Davey Havok, 2009
Davey Havok
Born David Paden Passaro on November 20, 1975. His legal name is David Paden Marchand, but he is more commonly known by his stage name Davey Havok. He is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI (A Fire Inside) and Blaqk Audio, a band he formed with fellow AFI member Jade Puget. You can check out the AFI music and Blaqk Audio music.
He is also an actor and has done the voice of Dragos in the movies
Godkiller: Walk Among Us
Davey Havok is an outspoken advocate of the straight edge lifestyle (which includes no alcohol, tobacco or other recreational drugs) and veganism. In 2008 he started his own clothing line, featuring t-shirts with a limited pressing of 100 shirts per design, many with animal rights messages. He also sells jewelry with only 10 to 90 pieces made of each design.
Davey Havok on PETA2:
Quotes by Davey Havok:
| "Animals are sentient creatures. I love them very much. I do not feel that we have the right to torture, murder, and abuse them for our own disgusting dietary and fashion wants and needs." |
| "I went vegan for two reasons; I really try to live the healthiest lifestyle that I can and to be vegan is the healthiest diet that you can live – as long as you’re not eating a bunch of French fries – you can abuse the diet! But when eating properly it is the healthiest way you can live and it’s the best for your body and thereby your mind. Also I have respect for animals. I love animals. I really don’t feel that it is our right to abuse them and I would feel awful abusing them for any reason." |
| "When I was vegetarian I knew very well that it wasn’t enough, that just because I wasn’t actively murdering animals that I was torturing them by consuming things like milk and cream and cheese and whatnot. Then I finally made the step to commit myself to a cruelty-free lifestyle because I just felt it was right." |
| "Many people don’t realize how cruel the dairy industry is, with millions of dairy cows suffering every year. Female cows have to be impregnated in order for them to produce milk, often getting mastitis, while being in dirty, crowded cubicles, while male cows are of no use so killed for meat. Researchers have revealed that every cupful of milk includes pus from the cow. Nice, huh?" |
| "I am vegan straightedge. I’ve been straightedge for 19 years and vegan straightedge for 12 or 13 years. [2010] It is very much who I am. " |
| When asked how he got into the straight edge movement, he answered: |
| "I was heavily into the punk rock scene but felt quite out of place. The self-destructive aspects of the movement did not appeal to me, but I was very attracted to the aggression and honesty of the music. I found the drug culture not only unappealing, but absolutely appalling. This made me feel alienated within the scene of outcasts. Then I discovered Minor Threat and realized that there were people out there with the same interests and beliefs as my own. They called themselves straightedge, as I did from that point on." |
| "I've never been drunk in my life. I've never even had like a beer. It never really appealed to me. That culture was just very unappealing and I never wanted to be part of it. I just saw how people acted and treated each other. And I was just like 'that is not for me'." |
| "I do not consume any animal products but I do not connect that to my edge. It is a natural correlation, however. I certainly would encourage anyone to explore a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle but think to demand that of every sXe kid makes the movement far too exclusive. I think we must begin with the betterment of humanity which would then naturally result in compassion for animals." |
| About his t-shirts he has said: |
| "Something I wanted to do with those pro-vegan shirts, was to create a very poppy, very palatable image that draws people in and that will appeal to people and then have it juxtaposed with a very serious message – to really drive that message home. Because if you’re drawn in with something pretty and then you’re met with something serious you’re already there." |
| About horse racing he said: |
| "I don’t have a problem with gambling, but gambling on tortured animals is not ok. You can bet on runners! They’re doing it on their own malleation, they’re destroying their knees and ankles because they want to! The horses get no choice in the matter." |
Quotes are from his 2008 testimonial for PETA2, his interview about being sXe, his interview with Rolling Stone, his interview with SaveAScream and his 2010 interview with REAX.
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