Peter Hayes (singer)
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- For other people with the same name, see Peter Hayes (disambiguation)
Peter Hayes (born February 11, 1976 in New York Mills, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
), and is an American
United States
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indie
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and singer. He is best known as a member of California alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
trio, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. BRMC is known for their garage rock, blues, folk revival, neo-psychedelia sound. They are influenced by bands such as: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Verve, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, T...
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Hayes played guitar and bass for the neo-psychedelic rockNeo-psychedelia
Neo-psychedelia is music that emulates or is heavily influenced by the psychedelic music of the 1960s. It began to be revived among British post-punk bands of the later 1970s and early 1980s and was taken up by groups including bands of the Paisley Underground and Madchester scenes, as well as...
band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia, electronica, folk music, blues, experimental music, and many others....
circa 1998. Examples of his playing can be heard on the group's Give It Back!
Give It Back!
Give It Back! is an album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1997 by Bomp! Records. Notably, this is the only album that features Peter Hayes, who went on to found the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Give It Back! was the band's fifth studio album in two years. The sessions for the record...
album.
Hayes appears as a highly visible, yet quiet musician in the 2004 movie documentary DiG!
DiG!
Dig! is a 2004 documentary film directed by Ondi Timoner, and produced by Timoner, Vasco Nunes, and David Timoner. Compiled from seven years of footage, it contrasts the developing careers of the bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the bands' respective frontmen Courtney...
as an active touring member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The film also documents the befriended band The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by...
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Peter Hayes is a founding and current member of the Alternative rockAlternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
trio, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Albums with B.R.M.C.
- B.R.M.C. (2001) UK #25
- Take Them On, On Your OwnTake Them On, On Your OwnTake Them On, On Your Own is the second album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It was released in 2003.The album has a darker, harder rock sound than their debut album, and also contains more politically-themed lyrics...
(2003) US #47, UK #3, AUS #34 - HowlHowl (album)Howl is a 2005 album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It is their third studio album and was released on August 22, 2005. The record was released in the UK and Europe by Echo and by RCA in the U.S. , Australia, Japan and the rest of the world.While still staying true to their origins this album...
(2005) US #90, UK #14, AUS #34 - Baby 81Baby 81 (album)Baby 81 is an album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It is their fourth studio album and was released on April 30, 2007 in Europe and on May 1, 2007 in the U.S.. The album features a harder, more raw sound compared with their previous record Howl...
(2007) US #46, UK #15, AUS #36 - The Effects of 333The Effects of 333The Effects of 333 is an album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. It is their fifth studio album and was released on November 1, 2008.On October 27, 2008, the band announced via a MySpace bulletin that they are to release their newest album independent of any record company. The album is their first...
(2008) - Beat The Devil's TattooBeat the Devil's TattooBeat the Devil's Tattoo is the sixth album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, released on March 8, 2010 in Europe and on March 9, 2010 in North America. It is the second full-length on the band's own Abstract Dragon label, in partnership with Vagrant Records and Cooperative Music Group...
(2010)
EPs with B.R.M.C.
- Screaming Gun EP (October 2001)
- Howl Sessions EP (2005)
- Napster Live Session (2007)
- American X: Baby 81 Sessions EPAmerican X: Baby 81 Sessions EPAmerican X: Baby 81 Sessions is an EP from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, released in the US on December 4, 2007. The CD collects B-sides and unreleased tracks from the Baby 81 recording sessions along with a new short film for the song "American X." Initially, the CD was only released at indie...
(2007)
Musical Equipment
Guitars:- Multiple Gibson ES335's all in different tunings.
- Fender Thinline Deluxe Telecaster - Eventually replaced by a Gibson SG.
- Gibson ES125 - May have been stolen.
- Gibson J200 - At least two different ones.
- Gibson J45 - Seems to be shared with Robert.
Amplifiers (Around the time of each album):
- B.R.M.C.
- Fender Silverface Twin Reverb - x2
- Take Them On, On Your Own
- Fender Silverface Twin Reverb - x2
- Fender Super Twin
- Gallien Krueger 400RB Bass Amp Head with cab
- Howl & Baby 81
- Fender Blackface Bandmaster Head with matching 2x12 cab - x2
- Fender Blackface Pro Reverb - x2 (Interchanged with Twin Reverbs)
- Fender Blackface Twin Reverb - x2 (Interchanged with Pro Reverbs)
- Beat The Devil's Tattoo
- Fender Blackface Bandmaster Head with matching 2x12 cab - x2
- Fender Blackface Twin Reverb (Sometimes seen with the second Blackface Twin set off to the side in front of the drum set, possibly for use of stereo effects.)
- Some kind of vintage style Marshall head possibly a Plexi or JTM45 with matching 4x12 cab
Pedals & Rack Effects:
List compiled from use of various photos, most likely an incomplete list.
- Earlier Years (Approx. around time of the first and second album possibly going into Howl era)
- Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer x3
- Vox V847 Wah
- Dunlop Stereo Tremolo
- TC Electronics Stereo Chorus/Flanger
- Boss DM2 Analog Delay
- Boss BF2 Flanger
- Boss CS2 Compressor
- Boss Line Selector
- Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
- Akai Headrush E1 Delay
- Alesis Quadraverb x4
- Later Years (Most likely around Howl era up to Beat the Devil's Tattoo era)
- Klon Centaur Overdrive x2
- Keeley Katana Boost
- Maxon OD808 Tubescreamer
- Vintage FX Overdrive (Replaced Maxon OD808)
- Vintage FX Fuzzriot (Hasn't been used on recent tours)
- Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic (Most likely used only for recording and rehearsal. Can be seen in pictures of rehearsal room before the Beat the Devil's Tattoo tour.)
- Boss DD7 Digital Delay
- Akai Headrush E2 Delay
- Dunlop Crybaby Wah
- Ernie Ball Volume Pedal x3
- Boss RC2 Loop Station w/ Footswitch (Also been seen with Boss RC20 Loop Station around Howl era)
- Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter Tremolo
- Voodoo Labs Ground Control Unit
- Korg Rackmount Tuner
- TC Electronics G Major Multi-FX Rack Unit x2
- Tech 21 SansAmp PSA-1
- Voodoo Lab Amp Selector