Only a world spinning out of control could inspire the music and vision we have now. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Mike Elizondo had an incredible array of guitars in the studio, but they were all right-handed. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We've never tried to write radio hits. If I hear our song on the radio, it's cool, and I'm proud, but it's… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We wanted to write the kind of songs that can really cross any language barriers, any borders, and resonate with fans around… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
All the song choices that we've picked are unique in their own right. They're fun, and it's really just to engage our… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Just by nature, we're always filled with so many ideas and want to cram as many ideas into a song as we… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
With 'Hail To The King' - our last album - we obviously wore our influences on our sleeve, and it was a… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Even when we were at that point when we had very few fans, we never felt like a small band. We always… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
There are so many people involved in making an album, and naturally, all you want to do is show it to your… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
'Waking the Fallen' truly encompasses everything that Avenged Sevenfold was at that time. It was us being fearless, us showing our roots… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We really wanted to create an album that had no boundary or limit to it. There's nothing to say that we couldn't… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
After 'City of Evil,' the world was still kind of apprehensive about Avenged Sevenfold. They didn't know if we were a serious… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Not everyone is going to love you. Not everyone is going to like what you do, and you see a lot of… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Iron Maiden and Metallica are bigger now than they ever were. They're playing stadiums across the entire planet. Even though it seems… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We didn't say, 'Hey, we're gonna pick a bunch of cover songs,' or, 'We're gonna write an original song that has to… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I remember when I was a kid, every time the Beatles were on the radio, my dad would say he'd give me… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I have no formal guitar training whatsoever, so it's been fun learning sweep-picking techniques. Working on these types of licks has thrown… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
There was a time when metal ruled the world and I don't see any reason why it should be different now. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
A great way to get your rhythm playing together is to work with a drummer, preferably someone that has a good groove… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We wanna be on the frontlines of everything new and exciting. The old world order of putting out four singles before you… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
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. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
On our first album, 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet,' we were listening to more obscure heavy metal bands and hardcore bands. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
It's just so obscure to take a folk song in a different language and be a pretty well-respected English-speaking rock band and… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
In terms of content and instrumentation, I feel we have been extremely ambitious on every one of our albums going back to… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
The first review our band ever got - when I was 17 years old and we had just released our first EP,… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
If we were to find a drummer that we were comfortable with and who we felt could really become a part of… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
With every album, I write above my ability, and my job as a guitarist is to catch up and be able to… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
When we were trying to come up with a concept for our music video for 'The Stage' we basically run through a… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
One of our biggest pet peeves is listening to bands that use harmony guitars for the sake of it. If you can't… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
We've shown everyone we are musicians first and foremost: we'll produce our own albums and play The 100 Club. We earned people's… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
It was a big deal for us to be on Ozzfest, especially as one of the main headliners and being the band… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
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… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
That's what bands like Pink Floyd and bands like Rush and even the Metallica of this world have, which is long, ambitious songs that… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
The best part of being in a band and being successful is you get to have hot girls lace up your shoes. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
That is one thing about playing with Guns N' Roses and Metallica: everyone wants to interview you. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
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… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
On our first album, 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet,' we were listening to more obscure heavy metal bands and hardcore bands. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
Iron Maiden and Metallica are bigger now than they ever were. They're playing stadiums across the entire planet. Even though it seems like their… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
From day one, we've always gotten backlash for certain outlandish ideas that we've had and presented. That's also kind of been the driving force… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
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… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share
