Career
Before joining AFI on November 2, 1998, Jade Puget played in various bands, including Loose Change and Redemption 87. His first album with AFI was 1999's Black Sails in the Sunset. The first song he wrote for the band was "Malleus Maleficarum". Puget's addition to the band introduced fans to a more melodically acute and dynamic sound that was vastly different from earlier material. It is debatable that Puget had a large part in bringing AFI to the mainstream.
AFI next released the All Hallow's E.P. in October 1999, which featured various elements of horror punk and a sound disparate from much of the band's earlier material. The EP brought the band larger amounts of success with the single "Totalimmortal". The song received some airplay on television programs such as MTV2, and was even covered by The Offspring for use in the film Me, Myself, and Irene.
The year 2000 saw the release of The Art of Drowning. The album brought the band unprecedented amounts of success, selling 88,000 copies by March 2002 and spawning the single The Days of the Phoenix, which peaked at number 152 on the UK Singles Chart.
After the success of The Art of Drowning, AFI were signed by the major label DreamWorks Records in 2002. Sing the Sorrow, AFI's major label debut, was released in March 2003. The album yielded three singles that found success on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart: "Girl's Not Grey" (#7), "The Leaving Song Pt. II" (#16), and "Silver and Cold" (#7). The album was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2006.
Decemberunderground, the follow-up to Sing the Sorrow, was released in June 2006. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling over 182,000 copies in its first week. December spawned the hit single "Miss Murder," which peaked at #1 on the Alternative Songs chart for five weeks and also reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also produced the well-charting singles "Love Like Winter" (#4) and "The Missing Frame" (#17). Decemberunderground sold over 993,000 copies by 2009.
In 2007, Puget and AFI bandmate Davey Havok released the album CexCells as the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. The album reached #18 on the Billboard 200 and featured the single "Stiff Kittens", which peaked at #20 on the Alternative Songs chart.
AFI's most recent album, Crash Love, was released in September of 2009 and debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200. The album produced the two singles: "Medicate", and "Beautiful Thieves", which charted at #7 and #23 on the Alternative Songs Chart, respectively.
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