Bernie Hayes
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Bernie Hayes is an Australia
n singer/songwriter who has released two albums as a solo artist and written songs for other Australian artists notably "You Made Me Hard
" which was the third single from the The Whitlams
Love This City
album.
Hayes was born and raised in Canberra
and was a member of a musical family (including brothers Pat Hayes of Stella One Eleven
and formerly of the Falling Joys
, Justin Hayes of Whopping Big Naughty and the late Anthony Hayes (aka Stevie Plunder
) of The Whitlams and The Plunderers fame). He began playing around the wine bars of Canberra at age 15, and among his first bands was Secret Seven. Hayes later relocated to Sydney along with a number of other Canberra musicians, including his brothers.
He first came to public prominence when he joined Club Hoy in 1990. He played on that bands Thursday's Fortune album released in 1991 which enjoyed a positive critical response and minor chart success. Grant McLennan
of The Go-Betweens
produced the bands first single "Da Da Da Da/Green and Blue". Club Hoy later played on of McLennan's solo albums. (1) After the break-up of Club Hoy, Hayes and Julia Richardson of Club Hoy formed a new group called the Troublemakers. However the Troublemakers failed to enjoy much success. (2)
Hayes is perhaps best known among fans, however, as a member of the Shouties with brothers Anthony and Pat and drummer Pete Velzen. The band held a Sunday afternoon residency at the Sandringham Hotel
in Newtown, Sydney through the 1980s until 1996, playing a mix of covers and original songs. The Shouties released two albums, Colossus and Indelible.
In 1996, Hayes' younger brother Anthony, of The Whitlams, committed suicide. Bernie Hayes played guitar on The Whitlams Eternal Nightcap
released later in 1997. (3)
Hayes released his first solo album Every Tuesday, Sometimes Sunday in late 1999. The album was acoustic-based and included material that he had written since the beginning of his musical career. (4) The album featured several singles in "Mission in Life", "Matchbox Cars and Marbles" and "Your Boyfriend's Back in Town" with "Mission in Life" receiving airplay on Triple J
. (5) The Whitlams recorded a track from the album "You Made Me Hard" on their 1999 Love This City
album. It was released as the third single from the album in 2001 with Hayes present in the studio for the recording of the single. (6)
After the release of his solo album, Hayes put together a band, the Bernie Hayes Quartet, featuring John Encarnacao, Bill Gibson and Jess Ciampa. He played with his band and solo on the ABC Television program Love is a Four Letter Word
in 2001. He released his second album Domestic Departures in 2003 with the band. Genevieve Maynard and Peter O'Doherty
of Mental As Anything
produced the album while Nic Dalton
, formerly of The Lemonheads
produced the first single "Your Green Light". (7)
More recently, Hayes has worked with Bow Campbell of Front End Loader
and Brendan Gallagher of Karma County
as the Dead Marines.
He is currently working on a third album with the Bernie Hayes Quartet, and playing a regular Wednesday night residency gig at the Rose of Australia Hotel in Erskineville, Sydney.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer/songwriter who has released two albums as a solo artist and written songs for other Australian artists notably "You Made Me Hard
Made Me Hard
"Made Me Hard" is the third and last single to be released by The Whitlams from their fourth album, Love This City.Although, it was released more than a year after the release of Love This City, on 4 September 2001 . It peaked at #75 in Australia. A music video for the song was filmed in...
" which was the third single from the The Whitlams
The Whitlams
The discography of The Whitlams consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, and eighteen singles.-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Videos:-Music videos:-Awards:...
Love This City
Love This City
Love This City is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 1999.-Track listing:#"Make The World Safe" – 3:43#"Thank You " – 3:59#"Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" – 3:04...
album.
Hayes was born and raised in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
and was a member of a musical family (including brothers Pat Hayes of Stella One Eleven
Stella One Eleven
Stella One Eleven are an Australian pop/rock band formed in 1997. Based in Sydney, they have released three albums thus far, two of which have made the charts in Australia and three singles have so far made the singles charts. The band was nominated for two ARIA awards in 2001...
and formerly of the Falling Joys
Falling Joys
Falling Joys is an Australian alternative rock band formed in Canberra in 1985. They were composed of lead singer Suzie Higgie, guitarist Stuart G. Robertson, bass guitarist and vocalist Pat Hayes, and drummer Pete Velzen. They frequently played at the ANU's refectory bar, and supported...
, Justin Hayes of Whopping Big Naughty and the late Anthony Hayes (aka Stevie Plunder
Stevie Plunder
Stevie Plunder was an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as founding member and guitarist for Australian piano-based rock band The Whitlams.-Early years:...
) of The Whitlams and The Plunderers fame). He began playing around the wine bars of Canberra at age 15, and among his first bands was Secret Seven. Hayes later relocated to Sydney along with a number of other Canberra musicians, including his brothers.
He first came to public prominence when he joined Club Hoy in 1990. He played on that bands Thursday's Fortune album released in 1991 which enjoyed a positive critical response and minor chart success. Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant William McLennan was an Australian singer-songwriter with the alternative rock band The Go-Betweens, which he co-founded with Robert Forster in Brisbane, Australia in 1977...
of The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,...
produced the bands first single "Da Da Da Da/Green and Blue". Club Hoy later played on of McLennan's solo albums. (1) After the break-up of Club Hoy, Hayes and Julia Richardson of Club Hoy formed a new group called the Troublemakers. However the Troublemakers failed to enjoy much success. (2)
Hayes is perhaps best known among fans, however, as a member of the Shouties with brothers Anthony and Pat and drummer Pete Velzen. The band held a Sunday afternoon residency at the Sandringham Hotel
Sandringham Hotel, Newtown
The Sandringham Hotel is a pub in the suburb of Newtown in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.The pub has a long history and is the spiritual homeland to several of Sydney's bands, including Frenzal Rhomb and The Whitlams. It is known locally as The Sando.Before...
in Newtown, Sydney through the 1980s until 1996, playing a mix of covers and original songs. The Shouties released two albums, Colossus and Indelible.
In 1996, Hayes' younger brother Anthony, of The Whitlams, committed suicide. Bernie Hayes played guitar on The Whitlams Eternal Nightcap
Eternal Nightcap
Eternal Nightcap is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in 1997.- Music :Eternal Nightcap includes typical rock songs , piano ballads , classic pop tunes , and even a Bob Dylan cover version .-...
released later in 1997. (3)
Hayes released his first solo album Every Tuesday, Sometimes Sunday in late 1999. The album was acoustic-based and included material that he had written since the beginning of his musical career. (4) The album featured several singles in "Mission in Life", "Matchbox Cars and Marbles" and "Your Boyfriend's Back in Town" with "Mission in Life" receiving airplay on Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. (5) The Whitlams recorded a track from the album "You Made Me Hard" on their 1999 Love This City
Love This City
Love This City is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 1999.-Track listing:#"Make The World Safe" – 3:43#"Thank You " – 3:59#"Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" – 3:04...
album. It was released as the third single from the album in 2001 with Hayes present in the studio for the recording of the single. (6)
After the release of his solo album, Hayes put together a band, the Bernie Hayes Quartet, featuring John Encarnacao, Bill Gibson and Jess Ciampa. He played with his band and solo on the ABC Television program Love is a Four Letter Word
Love is a Four Letter Word
Love Is A Four Letter Word is a 26 episode drama written by Matt Ford produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2001. It was set and filmed in Newtown, New South Wales, following the lives of a group of friends working in a pub, and the concerns facing urban 20somethings in Australia...
in 2001. He released his second album Domestic Departures in 2003 with the band. Genevieve Maynard and Peter O'Doherty
Peter O'Doherty
Peter O'Doherty is a musician with Australian band Dog Trumpet and formerly with Australian band Mental As Anything. He is also a recognised fine artist specialising in still life and everyday suburban scenes....
of Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything are an Australian New Wave–rock music band formed at an art school in Sydney in 1976. Their most popular line-up was Martin Plaza on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; Wayne "Bird"...
produced the album while Nic Dalton
Nic Dalton
Nic Dalton is an Australian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for American band The Lemonheads at the height of their popularity...
, formerly of The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band first formed in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member....
produced the first single "Your Green Light". (7)
More recently, Hayes has worked with Bow Campbell of Front End Loader
Front End Loader
Front End Loader is an Australian rock band consisting of Davis Claymore , Bowden Campbell , Richard Corey , and Peter Kostic . Peter also drums for Regurgitator and The Hard-Ons.-History:...
and Brendan Gallagher of Karma County
Karma County
Karma County is an Australian music group who formed in 1995. They consist of Drummer Stuart Eadie, who also creates and co-ordinates the band's visual imagery , singer/guitarist Brendan Gallagher, who also produces the music, and bassist Michael Galeazzi.-Melody deal:In early 1999 the band signed...
as the Dead Marines.
He is currently working on a third album with the Bernie Hayes Quartet, and playing a regular Wednesday night residency gig at the Rose of Australia Hotel in Erskineville, Sydney.
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Footnotes
- Allmusic.com Club Hoy article []
- Allmusic.com Club Hoy article
- Allmusic.com Bernie Hayes article credits section []
- Music Australia article on Hayes http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA?function=showDetail¤tMapsRecord=NAMO~1031&itemSeq=3&total=3&returnFunction=searchResults&scope=scope&simpleTerm=Bernie+Hayes
- Music Australia article on Every Tuesday Sometimes Sunday http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA?function=showDetail¤tBibRecord=000026675150&itemSeq=4&total=9&returnFunction=searchResults&scope=scope&simpleTerm=Bernie+Hayes
- Interview with Tim FreedmanTim FreedmanTimothy "Tim" James Freedman is the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993...
of the Whitlams with Drum Media 9 May 2001 reprinted on the Whitlams website http://www.thewhitlams.com/press/drum-may01.html - Music Australia article on Hayes. The Love is a Four Letter Word webpage contains details of his appearance http://www.abc.net.au/loveis/band15.htm.