To Hamza Syed, who is watching the scandal unfold in his city, the whole thing seemed … off. By the time it all dies down, the government has launched multiple investigations, beefed up the country’s counterterrorism policy, revamped schools and banned people from education for the rest of their lives. The story soon explodes in the news and kicks off a national panic.
LISTEN TO SONG BY AVENGED SEVENFOLD SO FAR AWAY CODE
The plot has a code name: Operation Trojan Horse. This is the band's first number-one single.A strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate the city’s schools. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 15 on the Alternative Songs chart. Johnny Christ also wore a guitar strap with the word "foREVer" written on it.Īs of December 2021, it has over 275 million views on YouTube. However instead of the inlays on the fretboard reading "SYN", it displays "REV". For this music video, Synyster Gates uses a custom Schecter guitar, similar to his usual black/silver pinstriped guitar. This was the second video not to feature the current drummer for Avenged Sevenfold the first being Nightmare. It ends with a clip of the remaining band members and James embracing. During the bridge, a collection of photos and videos of the Rev play. ("we've known this guy since we were this big, rolling round the neighborhood, knocking over trash cans just being dickheads").
Shadows referenced this when talking about Sullivan before playing So Far Away at Rock am Ring 2014. Shadows, kicking over a metal trash can on the street. There is a scene in the video in which a young Sullivan is depicted riding the handlebars of a bike being ridden by a young M. They are shown as children playing in a garage, then teens playing and hanging out, and stealing beer from a liquor store. Throughout the video, flashbacks of the four play. The music video (directed by Wayne Isham) features the four remaining members of the band playing in a studio and also riding in a Cadillac deville through a neighborhood (possibly Huntington Beach, where the band originated). After a second failed attempt to release the video, they solved the problem by hosting the music video on YouTube. SFA7X When the video was released, the site crashed due to so many people attempting to watch the video at once. Īvenged Sevenfold posted a countdown on their official website that showed the time until release for a new video for "So Far Away". This song was dedicated by Gates for the Belated James Owen "Jimmy" Sullivan (The Rev) on December 28, 2009.
During most concerts, the band performs the song as a tribute to the Rev by having the audience hold up their lighters or cell phones during the song as the stage background features a banner commemorating the Rev's legacy. This was the first Avenged Sevenfold song Synyster Gates wrote completely by himself since "I Won't See You Tonight Pt 1" on Waking the Fallen. In late March All Access Music Group mentioned that the third single from the album Nightmare would be "So Far Away", scheduled to be played on the radio starting on April 5, 2011. It is the band's third single released without former drummer The Rev, who died of an accidental opioid overdose on December 28, 2009.
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