The Rev obtained his first pair of drum sticks at the age of four and received his own drum set at
the age eleven. In high school, he started playing his band.
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.
At the age of eighteen he recorded his first album with Avenged Sevenfold titled 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet'.
His early influences included Frank Zappa and King Crimson.
The Rev admitted in a Modern Drummer Magazine interview that "I was raised on that stuff as much as rock and Metal".
Later in life he was influenced by drummers Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy, Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich and Terry Bozzio.
He even had a 'Visual influence', Tommy Lee, on which commented that "I never through I'd have one of those".
Sullivan signature ability which he called "The double - ride thing", just for lack of a better definition, because
no one does it, is a technique that can be heard on tracks such as Almost Easy, Critical Acclaim and Crossroad in which Sullivan doubles up at a fast tempo between the double bass and ride cymbals.
Sullivan's body was found in his house on December 28, 2009 at the age of 28.
His death was reported as due to Natural Causes.
The results of the autopsy performed on December 30, 2009.
However, were inconclusive.
On June 9,2010, the cause of death was revealed to have been an acute polydrug intoxication due to combined effects of Oxycondone (OxyContin), Oxymorphone (a metabolite of oxycondone), Diazepam (Valium), Nordiazepam (a metabolization of diazepam) and Alcaohol.
On January 5, 2010, a private funeral was held for Sullivan, and a day later he was buried in Huntington Beach, California.
Sullivan drum's set.
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