Zachary James Baker , better known by his stage name, Zacky Vengeance is the rhythm guitarist and back up vocalist for the American hard rock band Avenged Sevenfold. In the Avenged Sevenfold DVD "All Excess" he recalls that before Avenged Sevenfold, he was in a punk band called MPA*, which stands for Mad Porno Action. The scenes of M.P.A comes through in A7X's videos at least the style. He implies that they were not successful. He and M. Shadows (who at the time was singer for a band named Successful Failure) formed Avenged Sevenfold. He was also responsible for the creation of the acronym "A7X".[1] He is also left-handed. He taught himself how to play the guitar when he was thirteen.
The guitar he first learned on was actually his dad's, who was right handed. He learned by watching his favorite bands and other people he knew who played and practiced as much as he could. He would also read each edition of Guitar World cover to cover, learning the tabs of the songs published in there and watching the professionals perform it until he got it right. His influences in his style are Rancid, Misfits and Bad Religion. Zacky's favorite bands also include Metallica, ELIXIR, and Guns N Roses
"He has a brother named Matt Baker who used to play in the band The Dear & Departed. He has a sister, named Zina Baker, which is now Zina Pacheco. She is married and has two kids now, Zacky's niece and nephew.
Zacky is half-German and half-Italian.He is very fit.
Zacky had alot of problems with people doubting his success, hence the stage name 'Zacky Vengeance'.
He has a dog name Ichabod Crane Vengeance, for whom he made a Myspace page and a Facebook page. Everyone calls him Icky.
Zacky formerly worked at a coffee shop, and while he was in high school he played baseball, stating that if he had not pursued a career in Avenged Sevenfold, he would have gone on to professionally play baseball. Zacky released a clothing line called [1]"Vengeance University." He just released a new site called Vengenz.com. The line currently features t-shirts, hoodies, belt buckles and stickers in the shape of switchblade Vs. Many, if not all of the shirts in the line include his trademark "Est. 6661". The site is updated weekly with photos of travels and a "Gangster of the Week."
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