Jade Puget: AFI, Creating Their Signature Sound & Surviving Mainstream Success (HardLore)

In this highly anticipated next chapter with one of our favorite bands, HardLore is finally joined by Jade Puget: the man who was instrumental in defining the iconic AFI sound. Featuring special guest co-host Alec Faber of God’s Hate, Twitching Tongues and Holy Blade. Following our legendary two part special with Davey Havok, we’re honored to share Jade’s side of the greater AFI story… Starting from the beginning with Jade discovering punk & hardcore in Ukiah, CA alongside his brother Smith, his days in Redemption 87, joining AFI and creating their definitive sound with his work on Black Sails in the Sunset, the surprising legacy of the All Hallows EP, his (and the band’s) frustrations with Nitro Records, the opportune timing of Art of Drowning, the cultural phenomenon of Sing the Sorrow and continuing success of Decemberunderground, the agony of Crash Love, the triumph of Burials, all the way to re-defining the AFI sound with Silver Bleeds the Black Sun. It was an honor and a joy to finally chat about all things AFI and hardcore with Jade, and we can only hope you enjoy this 3 hour chat as much as we did. ______________ HardLore: A Knotfest Series, fueled by Monster Energy. Edited by Steven Grise (  / iamonenineseven  ) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (  / marzluf  ) • Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes:   / hardlorepod   • Join the HARDLORE DISCORD:   / discord   • Get 15% off DUNABLE GUITARS with code HARDLORE. Seriously. A guitar. What are you waiting for??? https://dunableguitars.com/ • Get 15% off TIMELESS COFFEE site-wide and grab a bag of my favorite beans and the best vegan cookies I’ve ever had: https://timelesscoffee.com ______________ 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:38 - Jade Puget 00:03:10 - Discovering Punk and Hardcore in Ukiah 00:06:28 - Skateboarding & The Muhammad Ollie 00:12:57 - Straight Edge & The Way It Is Compilation 00:18:05 - Redemption 87 00:24:21 - Becoming Aware of AFI 00:28:04 - Joining AFI & Writing BLACK SAILS IN THE SUNSET 00:34:30 - Jade’s Favorite Fret & Restraint in Songwriting 00:38:03 - The AFI Sound 00:43:10 - All Hallows EP 00:51:01 - AFI, Danzig, Samhain Tour 00:57:38 - Art Of Drowning 01:06:36 - Commercial Success And Overall Shock 01:09:20 - SING THE SORROW & Slowing Down the AFI Sound 01:13:20 - Jerry Finn & Butch Vig 01:21:21 - Sing The Sorrow’s Electronics (Fruity Loops) 01:26:48 - Leaving Song 2 & Initially Hearing Sing the Sorrow Finished 01:31:34 - MTV New Years Eve With Three Six Mafia 01:32:59 - Leaving Song 2 Video 01:37:46 - Sing The Sorrow’s Release Into DECEMBERUNDERGROUND 01:44:17 - Picking the Singles for DECEMBERUNDERGROUND 01:47:59 - Butch Vig Declining to Work on the Album 01:50:54 - Writing 120 Songs & The “Hardcore Club” 01:57:00 - The Whirlwind of Decemberunderground into the Agony of CRASH LOVE 02:01:15 - Blaqk Audio/Crash Love Coinciding and “Stripping Down” AFI 02:11:51 - Sing The Sorrow At The Forum 02:17:25 - The Triumph of BURIALS 02:24:13 - The Blood Album & Producing AFI 02:28:18 - Silver Bleeds the Black Sun & Evolving the AFI Sound 02:39:22 - BODIES & AFI in 2020 02:43:05 - Birdlegs & Getting His Revelation Star 02:46:23 - Food 02:51:51 - Top 4 Hardcore Records 02:54:22 - A Les Paul Epilogue For Bo