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