Zacky Vengeance

Zachary James Baker (born December 11, 1981), better known by his st age name   Zacky Vengeance, is an American musician, best known as the rhythm g uitarist , ba cking vocalist , and founding member for t he American h eavy metal  band A venged Sevenfold .

Biography
Zacky was born to Maria and James Baker in Olympia, Washington, and later moved to Hu ntington Beach, California along with his older sister Zina and younger brother Matthew, during his high school years. Zacky attended Huntington Beach High school <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, and formed Avenged Sevenfold there with M. Shadows <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and The Rev <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. Before Avenged Sevenfold, his first band was a Crust Punk <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> band called Society Down. He said before that a demo exists, but it was lost years ago. After Society Down, he formed a P unk<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> band called  ''MPA. ''<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">He implied that they were both unsuccessful. Baker came up with his stage name "Zacky Vengeance" because he wanted to get back at all the people from his youth who doubted his potential. He also came up with Jonathan Seward's stage name "Johnny Christ <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">," saying it suited him. Vengeance was also responsible for the creation of the initialism "A7X" <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> He is of I talian<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and German  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">descent.