Jade Puget
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Jade Errol Puget (born November 28, 1973 in Santa Rosa, California) is the guitarist for American rock band AFI, and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. He takes his stepfather's surname. Puget is a vegetarian, and is straight edge, along with Davey Havok, the vocalist of AFI.
Musical career
Before joining AFI in 1998, Puget played in various bands, including Loose Change and Redemption 87 [1]. His first album with AFI was Black Sails in the Sunset (1999). The first song he wrote for the band was "Malleus Maleficarum".[2] The band released The Art of Drowning in 2000, Sing the Sorrow in 2003 and Decemberunderground in 2006. AFI won a VMA for best rock video for "Miss Murder" in 2006. Puget is also a member of Blaqk Audio with AFI bandmate Davey Havok. Their debut album, CexCells, was released on August 14, 2007.
Puget recently remixed Marilyn Manson's newest single "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)", released as an international bonus track from the album Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)[3]. He also recently remixed the song Tiger Army's "Where the Moss Slowly Grows" off the band's latest album Music From Regions Beyond.[4] The song is only available through purchasing the album on iTunes. He also did some additional production on The Dear & Departed's debut album Something Quite Peculiar[5]. Additionally, he recently remixed Tokio Hotel's UK single "Ready, Set, Go" from their first English album, Scream (or Room 483)[6]. Also, his remix of The Static Age's song "Vertigo" (called "Airplanes") appeared as a bonus track on the band's album "Neon Nights Electric Lives."
Jade has one brother, a sister, and a half brother named Gibson. Gibson appeared on the hidden poem in "...But Home Is Nowhere." Jade's brother Smith Puget acts as AFI's tour manager. Puget attended UC Berkeley and majored in social theory. they say that he quit but he really finished highschool early when he passed the exit exam
He prefers the Les Paul model and has used a number of different Gibson Les Paul guitars since he joined AFI. Both for live performances and studio recordings. He is also known to be using Gibson SGs occasionally.
References
- ^ AFI | Official Site
- ^ I Heard a Voice DVD
- ^ Jade Puget's Remix of 'Heart-Shaped Glasses' Available Now | Shoutmouth
- ^ http://www.tigerarmy.com/news.html May 18, 2007
- ^ MySpace.com - The Dear & Departed - ORANGE COUNTY - New Wave / Gothique / Rock - www.myspace.com/thedearanddeparted
- ^ http://www.tokiohotelamerica.com November 05, 2007