Avenged Sevenfold’s Synyster Gates sat down with Rolling Stone for a new interview and talked about possibly appearing on Broadway after Green Day’s appearance in 2010.
When asked if he would like to see A7X on Broadway like Green Day, the guitarist said no one offers them anything. “Nobody offers to do shit for us. No collaborations, no shoe endorsements, none of that stuff. We have to kind of beg, borrow and steal to get to the unique type of events or opportunities that we’ve done,” he revealed.
The rocker continued: “Our management is absolutely incredible, though. Like the VR thing, they sought after it. You just have an amazing team. Even Warner Bros right now, has worked tirelessly to get us certain opportunities, and I think they kind of spearheaded the VR thing as well. It’s a blessing to have an amazing team, and that’s the biggest thing for us right now – is team building. Everything is still f*cking fresh. We can do anything.”
Gates jokingly added that he would sing and dance if they were booked.
Green Day released the concept album ‘American Idiot‘ in 2004, calling it a ‘punk rock opera.’ The album follows a character named Jesus of Suburbia, a ‘lower-middle-class American teenage antihero,’ and critiques America’s sociopolitical issues in the early 2000s. It won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and Record of the Year for ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams.’
In 2010, it was turned into a Broadway musical that opened at the St. James Theatre on April 20. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote the script with director Michael Mayer, using the original album’s music and lyrics. The musical expanded on the album’s story of three friends trying to escape their suburban lives. The production was nominated for Best Musical and won Best Scenic and Costume Design of a Musical. The cast album also won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
In other news, Avenged Sevenfold will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their third studio album ‘City Of Evil‘ next year. While the band currently doesn’t have any plans to celebrate it, they announced a 25th-anniversary hometown show back in August. The show took place in October and was exclusive to members of the band’s Deathbats Club. In addition to ‘City Of Evil,’ the band focused on music from their first two albums too — ‘Sounding The Seventh Trumpet,’ and ‘Waking The Fallen.’
