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{{Football club infobox |

clubname = Aston Villa |

{{Infobox musical artist |

fullname = Aston Villa Football Club |

| Name = Matt Heafy

nickname = The Villans |

| Img = Matt_heafy2.jpg

founded = [[1874]] |

| Birth_name = Matthew Kiichi Heafy

ground = [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]] |

| Born = {{birth date and age|1986|1|26}}

capacity = 43,300 |

| Died =

chairman = [[Doug Ellis]] |

| Origin = [[Orlando]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]

manager = [[David O'Leary]] |

| Instrument = Vocals, Guitarist

league = [[FA Premier League]] |

| Genre = [[Metalcore]] , [[Thrash Metal]]

season = [[FA Premier League 2003-04|2003-04]] |

| Occupation = [[Singer]]/[[songwriter]]

position = Premier League, 6th |

| Years_active = 2000 - present

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| Label = Lifeforce Records, Roadrunner Records

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| Associated_acts = [[Trivium]]

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| URL = http://www.trivium.org

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[[Image:FA_Cup_Winners.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Aston Villa lift the FA Cup for a record 7th time in 1957]]

'''Aston Villa''' is football club that play in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. They currently play in the [[FA Premier League|Premier League]]. Aston Villa is the oldest football club in the Premiership.

[[Image:Matt_Heafy.jpg|thumb|200px|Matt Heafy]]

==History==

'''Matthew Kiichi Heafy''' (born [[January 26]], [[1986]]), is the [[vocalist]] and [[guitarist]] for the bands [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] and [[Capharnaum (death metal)|Capharnaum]]. He joined Trivium when the band members witnessed him covering "[[Self Esteem]]" (originally by [[The Offspring]]) at a talent show at Teague Middle School in [[Altamonte Springs, Florida]]. He was discovered at the age of fourteen

== Biography ==

The previous vocalist of Trivium quit the band shortly after Matt's audition with the band and Matt assumed responsibility for vocals. His debut with Trivium included his compositions of ''Fugue'', ''Demon'', ''Requiem'', and ''Sworn''. He has also composed the songs and lyrics for their ''[[Ember to Inferno]]'' album and most of the ''[[Ascendancy (album)|Ascendancy]]'' album. Each band member has had an equal involvement in the writing of the album ''[[The Crusade (album)|The Crusade]]''.

At the age of 21, Matt has had considerable success for a young artist. Trivium has garnered a large following in North America and the UK, they are now trying to achieve the same success in the rest of Europe.

[[Luis]] hardingis matt's best ever guitar teacher he admires him.

Matt has constantly praised [[Dream Theater]]'s [[John Petrucci]] as an influence to his playing, and owns one of his signature seven-string models.

Since [[August 2005]], Matt has been writing a column for [[Guitar World]] with help of his bandmate [[Corey Beaulieu]].

Matt's father, Brian Heafy works as a co-manager for the band alongside Justin Arcangel. Matt gets his Japanese heritage from his mother.

In [[2005]], [[Roadrunner Records]] released [[Roadrunner United|Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions]] to celebrate its 25th birthday. Four "team captains" were chosen: [[Joey Jordison]] ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]), [[Robert Flynn]] ([[Machine Head]]), and [[Dino Cazares]] (ex-[[Fear Factory]]) as well as Matt Heafy. Heafy also wrote the lyrics and sang lead the vocals to 'The End', captained by Dino Cazares.

At the '[[Metal Hammer]] Golden God Awards 2006' Matt won the 'Golden God Award'.

==Discography==

===Trivium===

*Demos (2003)

*[[Ember to Inferno]] (2003)

*[[Ember to Inferno|Ember to Inferno Re-Release]] (2004)

*[[Ascendancy (album)|Ascendancy]] (2005)

*[[Ascendancy (album)|Ascendancy Special Edition]] (2006)

*[[The Crusade (album)|The Crusade]] (2006)

*Entrance Of The Conflagration (USA release single) (2006)

*Anthem - We Are The Fire (UK release single) (2006)

===Capharnaum===

*Fractured (2005)

===Other===

*[[Roadrunner United]] (2005)

*[[Master Of Puppets: Remastered]] (2006)

==Equipment==

===Guitars===

* [[Gibson Les Paul]] Custom Black Beauty

Aston Villa Football Club was formed in March [[1874]] by members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel in [[Aston]], [[Birmingham]]. Members of the Aston Villa [[cricket]] team were looking for a way to stay fit during the winter months and decided to adopt the new sport of [[football]]. The four 'Founding Fathers' were Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William Scattergood. Little did they know that the team they formed would go on to become the most famous and admired football club in the world by the end of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]'s reign.

* Gibson Les Paul Supreme (Alpine White)

*[[Dean Guitars|Dean]] Dimebag Tribute Razorback (Rust)

*Dean Dime-O-Flame

*Dean Custom White Razorback

*Dean Exotica Acoustic

*Dean Trans Black ML

*Ernie Ball/Music Man John Petrucci 7 String (Album only)

Matt's primary [[guitar]]s live are his Dean Custom White Razorback & Trans Black ML.

Aston Villa's first match was against the local Aston Brook St Mary's [[Rugby]] team and as a condition of the match, the Villa side had to agree to play the first half under rugby rules and the second half under football rules. Amazingly Villa managed to hold St Mary's to a pointless draw up to half time and in the second half won the historic affair by one goal, scored by Jack Hughes. Villa won their first honour, the Birmingham Challenge Cup in [[1880]], under the captaincy of [[George Ramsay]]. The club won its first [[FA Cup]] in [[1887]], by which time football had become professional. However, the [[Scottish]] draper and director of Aston Villa, [[William McGregor]] had become frustrated with one-sided friendly matches and low attendances for all games but FA Cup ties. He saw that in order to keep interest in the game alive the top teams needed to play each other in a league much like [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] teams did. So he wrote to the 12 leading clubs in [[England]] proposing the formation of a league. The reason the [[Football League]] was never called the English League is because McGregor intended [[Scottish]] and [[Welsh]] teams to join eventually. Naturally, Aston Villa were one of the dozen teams that competed in the inaugural Football League in [[1888]] finishing runners-up. It didn't take long for Villa to lift their first League Championship trophy, and this was achieved in 1893/94. This would signal the start of Aston Villa's 'Golden Age' and by the start of the First World War the club had won the League Championship six times and the [[FA Cup]] five times, including in 1896/97, a League and Cup [[League and FA Cup Double|Double]], a feat which would not be repeated for more than 60 years. Although they remained a major force after the war, winning their sixth [[FA Cup]] in [[1920]], the club began a slow decline. This can be attributed in large part to a complacency which culminated in the unthinkable, the most famous and successful football club in world being relegated to the Second Division in [[1936]]. However, throughout the 1920's and into the 1930's the club had many fine international players, including [[Sam Hardy]];[[Billy Walker]]; [['Pongo' Waring]]; [[Frank Barson]] and [[Eric Houghton]] and continued to challenge for honours, Villa were FA Cup runners-up in [[1924]] and second in the League in [[1931]] and [[1933]]. Throughout this period the [[Villa Park]] crowds were entertained with attacking football and goals galore, in season 1930/31 [[Tom 'Pongo' Waring]] scored 49 of Aston Villa's 128 league goals, however Villa were denied the title by the sensational [[Arsenal]] team of the 30's. The club's decision to appoint their first manager coincided with relegated for the first time in 1935/36. This was largely due a dismal defensive record, they conceded 110 goals, 7 of them coming from Arsenal's [[Ted Drake]] in the infamous defeat at [[Highbury]]. However 'The Grand Old Man' of football was crowned Second Division Champions in 1937/38 under the guidance of [[Jimmy Hogan]], Aston Villa were back where they belonged by the outbreak of [[The Second World War]]. Seven seasons were lost and many careers were finished due to the conflict and Aston Villa went about rebuilding the team under the guidance of former player, [[Alex Massie]]. The remainder of the 1940's and the 1950's saw Villa try to re-establish themselves as a top team. However, Villa could only be described as mediocre during this period, although they had some good players and attendances were high. Season 1956/57 saw Villa go on an unexpected Cup run that would culminate in them defeating the 'Busby Babes' of [[Manchester United]]. It was Aston Villa's first trophy for 37 years. In more recent times, Aston Villa have won the [[League Cup]] twice in the [[1990s]] ([[1994]] and [[1996]]) and as well as runners-up in the old First Division/new [[FA Premier League|Premier League]] ([[1989]]-[[1990]] and [[1992]]-[[1993]] seasons).

===Amplifiers===

The club colours are Claret top with Sky blue sleeves, White shorts with claret and blue trim, Sky blue socks with claret and white trim. They were the original wearers of these famous colours and due mainly to their success in the early years of the football league, other teams, most notably [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] and [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], adopted the same club colours.

*[[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]] JCM2000 DSL 50 Heads

Aston Villa's current home venue is [[Villa Park]] having previously played at Aston Park ([[1873]]-[[1876]]) and [[Perry Barr]] (1876-1897). They have a training ground at [[Bodymoor Heath]] in north [[Warwickshire]].

*Marshall JCM2000 DSL Heads

*Marshall JCM900A&B V Cabs

*Marshall JCM900BV Cabs

*Marshall JMP-1 Pre-Amp

*Marshall EL34 100/100

===Pickups===

Aston Villa is one of four [[English Football League teams|English]] teams that have won the [[Champions League|European Champions Cup]]. They did so in [[1982]] on [[May 26|26th of May]] in [[Rotterdam]], beating [[Bayern Munich]] 1-0 thanks to [[Peter Withe]]'s 67th minute goal.

*[[Seymour Duncan]] Dimebuckers

==Honours==

*Seymour Duncan Alnico IIs

* [[European Cup]]

*Seymour Duncan 1959 Reissue Neck Pickups

** [[1982]]

*EMG 89 Neck Pickup

* [[European Super Cup]]

*EMG 81 Bridge Pickup

** [[1983]]

*EMG 85 Bridge Pickup

* [[Inter-Toto Cup]]

** [[2001]]

* [[FA Cup]]

** [[1887]], [[1895]], [[1897]], [[1905]], [[1913]], [[1920]], [[1957]]

* [[League Cup]]

** [[1961]], [[1975]], [[1977]], [[1994]], [[1996]]

* [[First Division (English Football)|First Division]] Champions

** [[1893]]-[[1894]], [[1895]]-[[1896]], [[1896]]-[[1897]], [[1898]]-[[1899]], [[1899]]-[[1900]], [[1909]]-[[1910]], [[1980]]-[[1981]]

* [[Second Division (English Football)|Second Division]] Champions

** [[1937]]-[[1938]], [[1959]]-[[1960]]

* [[Third Division (English Football)|Third Division]] Champions

** [[1971]]-[[1972]]

* [[FA Youth Cup]]

** [[1972]], [[1980]], [[2002]]

All of Matt's Dean guitars feature a Seymour Duncan 59' Reissue [[Pickup (music)|pickup]] or Alnico II pickup in the neck and a Dimebucker Pickup in the [[Bridge (instrument)#Electric guitar bridges|bridge]].

==Managers==

: Aug [[1884]] - May [[1926]]: [[George Ramsay]] (Secretary)

: August 1926 - May [[1934]]: [[W J Smith]] (Secretary)

:1st: June 1934 - October [[1935]]: [[Jimmy McMullan]]

:2nd: November [[1936]] - September [[1939]]: [[Jimmy Hogan]]

:3rd: August [[1945]] - August [[1950]]: [[Alex Massie]]

:4th: December 1950 - August [[1953]]: [[George Martin (footballer)|George Martin]]

:5th: September 1953 - November [[1958]]: [[Eric Houghton]]

:6th: December 1958 - July [[1964]]: [[Joe Mercer]]

:7th: July 1964 - May [[1967]]: [[Dick Taylor]]

:8th: July 1967 - November [[1968]]: [[Tommy Cummings]]

:9th: December 1968 - January [[1970]]: [[Tommy Docherty]]

:10th: January 1970 - May [[1974]]: [[Vic Crowe]]

:11th: June 1974 - February [[1982]]: [[Ron Saunders]]

:12th: February 1982 - June [[1984]]: [[Tony Barton]]

:13th: July 1984 - September [[1986]]: [[Graham Turner]]

:14th: September 1986 - May [[1987]]: [[Billy McNeill]]

:15th: May 1987 - July [[1990]]: [[Graham Taylor]]

:16th: July 1990 - May [[1991]]: [[Jozef Venglos]]

:17th: July 1991 - November [[1994]]: [[Ron Atkinson]]

:18th: November 1994 - February [[1998]]: [[Brian Little (athlete)|Brian Little]]

:19th: February 1998 - January [[2002]]: [[John Gregory]]

:20th: February 2002 - May [[2003]]: [[Graham Taylor]]

:21st: May 2003 - Present : [[David O'Leary]]

Matt's Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty feature a EMG 89 in the neck position and a EMG 81 in the bridge position.

==Current squad==

Matt's Gibson Les Paul Supreme (alpine white) feature a EMG 85 ine the neck position and a EMG 81 in the bridge position.

''as of [[7 November]] [[2004]]''

===Pedals & Electronics===

<ul>

*Boss NS/2 Noise Suppressor Pedal

<li>'''Goalkeepers'''</li>

*Decimator Noise Reducer (No Longer Used)

<ol>

*Maxon OD-9

<li value="1">[[Image:Sweden_flag_large.png|20px|Swedish]] [[Thomas Sorensen]]</li>

*Maxon OD808 Pedal (No Longer Used)

<li value="13">[[Image:Netherlands_flag_large.png|20px|Dutch]] [[Stefan Postma]]</li>

<li value="25">[[Image:Ireland_flag_large.png|20px|Irish]] [[Wayne Henderson]]</li>

</ol>

<li>'''Defenders'''</li>

<ol>

<li value="2">[[Image:Wales_flag_large.png|20px|Welsh]] [[Mark Delaney]]</li>

<li value="3">[[Image:Trinidad and tobago flag large.png|20px|Trinidadian]] [[J. Lloyd Samuel]]</li>

<li value="4">[[Image:Sweden_flag_large.png|20px|Swedish]] [[Olof Mellberg]]</li>

<li value="5">[[Image:Denmark_flag_large.png|20px|Danish]] [[Martin Laursen]]</li>

<li value="6">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Gareth Barry]]</li>

<li value="19">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Liam Ridgewell]]</li>

</ol>

<li>'''Midfielders'''</li>

<ol>

<li value="7">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Lee Hendrie]]</li>

<li value="8">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Gavin McCann]]</li>

<li value="12">[[Image:Germany_flag_large.png|20px|German]] [[Thomas Hitzlsperger]]</li>

<li value="15">[[Image:Ecuador_flag_large.png|20px|Ecuadorian]] [[Ulises De la Cruz]]</li>

<li value="16">[[Image:France_flag_large.png|20px|French]] [[Mathieu Berson]]</li>

<li value="17">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Pete Whittingham]]</li>

<li value="24">[[Image:Northern_Ireland_flag.gif|20px|Northern Irish]] [[Steve Davis (footballer)|Steve Davis]]</li>

</ol>

<li>'''Forwards'''</li>

<ol>

<li value="9">[[Image:Colombia_flag_large.png|20px|Colombian]] [[Juan Pablo Angel]]</li>

<li value="10">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Darius Vassell]]</li>

<li value="31">[[Image:England_flag_large.png|20px|English]] [[Luke Moore]]</li>

</ol>

</ul>

==Notable Players=Accesories===

*[[Dunlop Manufacturing|Dunlop]] Jazz III [[Guitar pick|Picks]]

: [[Charlie Aitken]] (Defender)

*[[InTune]] Guitar Picks 1.0 mm GrippX (Blue). (Used on Ascendancy)

: [[Charlie Athersmith]] (Winger)

*[[DR Strings]] Dimebag Signature 10-50 Strings

: [[Joe Bach]] (Forward)

*[[Dunlop]] Guitar Straps

: [[Frank Barson]] (Midfielder)

*Dunlop 'Straploks'

: [[Danny Blanchflower]] (Midfielder)

*[[Classic Cases]] Roadgear

: [[Des Bremner]] (Midfielder)

: [[Frank Broome]] (Forward)

: [[Gordon Cowans]] (Midfielder)

: [[James Cowan]] (Midfielder)

: [[Vic Crowe]] (Midfielder)

: [[George Cummings]] (Defender)

: [[Tony Daley]] (Midfielder)

: [[John Devey]] (Forward)

: [[Johnny Dixon]] (Forward)

: [[Dion Dublin]] (Forward)

: [[Allan Evans]] (Defence)

: [[Trevor Ford]] (Forward)

: [[Colin Gibson]] (Defence)

: [[Andy Gray]] (Forward)

: [[Ray Graydon]] (Forward)

: [[Harry Hampton]] (Forward)

: [[Sam Hardy]] (Goalkeeper)

: [[Tony Hateley]] (Forward)

: [[Gerry Hitchens]] (Forward)

: [[Eric Houghton]] (Forward)

: [[Archie Hunter]] (Forward)

: [[David James]] (Goalkeeper)

: [[Brian Little (athlete)|Brian Little]] (Forward)

: [[Stan Lynn]] (Defender)

: [[Paul McGrath]] (Defender)

: [[Peter McParland]] (Forward)

: [[Olof Mellberg]] (Defender)

: [[Paul Merson]] (Midfielder)

: [[Tony Morley]] (Midfielder)

: [[Dennis Mortimer]] (Midfielder)

: [[Harry Parkes (footballer)|Harry Parkes]] (Defender/Utility)

: [[David Platt]] (Midfielder)

: [[George Ramsay]] (Forward)

: [[Nigel Sims]] (Goalkeeper)

: [[Tommy Smart]] (Defence)

: [[Gareth Southgate]] (Defender)

: [[Howard Spencer]] (Defender)

: [[Nigel Spink]] (Goalkeeper)

: [[Steve Staunton]] (Defender)

: [[Clem Stephenson]] (Forward)

: [[Ian Taylor (footballer)|Ian Taylor]] (Midfielder)

: [[Andy Townsend]] (Midfielder)

: [[Tom Waring|Tom 'Pongo' Waring]] (Forward)

: [[Howard Vaughton]] (Forward)

: [[Billy Walker]] (Forward)

: [[Peter Withe]] (Forward)

: [[Dwight Yorke]] (Forward)

==References==

== Appearance Records ==

*[http://www.trivium.org/bio.php?bid=2 For personal details and some equiptment]

:[[Charlie Aitkin]] 660

:[[Billy Walker]] 531

:[[Gordon Cowans]] 528

:[[Joe Bache]] 474

:[[Allan Evans]] 469

:[[Nigel Spink]] 460

:[[Tommy Smart]] 452

:[[Johnny Dixon]] 430

:[[Dennis Mortimer]] 406

:[[Billy George]] 402

{{Trivium}}

==All Time Leading Goalscorers==

:[[Billy Walker]] 244

:[[Harry Hampton]] 242

:[[John Devey]] 187

:[[Joe Bache]] 185

:[[Eric Houghton]] 170

:[[Tom 'Pongo' Waring]] 167

:[[Johnny Dixon]] 144

:[[Peter McParland]] 120

:[[Billy Garraty]] 112

:[[Dai Astley]] 100

:[[Len Capewell]] 100

:[[Dwight Yorke]] 97

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*[http://www.heroesandvillains.net/ Heroes and Villains The Villa Fanzine]

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*[http://www.villatrust.org.uk/ Aston Villa Supporters Trust]

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