ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 7, 2005 By Steve Newton "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." Huntington Beach hard-rockers Avenged Sevenfold used that quote from Hunter S. Thompson to introduce their upcoming video-single, "Bat Country". Seems the rowdy noisemakers are huge fans of the late gonzo … Continue reading Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates says that Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is his favourite guitarist