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M. Shadows (Matt Sanders)
Background information
Birth name	Matthew Charles Sanders
Born	July 31, 1981 (1981-07-31) (age 26) Huntington Beach, California, USA
Genre(s)	Heavy Metal, Hard rock, Post-hardcore
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1999–present
Label(s)	Warner Bros. Records
Associated acts	Avenged Sevenfold Death by Stereo Good Charlotte Bleeding Through The Confession
Website	AvengedSevenfold.com

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Biography

Early years

In his youth, Matthew Charles Sanders was notorious for his disorderly conduct and misbehavior. He was quoted as saying "I was in between being a good kid & a bad kid - I had a good heart, but a bad attitude." He was expelled from two different Huntington Beach schools, one for smashing a woman's car windows after a sixth-grade pizza party and another for defacing campus property in seventh grade. The latter event culminated in the untimely death of the school principal due to a heart attack, which earned Sanders the nickname "the kid that killed the principal."^[1] On the A7X (nickname for Avenged Sevenfold) DVD, while all of the members were talking about how they got their stage names, M. Shadows said that he got his name because when he attended and graduated Huntington Beach High School and the band was just starting out, he was a darker kid (hence the name "Shadows") but he also wanted to incorporate his name, Matt, into his stage name. Matt was reduced to M and since has been known as M. Shadows.^[2] Look up Expulsion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Name Huntington Beach High School Address 1905 Main Street Huntington Beach, California 92648 Satellite image Established 1906 Community Suburban Type Public Students 2,658 students Ethnic Composition Statistics American Indian/Alaskan Native 6. ...

Music career

In following years, Shadows formed a number of bands with Avenged Sevenfold's rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance. He was previously a member of a punk group called 'Successful Failure'. While in this band he penned the song "Streets," which would later be recorded after Avenged Sevenfold was formed, and released on the first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. Zacky Vengeance (born December 11, 1981), real name Zachary James Baker, is the rhythm guitarist and back up vocals for the band Avenged Sevenfold. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Alternate cover Re-Release Cover Sounding the Seventh Trumpet is the first full length album from American metal band Avenged Sevenfold. ...

Shadows feels a strong support for the troops serving the United States, having very close friends who are currently in service in Iraq. The song "M.I.A." ("Missing In Action") was written in tribute to these friends. The song "Gunslinger" from Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album further expresses these feelings (though it was stated in the album's extra MVI that it's not just about troops - "it can be about anyone away from home, missing their families.") The song "Critical Acclaim" is an attack on people who criticize the soldiers fighting in Iraq. Singles from Avenged Sevenfold Released: August 28, 2007 Released: September 18, 2007 Released: January 29, 2008 Avenged Sevenfold (also known as The Black & White Album, in reference to The White Album and The Black Album because of its black and white and otherwise featureless cover. ... Critical Acclaim is a song by Avenged Sevenfold. ...

Vocal style

In the band's debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, M. Shadows' vocals had a heavy metalcore influence and consisted mostly of screaming and guttural growls. This style gradually decreased in later albums into more conventional clean singing and had been almost completely jettisoned (with the exception of backing introduction screams) by the release of City of Evil, the band's major label debut. Despite having admitted having minor throat surgery this was not a cause for change and in an interview on All Excess, manager Larry Jacobson states that Shadows had decided several years before the making of City of Evil that it would be an all singing album. He had made it clear to their producer, Mudrock, that the album they were working on at the time Waking the Fallen would be half singing and half screaming, and that the next would be all singing. In the past Shadows would sing on all parts of the songs during live performances, supporting the theory that he was no longer able to scream. Perhaps becoming fed up with those claims, Shadows has resumed screaming again during live shows, this can be seen in the bands new live video for the single "Afterlife". Some of Shadows' biggest musical influences are Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera, and Guns N' Roses. He is also very fond of Phil Anselmo's super group Down as well as strongly appreciating their first album NOLA... Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ... Singles from City of Evil Released: June 12, 2005 Released: September 26, 2005 Released: March 6, 2006 Released: July 7, 2006 City of Evil is Avenged Sevenfolds third full-length album. ... Andrew Murdock, also known as Mudrock, is an American record producer specializing in the rock and metal genres. ... It has been suggested that Radiant Eclipse be merged into this article or section. ... Afterlife is a single by the American metal band Avenged Sevenfold. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in the East End of London. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ... Guns N Roses are an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician, currently performing with Down. ... Look up Down in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Nola (disambiguation). ...

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References

1. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8829380/disorderly_conduct
2. ^ All Excess, Avenged Sevenfold DVD (2007)