Avenged Sevenfold

All the members of Avenged Sevenfold are from the Huntington Beach, California area and they all maintain permanent residences there. -Matt and Jimmy have known each other since they were around 10 years old and they played basketball together. -Matt took piano lessons for at least 4 years. His mom made him but he was more interested in the guitar and although he tried he just couldn't play on the guitar the songs by the bands he really liked. -Matt made the decision to begin a band called "Successful Failure". -Matt knew of Brian and his talents on the guitar but he also knew Brian wasn't really interested in being in a band or writing songs. Brian at that time had aspirations of becoming a Jazz guitarist and/or a studio guitarist. -At this time Jimmy was playing drums with older kids.

Every band, whether they became hugely popular or not, has had one thing in common, a beginning. However, one thing that sets Avenged Sevenfold's beginning apart from most, if not all other bands, is that before there was ever a band created there were 5 friends. Over-time they became best friends and better still a very tightly bound brotherhood; a relationship that far exceeded a typical band. A very strong family bond arose and created an ultra unique, very dedicated, and talented group of young men who in the beginning struggled to become what we all now see.