Hunter Lawrence Burgan (born May 14, 1976) is an American multi-instrumentalist. He is the third and current bassist of

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Biography

Burgan was born in

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and grew up in

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. He is a

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Career

Burgan was in a band called

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at the time he joined California rock band

. He was meant to be a temporary replacement for the existing bassist,

Geoff Kresge Geoff Kresge is a songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and record producer. He played with the punk rock/ horror punk band AFI for most of their early career, from 1992 through 1997, and co-wrote the majority of their early material alongside fron ...

, for a few tours and a record, ''

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'', but eventually became AFI's full-time bassist in November 1997. The Force broke up in September 1998. Burgan loves

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's music and even had 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, clarinet, and piano. He was the drummer and one of the founding members of

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, who played their final show in December 2005. He was the drummer of the Nevada City, California, band, Badical Turbo Radness (BTR) in the mid 1990s. He has also played drums for

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, Gardening, Not Architecture,

F-Minus F-Minus was an American hardcore punk band formed in 1995 in Huntington Beach, California, United States, started by Jen Johnson and Brad Logan. F-Minus was known for their dueling male and female vocals in songs that were sometimes as short as ...

(one show), and the

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on tour. Hunter was featured on

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's 2007 album, '' The Con'', playing bass on the songs written by Tegan. He appeared with them on ''

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'' playing the shakers on the song "Back in Your Head." He has also confirmed an upcoming side project with Tegan, and contributed lyrics to three of her songs on the 2009 album ''

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''. He also played bass on

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's "Little Nixon," from their 2009 album ''

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

's albums, with the exception of Crash Love. He plays Fender American Jazz Basses and

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Amps. In May 2011, when asked why he had stopped recording with his Hunter Revenge project, Burgan stated "I had a lot of fun writing songs in a very specific style. However that is not the only style of music I want to write and can write." He also noted "I'm doing a lot of other music stuff now that's in different styles that are at least a little of a better representation of what I want to do musically." Burgan joined

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's Matt Skiba and

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to form Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, which released their debut album ''Babylon'' on May 8, 2012.

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

* ''

'' (1997) * ''

A Fire Inside EP ''A Fire Inside EP'' is an extended play by American rock band AFI. It was released on September 29, 1998, through Adeline Records. The EP is titled after the band's full moniker, first revealed with their previous album, ''Shut Your Mouth and Op ...

'' (1998) * '' Black Sails EP'' (1999) * '' Black Sails in the Sunset'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' The Art of Drowning'' (2000) * ''336'' (2002) * ''

Sing the Sorrow ''Sing the Sorrow'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band AFI. Recorded at Cello Studios in Los Angeles, California between 2002 and 2003, the album was produced by Jerry Finn and Butch Vig. ''Sing the Sorrow'' received positive review ...

'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

Crash Love ''Crash Love'' is the eighth studio album by the rock band AFI. Produced by Joe McGrath and Jacknife Lee, it was released on September 29, 2009, through Interscope Records. Background and recording Following the touring cycle for 2006's ''De ...

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

'' (2017) * '' Missing Man EP'' (2018) *

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(2021)

With the Frisk

* ''Rank Restraint'' (2001) * ''Audio Ransom Note'' (2003)

With Hunter Revenge

* ''Hunter Revenge'' (2001)

With Tegan and Sara

* '' The Con'' (2007) * ''

'' (2009)

With Dan and Hunter

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

With Matt Skiba and the Sekrets

* "Babylon" (2012) * "Haven't You?" (EP) (2012) * "Kuts" (2015)

Comics

Burgan illustrates and writes for the

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series ''Cat With Matches''.

References

External links

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