Havok cites lead singers such as Freddie Mercury (of Queen), Robert Smith (of The Cure), Glenn Danzig (of The Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig), Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus), David Gahan (of Depeche Mode), Morrissey, Ian Curtis (of Joy Division), Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat and Fugazi) and David Bowie as his influences. Shortly after high school, the band broke up and Davey moved to Berkeley, California, where he attended UC Berkeley, planning to double major in English and Psychology. He began constantly writing lyrics to songs that would eventually appear on the albums "Answer That and Stay Fashionable" and "Very Proud of Ya".

 

Personal Trivia

 

Davey is Italian American. He is straight edge and a vegan. He has a lip piercing in the right corner of his lip that he has had for several years. He also had a Monroe piercing but for a very short time. His ear lobe piercings are stretched to around 1/2 an inch. Davey has a plethora of tattoos, including a pair of large black wings on his back and a flaming heart on his chest, daggers on his left and right ribs, black hearts behind both ears, stars down both his collar bones, as well as both arms sleeved with Halloween imagery with direct references to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

Glitterboy Clothing Line

 

In 2005, Davey Havok teamed up with Serious Clothing to release Glitterboy. Glitterboy Clothing is available through Hot Topic. Due to creativity differences between Havok and Serious, Glitterboy was canceled after only a few months. However, he is working on a new line which he said will be available in 2007.

 

Other Appearances

 

• Havok loaned his voice to The Nerve Agents for their 2nd release, Days of the White Owl on the song, "Jekyl and Hyde."

• Havok provided backing vocals for The Offspring's 4th and 5th albums Ixnay on the Hombre and Americana.

• Havok also has provided many backup vocals for Tiger Army

• Havok is mentioned in the song Mattersville by NOFX ("Davey Havok's house is painted black")

• Havok also provided backup vocals on the Dance Hall Crashers song "I Don't Wanna Behave", from the album Lockjaw.

• Alongside Jade Puget from AFI, Havok is involved in an electronic side-project named Blaqk Audio.

• Davey was also part of a side project called Son of Sam, along with members of Samhain and Danzig.

• Havok also was a guest vocalist on The Transplants song "Quick Death".

• Havok sings on the song Blue Strip by the band Fury 66

• Havok appears on Bleeding Through's DVD, Wolves Among Sheep • Havok appears in the Live Freaky Die Freaky movie.

• Havok appears in the Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore movie.