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That is one thing about playing with Guns N' Roses and Metallica: everyone wants to interview you.
Zacky Vengeance
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What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us.
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My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections.
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I remember when I was a kid, every time the Beatles were on the radio, my dad would say he'd give me a dollar if I could tell him what band it was. So by the time I was about nine, I knew to just say 'The Beatles,' and I'd get a dollar out of it.
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Basically, everything I've learned on guitar, I've learned from listening to my favorite albums. I never had any formal training. My teachers were Dimebag Darrell and Slash and the guys in Rancid and Slayer.
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On our first album, 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet,' we were listening to more obscure heavy metal bands and hardcore bands.
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I've had the chance to watch Metallica's James Hetfield from the side of the stage night after night, listening to his monitors, and his playing is so perfect. Slash is an amazing lead guitarist, but when you listen to his rhythm playing, you can hear how he pulls everything together with such a great feel, which is the most important thing.
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A great way to get your rhythm playing together is to work with a drummer, preferably someone that has a good groove and plays solidly in time.
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Even when we were at that point when we had very few fans, we never felt like a small band. We always felt like we had a big purpose.
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I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars.
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I like being able to do dueling leads, and it's fun to be able to shred.
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After 'City of Evil,' the world was still kind of apprehensive about Avenged Sevenfold. They didn't know if we were a serious band or just some kids trying to play really ambitious music with crazy guitar parts that would be here one minute and gone the next.
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