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" When we were recording, sometimes I wondered if what we were doing would even be possible to play live. "
Zacky Vengeance
Doing
Sometimes
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" To be honest, we spent many years at Warner, and in the very beginning, there was a very passionate team that worked alongside us on a daily basis. Every year that went by, we would lose just about every single person that worked directly with us, to the point that I honestly couldn't have picked up a phone and gotten one person who knew me. "
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Me
Phone
" You always have to try new things, and that's the one thing that we've learned from all the greats - every album isn't gonna be every fan's favorite, but as long as you keep switching it up and making new fans, it's really about being persistent. "
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" Not everyone is going to love you. Not everyone is going to like what you do, and you see a lot of people don't want to let go of the bands that they love. They don't want to move forward. They don't want to let new things come in; they're scared of change. They're scared of new bands taking over their genre. They're just scared of change. "
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You
" 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. "
Zacky Vengeance
Say
Time
Band
" 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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Teachers
Listening
Training
" For us to dial back a little bit and have a little more straightforward, singalong appeal was a challenge. In order to do that, we had to throw away a lot of stuff. "
Zacky Vengeance
More
Challenge
Straightforward
" We wanted to incorporate lights and the like to really accentuate the music. We play mostly small venues, so we don't use it overboard by any means. The most important thing is the music. I think we do a good job of letting that show. "
Zacky Vengeance
Think
Good
Music
" I'd like to think that we will have had something to do with a shift back to heavy rock. That's what we've wanted all along, and we knew there'd be fearless steps to take to achieve that. "
Zacky Vengeance
Achieve
Back
Fearless
" There's always going to be haters, but those people are few. We're not too worried about it. "
Zacky Vengeance
Haters
People
Always
" If we were to find a drummer that we were comfortable with and who we felt could really become a part of what we're about, it'd be great. But would we ever rush to find a guy just get back on the road? No. I think we'd rather go down with the ship. "
Zacky Vengeance
Think
Drummer
Down
" I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden! "
Zacky Vengeance
Makeup
You
Always
" When we called each other and got the call that Jimmy had died, literally, it all ended right there. Everything we've ever known as human beings, everything we've ever known as a band, changes at that moment, and you can't think clearly. "
Zacky Vengeance
Band
Right
Moment
" I like being able to do dueling leads, and it's fun to be able to shred. "
Zacky Vengeance
Shred
Able
Being
" We're not the kind of people to just take a break and say everything's going good, you know, let's rest on our laurels, act like rock stars - we take it very seriously, and we certainly aren't just celebrating and doing a victory lap. "
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People
Victory
Stars
" I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars. "
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Riffs
Loved
Always
" I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe. "
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Love
Breathe
Classic
" There are so many people involved in making an album, and naturally, all you want to do is show it to your friends and family. You just can't do any of that because all it takes is one morsel of information on the Internet. Within seconds, it's around the whole world. "
Zacky Vengeance
You
People
Family
" When we were trying to come up with a concept for our music video for 'The Stage' we basically run through a lot of different ideas, and ultimately, I sat and studied the lyrics that Matt had written - and they really resonated with me. "
Zacky Vengeance
Run
Trying
Music
" When you start running out of things to do on a guitar, you have to find other ways of making music with your instrument. "
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You
Music
Guitar
" With 'Hail To The King' - our last album - we obviously wore our influences on our sleeve, and it was a blatant attempt to turn on our younger generation of fans to more classic-sounding metal. "
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Generation
Fans
Turn
" I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now. "
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Now
You
Tell
" You carry on knowing that there's something so much more important than yourself to deliver to millions of fans across the world, to all your friends, and to yourself. "
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Friends
Yourself
You
" My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections. "
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Fans
Parents
Music
" Basically, we're just a bunch of kids who got together and try to use what we have and try to learn from each other. "
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Together
Got
Try
" It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically. "
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Been
Always
Happy
" Everyone likes to have fun. But when I look back on my life, I'm not going to say, 'Oh, we're the crazy party animals.' I'll look back and say, 'Wow, we did take this seriously.' We had fun while we were out doing it, but it's just the only thing you read about: 'They're a bunch of party animals.' To be honest, that's not true. "
Zacky Vengeance
Have Fun
My Life
You
" 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. "
Zacky Vengeance
Great
Good
Time
" Our first radio single, 'The Stage,' was eight-and-a-half minutes long. Unabashedly, we wanted to push the limits musically, lyrically, and instrumentation-wise. "
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Stage
Limits
Long
" I wanna keep people on their toes, and that's just kind of how we've always operated. "
Zacky Vengeance
Just
Always
How
" Just by nature, we're always filled with so many ideas and want to cram as many ideas into a song as we can, and I think that gave us a lot of our signature sound. "
Zacky Vengeance
Want
Nature
Ideas