Jimmy "The Reverend" Sullivan

this is my favourite drummer 

Background Information

Birth name - Jimmy Owen Sullivan
Also known as - The Reverend Tholomew Plague, Rat Head, The Rev, Mr. Plague, Jimmy
Born - February 9, 1981 (1981-02-09) (age 28)
Genre(s) - Hard rock, heavy metal, Third Wave Ska, avant-garde metal, hardcore punk
Occupation(s) - Musician, songwriter, drummer, percussionist
Instrument(s) - Drums, guitar, bass, piano, vocals
Years active - 1999–Present
Label(s) - Warner Bros. Records, Good Life Recordings, Hopeless Records, Bucktan Records
Associated acts - Avenged Sevenfold Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends, Ballistico

Biography

Jimmy Owen Sullivan, (born February 9, 1981) better known by his stage name, The Rev, or The Reverend Tholomew Plague is the drummer and back-up vocalist for the band Avenged Sevenfold, and lead vocalist in the Avant-Garde Metal band Pinkly Smooth with
fellow Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates
Jimmy is recognized for vocals and piano in his and Synyster Gates' side project, Pinkly Smooth. He is also utilized as a back-up vocalist in Avenged Sevenfold. Besides screaming with lead vocalist M. Shadows in songs Chapter Four and Eternal Rest, the song Critical Acclaim features Sullivan on lead vocals during the chorus of the song, both singing and screaming. His vocals are also featured in other songs from the Avenged Sevenfold eponymous album, such as "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Brompton Cocktail", "Afterlife", and "Almost Easy". The Rev is known for his "drumstick spinning" and his song writing ability, having written Afterlife among other songs.

Current Set Up

Drums

-Dw drums custom snakeskin wrap and black hardware: 8"x5" tom (not in use on tour) 8"x7" tom 10"x8" tom 12"x9" tom 14"x11" tom 16"x14" tom 18"x16" tom 22"x18" bassdrum (x3) and a 14x5 snare with chrome hardware and 14"x6,5" DW bronze metal snare drum series with black hardware. Jimmy uses differents DW rack parts including DW Super Main Rack, DW Side Rack, many clamps and boom stands for microphones and cymbals.

-DW Pedals:
DW 9000 PC Single Pedal(x2: The Rev only uses 2 single pedals because he doesn't use his third bass drum since it is only used for esthetic. A third bass drum is essentially pointless in this case.
Also, The Rev uses black Roc-N-Soc Nitro drum throne.

Cymbals

Sabian cymbals: 14" AAX-Celerator Hi-hats, 18" Sabian Signature Jojo Mayer Fierce Crash, 19" Paragon China, 19" AAX Metal Crash, 22" AAX Metal Ride (x2), 19"AAXtreme Chinese, 10" AAX Splash, 10" Chopper Effects Cymbal, 11" Signature Max Splash and a 10" HH China Kang.

In the studio for the last self-titled album, The Rev used also Zildjian cymbals: he used an 18" Oriental Classic China instead of the Paragon, two 21" Zildjian Z-Custom Mega Bell Rides instead of the AAX Metal Rides and an A-Custom Projection Crash instead of the AAX Metal Crashes.

Drum Sticks:
Pro-Mark TX5BW Signature Model(5B) and Easton Ahead 5B for self-titled album recording

Evans Heads:
Batter/Resonant
Tom:Evans G2/Evans G1
Snare: Evans Power Center Reverse Dot/ Evans Hazy 300 snare side
Bass drum:Evans EMAD/Evans Resonant Black (excepted that for the third bass drum it is a DW 22" Clear/Coated batter head because it comes with the kit and he stills not uses this bass drum.)