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In an Ultimate Guitar online readers' poll of the "Top Ten Greatest Drummers of All Time", the Rev appeared at No. His family members, and Avenged Sevenfold, received the posthumous honor on his behalf. Avenged Sevenfold released a demo version of "Nightmare" featuring the Rev on an electronic drumset and providing some vocals.Īt the second annual Revolver Golden God Awards, the Rev won the award for "Best Drummer". His music composing and songwriting are done in several songs for Avenged Sevenfold such as "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Afterlife", "Almost Easy", "Unbound (The Wild Ride)", "Buried Alive", "Fiction", "Brompton Cocktail", "Save Me", among others. His vocals are featured in several Avenged Sevenfold songs, including "Strength of the World", " Afterlife", "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Almost Easy", " Scream", "Critical Acclaim", "Lost", "Brompton Cocktail", "Crossroads", "Flash of the Blade", "Art of Subconscious Illusion", "Save Me", and "Fiction". The Rev was the drummer, composer, songwriter, vocalist, and pianist for the band. I never thought I'd have one of those." 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." "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. Later in life, he was influenced by drummers Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy (who would later be his fill-in with Avenged Sevenfold), Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, and Terry Bozzio, stating "It's funny, of all my influences, Tommy Lee is a visual influence. The Rev stated in an interview with Modern Drummer that he "was raised on that stuff as much as rock and metal." His early influences included Frank Zappa and King Crimson.
At the age of 20, he recorded his first album with Avenged Sevenfold titled Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. 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. In high school, he started playing in bands.
He received his first pair of drumsticks at the age of five and his own drum set at the age of twelve. Sullivan was born on February 9, 1981, of Irish descent and raised Roman Catholic.