Best Drummer i ever know!!!

JIMMY OWEN SULLIVAN(THE REVEREND THOLOMEW PLAGUE SULLIVAN)

Bio:

Birth Name: James Owen Sullivan
Also Known As: The Rev, Rathead, The Reverend Tholomew Plague, Fiction
Born: Feb 9th, 1981
Died: Dec 28, 2009(28 years). Huntington Beach, California. U.S.
Genres: Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Avant-grade Metal, Ska punk.
Instruments: Drum, Piano, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocal
Associates acts: Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Brian Haner, Suburban Legends

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 Suburband 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."^[3]
Later in life he was influenced by drummers Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy, Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, Joey Jordison and Terry Bozzio.^[4] He even had a "visual influence", Tommy Lee, on which he commented that "I never thought I'd have one of those."^[3] 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".^[5] '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.
The Rev was also a vocalist, songwriter, and pianist for Avenged Sevenfold. His piano-playing can be heard on the tracks "Seize the Day", "Fiction", "Save Me" and "Warmness on the Soul", where he pops up at the end of the music video like a screamer. His vocals are featured in Avenged Sevenfold's "The Art of Subconscious Illusion ", "Unholy Confessions", "Chapter Four", "Remenissions", "Desecrate Through Reverence", "Eternal Rest", "Second Heartbeat", "I Won't See You Tonight Part 2", "Clairvoyant Disease", "And All Things Will End", "Bat Country", "Strength of the World", "Burn it Down", "M.I.A.", "Critical Acclaim", "Almost Easy", "Scream", "Afterlife", "Gunslinger", "Brompton Cocktail", "Lost", "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Crossroads", "Flash of the Blade", "Fiction", and "Save Me". He also wrote the songs "Chapter Four", "Desecrate Through Reverence", "Clairvoyant Disease", "The Wicked End", "Brompton Cocktail","Almost Easy", "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Afterlife", "Fiction", "Welcome to the Family," the piano part of "Save Me", and "Demons". The demo track of "Buried Alive" is the only released song by Avenged Sevenfold to feature The Rev on lead vocals.
Avenged Sevenfold also released a demo version of Nightmare, featuring The Rev on an electric drumset and some vocals of his.
At the second annual Revolver Golden God Awards, The Rev won the award for Best Drummer. His family members and Avenged Sevenfold received the honor on his behalf.