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September Drum Roll: Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan

9/2/2014

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James Owen Sullivan (February 9, 1981 – December 28, 2009), more commonly known by his stage name The Rev (shortened version of The Reverend Tholomew Plague), was an American musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer and
founding member for the American
heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. The Rev was critically acclaimed for his work on Avenged Sevenfold albums, and contributed entire songs written by himself, such as Chapter Four, Afterlife and Almost Easy. He was also the lead vocalist/pianist in Pinkly Smooth, a side project where he was known by the name Rathead, with fellow Avenged Sevenfold member and childhood best friend, guitarist Synyster Gates, and he was the drummer for Suburban Legends from 1998 to 1999.
    Sullivan grew up and lived in Orange County, CA. He received his first pair of drum sticks at the age of five and own drum set at the
                                                                 age of ten.
In high school, he started playing in bands. 
                                                                 Before leaving to join Avenged Sevenfold as one of the band's
                                                                 founding members, Sullivan was the drummer for the
third wave
                                                                 ska
band Suburban Legends. At the age of twenty he recorded his
                                                                 first album with Avenged Sevenfold titled
Sounding the Seventh
                                                                 Trumpet
. His early influences included Frank Zappa and King
                                                                 Crimson
. The Rev said in a Modern Drummer Magazine interview that
                                                                 "I was raised on that stuff as much as rock and metal."

                                                                    Later in life he was influenced by drummers Vinnie Paul, Mike
                                                                 Portnoy
, Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, Joey Jordison and Terry
                                                                 Bozzio
. He even had a "visual influence", Tommy Lee, on which he
                                                                 commented that "I never thought I'd have one of those."
Sullivan
                                                                 had a signature ability called 'the double-ride thing' or 'The Double
                                                                 Octopus', as the Rev called it, "just for lack of a better definition".
                                                                
 'The double-ride thing' is a technique that can be heard on tracks
                                                                 such as "Almost Easy", "Critical Acclaim", "Crossroads", and 
                                                                "Dancing Dead" in which Sullivan doubles up at a fast tempo
                                                                 between the double bass and ride cymbals.
                                                                                                                                                             
(Source: Wikipedia)


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