whose favorite color is purple...
whose last name rhymes with Gerber...
whose name (it can either be first name or surname) starts with a B...
whose first name ends with an n...
who is a very talented guitarist...
who is less than six feet tall...
who has tattoos...
who already has such musical prowess at such a young age...
...and I'm not talking about Justin Bieber, although his traits match all (or almost depending on the way you look at it.) that I have listed above.
I'm actually talking about this guy:
Brian Haner Jr. is the guitarist (along with Zacky Vengeance) for the awesome band Avenged Sevenfold, which I wrote three blog posts about.
30 years ago was an awesome day when this even more awesome guy was brought to the earth. [In reality, it's 30
days YEARS (must have gotten distracted by the picture to the left) and almost one month ago. I should have posted this a month ago as a birthday tribute but oh well, posting this anyway]
So this time, I was able to defend them in front of my family and they don't bother anymore if I listen to their music or reprimand me. I'll just tell them off anyway.
So, here's 30 more pictures of him (besides the one at the left; that's from the Wikipedia article about him) I found and collected as I was browsing my Twitter timeline that's filled with tweets from, of course, the people I follow that are composed of classmates, bands I like, some people I like to make fun of, and especially, fans of the bands I like from as far away as the other half of the world from where I live. Some of these pictures are also from my folders (yep, I do have a computer folder with about 450 pictures dedicated to all my favorite rock stars) and other sites. No gifs because animated pictures will slow down my blog. Late post, I know. I started making this during his birthday but I had too much homework that day and my mom is pressuring me to sleep early. Stupid curfews.
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This is a classic example of the fact that truly good-looking guys can look good in any haircut, even if it's the dorky prescribed haircut rule that is being strictly imposed in the school I go to. So no Billie Joe Armstrong (21 Guns music video) hair. M. Shadows (A7x singer) also looks good in a clean cut.
This is how he looks like when he started rocking. I think he kinda looks like Johnny Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls in the Iris music video.
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| Ok, not a picture of Synyster, but this is Johnny Rzeznik. See any resemblance to the picture above? |
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| 3. From facebook. I don't log in to facebook much anymore, so just look for this in the fan page 'Real Men Wear Eyeliner' |
This picture is one of my personal favorites. I found this from a facebook group that pays tribute to guyliner. I think he kind of has a resemblance to Brent Smith of Shinedown in this picture. Not to mention also, Syn has HUGE biceps.
Hmm... what can I say? Nice... guitar. I want it! It's also the one pictured in the very first picture (the wikipedia one). And I like the color maroon.
Look at the first picture and compare that to this.
Schoolboy: just add eyeliner, a goatee, and tattoos.
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| 6. Found this on a facebook group about St. Jimmy (the character in the Green Day album American Idiot) |
Yep, he does look like St. Jimmy. This was actually during an interview backstage with some other guy who is also name Brian. Watch the interview
here.
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| This is St. Jimmy. See any resemblance? |
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| 7. I have no idea how he does it, but he looks pretty darn good with a cigarette. |
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| 8. The blonde is the lucky girl, Michelle DiBenedetto, twin sister of Valary DiBenedetto, M Shadows's wife. Cheers! |
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| 9. Awesome wallpaper that someone made, but I could no longer retrace the source of this picture. This has been in my folder for quite some time. |
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| 10. This is the background of @yhellow01's twitter account during the time I saved this picture in my folder. Yhellow, from the Philippines, is an awesome fan of the band A7x. |
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| 11. This is actually a picture with Arin Ilejay, the new drummer, but Syn is still in the picture, so... still posting this. By the way, Arin is actually pretty darn good a drummer but Jimmy is still a legend. |
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| 12. He's the only one who isn't in black in this picture. |
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| 13. This somewhat resembles picture 2, but only he has become better-looking with age. |
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| 14. Aww... bromance! :) |
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| 15. Stunned? So am I... by the looks of you. |
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| 16. I got your back. (I wish.) |
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| 17. Body-hugging v-neck tees would usually make a guy look like a narcissistic guido douchebag escaped from Jersey Shore, but I have no idea how Syn makes them look so good. |
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| 18. There's something going on between them. I'm sure of that. More bromance. |
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| 19. I'm speechless. |
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| 20. I know I already posted this in one of my previous blog posts but still... This is a still from the music video of Beast and the Harlot. |
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| 21. Another music video still, this time from Nightmare. It's not like this picture will actually give me nightmares. |
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| 22. When you smile, I smile. I can't believe I'm actually quoting a Justin Bieber song, but that's the best statement that applies to this picture. |
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| 23. He has better legs than I do... |
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| 24. Another great picture of him with white smoke in the background. |
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| 25. The look on his face is gold man, gold! (picture with bassist Johnny Christ) |
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| 26. Another picture of him with the band. (L to R: Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ, M. Shadows). Did you notice too that there are 5 shadows and not 4? The 5th one is supposed to be for The Rev. RIP Jimmy. |
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| 27. I must say, Syn looks pretty tanned in this picture. |
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| 28. More Synacky! |
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| 29. He's watching you... |
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| 30. I don't get it either. Wait. Actually, I do. M Shadows and Synyster Gates both have great smiles. |
That's all for now, folks! I hope you enjoyed my very late post on a 30-picture gallery of Synyster Gates, one of this generation's most talented and hottest metal, classical, and jazz guitarists in the midst of the rise of pop and hip-hop. The spirit of rock (and metal) should remain alive foREVer! Next up (hopefully): an M Shadows 30-picture belated birthday tribute!
