Synyster Gates - The Song + Video That Made Him Want to Do Music

Most musicians can pinpoint the second they realized they wished to pursue music as a profession. For Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates, there have been two situations — one music and one music video — that sealed the deal for him.

Gates mentioned his musical beginnings throughout an interview with Power Hour’s Matt Pinfield on the Sonic Temple Festival, which Avenged headlined on the finish of May. His dad additionally was a musician, and he uncovered Gates to a whole lot of music when he was rising up. He mentioned when he was round 6 or 7 years previous, he heard the intro to Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” on a KLOS industrial, and he requested his dad time and again to educate him how to play the riff on the guitar.

“And then Guns N’ Roses, seeing the ‘November Rain’ video, I was like, That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen,” Gates added. “So those two things, I think musically and then that visual, didn’t make me want to go out and write music, but it definitely solidified that I was going to do something in the music industry, specifically guitar.”

Later within the dialogue, the rocker admitted that having 5 years off from touring and having the ability to actually concentrate on the songwriting for Life Is But a Dream… helped change his perspective and allowed him to recognize being in a band much more than he did earlier than they’d that break.

“This one gave us a pretty big body of water in between the previous chapters and this one to really appreciate that new perspective, and really feel and appreciate what we have right now that we’ve built,” he added.

Avenged Sevenfold are at the moment on tour in help of their newest album Life Is But a Dream…, with their subsequent present set for tomorrow evening (July 28) in Tinley Park, Illinois. Gates truly suffered a leg harm final week through the band’s present in Mansfield, Massachusetts, which resulted in him enjoying the remainder of the present from the again of the stage and the band reducing the set quick.

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Frontman M. Shadows gave an replace in regards to the guitarist’s situation the following day, confirming that he was on crutches, however would find a way to stand on it quickly. Based on fan-filmed footage from their July 24 live performance in Ottawa, Canada, it seems that Gates’ harm has healed.

See the remainder of the band’s upcoming dates at this location.