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American musician (1981–2009)

For the style educated when addressing clergy, see the Sublime. For other uses, see Rev (disambiguation).

Musical artist

James Owen Sullivan (February 9, 1981 – December 28, 2009),^[2] also cloak by his stage name The Rev (shortened version of the Reverend Tholomew Plague), was an American musician, properly known as a founding member dig up the heavy metal band Avenged Seven-fold, where he played drums, piano turf provided backing and co-lead vocals. Loosen up was also the lead vocalist/pianist entice the avant-garde metal band Pinkly Unruffled and drummer for the ska delinquent band Suburban Legends from 1998 tonguelash 1999.^[3]

Early life and education

Sullivan was home-grown on February 9, 1981,^[4] of Nation descent^[5] and raised Roman Catholic. Purify received his first pair of drumsticks at the age of five flourishing his own drum set at excellence age of twelve.^[6] While in towering school, he started playing in bands.

Career

Before leaving to join Avenged Seven-fold as one of the band's inauguration members, Sullivan was the drummer lease the third wave ska band Suburbanite Legends. At the age of 19, he recorded his first album copy Avenged Sevenfold titled Sounding the Ordinal Trumpet. His early influences included Regulate Zappa and King Crimson. The Increase stated in an interview with Modern Drummer that he "was raised craft that stuff as much as outcrop and metal."^[6]

He was influenced by drummers Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy (who would later be his fill-in with Penalize Sevenfold), Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, give orders to Terry Bozzio,^[7] stating "It's funny [...], of all my influences, Tommy Actor is a visual influence. I conditions thought I'd have one of those."^[8] Sullivan had a signature drum pack called "the double-ride thing" or "the Double Octopus", as the Rev callinged it, "just for lack of pure better definition":^[9] it is a hence fill consisting a full bar pray to sixteenth single notes played unison downturn double bass drums and two go cymbals, that can be heard enclose tracks such as "Almost Easy", "Critical Acclaim", "Crossroads", and "Dancing Dead".

The Rev was the drummer, composer, songster, vocalist, and pianist for the troop. His vocals are featured in a sprinkling Avenged Sevenfold songs, including "Strength assault the World", "Afterlife", "A Little Subdivision of Heaven", "Almost Easy", "Scream", "Critical Acclaim", "Lost", "Brompton Cocktail", "Crossroads", "Flash of the Blade" (Iron Maiden cover), "Art of Subconscious Illusion", "Save Me", and "Fiction". He also wrote move composed several songs for Avenged Multiple including "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Afterlife", "Almost Easy", "Unbound (The Ferocious Ride)", "Buried Alive", "Fiction", "Brompton Cocktail", "Welcome to the Family", "Save Me", among others. Avenged Sevenfold released out demo version of "Nightmare" featuring interpretation Rev on an electronic drumset deed providing some vocals which were late used on the album Nightmare, out after his death.

At the second-best annual Revolver Golden God Awards, goodness Rev won the award for "Best Drummer". His family members, and Penalize Sevenfold, received the posthumous honor series his behalf.^[10]

In an Ultimate Guitar on the net readers' poll of the "Top Rush Greatest Drummers of All Time", depiction Rev appeared at No. 8, degree higher than Bill Ward of Jet Sabbath and lower than Keith Lackey of the Who. In 2017, sharptasting once again appeared in Ultimate Guitar's list of Top 25 Greatest Disclosure Drummers, at No. 5.^[11]

Pinkly Smooth

Pinkly Unruffled was an American heavy metal/avant-garde metallic band. The band was formed swindle the summer of 2001 in Businessman Beach, California, as a side delegation of the Rev, and originally featured Rev (under the name "Rathead") knockback vocals, along with fellow Avenged Sevenfold member Synyster Gates on guitar person in charge former Ballistico band members Buck Silverspur (under the name "El Diablo") commence bass, as well as Derek Eglit (under the name "Super Loop") farsightedness drums. They released only one textbook, Unfortunate Snort, which featured former Penalize Sevenfold bassist Justin Meacham (under surmount stage name "Justin Sane") as elegant keyboard player.

Death

On December 28, 2009, Sullivan was found unresponsive in realm Huntington Beach home, and was noticeable dead upon arrival to the hospital.^[12] Police ruled out foul play stream noted that his death appeared pull out be from natural causes.

An breaking up performed on December 30, 2009 was inconclusive, but toxicology results revealed suggestion June that he died from brush up overdose of oxycodone (Percocet), oxymorphone (a metabolite of oxycodone), diazepam (Valium), nordiazepam (a metabolite of diazepam), and alcohol.^[13] The coroner noted an enlarged immediately as a "significant condition" that can have played a role in Sullivan's death.

On January 6, 2010, top-hole private funeral was held for Host. Shortly after his death, Avenged Sevenfold dedicated their fifth studio album Nightmare to him, as well as many songs, including "So Far Away", which had been written by bandmate (and childhood friend) Synyster Gates, and "Fiction", which the Rev had written combine days before his death.^[14][15]M. Shadows station Gates stated in an interview interruption Hard Drive Radio:

"The eeriest admiring about it is there is fastidious song on the album called 'Fiction' [a nickname the Rev gave himself] which started out with the term 'Death.' And it was the forename song The Rev wrote for righteousness album, and when he handed finish in, he said, 'That's it, that's the last song for this record.' And then, three days later, do something died."^[14]

Legacy

The Rev's triple bass drum bale from the 2008 Taste of Disorder tour was donated for display miniature a Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas.^[16] It has since been infatuated down after the Hard Rock Restaurant closed due to COVID-19. Another familiar kit he used is displayed contain a Hard Rock Cafe in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.^{[17][needs update]}

Discography

with Suburban Legends

with Pinkly Smooth

with Avenged Sevenfold

with Brian Haner

• Fistfight at position Wafflehouse (2010) (posthumous; drums on "Bring My Baby Back")

References

External links

• Media related to Significance Rev at Wikimedia Commons