Local Kid to Play Jimmy 'the Rev' Sullivan in Avenged Sevenfold Video


A local group of young rock musicians is getting a boost from an unlikely source: Huntington Beach metal icons, Avenged Sevenfold.

Orange County band Un D Vided, founded by 13-year-old drummer Harley deWinter, specializes in a brand of classic-style rock in the vein of Pat Benatar and Heart–Not exactly the kind of band you would expect to be kindred spirits with a group who got their start playing metal core.

But it seems young Harley had something director Wayne Isham, who is helming the  forthcoming a7x video for the song “So Far Away,” liked.

(Isham has been referred to as the James
Cameron of video production for his epic visualizations  for bands
ranging from Metallica and Motley Crue to Whitney Houston. Still don't
know who he is? Ever see the video for “Enter Sandman?”)
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According
to young Harley's father, David deWinter, who  manages Un D Vided, the
video will be a docudrama with Harley playing a7x's late drummer, Jimmy
“the Rev” Sullivan as a junior high student. “It's going to be about
Jimmy's life,” says deWinter, who explains his son was a fan of
Sullivan's technical playing style long before he was cast in the
video. DeWinter further explains Harley has been playing drums
seriously for the past year
and a half under the tutelage of local jazz aficionado Evan Stone.

Representatives
for the band declined to comment on the forthcoming
video, citing the fact that it's still in the editing stages. DeWinter did say that M. Shadows of
a7x announced at a recent show the band has seen a rough cut of the
video and mentioned it was emotionally difficult to watch. Sullivan
passed away in December 2009 due to a combination of factors including
drug intoxication and an enlarged heart.

Un
D Vided will be playing a show at the Coach House in San Juan
Capistrano with Major F & Dealio on May 7. “They gave us 100
tickets to sell. We've sold 150,” exclaims deWinter.

Visit Un D Vided's website at www.undvided.com.

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