Davey Havok
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| Born | November 20, 1975 Rochester, New York, USA |
| Alias(es) | David Anthony Passaro (birthname) David Anthony Marchand |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock, Hardcore Punk, Horror Punk, Electronica |
| Affiliation(s) | AFI Son Of Sam Blaqk Audio |
| Label(s) | Interscope Records, Adeline Records |
| Years active | 1991 - Present |
| Official site | Official website |
David Marchand [1] (born David Anthony Passaro, on November 20, 1975, in Rochester, New York) more commonly known by the stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the band AFI.
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Biography
Havok was born in Rochester, New York and is of Italian ancestery. At the age of three, his father passed away 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, Davey attended Catholic school in Ukiah until the eighth grade.
Music Career
- For more information please see; AFI.
During high school, his friends Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker wanted to start a band (which would later become AFI). Unfortunately, they had several problems; chief amongst them was their lack of a drummer. Mark suggested that his friend Adam Carson fill the position of drummer in the band. However, they didn't know how to play any instruments, but they knew that Davey had a good voice and that Adam had a drum set. Mark learned to play guitar and Vic learned to play bass (he was later replaced by Geoff Kresge who would go on to play bass for Tiger Army).
Shortly after high school, the band broke up and Davey 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, "Answer That and Stay Fashionable" was released on Wingnut Records (re-released in 1997 on Nitro Records). Geoff left during a tour for "Very Proud of Ya" and was replaced by Hunter Burgan . Hunter would eventually become the permanent replacement for Geoff. Hunter was still in The Force until he permanently joined AFI during the "A Fire Inside EP" era. However, before that, AFI released their third full length album, "Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes" , in which Davey started getting very serious about his lyrics. He started singing about religion, humanity and other more serious issues.
The next release was the "A Fire Inside EP". It featured covers of "The Hanging Garden", in which Davey got to flaunt Robert Smith influences, and "Demonomania" by the Misfits. Afterwards, Mark was asked to leave the band. His replacement was Jade Puget, the band's old friend from high school who said he would join after he graduated college. AFI then released their first full length album with Hunter and Jade, "Black Sails In The Sunset". In the fall of that year, 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, but great acclaim by fans of the band. The group had toured with one of Havok's favorite bands, Samhain, on their reunion tour. Havok later joined three Samhain musicians, Steve Zing, London May and Todd Youth, and recorded an album under the name Son of Sam, entitled "Songs From The Earth", which featured a guest appearance from Glenn Danzig.
Following Davey's work with Samhain, 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", came out, attaining great record sales.
On June 6th, 2006, AFI fans rejoiced at the release of the new album, "Decemberunderground" on Interscope Records. Havok, along with AFI, is currently on tour promoting the new album.
Glitterboy Clothing Line
Glitterboy Clothing was a short-lived fashion line created by Havok, in collaboration with the designers of the Serious clothing line. 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. However, Havok has said that he is planning another clothing line, to be called Paden, that is to be released in the near future and will be done through a different company.
Trivia
- Havok has a plethora of tattoos, including:
- The phrase "Moz", short for Morrissey, in which each letter is enclosed in a heart, on his right wrist.
- A pair of large, black, feathered wings on his back, which cover a dodo bird tattoo on one shoulder blade.
- A flaming heart on his chest.
- Daggers under the left and right sides of his ribcage (the one on the right side has a "X" on it and the one on the left side has a jack-o-latern).
- A black rabbit with pink wings on the top of one of his feet.
- Black hearts behind both ears (one is broken).
- Nautical stars down both his collar bones.
- Hands in prayer with "X"s on them, toward his left bicep.
- Three "X"s (symbolizing his straight edge lifestyle) on his right wrist.
- Nightmare Before Christmas imagery on his right arm and Halloween imagery on his left arm.
- The phrase "what she said" on his right fingers, possibly referring to the Smiths song of the same name.
- The phrase "love will tear us apart", a reference to the Joy Division song of the same name, going across his lower stomach.
- The VNV Nation "darkangel" on his calf.
- The straight edge symbol, sXe, on his left leg.
- The Death By Stereo logo, a skull with lightning bolts going through it, on his right leg.
- An alleyway dragon.
- The word "Ciao" going across his right hand's knuckles, and "Baby" going across the left hand's knuckles in italics.
- Havok has a lip piercing on the right side of his lower lip that he has had for several years. He also briefly had a Monroe piercing. His ear lobe piercings are stretched to around 1/2 an inch.
- Davey Havok is straight edge and a vegan.
- Alongside Jade Puget from AFI, Havok is involved in an electronic side-project named Blaqk Audio.
- Havok has appeared in two movies: "Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore" and "Live Freaky Die Freaky", a claymation movie to which he lent his voice.
- Havok is mentioned in the song "Mattersville" by NOFX in the lyric, "At the end of my cul de sac, Davey Havok's house is painted black".
- Havok is a huge fan of the movie Nightmare Before Christmas and collects Nightmare Before Christmas memorabilia.
- Davey is good friends with internet star Jeffree Star. He is currently number two on the bands myspace friend space and there are several videos of them together on Youtube
Discography
With AFI
Albums
- Answer That and Stay Fashionable (1995)
- Very Proud of Ya (1996)
- Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes (1997)
- Black Sails in the Sunset (1999)
- The Art of Drowning (2000)
- Sing the Sorrow (2003)
- Decemberunderground (2006)
EPs
- Dork (split with Loose Change) (1993)
- Behind the Times (1993)
- Eddie Picnic's All Wet (live) (1994)
- This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay (1994)
- Bombing the Bay (split with Swingin' Utters) (1995)
- Fly in the Ointment (1995)
- AFI/Heckle Split (split with Heckle) (1995)
- A Fire Inside EP (1998)
- Black Sails (1999)
- All Hallow's EP (1999)
- The Days of the Phoenix (2001)
- 336 EP (2002)
With Son of Sam
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 and Music From Regions Beyond.
- The Transplants song "Quick Death" from the 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.
References
- ^ Davey Havok at Notable Names Database
External links
| AFI |
| Davey Havok | Jade Puget | Hunter Burgan | Adam Carson |
| Mark Stopholese | Vic Chalker | Geoff Kresge |
| Discography |
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| Albums and EPs: Dork | Behind the Times | Eddie Picnic's All Wet | This Is Berkeley, Not West Bay | AFI/Heckle Split | Bombing the Bay | Fly in the Ointment | Answer That and Stay Fashionable | Very Proud of Ya | Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes | A Fire Inside EP | Black Sails in the Sunset | Black Sails EP | All Hallow's EP | The Art of Drowning |The Days of the Phoenix EP | 336 | Sing the Sorrow | Decemberunderground |
| Singles: He Who Laughs Last | Third Season | Totalimmortal | The Days of the Phoenix | Girl's Not Grey | The Leaving Song Pt. 2 | Silver and Cold | Miss Murder | Love Like Winter | The Missing Frame |
| DVDs: Clandestine | I Heard a Voice |
| Related articles |
| Tiger Army | Despair Faction | Horrorpops | Loose Change | Dexter Holland | Nitro Records | Redemption 87 | Son Of Sam | Blaqk Audio |
| Categories: AFI | AFI Songs | AFI Albums |
