And I came up with the line, "It's your fucking nightmare." And I just came up with, like, every single part for that song. So then, the day before my wedding - I remember this very vividly which is kind of a funny story - I had to be in Palm Springs with that night and I was riding home from basketball - I play basketball on the street, like every night - and I get this idea for a song and I pull out my BlackBerry and I started singing in it. And then at certain times we'd write and get crazy and just on and on. It was just, like, you come over here, we might start drinking, or playing beer pong, or do something stupid, and then we wouldn't write at all. SHADOWS We started writing, like, in August, after that Sonisphere show, but we were very lackadaisical.
Video of Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare DAKRNESS SURROUNDING It was only after an intense period of grieving and introspection that they finally decided that they needed to complete what they call "Jimmy's masterpiece" and release the album, Nightmare, as a tribute to their fallen brother. Needless to say, his bandmates - and friends for nearly two decades - were crushed. The report also noted that Sullivan had an enlarged heart, a "significant condition," which the coroner said, may have contributed to his death. An autopsy at the time was inconclusive, but in June, a coroner's report concluded that he died from an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers and alcohol.
Then disaster struck: On December 28th, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan was found dead at his home. By mid December all the music for the planned concept record had been written and demoed, and the band was raring to hit the studio. This is the band's first number-one single.This story was originally published in June 2010.Ĭoming home from two years of touring in support of their self-titled album, Avenged Sevenfold started work on their follow-up. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 15 on the Alternative Songs chart. Johnny Christ also wore a guitar strap with the word "foREVer" written on it.Īs of December 2021, it has over 275 million views on YouTube. However instead of the inlays on the fretboard reading "SYN", it displays "REV". For this music video, Synyster Gates uses a custom Schecter guitar, similar to his usual black/silver pinstriped guitar. This was the second video not to feature the current drummer for Avenged Sevenfold the first being Nightmare. It ends with a clip of the remaining band members and James embracing. During the bridge, a collection of photos and videos of the Rev play. ("we've known this guy since we were this big, rolling round the neighborhood, knocking over trash cans just being dickheads"). Shadows referenced this when talking about Sullivan before playing So Far Away at Rock am Ring 2014.
Shadows, kicking over a metal trash can on the street. There is a scene in the video in which a young Sullivan is depicted riding the handlebars of a bike being ridden by a young M. They are shown as children playing in a garage, then teens playing and hanging out, and stealing beer from a liquor store. Throughout the video, flashbacks of the four play. The music video (directed by Wayne Isham) features the four remaining members of the band playing in a studio and also riding in a Cadillac deville through a neighborhood (possibly Huntington Beach, where the band originated). After a second failed attempt to release the video, they solved the problem by hosting the music video on YouTube. SFA7X When the video was released, the site crashed due to so many people attempting to watch the video at once. Īvenged Sevenfold posted a countdown on their official website that showed the time until release for a new video for "So Far Away". This song was dedicated by Gates for the Belated James Owen "Jimmy" Sullivan (The Rev) on December 28, 2009. During most concerts, the band performs the song as a tribute to the Rev by having the audience hold up their lighters or cell phones during the song as the stage background features a banner commemorating the Rev's legacy. This was the first Avenged Sevenfold song Synyster Gates wrote completely by himself since "I Won't See You Tonight Pt 1" on Waking the Fallen. In late March All Access Music Group mentioned that the third single from the album Nightmare would be "So Far Away", scheduled to be played on the radio starting on April 5, 2011. It is the band's third single released without former drummer The Rev, who died of an accidental opioid overdose on December 28, 2009.
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