Brian Haner is a noted session musician for Avenged Sevenfold, a band in which his son, Brian Haner Jr.
16 Facts About Brian Haner
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Brian Haner got his first guitar when he was five years old, after seeing The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Brian Haner joined his first band, The Plastic Mind, when he was ten years old.
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Brian Haner's self-produced first album, Don't Stop Now, featuring the Tower of Power horns, was successful in Europe, where it was certified gold in several countries.
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From 1998 to 2003, Brian Haner produced his wife's hypnosis show as he continued as a session musician.
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Brian Haner released a CD with Dunham, Don't Come Home for Christmas, featuring Dunham's puppets singing Haner's original songs.
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Brian Haner appeared on Showtime's "Red Light Comedy Special", taped in Amsterdam, and on AXS TV's "Gotham Comedy Live from NYC", performing his own music and stand-up comedy.
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Brian Haner left comedy and performing in 2014, so he and his wife Suzy could take over as coordinators of the Orange County School of the Arts' Commercial Music program in Orange County, California.
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Brian Haner continues to do session work, and in 2018, he played sitar on The Ventures' first album in over 15 years.
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Brian Haner made his first appearance with Avenged Sevenfold on their third studio album, City of Evil, playing acoustic and electric guitar on several tracks, including a dual guitar solo with his son on "Sidewinder".
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Brian Haner contributed string arrangements to their self-titled album in 2007 and was the orchestral arranger on the track "Until the End," which would appear on the album Diamonds in the Rough.
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Brian Haner played additional guitar on the track "So Far Away" and the guitar solo on "Tonight the World Dies" on their Nightmare album in 2010.
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Brian Haner played the outro guitar solos on both "Coming Home", from Hail to the King, and "Angels", from The Stage.
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When with the band Brian Haner goes by the name "Papa Gates", to go with his son going by the name Synyster Gates.
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In 1980, Brian Haner married his first wife, Jan Gera.
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Brian Haner is currently married to Suzy Brian Haner, a comedic hypnotist.