-Favorite guitarists Synyster are Django Reinhardt, Frank Gambale, Adam Aparicio, Basillios, Dimebag Darrell, Slash, Francis Canavan, and John Petrucci
-The name "Synyster Gates" came when he was 17 years. I was with Jimmy Sullivan (The Rev). Were blind drunk and drive around the park with the car of James. I was driving and I said nothing "I am Synyster Gates and I am panicking!" I do not know why I said it, but now that's my name! Syn said in an interview.
-Synyster Gates's father, Brian Haner Sr. (Papa Gates also called) is also a guitarist and is the acoustic guitarist's official Avenged Sevenfold, participating in the album City of Evil on the recorded songs "Sidewinder," "Beast and Harlot 'and "MIA."
-Synyster studied "Jazz Guitar" as a child.
-Gates and drummer The Rev has played in the band Pinkly Smooth along with former bassist of Avenged Sevenfold, Justin Sane. During the tour for the album City Of Evil Avenged Sevenfold they left the band to devote himself solely to Avenged full time. Asked about the Pinkly Smooth, The Rev and Synyster revealed that they had plans to return to play together in Pinkly.
-Syn and the lead singer of A7X, M. Shadows have a stake in "The River" from the band, Good Charlotte.
-Synyster Gates got his first tattoo at 15 years, a number one on your polegar.Quando questioned he said: "I was young and thought it would be cool."
-Synyster Gates won the award for "Best Guitarist of the Year in 2006 by the magazine Total Guitar Magazine and the prize" Young Shredder "of the year by Metal Hammer Awards in 2005.
-Synyster is allergic to bees. When he was nine years, suffered an attack of the insect being hospitalized with life-threatening.
Synyster made a cameo in the song "Dirty Little Girl," which also appears in the clip, and "Anejo", the band Burn Halo.
-He was elected by the British magazine Kerrang! the sexiest man of the year in 2008.
-Guitar World magazine ranked Gates as one of the 50 fastest guitarists of all time.
Recently, along with his father, Brian Haner Sr., wrote and recorded the theme song for The Jeff Dunham Show.