Shinedown’s Barry Kerch Remembers Avenged Sevenfold’s The Rev

| Dec 27, 2011 | Comments 2 | Tags: , , , ,

This week marks the two-year anniversary of the untimely passing of Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy “the Rev” Sullivan. To mark the occasion, all this week on RevolverMag.com we’ll be bringing you memories of the Rev from his friends in the hard rock and metal community. Up next, Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch.

“A true inspiration to all drummers out there. I only knew him personally for a short time, but his legacy will live forever. I personally will miss him dearly and so will the whole drumming community.”



  • Lillian_pheodorasantiago

    Today I’m here to talk about nothing less that an idol forMe, The Rev, but that guy totally crazy that appears at the endclip warmness on the soul, or that guy totally freaked meappears with a spider on the face in Afterlife, or that guy totallythat appears crazy killing bats with a pink fly killer isthis guy or that guy that instead of a drink, give apoison to take the other Beast and The Harlot, yes. We’re nottalking about any human being, we are talking about the The Rev, tome, one of the most creative guys in the midst of so many others in the music, andin life. A normal boy kicked out of so many colleges, whichplayed everything that a guy who wanted to start a band extremelyAvenged good that neither wanted to play, he devoted himself to the utmost, and somaking people born in other decades-eyed look heastonished, delighted, because he was a musical genius, yes, he was.Knowmusic Fiction? Is that all sappy music that everyonecries when he hears it seems to be a farewell to our earssomeone so important, I gave a lot of value to her when I was awaymy mother for a while, because I really gave up today and Imy life for her and hoped she could find a way out when Iwas not with her because I knew how much it hurt her to stayaway from me, and how much it hurt me stay away.You know the musicSo Far Away? I heard her in those days of anguish in which the lack ofI climbed my mother’s head and I could not stand, she did notwas dead, but who guarantees you that it was okay? who guarantees youshe was not traveling away to endure the pain? So thesesongs themselves are to remember the Rev yes, but alsoto remember the people most important to us in our life, and tome was why he wrote The Rev Fiction, Almost Easy, and finallyto remind us of people who care about people, notwe appeal to their deaths in difficult times, so I Revthank you too much, you made me see that death is not always the bestway, yes, you’re gone too soon, I miss you, but I hopemeet you one day, the day that God really allow me to gofor the Afterlife, and move on with you, I love you too much TheReverend Plague Tholomew Vc s2 forever if it was more my love for you only increases more and more he’s in my heart intact. 

  • Lillian_pheodorasantiago

    Today I’m here to talk about nothing less that an idol forMe, The Rev, but that guy totally crazy that appears at the endclip warmness on the soul, or that guy totally freaked meappears with a spider on the face in Afterlife, or that guy totallythat appears crazy killing bats with a pink fly killer isthis guy or that guy that instead of a drink, give apoison to take the other Beast and The Harlot, yes. We’re nottalking about any human being, we are talking about the The Rev, tome, one of the most creative guys in the midst of so many others in the music, andin life. A normal boy kicked out of so many colleges, whichplayed everything that a guy who wanted to start a band extremelyAvenged good that neither wanted to play, he devoted himself to the utmost, and somaking people born in other decades-eyed look heastonished, delighted, because he was a musical genius, yes, he was.Knowmusic Fiction? Is that all sappy music that everyonecries when he hears it seems to be a farewell to our earssomeone so important, I gave a lot of value to her when I was awaymy mother for a while, because I really gave up today and Imy life for her and hoped she could find a way out when Iwas not with her because I knew how much it hurt her to stayaway from me, and how much it hurt me stay away.You know the musicSo Far Away? I heard her in those days of anguish in which the lack ofI climbed my mother’s head and I could not stand, she did notwas dead, but who guarantees you that it was okay? who guarantees youshe was not traveling away to endure the pain? So thesesongs themselves are to remember the Rev yes, but alsoto remember the people most important to us in our life, and tome was why he wrote The Rev Fiction, Almost Easy, and finallyto remind us of people who care about people, notwe appeal to their deaths in difficult times, so I Revthank you too much, you made me see that death is not always the bestway, yes, you’re gone too soon, I miss you, but I hopemeet you one day, the day that God really allow me to gofor the Afterlife, and move on with you, I love you too much TheReverend Plague Tholomew Vc s2 forever if it was more my love for you only increases more and more he’s in my heart intact.