# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/the-rev
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:31.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/the-rev"
name: "The Rev"
slug: "the-rev"
description: "James Owen Sullivan, also known by his stage name The Rev, was an American musician and songwriter. He was the drummer, pianist, backing vocalist, and occasional co-lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he co-founded in 1999. He was previously the lead vocalist and pianist of the avant-garde metal band Pinkly Smooth and drummer for the ska punk band Suburban Legends from 1998 to 1999."
tagline: "American musician (1981–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Sullivan_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-02-09"
deathDate: "2009-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.11242533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3142969/"
    handle:    "nm3142969"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/10xevp8qbdc6Jq4sNK8XAO"
    handle:    "10xevp8qbdc6Jq4sNK8XAO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.avengedsevenfold.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمس سوليفان (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rev"
    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "د ریو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rev"
    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rev"
    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rev"
    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1057003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142423"
    title: "The Rev"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump