Hunter Burgan

Hunter Burgan

Hunter Lawrence Burgan (born on May 14, 1976 in Long Beach, California) grew up in Grass Valley, California. He is the third and current bass guitarist of AFI. He played in a band called The Force at the time that he joined AFI. He was meant to be a temporary replacement for the existing bassist, Geoff Kresge, for a few tours and a record, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, but eventually became AFI's full-time bassist in November 1997. The Force broke up in September 1998.

Burgan loves Prince's music and even has his own side-project called Hunter Revenge dedicated to singing early-80s-style R&B. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Burgan can play drums, bass, guitar, saxophone and piano. He was the drummer and one of the founding members of The Frisk, who played their final show in December, 2005. He was the drummer of the Nevada City, CA band, Badical Turbo Radness (BTR) in the mid 1990s. He has also played drums for The Eyeliners, Gardening, Not Architecture, F-Minus (one show), and the Halo Friendlies on tour.

Hunter was featured on Tegan and Sara's newest album, The Con, playing bass on the songs written by Tegan. He recently appeared with them on Late Night with Conan O'Brien playing the shakers on the song "Back in Your Head". He has also confirmed an upcoming side project with Tegan.

He is often referred to as simply Hunter, as his last name is never given in the list of band members on AFI's albums.

Trivia

• Hunter is vegan.
• He plays Fender American Jazz Basses and Ampeg Amps.
• He has a tattoos of a snake and a tribute to Marvin Gaye (the words "What's Going On") on his left forearm, and a winged skull on his chest, among others.
• He is from Grass Valley, California.
• He has his own band, Hunter Revenge.
• He co-created a vegan shoe design by Macbeth Footwear.
• He hosted the "SHOE ODYSSEY: A Look Inside Macbeth" film for Macbeth Footwear that he also co-wrote.
• He is Vegan Ambassador for Macbeth in 2009.
• He designed a shoe for MacBeth called "The Hunter" and it is 100% vegan. It is coming out in February 2009.
• He is the youngest member of AFI

Discography

With The Force

• Fettish EP (1996)
• I Don't Like You Either (1997)
• Split EP with The Traitors (1998)
• Complete Discography (2008)

With Badical Turbo Radness

• To The Rescue (1997)

With AFI

• Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes (1997)
• A Fire Inside EP (1998)
• Black Sails EP (1999)
• Black Sails in the Sunset (1999)
• All Hallows EP (1999)
• The Art of Drowning (2000)
• 336 (2002)
• Sing The Sorrow (2003)
• Decemberunderground (2006)

With The Frisk

• Rank Restraint (2001)
• Audio Ransom Note (2003)

With Hunter Revenge

• Hunter Revenge (2001)

With Tegan and Sara

• The Con (2007)

With Dan & Hunter

• Dan & Hunter's Holiday EP Volume One (2008)

External links

• The Official Hunter Revenge Website
• Hunter Revenge Myspace
• Interview: Hunter Burgan of AFI on Decemberunderground
• Tranquil Mammoth, Hunter's blog

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