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Synyster Gates is the son of musician, author, and comedian Brian Haner Sr., known as Papa Gates, 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.
Haner is known for touring with fellow stand-up comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, as in the 2008 holiday program, Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special. He is also a noted session musician for Avenged Sevenfold, a band in which his son, Brian Haner Jr. (a.k.a. Synyster Gates), is the lead guitarist.
Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999.The band's current lineup consists of vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer Brooks Wackerman.
Synyster Gates (Brian Haner Jr.) joined as lead guitarist in 2001, just after the group released their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet on Good Life Recordings, which was later reissued on Hopeless Records. [1]
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals, songwriting; Johnny Christ – bass guitar; Session musicians. Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion; Brian Haner, Sr. – additional guitar; Stevie Blacke – strings and string arrangement; Production. Mike Elizondo – producer; Craig Aaronson – A&R; Brent Arrowood – assistant engineer
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals; Johnny Christ – bass, backing vocals; Additional personnel. Papa Gates – orchestration on "Until the End" Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion on "4:00 A.M." and "Lost It All" Arin Ilejay – drums, percussion on "St. James" and "Set Me Free"
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals; Johnny Christ – bass guitar; Session musicians. Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion; Brian Haner Sr. – guitar solo on "Tonight the World Dies", additional guitars on "So Far Away" Sharlotte Gibson – backing vocals on "Victim" Jessi Collins – backing vocals on "Fiction"
The music video, which released on March 12, 2008, consists of the band performing on a small stage. There are also clips of M. Shadows running shirtless, Zacky Vengeance dancing with a woman, Synyster Gates holding a skull in a sea of lit candles, The Rev lying down with a Spider on his face, and Johnny Christ holding a flock of doves which he sends flying off all at once at the end of the video.