Everything about Davey Havok totally explained
David Marchand (born David 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. He follows a
straight edge lifestyle as well as a
vegan diet.
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, Penny, 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. He has a brother named Mike.
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'd 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.
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, 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 started getting more 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 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 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 in the vein of Samhain under the name
Son of Sam, entitled
Songs from the Earth.
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 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 of 2007.
On
August 14,
2007, Havok's new electronic side project with AFI guitarist Jade Puget,
Blaqk Audio, released their first album, entitled
CexCells. There was a brief American/Canadian tour following the release.
Havok is currently in the process of writing songs for the next AFI album, an EP containing unreleased songs. Jade Puget has confirmed in his blog that they hope to have it released in early 2008.
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. Havok is now working on his new clothing line Paden.
Paden
Havok's latest clothing line, Paden was released in 2007 and is available exclusively through
Fred Segal clothing stores in California.
"Tokyo Hardcore"
On
September 3 Jeffree Star posted a bulletin on
MySpace, stating that he and Davey had modeled the whole of
Tarina Tarantino's brand new jewelery line, "Tokyo Hardcore". The catalogue was released in September 2007 and a teaser video was posted on Buzznet along with a journal by Tarantino.
Discography
Albums
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)
Songs from the Earth (2001)
CexCells (2007)
Guest appearances
Havok has appeared as a guest vocalist on releases from various other bands, including:
Background vocals on Tiger Army's Tiger Army, 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.
Sang the Operation Ivy song "Knowledge" with Tim Armstrong and "Radio" with Rancid on the Give 'Em the Boot DVDFurther Information
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