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Biography

Stage Name: Synyster Gates
Real Name: Brian Elwin Haner Jr.
Age: 26 (07.07.1981)
Home: Huntington Beach
Heritage: Germany!
Band: Avenged Sevenfold – Lead Guitar

Synyster Gates joined Avenged Sevenfold in 2001, after the release of the band's first album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. He was featured on their EP, Warmness on the Soul, and on the reissue of their first album, only playing on one song, "To End The Rapture." He also plays piano for the band on songs such as Seize the Day and Sidewinder. His father, Brian Haner Sr. is a musician and is often called Avenged Sevenfold's official acoustic guitar player for his appearances on their albums, such as the acoustic solo on City of Evil's "Sidewinder".

Synyster Gates attended Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, California as a child, and then the Musicians Institute in Hollywood as part of the GIT program, studying jazz guitar.

Django Reinhardt, Adam Aparicio and Roddy are cited as his favorites and as major influences. Synyster has won numerous awards, including the "Young Shredder" award of the year in the Metal Hammer awards in 2006 and the "Guitarist of the Year" Award for Total Guitar Magazine in 2006. He has filmed numerous guitar tutorial lessons for Total guitar magazine.

In the Avenged Sevenfold DVD "All Excess," to emphasize the seemingly random placing of names, Synyster stated that his name was thought of on a drunken drive through the park with The Rev. His exact words were, "I am Synyster-fucking-Gates, and I am awesome."

Synyster was also a member of the experimental metal side-project Pinkly Smooth, a side project with The Rev (Avenged Sevenfold's drummer), alongside former bassist of Avenged Sevenfold, Justin Sane (not to be confused with Justin Sane from Anti-Flag). Pinkly Smooth was disbanded because Synyster and The Rev wished to focus full-time on Avenged Sevenfold, although when asked recently, they both revealed there is a new side project being planned, featuring the two playing older Pinkly Smooth songs.

Synyster attended Mayfair High School with Josh Childress of the Atlanta Hawks, Bocce champion Jeff Brescini and the Galatioto brothers from The Bob DeNiros (Aldo and Phillip).

Synyster also has newly released a clothing line called Syn Gates Clothing. He has been sponsored by Schecter Guitar Research since 2004, and has signature Avenger models. He uses the guitars listed below.

Quotes

-"Fucking grab them by the fucking face and put a gun to their head and just try to get a blowjob out of it."
-"I play Synyster Gates and I am guitar."
-"The most important part of a song is the solo. Everybody knows that, right? EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT!"
-“Sex is music. When I do it, nobody wins except her.”
-“I hope they realize that music is music, and that music is not a scene, not a style. Music is a beautiful fucking thing to listen to. It is not a thing to fucking preach to others about, it's not a fucking cause. It is what it is and that's a beautiful artform.”
-"I'm a paper thin motherfucker, Johnny and the Rev are fucking thieving assholes, Matt has a temper, and Zack is just afraid of shit. So everybody gets made fun of."
-Syn: "I'm Synyster Gates.... from Avenged Sevenfold. Highly critically acclaimed band."
Johnny: *laughs* "Highly critically acclaimed band?"
Syn: "The overly highly critically acclaimed great goodly band Avenged Sevenfold."
-"Pink is the new black!"
-"I'm as fake as they come... Sucked my own dick for a buck last night... Suck yours for two."
- "Hey look! The Fall Out Boy video! Oh wait, That's Seize the Day. Nevermind"Syn Gates Clothing MySpace
Syn Gates Clothing Webstore
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Avenged Sevenfold MySpace
Avenged Sevenfold Homepage
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Pinkly Smooth MySpace
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