- Smith Puget
Infobox musical artist
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Name = Smith Puget
Born = June 23,1977
Alias = MC Stay-N-Skool
Genre =Hardcore punk Punk rock Alternative rock
Associated_acts = AFI
Loose ChangeRedemption 87 Tiger Army
Blaqk Audio
Years_active = 1990s - presentSmith Leroy Puget (born in
Ukiah, California ) is the tour manager of the band AFI, and is guitaristJade Puget 's younger brother. Smith lives in Oakland,California and has lived in or near the Bay Area all of his life.In past years, Smith has also been involved with other bands such as Loose Change,
Redemption 87 , andTiger Army . Becoming popularized in recent years by Smithgasm, the official Smith Puget fanclub, (created by an avid fan in 2005) Smith has developed a significant following. In 2006 atBumbershoot , a popular Seattle music festival, Smithgasm's creator conducted the first official interview of Smith Puget which has since gained thousands of views onYouTube , thus further promoting Smith's status.He is featured in
the Explosion 's video "Here I Am," and in AFI's music video for "Love Like Winter ," his arms can be seen. There is also a string of videos onYouTube , filmed by his brother Jade, of Smith's antics. Smith is known for his extreme reinterpretations of incidents. He is commonly injuring himself, with accidents on his skateboard. Not too long ago Smith Puget was hit by a car and survived with minimal/no injuries, and then proceeded to break his arm the following year whilst skateboardingSmith is
vegan , as are AFI membersDavey Havok andHunter Burgan . (The two other members, Jade Puget andAdam Carson , arevegetarian .) Smith also has an interest in body art. He is covered in tattoos, many of which he gave himself: he has a tattoo on his leg is a picture ofR. Kelly yelling into a phone saying "Real Talk" and "Bitch Is You Tweakin?" His most recent tattoo is on his calf and reads "Google That Shit Holmes".Smith was also the tour manager for
Blaqk Audio 's first tour that took place last year. (Blaqk Audio is both his brother Jade Puget's and AFI frontman Davey Havok's electro side project.)References
* [http://www.smithgasm.com/ Smithgasm: The Official Smith Puget Fanclub]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ehKaThiEHuo/ Video Interview of Smith Puget]
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