Band Connections

When you’ve been around for 20 years, you’re going to make some friends with other bands. Here is the most complete listing of AFI’s connections to other bands.

However, this is by no means a complete list. There are so many connections to so many bands that it will take us several months to research everything. You can help us out by submitting information. E-mail admin@afinewshq.com and you will receive credit.

• Geoff Kresge (AFI’s former bassist) now plays bass for Tiger Army
• Jade Puget, Adam Carson, and Geoff Kresge used to play in a band with Nick 13 (Tiger Army’s frontman/singer) called Influence 13.
• Davey Havok, Jade Puget, Adam Carson, and Nick 13 all went to the same high school in Ukiah, CA
• Nick 13 has sung backing vocals on every AFI album since Very Proud of Ya. He sang a duet with Davey Havok in the chorus of “A Single Second.”
• Davey Havok has sung backing vocals on the following Tiger Army albums: “Tiger Army,” “Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite,” “Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise,” and “Music from Regions Beyond.”
• AFI did a live cover of Tiger Army’s song “True Romance” at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA on March 25, 2000
• Nick 13 regularly joins AFI onstage during their live shows to help sing “A Single Second.” This can be seen
• Davey Havok and Nick 13 are friends; they share a tatto of a cat jumping through a ’9′ 

• “Half-Empty Bottle” and “Your Name Here” were produced by Tim Armstrong and Brett Reed of Rancid
• Jerry Finn, who produced Sing the Sorrow and Decemberunderground, also produced Rancid albums …And Out Come The Wolves and Life Won’t Wait 

• Before joining AFI, Jade Puget was a member of Redemption 87. This short-lived hardcore band had ex-members of Unit Pride, Skankin’ Pickle, and Token Entry, and contained a future member of The Nerve Agents (Eric Ozenne and Timmy Stardust).
• Covered songs “Tied Down” by Negative Approach, “The Big Takeover” by Bad Brains, and “Hard Times” by Cro-Mags.

• Consisted of Jade Puget and Chon Travis. Jade left Loose Change to join AFI. Chon Travis went on to start Love Equals Death.
• Loose Change was in its strongest point from 1993-1995, but they continued recording songs for various split EP’s/compilation records all the way up until 2002. 

• Dan Under (also known as Dan Smith, founder and vocalist of The Dear & Departed) has recorded backing vocals on Crash Love and Decemberunderground.
• The Dear & Departed will be touring the UK with AFI in 2010
• Davey Havok gave a necklace to Dan Under, which he still wears 

• Gallows
• Dave Hause
• Ceremony
• Viva Hate
• Sick of It All
• Dear and Departed

Decemberunderground Tour

• Sick Of It All
• Love Equals Death
• Saosin
• Nightmare of You
• Dillinger Escape Plan
• Tiger Army

Sing the Sorrow Tour

• Save The Day
• Face Tomorrow
• Coheed and Cambria

• Background vocals on Tiger Army’s Tiger Army, Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite, Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise under a different name 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 DVD.
• Voice featured, along with other hardcore punk luminaries, in an answering machine recording on the All Bets Off album, “Girls About Songs”.
• Sang a cover of Straight Edge Revenge by Project X along side the hardcore punk band Ceremony on November 6th 2008 in Berkeley California. The Video is viewable on YouTube.