That is one thing about playing with Guns N’ Roses and Metallica: everyone wants to interview you. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
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. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
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 Read Quote
