Gracelander Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – Police say James Owen Sullivan, a drummer and backup vocalist for the Southern California band Avenged Sevenfold, has been found dead at his home in Southern California. Lt. John Domingo says the 28-year-old Sullivan, who went by the stage name The Rev, appears to have died of natural causes on Monday in Huntington Beach. The Orange County coroner's office is investigating the death. Avenged Sevenfold formed in Huntington Beach in 1999 and won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2006. According to their MySpace page, the five-man metalcore band was working on their fifth album. The band released a statement Monday expressing their sadness and calling Sullivan "one of the world's best drummers," and "our best friend and brother." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091229/ap_en_mu/us_avenged_sevenfold_death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty dread Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 damn only 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastate Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Damn first Brittany Murphy and now The Rev? both young people dying of "natural causes".. What natural cause is going to kill a 28 year old? cmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Horrible news... :( They are one of my favorite bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChaos86 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Never really like their music, but dude was an incredible drummer. Sad to see someone go at that age. Thoughts and prayers go out to his bandmates and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Heroin. Lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzSkinsFan63 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Awesome drummer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Heroin. Lock. yeah they said the same thing about Murphey...they were wrong from what I heard...guess we shouldn't jump to conclusions. sad to hear someone with so much talent going so young. thoughts out to his family and friends, and to all his fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 yeah they said the same thing about Murphey...they were wrong from what I heard...guess we shouldn't jump to conclusions.sad to hear someone with so much talent going so young. thoughts out to his family and friends, and to all his fans. I don't think they were wrong on Murphy yet. They still haven't gotten back the toxicology reports. That's when it'll be known. And people normally don't die of natural causes at 28. So while I may be jumping to conclusions, I'm comfortable doing so. As a former resident of Huntington Beach, I'm comfortable with my guess. That said, it still doesn't take away from the tragedy of a life ending so young. So thoughts and prayers definitely go out to his loved ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Damn, that sucks. I've gotten into their music lately, and that drummer was pretty darn good! I hope they can recover well from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums and skins Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Damn. I didn't really like him a whole lot as a musician, but he had some decent chops and I always did like their first single "bat country". I agree, it does sound like an OD of some sort, but not necessarily. There's plenty of things that could have happened such as undiagnosed heart issues, or simply just a lot of stress if he was under it (but if it was stress taxing his ticker, he probably had a ****tail of drugs that didn't help it much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackest Eyes Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Always hated that band but sad to hear about his death. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 didn't this band start out hard and then got really soft to sell more albums? regardless, RIP to their drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenic Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 %^(&$%#(%^ another one bites the dust rip buddy.. dude had talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 "Natural causes" at 28 my ***. My wife (and her younger sister as well) is a huge Avenge fan. She was not happy at this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 "Natural causes" at 28 my ***. My wife (and her younger sister as well) is a huge Avenge fan. She was not happy at this news. Remember, Dave Williams of Drowning Pool died at 30 of heart disease... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 didn't this band start out hard and then got really soft to sell more albums?regardless, RIP to their drummer. Yes they are. Their early stuff was really good. I was hoping they would have gone back to that style again, ( but does any band ever really do that?). Sad the hear he is gone however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebowski Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Avenged Sevenfold formed in Huntington Beach in 1999 and won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2006. :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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