Gabriel Haim

Gabriel Jesse Haim (born July 2, 1980) is an Israeli-born American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for being involved in several groups, including the Screaming Yellow Players, Kentucky (as "Darrell Cockerell"), The Gabriel Haim Project, The New Heartbreakers, Jefferson Nuclear Missile, and Opinion Annihilator.

Early life and education
Haim was born in but grew up in the  neighborhood of, where his father was a hazzan at. He is Jewish, and traces his ancestry to a family of Habbani Jews who resided in the in modern-day southeast  in the 1910s.

Screaming Yellow Players
Haim was the youngest member of the Screaming Yellow Players when the band formed in September 1997. When Derek De Vriendt, Samantha E. Aizer, and Polaris Browne went into the in 1998, they chose to go on a study abroad program in, hoping to build a career there. Since Haim was only 17 at the time, his parents had to hire a chaperone to allow him to travel in Germany with the Players. The band used the downtime in their study abroad program to tour the German club circuit, performing in venues such as the in  and  in. Haim finished high school via correspondence, graduating in 1999. Haim attended, graduating with a BFA in Music Theory and majoring in Engineering.

Haim is described as the "whiz kid" of the Players, the band often utilizes devices he's designed and invented. The band members, their side projects and some acts associated with the band often record and produce their material in Haim's home studio in, The Bathroom.