[Avenged member says band takes live shows seriously]

Avenged Sevenfold is a metal band from Huntington Beach, CA. The San Antonio Express-News recently conducted an interview with The Rev (aka James Sullivan), the band's drummer. In the interview he talks about compliments he's gotten from other musicians, including Neil Peart:

... "Metallica came to one of our shows, and it was amazing," Rev says. "They were my favorite band when I was growing up. We're playing some dates with them in Europe in June. They said they were big fans of the music and didn't give a (care) what we looked like. Mike Portnoy, who is Dream Theater's drummer, said he was thrown off by our image but really liked us once he heard us.

"And I got a big compliment from (Rush drummer) Neil Peart, who said something like I was one of the best working drummers today." ...