Pinkly Smooth

Pinkly Smooth
Origin	Huntington Beach, California, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, Avant-garde Metal
Years active	2001-2002, 2007-2009
Labels	Bucktan
Associated acts	Avenged Sevenfold, Ballistico, Dream Theater, Suicide Kings, Railroad to Alaska
Past members
Rathead

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 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 guitars and former Ballistico 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 dissolved 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 the band went on indefinite hiatus after Avenged Sevenfold took off, The Rev never finished it. He revisited it and finally finished (under the title "Death") three days before he died on December 28, 2009. "Fiction" is one of only two songs on Avenged Sevenfold's new album Nightmare to feature The Rev's vocals (the other is "Save Me") as they were able to salvage 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. Recently Synyster Gates has stated that they will release a remastered version of Unfourtunate Snort.

Members

• Rathead (Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan) - vocals, piano, drums (2001-2002)
• Synyster Gates - guitar (2001-2002)
• 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)

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