8. Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold) Jimmy died in 2009 after accidentally overdosing on prescription drugs, but his legacy lives on. Raised on a diet of metal and progressive rock, the Rev made his name as a multi-talented songwriter for Avenged Sevenfold. This video shows his school music teacher talking about how the young prodigy was playing and transcribing Metallica drums by the age of 13 – and how she later learned he had been doing it all on a toy drum kit.
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