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Jimmy Owen Sullivan, (born February 9, 1981) better known by his stage name, The Rev, or The Reverend Tholomew Plague is the drummer and back-up vocalist for the band Avenged Sevenfold, and lead vocalist in the Avant-Garde Metal band Pinkly Smooth with fellow Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates. Sullivan currently resides in Huntington Beach, California.

Avenged Sevenfold & Pinkly Smooth

Jimmy is recognized for vocals and piano in his and Synyster Gates' side project, Pinkly Smooth. He is also utilized as a back-up vocalist in Avenged Sevenfold. Besides screaming with lead vocalist M. Shadows in songs Chapter Four and Eternal Rest, the song Critical Acclaim features Sullivan on lead vocals during the chorus of the song, both singing and screaming. His vocals are also featured in other songs from the Avenged Sevenfold eponymous album, such as "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Brompton Cocktail", " Afterlife ", and "Almost Easy". The Rev is known for his "drumstick spinning" and his song writing ability, having written songs such as Afterlife.

Gear

The Rev endorses DW Drums & Hardware, Evans Heads, Pro-Mark Sticks and Sabian Cymbals.

Self Titled Album Recording Setup

-DW Drums plain black w/ chrome hardware 22"x18" bass drum (x2), 8"x5" tom, 8"x7" tom, 10"x8" tom, 12"x9" tom, 14"x11" tom, 16"x14" tom, 18"x16" tom

With DW 9000 hardware including pedals.

Cymbals

-Zildjian Cymbals 14" Sabian AAX X-Celerator Hi-Hats, 18" Oriental Classic China, 21" Zildjian Z-Custom Mega Bell Rides (X2), 2 Zildjian Splashes,19" A Custom Projection Crash and 18" AAX Metal Crash.

Self Titled Album Tour Setup

Drums

-Dw drums custom snakeskin wrap and black hardware: 8"x5" tom (not in use on tour) 8"x7" tom 10"x8" tom 12"x9" tom 14"x11" tom 16"x14" tom 18"x16" tom 22"x18" bass drum (x3) and a 14x5 snare with chrome hardware and 14"x6,5" DW bronze metal snare drum series with black hardware. Jimmy uses differents DW rack parts including DW Super Main Rack, DW Side Rack, many clamps and boom stands for microphones and cymbals.

-DW Pedals:

DW 9000 PC Single Pedal x2: The Rev only uses 2 single pedals because he doesn't use his third bass drum since it is only used for esthetic.

Also, The Rev uses black Roc-N-Soc Nitro drum throne.

Cymbals

-Sabian cymbals: 14" AAX-Celerator Hi-hats, 18" AAX Metal Crash 19" Paragon China, 19" AAX Metal Crash, 22" AAX Metal Ride (x2), 19"AAXtreme Chinese, 10" AAX Splash, 8" Chopper Effects Cymbal, 11" Signature Max Splash and a 12" HH Mini Chinese

In the studio for the last self-titled album, The Rev used also Zildjian cymbals: he used an 18" Oriental Classic China instead of the Paragon, two 21" Zildjian Z-Custom Mega Bell Rides instead of the AAX Metal Rides and an A-Custom Projection Crash instead of the AAX Metal Crashes.

-Drum Sticks:

Pro-Mark TX5BW Signature Model(5B) and Easton Ahead 5B for self-titled album recording

- Evans Heads:

Batter/Resonant

Tom: Clear G2/Clear G1

Snare: Coated Power Center Reverse Dot/ Hazy 300 snare side

Bass drum:Clear EMAD/EQ3 Black Resonant (excepted that for the third bass drum it is a DW 22" Clear/Coated batter head because it comes with the kit and he stills not uses this bass drum.)

City of Evil Tour set-up

Drums

-PDP LXE Series Drums and DW Hardware: 8"x7" Tom, 10"x8" Tom, 12"x9" Tom, 14"x12" Tom, 16"x14" Tom, 22"x18" Bass Drum (x2) and a 14"x5" Snare.

Cymbals

-Sabian Cymbals: 14" AAX-Celerator Hi-hats, 18" AA Metal-X Crash, 19" AA Metal-X Crash, 22" AA Metal-X Ride, 18" AA Metal-X China, 7" Signature Max Splash and a 11" Signature MAX Splash.

Drum Heads

The Rev uses Evans drum heads exclusively.

zacky vengeance

Zachary James Baker, (born December 11, 1981) better known by his stage name Zacky Vengeance, is the rhythm guitarist and harmony vocalist for the American rock band Avenged Sevenfold.

Guitars

Zacky uses Schecter Guitars, and endorses the company.

• The Vengeance custom S-1
• The Vengeance Standard model
• The ZV special designed by zacky vengeance
• The ZV Blade designed by dan
• The ZV special with FR (as seen behind the scenes in the Live in the LBC DVD)
• "Gynecologist"(blood splatter)
• Zacky has many custom shop S-1 models made exclusively for him.
• All models are loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Pickups
• Zacky has been seen using two Custom Shop Fender Telecasters in recent live performances (one in white one in yellow).

Amps

• marshall 1960b 4x12
• marshall jvm205 head

Effects units and accessories

• Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
• Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
• Line 6 PODxt Pro
• Voodoo Lab GCX Audio Switcher
• Ernie Ball "Skinny Top, Heavy Bottom 10-52" strings^[2]
• Dunlop Tortex Yellow plectrums 0.73mm (Avenged Sevenfold logo)
• White Get'm Get'm Sergeant Stripes Strap
• Dickel Reserve