Jimmy The Rev Sullivan

Unfor­tu­nately, we have to start with the news of three deaths. Brian Keats, drum­mer with the Mis­fits died of liver can­cer last week. Obvi­ously, the Mis­fits were sem­inal in the punk move­ment, and most of the record­ing artists in that genre today have a debt to pay to the Misfits.

We were also shocked and saddened to learn of Jay Reatard’s death in what is being treated by Mem­phis police as a hom­icide. Finally, Jimmy “The Rev” Sul­li­van of Avenged Sev­en­fold was found dead in his home on the 28^th of appar­ently nat­ural causes. Our thoughts go out to his wife and friends. M. Shad­ows released this touch­ing state­ment regard­ing the death.

Fol­low­ing the flurry of equip­ment thefts in the run-up to Christ­mas, there has been a happy end­ing to Noah and the Whale’s story, after they found their equip­ment, aban­doned, in a barn. Two men have been arres­ted in con­nec­tion to the robbery.