Zacky Vengeance is tagged as: guitarist, great guitarists, hardcore, cool, alive Zacky Vengeance (born December 11 1981), real name Zachary James Baker, is the rhythm guitarist for the band Avenged Sevenfold . Vengeance has played guitar since he was thirteen years old, and is self taught. He plays the guitar left handed. In the Avenged Sevenfold DVD “All Excess,” he recalls that before Avenged Sevenfold, he played in a one time punk band called MPA*, which stood for “Mad Porno Action”. He implies that they were not successful, and was arrested after their concert for “stealing all the mikes”. He and M. Shadows (the band’s lead vocalist) formed Avenged Sevenfold. He took the name Zacky Vengeance, stating that he had grudges against many people who doubted his success. Vengeance has stated that there are many bands that influence him. “I still love the heavy bands. I love… Danny Elfman and Elvis Costello. [It’s] all over the place - I think that’s the best way to be.” Vengeance has been sponsored by Schecter Guitar Research since 2004, and has custom S-1 models out. He uses Seymour Duncan Pickups in all of his guitars and is currently a featured artist on the company’s website along with Johnny Christ and Synyster Gates. Vengeance is known for his outlandish hairstyle... Read More About Zacky Vengeance Biography... ![]() ![]() |
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