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Burgan grew up in Grass Valley, California.
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Hunter Burgan
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He is the third and current bass guitarist of American Film Institute. He is a vegan. Burgan was in a band called The Force at the time he joined California rock band American Film Institute. He was meant to be a temporary replacement for the existing bassist, Geoff Kresge, for a few tours and a record, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, but eventually became American Film Institute"s full-time bassist in November 1997. The Force broke up in September 1998.
Burgan loves Prince"s music and even had his own side-project called Hunter Revenge dedicated to singing early-80s-style Rhythm & Blues. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Burgan can play drums, bass, guitar, saxophone, clarinet, and piano.
He was the drummer of the Nevada City, California band, Badical Turbo Radness (BTR) in the mid 1990s. He has also played drums for The Eyeliners, Gardening, Not Architecture, F-Minus (one show), and the Halo Friendlies on tour.
Hunter was featured on Tegan and Sara"s 2007 album, The Con, playing bass on the songs written by Tegan. He also played bass on Golden Shoulders"s "Little Nixon," from their 2009 album Get Reasonable.
He is often referred to simply as "Hunter," as his last name is never given in the list of band members on American Film Institute"s albums, with the exception of Crash Love.
He plays Fender American Jazz Basses and Ampeg 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 Alkaline Trio"s Matt Skiba and My Chemical Romance"s Jarrod Alexander to form Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, which released their debut album Babylon on May 8, 2012.
Membership
He was the drummer and one of the founding members of The Frisk, who played their final show in December 2005.
