Synyster Gates

Real/Full Name: Brian Elwin Haner Jr.
Date of Birth: July 7th, 1981
Origin: USA ( Huntington Beach, California )
Instruments: guitar

Current bands:
Avenged Sevenfold

Past bands:
Pinkly Smooth

Main discography:
[ 2001 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding The Seventh Trumpet
[ 2002 ] Pinkly Smooth - Unfortunate Snort
[ 2003 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
[ 2005 ] Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
[ 2007 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
[ 2010 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
[ 2013 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
[ 2016 ] Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage

Live discography:
[ 2008 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Live in The LBC & Diamonds in The Rough

Singles:
[ 2007 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Walk
[ 2008 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Crossroads
[ 2011 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Not Ready To Die
[ 2012 ] Avenged Sevenfold - Carry On

Guest/Session:
[ 2002 ] Bleeding Through - Portrait of The Goddess
[ 2007 ] Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
[ 2009 ] Burn Halo - Burn Halo
[ 2012 ] AxeWound - Vultures
[ 2012 ] Machine Gun Kelly - Lace Up


Instruments:
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Images:

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Informations:

• Synyster Gates' guitar solos is known for he being able to perform finger-twisting licks, acrobatic sweeps, devilish chromatics and towering dual-harmonies. 

• In 2016, Synyster Gates was voted as the Best Metal Guitarist in The World by Total Guitar. He also is ranked as No. 87 on Top 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World.

• Synyster Gates studied jazz and classical guitar at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California.

• Synyster Gates is the son of musician, author and comedian Brian Haner Sr., who worked with the Sam The Sham's band in the '70 decade. 

• Besides Metal, Gates is also a big fan of Jazz, Classical Music and Experimental Music. 

• In 2010, during an interview to Revolver magazine, Gates stated that he originally wrote the song "So Far Away", from the Avenged Sevenfold album Nightmare, in honor of his grandfather. However, the song is now about his former bandmate and previous dummer The Rev, who died on December 28th, 2009. 

• Synyster Gates is married to Michelle DiBenedetto since 2010, and on May 12th, 2017, the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Nicolangelo Saint James Haner.

• Gates has German and Spanish descendance.