The Rev. From Avenged Sevenfold Too?! How Many More Are Gonna Die This Year!?
Question by RIP The Rev. And Brian Denke: The Rev. from Avenged Sevenfold too?! How many more are gonna die this year!?
Okay so you either do or don’t known about The Rev., drummer for Avenged Sevenfold’s, death.
Isn’t that number two now? Who’s gonna be the third to die? I didn’t believe that death always happens in threes til June when we had at least 4 celebrities dead. So now who?
The drummer with Avenged Sevenfold, a rising force in the heavy metal scene, died on Monday at his home in southern California, the group and authorities said.
James Owen Sullivan, nicknamed “The Rev,” appeared to have died of natural causes, Huntington Beach police Lt. John Domingo told the Orange County Register. He was 28. The Orange County Coroner’s Office is investigating, the paper said.
“It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan,” the band said on its Web site. “Jimmy was not only one of the world’s best drummers, but more importantly he was our best friend and brother.”
Avenged Sevenfold, which Sullivan co-founded in 1999, hit No. 4 on the U.S. pop album chart in 2007 with its most recent album, a self-titled release that went on to ship more than 500,000 copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Sullivan contributed “A Little Piece of Heaven,” a tongue-in-cheek, eight-minute paean to necrophilia and mass murder. The band shot an appropriately gruesome videoclip.
In recent years, Avenged Sevenfold tried to live down its reputation for debauchery. Sullivan, in particular, had raised eyebrows after a 2006 cover story in metal magazine Revolver described his penchant for cocaine and other drugs.
Inspired by such bands as Iron Maiden, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses, the quintet built its musical reputation through heavy touring. It played Ozzy Osbourne’s annual Ozzfest tour in 2006, and co-headlined a national trek with Buckcherry in 2008 and 2009. It recently announced plans to record a third studio album for Warner Music Group Corp.
Police say James Owen Sullivan, a drummer and backup vocalist for the Southern California band Avenged Sevenfold, has been found dead at his home in Southern California.
Lt. John Domingo says the 28-year-old Sullivan, who went by the stage name The Rev, appears to have died of natural causes on Monday in Huntington Beach.
The Orange County coroner’s office is investigating the death.
Avenged Sevenfold formed in Huntington Beach in 1999 and won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2006. According to their MySpace page, the five-man metalcore band was working on their fifth album.
The band released a statement Monday expressing their sadness and calling Sullivan “one of the world’s best drummers,” and “our best friend and brother.”
Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan Update : Avenged Sevenfold Drummer is Dead! On this recent news Avenged Sevenfold drummer , James Owen Sullivan at 28 was found dead. The authorities who investigate this issue about “The Rev” stated that Jimmy Sullivan was found dead and appeared to died in natural causes as Lt. John Domingo said of Huntington Beach.
It’s been a long while to see good drummers in our time and it’s heartbreaking to know that young people died early. Currently police is looking further for more circumstances on the death of The Rev and they also looking for some drug abuses.
Still we are very sad because of this news and RIP Jimmy Sullivan.
Rest In Peace Jimmy Sullivan.
May you have eternal peace.
Rock heaven with that drum set of yours babe!
Best answer:
Answer by master0ffright
yeah, its sad…. he was an awesome drummer.
Add your own answer in the comments!
Irvine firm hired to protect Beverly Hills schools
Filed under: drug abuse help in orange county
That job used to fall to the local police. In the early 90s, the Beverly Hills Police Department began placing school resource officers at the city's public schools to secure the campuses and educate students about the dangers of drug abuse. The …
Read more on OCRegister (subscription)
UCI Says OK to E-Cigs
Filed under: drug abuse help in orange county
According to the Orange County Register, UCI spokesperson Tom Vasich said, “It's our understanding that each campus was given the autonomy to come up with its own policies, and our policy does have a provision that can prohibit e-cigarette use.” He …
Read more on New University Online
Fitness calendar
Filed under: drug abuse help in orange county
Adult Asperger support group – An open meeting is held the first Thursday of the month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Providence Center, 902 N. Orange St., in Room 104. The family and friends group on Jan. …. SAA is a 12-step fellowship of men and women …
Read more on The Missoulian