Happy birthday, M Shadows!!
Avenged Sevenfold's leadsinger Matt Sanders, aka M Shadows, turns 30 today! Happy birthday, Matt! Have a good one!
Avenged Sevenfold: “Mike Portnoy Wanted To Stay In Avenged”
Avenged Sevenfold guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates were interviewed for Guitar World magazine.
Guitar World: Do you believe it was Mike’s [Portnoy, ex-DREAM THEATER drummer who played on AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 2010 album "Nightmare" and toured with the band for the latter part of last year] intention to stay on with [AVENGED SEVENFOLD]?
Gates: I think he definitely wanted to. And it would have been really nice. He’s a great guy and a great drummer, and we consider him family. But it’s just… He’s “Mike Portnoy.” He’s established. He makes a lot of money. More than we can really dish out, especially at this point. And my whole thing after Jimmy ["The Rev" Sullivan, AVENGED SEVENFOLD's late drummer] died was if we were ever going to do this, I wanted to give a young kid a chance. That would have been a dream come true, to breathe some new life from a death. And so this feels right. And unfortunately, Mike made some decisions that I don’t know if he’s super happy with at this point, and that weren’t very conducive to his well being.
Vengeance: When Mike first came on for “Nightmare”, he was sincerely genuine in the fact that he was there to help us fulfill Jimmy’s legacy, and for that we’ll always be so thankful and appreciative. And, truthfully, he was really the only man for the job. But I think he was also searching for new things to do, music-wise. I know for a fact he was starting to lose the romance of DREAM THEATER a little bit. That had been going on from before he knew us. And then “Nightmare” came out and it was a Number One album, and the tours were huge, and I think it was exciting for him. I think his intentions were pretty clear that he wanted to be a member of AVENGED SEVENFOLD. But we weren’t ready to have a new member. And truthfully, he’s not the right fit anyway. When he went and quit DREAM THEATER, that was something we had no say in, because he’s a grown man and he makes his own decisions. But we had urged against it, fully knowing we weren’t ready to commit to him. But it’s his life.
Tickets for Milwaukee and Albuquerque on sale now
Tickets for the following cities for the Rockstar Uproar Tour are on sale now:
9/20 Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater - Click here to get tickets 10/7 Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion - Click here to get tickets
Rockstar Uproar TV #3 featuring Arin Ilejay
Check out Rockstar Uproar TV #3 featuring current Avenged Sevenfold drummer Arin Ilejay and find out how you and your band can play Rockstar Uproar!
Together with Best Buy Music Gear they are offering you and your band great opportunities to get your name out there, play the festival, create a music video, record an album and much more! Don't miss this chance!
Photos: Avenged Sevenfold at Mt Pleasant, MI
Check out another set of Mt Pleasant, MI photos by photographer and A7X fan yOyO Suicide. View them here.
Two new Rockstar Uproar tour dates!!
Rockstar Uproar has announced two more dates!
9/20 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater
10/4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheater
The pre-sale for Milwaukee has yet begun, the Salt Lake City pre-sale starts 7/25! For more information and tickets, go to RockstarUproar.com
10/4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheater
Live Photos: Avenged Sevenfold at Rock Fest 2011
Rock Fest 2011 has added a bunch of photos to their Facebook page, including quite a large set of Avenged Sevenfold. Check it out here!
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