Brian Elwin Haner Jr. (born July 7, 1981), better known by his stage
name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician, best known
for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Avenged
Sevenfold. He ranks No. 87 on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitarists
of All Time. Gates was voted as Best Metal Guitarist in the World by
Total Guitar in 2016 and once again in 2017.Synyster Gates is the son
of musician, author, and comedian Brian Haner Sr., who worked with Sam
the Sham's band in the 1970s and has done session work for Avenged
Sevenfold. Gates studied at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles,
California, as part of the Guitar Institute of Music program, studying
jazz and classical guitar. Gates is of Spanish and German
ancestry.Gates was featured on the EP Warmness on the Soul which
contains select songs from the first album as well as his new version
of "To End the Rapture". His name on Avenged Sevenfold's debut album
was "Synyster Gates".On the Avenged Sevenfold DVD All Excess, Gates
claimed that his name was created on a drunken drive through the park
with The Rev.
name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American musician, best known
for being the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Avenged
Sevenfold. He ranks No. 87 on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitarists
of All Time. Gates was voted as Best Metal Guitarist in the World by
Total Guitar in 2016 and once again in 2017.Synyster Gates is the son
of musician, author, and comedian Brian Haner Sr., who worked with Sam
the Sham's band in the 1970s and has done session work for Avenged
Sevenfold. Gates studied at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles,
California, as part of the Guitar Institute of Music program, studying
jazz and classical guitar. Gates is of Spanish and German
ancestry.Gates was featured on the EP Warmness on the Soul which
contains select songs from the first album as well as his new version
of "To End the Rapture". His name on Avenged Sevenfold's debut album
was "Synyster Gates".On the Avenged Sevenfold DVD All Excess, Gates
claimed that his name was created on a drunken drive through the park
with The Rev.
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