Well the Third of the Celebrity Deaths has happened

[Shadowmancer]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Alan Elsner)

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RIP The Rev.

 

[Shadowmancer]

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[Scotty]

RIP Rev You will be deeply missed......by me

 

[Viola Moonlight]

R.I.P. Rev

 

[Slyfox696]

Natural causes? Yeah, I bet...

 

[Ty Burna]

Wow, even if I despised Avenged Sevenfold after they completely switched up their sound, I still remember their Sounding The Seventh Trumpet album. That was a great album and their drumming was always excellent. Sad to hear he passed away. RIP.

 

[Blade]

I hate Avengened Sevenfold, but it's always sad to hear when a musician dies. RIP.

 

[One Punch Doug Crashin]

how can you hate avenged sevenfold?........

R.I.P Rev..... I saw them at Warped Tour 06 in Jersey and they were awesome.

 

[Dave]

R.I.P

 

[justinsayne]

Natural causes? Yeah, I bet...

I says he had a penchant for cocaine and other drugs so naturally he died

how can you hate avenged sevenfold?........

Have you ever heard their cover... or maybe I should say butchering of Walk?, that is one of only many reason why I dislike this band the rest I won't go into right now out of respect, that being said it sucks the guy had to die so young

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

I says he had a penchant for cocaine and other drugs so naturally he died



Have you ever heard their cover... or maybe I should say butchering of Walk?, that is one of only many reason why I dislike this band the rest I won't go into right now out of respect, that being said it sucks the guy had to die so young

Are you coming back or not? Stop being such a tease!

 

[NSL]

RIP Rev

 

[X]

Avenged Sevenfold is fucking terrible.

That said, this obviously sucks. Always sad when a death comes around the holidays.

I did let go a big sigh of relief when I opened this thread though, because when I saw the thread say someone named "The Rev" had died, the first person that came to mind was the Reverend Horton Heat. That would have really sucked.

 

[Fizzy]

Damn.. I love Avenged Sevenfold.. R.I.P

 

[Tastycles]

Avenged Sevenfold is fucking terrible.

That said, this obviously sucks. Always sad when a death comes around the holidays.

I did let go a big sigh of relief when I opened this thread though, because when I saw the thread say someone named "The Rev" had died, the first person that came to mind was the Reverend Horton Heat. That would have really sucked.

I was expecting someone like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.

 

[X]

I was expecting someone like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.

Jesse Jackson might have been a bit upsetting, but I probably wouldn't have cared about Sharpton.

 

[NSL]

I thought Rev Run when I was opening the thread...

I'm a pretty big fan of A7X, so this is a sad loss...He's amazing live.

 

[Slyfox696]

Avenged Sevenfold is fucking terrible.

Only because they became popular, right?

 

[X]

Only because they became popular, right?

Of course silly. I don't approve of it unless the indie kids who hang out at the thrifty store tell me to.


No, but really, they're quite shit.

 

[Mr. TM]

They havent been good in years

 

[Monkey_Mania]

Its sad, but hopefully the rest of the band will be soo heartbroken that they will all just retire from music altogether.


A guy can hope.

 

[justinsayne]

Are you coming back or not? Stop being such a tease!

Idk, depends on how reliable the wireless signal I am currently "borrowing" is, if it keeps working as well as it has the past day or two then I'll prolly be on a bit more often, I haven't had really had much internet access the past couple months making it hard to get online