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The First Ever Podcast

278: Davey Havok (AFI): Cacophony Masked by Euphony

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0532 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

This week Jeremy welcomes Davey Havok of the band AFI.

On this episodes, Jeremy and Davey talk the American Idiot Musical, AC/DC, Tower Records, playing band at recess, opening for SNFU, recording demos in a yurt, recording AFI records now, Maximum Rock 'n Roll Magazine, their first tour with Swingin' Utters, Canada with Rancid, releasing music with Adeline Records, Ross Robinson, making Sing the Sorrow, the new AFI album "Silver Bleeds the Black Sun", and so much more!!!

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