Havok, Davy

David Paden Marchand , known as Davy Havok, was born in Rochester , New York , in the family of Penny and Paul Passaro. When David was five years old, his father died and he took the surname of stepfather Marchand. At the age of six, he moved with his family from Rochester to Ukiah , California . There he attended a Catholic school until the 8th grade. After high school, Havok studied at the University of California at Berkeley in the areas of " English " and " Psychology ". After a second year at the university, his career with AFI began to develop rapidly and he did not finish his studies.

AFI

Davy Havok and his friends Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker decided to create a group when they were at school and still did not know how to play instruments. Adam Carson was invited to replace the drummer, marking the beginning of the AFI story. In 1995, the group released their first album Answer That and Stay Fashionable , then Very Proud of Ya in 1996, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes in 1997, Black Sails in the Sunset in 1999, on which the group first worked in its current composition: Havok, Carson, Hunter Burgan and Jade Puget. In 2000, the album The Art of Drowning was released, in 2003 - Sing the Sorrow , which brought the group fame around the world. After the release of the album Decemberunderground in 2006, the group went on a world tour. In 2013, Burials released the 9th album, and in 2017, The Blood Album was released.

Blaqk Audio

In 2007, electronic side project by Davy and guitarist AFI Jade Puget released the album CexCells, after which Blaqk Audio went on a tour of America and Canada. In September 2012, the album Bright Black Heaven was released, and the album Material in April 2016.

XTRMST

XTRMST, formed in 2014 by Havok and guitarist Jade Puget, released the self-titled straight edge metalcore album.

Dreamcar

In 2016, it became known that Havok, along with former No Doubt members Tom Dumont , Tony Kanal and Adrian Young , created the Dreamcar band. The debut single "Kill for Candy" was released in March 2017, and in April of the same year, the group performed at the Coachella festival.

Guest participation

As a backing vocalist, Davey performed on the 4th album Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre, for The Transplants in the song “Quick Death”, in many songs of the Tiger Army group, in the songs “Jekyl and Hyde” of The Nerve Agents , “I Don't Wanna Behave ” Dance Hall Crashers ,“ Blue Strip ”by Fury 66,“ Astro-Zombies ” Heckle (cover version of The Misfits ), and he is also a songwriter and former lead singer of Son of Sam.

Acting

In 2009, Havok voiced the role of the fallen god Dragos in the animated short story Godkiller. In 2011 played the role of St. Jimmy in the Broadway production of Green Day "American Idiot". In 2012, the musician played a small role in the film Knife Fight.

Literature

In 2013, Havok announced the release of his first book, "Pop Kids," dedicated to the "children" of hypocritical pop culture in California . [one]

Clothing and Decoration Lines

The musician participated in the creation of the following clothing and accessories lines:

• Glitterboy is a line that didn’t even manage to hit the shelves due to creative differences between Davy and his business partner Serious.
• Paden - the line was launched in 2007.
• Tokyo Hardcore - September 2007. He acted as a model when creating the jewelry catalog of designer Tarina Tarantino under the name “Tokyo Hardcore”.
• Zu Boutique - the line was launched in August 2008. Each issue is limited - 100 t-shirts of one design are produced. The first collection of accessories was released in March 2009 and was also limited - from 10 to 90 items of different designs. In August 2009, Zu Boutique, together with Macbeth, a shoe company, introduced vegan shoes by Davy Hawok.

Protecting Animal Rights

Davy Havok has been a vegan since he was 14 years old and has been constantly involved in Peta’s campaigns to promote a “vegan” lifestyle and combat the use of natural fur and leather. He won the PETA2 World's Sexiest Vegetarian and Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity nominations in 2007, 2015 and 2017. [2] [3]

• Davy has a younger brother, Mike.
• Havok is a big fan of Tim Burton 's The Nightmare Before Christmas . “Sleeves” with characters from this film were stuffed on his hands, but in 2016 he blocked them with black ^[4] .
• One of the musician's favorite bands is The Cure, cover versions of their songs have been performed by AFI repeatedly. [four]
• The first record, the album of AC / DC , was presented to him by his grandmother for his fifth birthday. [five]
• According to the musician, people often tell him that he is very similar to the AFI vocalist. [6]

Afi

• 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)
• Crash Love (2009)
• Burials (2013)
• The Blood Album (2017)

Blaqk audio

• CexCells (2007)
• Bright Black Heaven (2012)
• Material (2016)

XTRMST

• XTRMST EP (2014)
• XTRMST (2014)

Dreamcar

• "Kill for Candy" (single) (2017)
• Dreamcar (2017)

• AFI official website
• Official Blaqk Audio Website
• Zu Boutique Website