Hunter Burgan (born May 14, 1976) is the third and current bassist of AFI. He played in a band called
The Force at the time that he joined AFI. He was meant to be a temporary replacement for the existing bassist, for a few tours
and a record, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, but eventually became AFI's full-time bassist in November 1997. The Force
broke up in September 1998.
Hunter can play drums, bass, guitar, saxophone and piano. He is the person playing piano in AFI's "The Chicken Song".
He was the drummer and one of the founding members of The Frisk, who played their final show in December, 2005. He has also
played drums for The Eyeliners and the Halo Friendlies on tour.
Hunter is a vegan along with Davey. Hunter is often considered the most friendly, approachable member of AFI, and sometimes
interacts candidly with fans on his personal website.
Hunter plays Fender American Jazz Basses and Ampeg Amps.
Hunter loves Prince's music and even has his own side-project called Hunter Revenge dedicated to singing early-Prince-style
R&B, which released an eight song self titled album in 2001 via Checkmate Records. He says he has "a ton of new material
recorded and ready to go, but everything is on pause until AFI takes a break. I wouldn't want anything I do outside to interfere
or take precedence."
