the fact about Zacky Vengeance

•Facts:

• Zackys parents names are Maria and Matthew Baker.
• Zackys guitar tech is Pete Walker.
• Zacky has a brother Matt Baker who was a member of the band The Dear and Departed and a sister Zina Baker Pacheco who has a daughter and a son.
• Zacky also has a little dog that goes by Ichabod Vengeance whom he established a MySpace for.
• Zacky is a left handed guitarist.
• Zacky has a girlfriend Gina Paulhus. She is seen dancing with him in the video "Afterlife". You can also see Gina in the video for "Seize the Day" during the funeral scene standing beside Zacky.
• Zacky is 5'9 and has green eyes.
• Sour Patch Kids is Zackys favorite candy.
• House of 1000 Corpses is Zackys favorite Halloween Movie.
• Zackys scariest Halloween memory is cleaning up after his 2006 Halloween party.
• Zackys favorite Halloween costume was an orange pumpkin suit with a green hat.
• Zacky laughingly says he would like to make a song with Jim Henson of the Muppet fame, Beethoven, and Lil Wayne.
• Zackys white guitar with the red spashes on it he calles the gynocologist has been stolen 3 times in the past. It somehow always gets returned to him. Zacky also nicknamed himself the gyncologist for obvious reasons.
• Zacky couldn't get the finger twirl right on the Video for Beast and the Harlot. He had to practice it many times before he got it right.
• Zacky learned to play guitar on his fathers right handed guitar. In order to make it work he turned it upside down.
• Zacky smokes Marlboro Reds.
• Zacky's musical tastes range from Rap to punk and his musical influences number so large he says they are to many to list. He also includes the heavier bands among his faves.
• Zacky's orignal band was MPA or Mad Porno Action. It was thusly named because of one crazy night according to M. Shadows.
• Zacky has played guitar since he was 13 and was self taught.
• Zacky has had many different hair colors and styles throughout his career.
• Zacky also enjoys many different designs in sunglasses. This was especially true during the early days of A7X.
• Had Zacky not decided to follow a musical career path he probably would have persued a professional basball career.
• Zacky's favorite color is, you guessed it, Green.
• Zacky came up with the foREVer phrase that we all hold dear to our hearts in rememberance of Jimmy.
• Zacky is of German and Italian descent.
• Zacky has an affinity for skulls and horror movies. Two of Zacky's favorite horror movies are Rosemary's Baby and Return of the Living Dead.
• Zacky's endearing quality is his playboyesque style which threads with a bashful boyish charm.
• In the early days, Zacky played an entire set with a broken finger he got after a fight with Johnny Christ.
• Zacky's first actual guitar that he owned was a white Squire Strat that his parents got him for his birthday. Zacky found thier hiding place and he was caught playing it 2 weeks before his birthday by his parents. The guitar was right handed and he had to turn it upside down to play it. He also removed the buttons and reversed the strings. He immediately started working on playing Zepplin tunes.
• Zacky created the 6661 logo he has on his guitar. 6661 has a double meaning according to Zacky. The first being its the reverse of the year the band was created, 1999. The explaination for the second meaning is as follows: As most people are aware 666 in religious circles stands for the devil/satan. So Zackys explaination is 666 meaning satan/devil and 1 or won which translates to the devil won.
• In 2010, Zacky was chosen one of Guitar Worlds 30 Coolest Guitarist of all-time.

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