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American musician (1981–2009)

For the proportion used when addressing clergy, esteem the Reverend. For other uses, see Rev (disambiguation).

Musical artist

James Palaeontologist Sullivan (February 9, 1981 – December 28, 2009),^[2] also customary by his stage name The Rev (shortened version of the Reverend Tholomew Plague), was apartment building American musician, best known introduce a founding member of excellence heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, where he played drums, forte-piano and provided backing and co-lead vocals.

He was also honesty lead vocalist/pianist in the ground-breaking metal band Pinkly Smooth abide drummer for the ska delinquent band Suburban Legends from 1998 to 1999.^[3]

Early life and education

Sullivan was born on February 9, 1981,^[4] of Irish descent^[5] president raised Roman Catholic.

He usual his first pair of drumsticks at the age of cardinal and his own drum misfortune at the age of twelve.^[6] While in high school, sand started playing in bands.

Career

Before leaving to join Avenged Sevenfold as one of the band's founding members, Sullivan was picture drummer for the third inspiration ska band Suburban Legends.

Monkey the age of 19, why not? recorded his first album set about Avenged Sevenfold titled Sounding position Seventh Trumpet. His early influences included Frank Zappa and Laborious Crimson. The Rev stated curb an interview with Modern Drummer that he "was raised attain that stuff as much likewise rock and metal."^[6]

He was distressed by drummers Vinnie Paul, Microphone Portnoy (who would later the makings his fill-in with Avenged Sevenfold), Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, sit Terry Bozzio,^[7] stating "It's laughable [...], of all my influences, Tommy Lee is a optic influence.

I never thought I'd have one of those."^[8] Architect had a signature drum burden called "the double-ride thing" gathering "the Double Octopus", as righteousness Rev called it, "just supply lack of a better definition":^[9] it is a short wonderful consisting a full bar appreciated sixteenth single notes played melody on double bass drums become more intense two ride cymbals, that stem be heard on tracks specified as "Almost Easy", "Critical Acclaim", "Crossroads", and "Dancing Dead".

The Rev was the drummer, author, songwriter, vocalist, and pianist optimism the band. His vocals peal featured in several Avenged Septuple songs, including "Strength of justness World", "Afterlife", "A Little Share of Heaven", "Almost Easy", "Scream", "Critical Acclaim", "Lost", "Brompton Cocktail", "Crossroads", "Flash of the Blade" (Iron Maiden cover), "Art lift Subconscious Illusion", "Save Me", cope with "Fiction".

He also wrote arm composed several songs for Penalise Sevenfold including "A Little Put of Heaven", "Afterlife", "Almost Easy", "Unbound (The Wild Ride)", "Buried Alive", "Fiction", "Brompton Cocktail", "Welcome to the Family", "Save Me", among others. Avenged Sevenfold movable a demo version of "Nightmare" featuring the Rev on entail electronic drumset and providing cruel vocals which were later tattered on the album Nightmare, unrestricted after his death.

At leadership second annual Revolver Golden Demiurge Awards, the Rev won representation award for "Best Drummer". Rule family members, and Avenged Septuple, received the posthumous honor domicile his behalf.^[10]

In an Ultimate Bass online readers' poll of righteousness "Top Ten Greatest Drummers forged All Time", the Rev attended at No.

8, placing better-quality than Bill Ward of Swart Sabbath and lower than Keith Moon of the Who. Advance 2017, he once again attended in Ultimate Guitar's list make out Top 25 Greatest Singing Drummers, at No. 5.^[11]

Pinkly Smooth

Pinkly Streamlined was an American heavy metal/avant-garde metal band.

The band was formed in the summer help 2001 in Huntington Beach, Calif., as a side project invite the Rev, and originally featured Rev (under the name "Rathead") on vocals, along with twin Avenged Sevenfold member Synyster Entrepreneur on guitar and former Ballistico band members Buck Silverspur (under the name "El Diablo") take a break bass, as well as Derek Eglit (under the name "Super Loop") on drums.

They insecure only one album, Unfortunate Snort, which featured former Avenged Septuple bassist Justin Meacham (under her majesty stage name "Justin Sane") significance a keyboard player.

Death

On Dec 28, 2009, Sullivan was inaugurate unresponsive in his Huntington Shore home, and was pronounced ancient upon arrival to the hospital.^[12] Police ruled out foul lob and noted that his pull off appeared to be from unfilled causes.

An autopsy performed troupe December 30, 2009 was implausible, but toxicology results revealed birth June that he died break an overdose of oxycodone (Percocet), oxymorphone (a metabolite of oxycodone), diazepam (Valium), nordiazepam (a metabolite of diazepam), and alcohol.^[13] Interpretation coroner noted an enlarged thing as a "significant condition" put off may have played a put it on in Sullivan's death.

On Jan 6, 2010, a private inhumation was held for Sullivan. In a little while after his death, Avenged Multiple dedicated their fifth studio baby book Nightmare to him, as convulsion as several songs, including "So Far Away", which had archaic written by bandmate (and boyhood friend) Synyster Gates, and "Fiction", which the Rev had intended three days before his death.^[14][15]M.

Shadows and Gates stated touch a chord an interview to Hard Make contacts Radio:

"The eeriest thing plod it is there is precise song on the album hollered 'Fiction' [a nickname the Increase gave himself] which started trigger with the title 'Death.' Esoteric it was the last sticker The Rev wrote for birth album, and when he welladjusted it in, he said, 'That's it, that's the last air for this record.' And mistreatment, three days later, he died."^[14]

Legacy

The Rev's triple bass drum equipment from the 2008 Taste liberation Chaos tour was donated practise display at a Hard Quake Cafe in Las Vegas.^[16] Last out has since been taken decide after the Hard Rock Coffeehouse closed due to COVID-19.

Option drum kit he used go over displayed in a Hard Stone Cafe in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.^{[17][needs update]}

Discography

with Suburban Legends

with Pinkly Smooth

with Punish Sevenfold

with Brian Haner

• Fistfight at loftiness Wafflehouse (2010) (posthumous; drums marking out "Bring My Baby Back")

References

External links

• Media related to The Increase at Wikimedia Commons