James the rev sullivan biography

Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. James Owen Sullivan February 9, — December 28, ,[ more commonly known by his stage name The Reverend Tholomew Plague , often shortened to The Rev , was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. Sullivan grew up and lived in Huntington Beach, California.

He got his first pair of drum sticks at the age of four and received his own drum set at the age of eleven.

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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 eighteen 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. He even had a "visual influence", Tommy Lee , on which he commented that "I never thought I'd have one of those. The Rev was also a vocalist, songwriter, and pianist for Avenged Sevenfold.