Tribute

Okay! So I will be dedicating this post to Avenged Sevenfold since they're my favorite band EVAR! Lol.
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavymetal rock band, formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1999, first appeared as a metalcore band with first album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet but evolved into a hard rock/heavymetal in their third album and the following. The name was a reference to the Book of Genesis from The Bible, although they are not a religious band.

So, Matthew Charles Sanders, stage name M.Shadows, lead vocalist. Born in Huntington Beach, California July 31, 1981. Founder of Avenged Sevenfold and was the one who suggested the band name. He was in a Catholic school when he was younger, therefore making him familiar with the Bible and a lot of their songs and albums were titled from the pages of Bible. He played piano when he was younger but took interest on guitar and rock musics instead, although he is still capable of plating the piano now. Rumors began to spread that Shadows has lost his ability to scream since his throat surgery during Warped Tour 2003 because their records' vocal changed from heavy metalcore screaming into a much more defined vocal. But their producer put down those rumors by saying "When I met the band after Sounding the Seventh Trumpet...Matt handed me the CD, and he said to me, 'This record's screaming. The record we want to make...is going to be half-screaming and half-singing. I don't want to scream anymore...the record after that is going to be all singing.'".

Brian Elwin Haner, Jr better known as Synyster Gates or Syn, lead guitarist. Born in Huntington Beach, California July 7,1981. He studied at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood as part of the Guitar Institute of Technology program, studying jazz and classical guitar. After a year or so of being there, he got a phone call from The Rev asking him if he wanted to join his band, as lead guitarist. Brian joined rather than continuing his education and becoming a studio musician. Up until that time he was primarily self-taught by watching music videos and reading books. He won numerous awards for his epic guitar skills. I really really loved his smile, and his guitar skills always makes me melt.

Zachary James Baker or Zacky Vengeance, rhythm guitarist. Born in Huntington Beach, California December 11, 1981. He taught himself how to play guitar and said that he took on Vengeance as his stage name for getting back at the people from his youth who doubted his potential. He also came up with the stage name of Johnny Christ for Jonathan Seward and the abbreviation A7X. Despite playing the guitar left handed (he is ambidextrous), Vengeance recalls the first guitar he learned to play on was actually a right-handed his parents had bought him for his thirteenth birthday. He learned by playing upside-down, watching his favorite bands and other people he knew who played, and practiced as much as he could. He would also read each edition of Guitar World cover to cover, learning the tabs of the songs published there and watching the professionals perform them until he could play just as well. He had a clothing line called Vengeance University and he has gorgeous eyes! It's a mixture of colors and it's just ... well, awesome.

Jonathan Lewis Seward, or Johnny Christ. Born in Huntington Beach, California November 18 1984. Johnny could pick up on the pace of a song that he did not know quite quickly and proved to be a very unique bass guitarist. "I don't think any one out there could pick up a bass line as quick as Johnny" were the words from The Rev. About the Christ in his name he said "That sounds... really ballsy. Everyone's gonna hate that, so... I should definitely go with that."

James Owen Sullivan or The Reverend Tholomew Plague shortened as The Rev. Born in Huntington Beach, California February 9,1981. He got his first pair of drum stick at the age of four and his own drum set at eleven. Sullivan's signature ability which he called "the double-ride thing, just for lack of a better definition, because no one does it, is a technique that can be heard on tracks such as "Almost Easy", "Critical Acclaim", and "Crossroads" in which Sullivan doubles up at a fast tempo between the double bass and ride cymbals.
The Rev was also a vocalist, songwriter, and pianist for Avenged Sevenfold. His piano-playing can be heard on the tracks "Warmness on the Soul", "Seize the Day", "Fiction" and "Save Me".

Jimmy's body was found in his home on December 28, 2009 at the age of 28.His death was reported as due to natural causes. The results of the autopsy performed on December 30, 2009, however, were inconclusive.On June 9, 2010, the cause of death was revealed to have been an acute polydrug intoxication due to combined effects of oxycodone (OxyContin), oxymorphone (a metabolite of oxycodone), diazepam (Valium), nordiazepam (a metabolite of diazepam) and alcohol. Cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) was reported as a "significant condition" that may have played a role in the death.
On January 5, 2010, a private funeral was held for Sullivan, and a day later he was buried in Huntington Beach, California.Avenged Sevenfold dedicated their fifth album, Nightmare, to Jimmy.

So, that's it.



Cheers ♥