Davey Havok

Davey Havok

Davey Havok in 2014
Background information
Birth name David Paden Passaro
Born (1975-11-20) November 20, 1975
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Origin Ukiah, California, U.S.
Genres Alternative rock, punk rock, electronica, horror punk, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, mathcore, metalcore
Occupation(s) Singer, actor, fashion designer, writer
Years active 1991–present
Associated acts AFI
Son of Sam
Blaqk Audio
XTRMST
Dreamcar
Website

afireinside.net
blaqkaudio.com

dreamcarmusic.com

David Paden Marchand[1][2] (born November 20, 1975), best known by his stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI, the electronic music band Blaqk Audio, and hardcore band XTRMST.

Havok is an outspoken advocate of the straight edge lifestyle and veganism.[3][4]

Early life

Havok was born David Paden Passaro, in Rochester, New York, and is of Italian ancestry.[5] At the age of five, his father died, and when his mother later remarried he took on the surname of his stepfather, Marchand.[6][7] When Havok was five years old, he and his family moved from Rochester to Ukiah, California. There, he attended Catholic school through eighth grade.[8] He graduated from Ukiah High School in 1993.[9][10] Following high school, Havok attended UC Berkeley as an English and Psychology double major. Following his sophomore year,[11] his career with AFI took off and so Havok did not return to the university.

Musical career

AFI

Davey Havok and his friends, Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker, decided to start a band in high school, even though they did not own or play any instruments. Stopholese suggested that his friend, Adam Carson, might be able to fill the role of drummer because he owned a drum set.[12] That band became AFI.

After high school, the band broke up when its members left for college. Havok attended UC Berkeley where he took on a double major in English and Psychology. There, he began writing lyrics which would later appear on Answer That and Stay Fashionable and Very Proud of Ya.

After gaining some popularity in their absence, AFI played a reunion show 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.

The next release was the A Fire Inside EP. It featured covers of The Cure's "The Hanging Garden", 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.

In 2000, they released The Art of Drowning to fair record sales. 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.[13]

Havok at the Mélange Fashion Show in 2011

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.

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 a CD-version in November 2007. DecemberUnderground achieved Double Platinum status in 2013, having sold more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide. AFI's eighth studio album Crash Love was released on September 29, 2009. AFI's ninth studio album, Burials, was released on October 22, 2013.

In late 2016, AFI released a series of teaser videos featuring song clips and backwards audio, eventually revealed to be promotion for the band's tenth album, AFI (The Blood Album), to be released January 20, 2017 via Concord Music Group.[14]

Blaqk Audio

On August 14, 2007, Havok's 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. Blaqk Audio's second album, Bright Black Heaven was released in September 2012, and a brief American tour followed. Material was released on April 15, 2016.

Other musical projects

A number of cassette tapes appeared around some Californian record stores in early 2014, bearing the band name XTRMST. Listeners soon noted that the band's vocalist sounded like Havok, and rumors began spreading that he was the group's singer. On March 17, 2014, Jade Puget confirmed via Twitter that XTRMST was his and Havok's new project.[15] The band, a straight edge metalcore act, released its self-titled album via Dim Mak Records in late 2014.

In 2016, it was revealed that Havok had formed a new band with No Doubt members Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young. The band, Dreamcar, revealed their name via their social media channels on November 16, 2016, along with a teaser reading "coming 2017".[16]

Other ventures

Fashion and modeling

Havok and Jeffree Star modeled for Tarina Tarantino's jewelry line, Tokyo Hardcore in 2007.[17] Havok was a presenter at the Mélange Fashion Show on August 6, 2011 in San Francisco.[18] He was featured in the June 2012 issue of VAR Magazine [19] and in Herring & Herring: Framed in 2014.[20] He was voted peta2's Sexiest Vegetarian Celeb contest in 2007 and 2012.[21]

Acting

In 2009, Havok joined the cast of the "illustrated film" series Godkiller. Havok voices the antagonist role, a fallen god named Dragos.[22] For March 2011, Havok joined the cast of Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway, playing the role of St. Jimmy.[23] Havok is featured in at least one episode of Tim Armstrong's musical web series "Tim Timebomb's RockNRoll Theatre".[24] He had a small acting role in the 2012 film Knife Fight.

Novel

On February 21, 2013, Havok announced that he had written his first book, Pop Kids, and published it through Black Candy Publishing. The novel was released April 2013.[25]

Clothing lines

Glitterboy was a short-lived fashion line created by Havok. It was partly inspired by the 70s glam music scene, among other things.[26] Clothing line Paden was released in 2007 and was available exclusively through Fred Segal clothing stores in California.[27]

Havok's second line, Zu Boutique, was launched in August 2008. The line was vegan[3] and featured T-shirts with a limited pressing of 100 shirts per design.[28] The line "pays homage to pop culture, forward thinking, and hedonism". A jewelry line was released in March 2009 in collaboration with PNUT Jewelry, the side project of Rusty Pistachio of punk band H2O fame. The jewelry was also limited, with only 10 to 90 pieces of each design made.[29] In August 2009, in collaboration with Macbeth Footwear, Zu released a line of limited edition shoes.[30] Plagued by legal trouble, Zu Boutique vanished in 2012.[31] Havok continues to collaborate with PNUT Jewelry.

Four total styles of shoe were released, two on teal canvas and two on black, and with a choice between a rhinestone emblazoned Macbeth logo or rhinestone emblazoned canvas with a clean logo

Personal life

Havok is a vegan and was voted the winner of peta2's annual World's Sexiest Vegetarian contest in 2007.[32][33] Havok appeared on the cover of Vegan Health and Fitness magazine for their March/April 2015 issue.[34]

In 2016, Havok blacked out his tattoo sleeves.[35]

Discography

Davey Havok performing live in 2009

With AFI

Main article: AFI discography

With Son of Sam

With Blaqk Audio

With XTRMST

Guest appearances

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

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore George
2003 Clandestine himself
2006 Live Freaky! Die Freaky! Hay Voice acting
2009 Godkiller: Walk Among Us Dragos Voice acting
New Brow: The Rise of Underground Art himself
2011 American Idiot musical St. Jimmy
Tim Timebomb's RockNRoll Theater Devil
2012 Knife Fight Jimmy McSorley
2015 Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey Himself Special Guest

References

  1. ↑ "BMI Repertoire Search". Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Interview with Adam Carson". 3:50. Retrieved 2010-05-23. People don't know my middle name? /--/ Dave's is Paden.
  3. 1 2 Patricia Trostle. "Davey Havok's DIY Vegan Testimonial". peta2.
  4. ↑ Nick Moncrieff-Hill (Feb 2, 2010). "Body on the line". Southern Courier. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, James (Mar 9, 2003). "East Bay band ready for big breakthrough". San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. ↑ Metal Hammer interview, February 2003
  7. ↑ AFI's Davey Havok - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? ~1:30. Loudwire
  8. ↑ Chattman, Jon (Sep 29, 2009). "AFI's Davey Havok Weighs In on Rock Band, Surviving Catholic School, and Crash Love". The Huffington Post.
  9. ↑ "Davey Havok, Class of 1993". Classmates.com.
  10. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1967. ISBN 9780857125958. OCLC 804879997. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ AFI's Davey Havok - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? ~4:15. Loudwire
  12. ↑ An Extended Interview With AFI's Davey Havok. Rolling Stone. Austin Scaggs. Jun 01, 2006
  13. ↑ "Malfunction TV Show": Davey Havok Interview
  14. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/afi-plot-afi-the-blood-album-release-two-dramatic-songs-w447286 Rolling Stone
  15. ↑ http://loudwire.com/afi-davey-havok-jade-puget-new-hardcore-band-xtrmst/ Loudwire
  16. ↑ Radio.com
  17. ↑ "Tokyo Hardcore Starring Davey Havok and Jeffree Star". LA Weekly. Sep 12, 2007.
  18. ↑ Global looks at Melange Fashion Show. San Francisco Chronicle.
  19. ↑ Davey Havok by Louie Aguila. VAR Magazine. 2012
  20. ↑ . Herring & Herring: Framed feat. Davey Havok." 2014
  21. ↑ 2012 Sexiest Vegetarian Celeb Winners. peta2.
  22. ↑ Gingold, Michael (Feb 25, 2009). "Genre Names Speaking Up For Godkiller". Fangoria.
  23. ↑ "Davey Havok, Justin Guarini Join American Idiot". CBS News. Feb 9, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Rancid's Tim Armstrong Launches musical theater web series]". Rolling Stone. Oct 3, 2011.
  25. ↑ AFI Singer Davey Havok to Release Debut Novel "Pop Kids" Loudwire
  26. ↑ "Glitterboy - blog on Myspace". Glitterboy.
  27. ↑ ""Triple X" Tee From the Paden Collection". Popcrunch. Nov 29, 2007.
  28. ↑ Zu Boutique
  29. ↑ Pnut Jewelery
  30. ↑ "Davey Havok's Macbeth X Zu Boutique Shoes". peta2.
  31. ↑ "ZuBoutique Domain Seized". AFI News Headquarters. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  32. ↑ Patricia Trostle. "Havok and Bell: World's Sexiest Vegetarians for 2007!". peta2. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009.
  33. ↑ "AFI mainman voted '07's sexiest vegetarian". Kerrang!. Jul 13, 2007.
  34. ↑ "Davey Havok: Your Fav Sexy/Fit Celeb".
  35. ↑ "Instagram photo by Michael R. Garcia • Apr 17, 2016 at 8:17pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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