Matt Wendt

1999

The punk band Successful Failure, featuring Shadows and Sullivan, merges with Zachary Baker’s (not yet Zacky Vengeance) band Mad Porn Action and Avenged Sevenfold is formed, adding original bassist Matt Wendt to the mix. The band come up with their name after Shadows picks out random terms from the Bible and the members pick their respective pseudonyms.

Matt Wendt (1999 - 2000) gave his place to Justin Sane in 2000.

Pinkly Smooth

Pinkly Smooth was an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in the summer of 2001 in Huntington Beach, California, as a side project for Avenged Sevenfold's drummer/songwriter Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, and originally featured The Rev (under the name "Rathead") on vocals, along with fellow Avenged Sevenfold member Synyster Gates on guitar and former Ballistico band members Buck Silverspur (under the name "El Diablo") on bass and Derek Eglit (under the name "Super Loop") on drums. They released only one album, Unfortunate Snort, which featured former Avenged Sevenfold bassist Justin Meacham (under his stage name "Justin Sane") as a keyboard player, and was written primarily by The Rev and Synyster Gates. The band broke apart in 2002.

Current activities

Derek Eglit has since formed the heavy metal group Railroad to Alaska, in which Meacham has made several live guest appearances on keyboards. Synyster Gates is still present in Avenged Sevenfold, as was The Rev until his death in 2009.

Fiction

It has been confirmed in a recent interview that the song "Fiction" from Avenged Sevenfold's 2010 album Nightmare, was initially written in Pinkly Smooth, but as they went on an indefinite break after Avenged Sevenfold took off, The Rev never finished it. He revisited it and finally finished it (under the title name "Death") three days before he died on December 28, 2009. "Fiction" is one of only two songs on Avenged Sevenfold's album Nightmare to feature The Rev's vocals (the other is "Save Me") as they were able to save a demo recording that he did of the song shortly before Sullivan's death.In a recent interview with Spanish magazine "Binaural," Synyster Gates stated that they're thinking of remixing and remastering the album and possibly adding new parts now that he has the opportunity as he said the album's quality was similar to a demo.

Band Members

• Rathead (Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan) - vocals, piano, drums (2001-2009)
• Synyster Gates - guitar (2001-2009)
• Buck Silverspur (El Diablo) - bass (2001-2002)
• Derek Eglit (Super Loop) - drums (2001-2002)
• Justin Meacham (Justin Sane) - keyboards, piano (2001)

Discography

• Unfortunate Snort (2002)

Unfortunate Snort is the first and only album from the heavy metal band Pinkly Smooth. It was recorded in 2002.

Pinkly Smooth was the side project of the (now deceased) Avenged Sevenfold drummer, The Reverend Tholomew Plague, and featured Avenged Sevenfold's current lead guitarist Synyster Gates, and former bassist Justin Sane on keyboards.

Track listing

Band Members

• Rathead (Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan) - drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6), piano (tracks 2, 3, 6), lead vocals (all tracks)
• Synyster Gates - lead guitars (all tracks)
• Buck Silverspur (El Diablo) - bass (all tracks)
• Justin Meacham (Justin Sane) - keyboards & piano (track 4)
• Derek Eglit (Super Loop) - drums (tracks 1 & 5)

Daemon Ash

Frank Melcom (aka Dameon Ash) is an American bassist known as a former bassist band Avenged Sevenfold. During a period in which the band has had several bassist. Among others, Justin Sane, and before they decided Johnny Christ as a member of the band to play bass on their songs until now.

Dameon Ash is the third bassist of Avenged Sevenfold after departure Matt Wendt, and Justin Sane of the band. Dameon is also on the re-release of the first album Avenged Sevenfold "Sounding The Sevent Trumpet" and is credited as the bass player on this album. Despite the fact that he was put on this album, there is a general disagreement that he had not only been a member of the band, but also did not play on the album. However, he is rumored to play and record on the album "Waking the Fallen Demo" (consisting of songs such as "Second Heartbeat", "Eternal Rest", "Chapter Four", and "Remenissions" wink in the year 2002.

He also played live shows with the band until he decided to resign at the end of 2002.


                                    Daemon Ash With Avenged Sevenfold

                                                        Justin Sane


Birth name - Justin David Meacham
Also known as - Justin Sane
Born - February 29, 1980 (1980-02-29) (age 29) Glendale, California, United States Origin Orange County, California, United States
Genre(s) - Metalcore, Hardcore Punk
Instrument(s) - Bass, Piano
Years active - 1999-2002, 2005
Label(s) - Good Life Recordings, Bucktan Records
Associated acts - Avenged Sevenfold, Suburban Legends, Pinkly SmoothJustin Sane (2000-2001) had the same stage name as the lead guitarist of Anti Flag, but is real name is Justin Meacham.He left the group in 2001 and gave his place to Daemon Ash (2001-2002).
He also Played In Pinkly Smooth with The Rev and Synyster Gates in 2002.

Biography

Justin David Meacham (born February 29, 1980 in Glendale, California) also known as Justin Sane is the former bassist of bands Avenged Sevenfold, Suburban Legends, and Pinkly Smooth. He retains the same stage name as Justin Geever of Anti-Flag.
Earky years Justin Meacham attended Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, California. In 2000, a wrong diagnosis by a psychiatrist and the resulting prescription of an SSRI anti-depressant triggered mania, a severe side effect of anti-depressants that can occur when taken by people with a family history of bipolar disorder. After leaving Suburban Legends in 2000, Justin overdosed on dextromethorphan, as a suicide attempt, and ended up in a psychiatric hospital in which he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Soon after being released from the hospital Justin was asked to join Avenged Sevenfold, earning the stage name Justin Sane. Justin replaced the bands former bassist Matt Wendt.

Avenged Sevenfold: (2000-2001)

During his time with Avenged Sevenfold, Meacham played on both the 2001 Warped Tour and the 2002 Warped Tour. While the band was not touring, they made their way into the studio. In 2000, the band produced a demo of what would later be their second album, the demo entitled, Waking The Fallen Demo. As a follow up to this, in 2001, Justin was featured playing Bass and Piano on the album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. Although his problems worsened, he continued to play bass for the band and was featured on the Warmness on the Soul. On the Ep, a video for Warmness on the Soul could be viewed, which featured Justin playing bass in the video while drinking, and hanging out with band. Soon after this video was made and released to the public, Justin was released from his contracted with the band, because of a suicide attempt he made. Meacham left the band on good terms.
Justin was featured on City of Evil playing piano in a few of the songs on the album.
He has not been publicly heard from since, and his current whereabouts are unknown.

Current activities

Derek Eglit has since formed the heavy metal group Railroad to Alaska, in which Meacham has made several live guest appearances on keyboards.

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Matthew Sanders, the lead singer for Avenged Sevenfold known as M. Shadows, claimed that he walked in on the band's former bass player Justin Sane as he was trying to commit suicide with cough syrup. Justin Sane was supposedely suffering from Bipolar Disorder and went to a mental hospital for a while. When he returned, the band (mainly M. Shadows) were concerned about Justin's new behavior. In a "Take Action Tour" magazine when asked about Justin, Shadows said: "He went to mental institution for quite a few months, and when he got out, it was like he was on acid all the time. Eventually, we had to let him go because it was too much."

Nightmare Instrumental


Welcome To The Family Instrumental

Danger Line Instrumental

Buried Alive Instrumental

Natural Born Killer Instrumental

So Far Away Instrumental

God Hates Us Instrumental

Victim Instrumental

Tonight The World Dies Instrumental

Fiction Instrumental

Save Me Instrumental