I haven’t been into Avenged Sevenfold for a while and I’m sure a lot of people in the metal community will bash them for going too mainstream, but it’s always a sad day when a young musician dies.
James Owen Sullivan, drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, was found dead in his home yesterday, December 28th, at 1 pm. The Orange County Coroner’s Office is investigating his death at the moment, but they’re saying he died of natural causes, which is a rather dubious claim, to say the least.
The Rev was 28, just missing out on joining the 27 Club, a group of musicians that died at age 27, including Jimi Hendrix and Curt Cobain.
And so, 2009 takes another one. Condolences to the band and their friends and family.
- JR
God dammit. I was going to write about this and say “Who cares?” and that was it. ): It would’ve been clever and funny and I would’ve been cool.
TYPE FASTER.
RIP – James Sullivan, 28, known by his stage name, The Rev, was drummer & back-up singer for Avenged Sevenfold, His wife, a former nude internet model named Teen Topanga, found him unresponsive, but the autopsy is, so far, inconclusive. http://urdead2me.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/rip-james-sullivan/