NAME: MR STEVE HAYES

NICKNAME: Shit Hot

INSTRUMENT: Keyboards & backing vocals

JOINED BAND: Jan 19th 2007, same day as Guy.

PREVIOUS BANDS: The Story So Far, Deep, Sarah Harrison Band, Karma and a few others I can't remember.

TECH STUFF: Mainly Roland keyboards plus sounds from the Reason soundbank

FAVOURITE TIME BOMB SONG: English Boy

BEST TIME BOMB GIG: It's a toss-up between opening for From The Jam at Southampton Guildhall and The most recent Brook gig (Dec '08)

INFLUENCES: Jason Lytle and the boys from Grandaddy, Jason Pegg and the boys from Clearlake, Elmore Leonard (check out his books, they are soooo cool). Also: The Beatles, The Jam, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Rush, Genesis, The Macc Lads, Blur, Jimi Hendrix, The Zutons, Hawkwind, Yes, MGMT, Aerosmith, Cast, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Pulp, Ash, Dodgy, Suede, Joy Division, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Crowded House, Paul Weller, Blue Oyster Cult, UFO, Oasis, Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene, The Divine Comedy, Space and of course, Radiohead

INTERESTS: Music

BEST THING I EVER DID: Wrote some novels. They didn't get published but the sense of achievement was the biggest rush you can imagine.

Steve H @ Southampton Guildhall December 2008

Photos by Alison Orchard

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Steve at the Brook 2007

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