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Von Hayes

Friday Nov. 7 @ The Note in West Chester, Pa.!

About Me

"Evident Eyelid": Available now at Bert's Music & Videos, 2501 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE and Tunes New & Used Compact Discs, 225 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ.

Or preorder it here through State Capital Records using PayPal. It's only $10 plus shipping:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2006
Band Members: Andrew, LF, vocals, guitars, sweetness; Peter, RF, vocals, guitars, bass, drums, tamborine; Jake, 3B, bass, lead guitar, backup vocals; Big Philly Rob, 2B, drums; BIG BRO, C, drums and all-around general radness; The Dennster, 1B, drum master; Nate Dog, SS, bass beef; Mike Casio, CF, backup juicer vocals

(The genius work of Giz)

EVIDENT EYELID IS HERE
Influences: The Replacements, Big Star, Husker Du, Cheap Trick, T. Rex, The Clash, The Beatles, Superdrag, The Undertones, Devo, Teenage Fanclub, Bruce Springsteen, Pavement, Rick Springfield, Guided By Voices, Dio, The Lemonheads, Built To Spill, Van Halen, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Midnight Oil, Oasis, David Bowie, Big Country, The Ramones, New Order, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, Wire, Descendents, Bryan Adams, The Misfits, Wham!, Archers of Loaf, Steve Albini, The Damned, KISS, Rod Stewart, Love, Duran Duran, Nick Drake, Rolling Stones, Simple Minds, AC/DC, Hall & Oates, The Sex Pistols, Rod Stewart, Superchunk, The Kinks, The Pixies, The Who, Traveling Wilburys, Slade, Adam and The Ants, The Minutemen, Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Robert Hazard, The Smiths, Skid Row, Tom Petty, Robert Pollard, Elvis Costello, Tobin Sprout, Uncle Tupelo, Bob Dylan, Def Leppard, The Jayhawks, Big Black, The Only Ones, Aerosmith, The Boys, Journey, The Wipers, Nirvana, Meat Puppets, The Feelies, Culture Club, Billy Bragg, Silkworm, Timbaland, Quiet Riot, ABC, The Grifters, John Mellencamp.

Sounds Like: "Beast Legs," live outside The Khyber. Courtesy of Gizmo.

Record Label: State Capital Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Von Hayes in Philadelphia City Paper

Von Hayes scored a pretty cool and weird award this week, nabbing the Philadelphia City Paper's trophy for "Band That Should Be On The Cover of Magnet." Magnet...are you listening???Here's what Patric...
Posted by Von Hayes on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:56:00 PST

Von Hayes in The Review

Two members of Von Hayes - guitarist/singer Peter Bothum and drummer Denny Hehman - felt the collegiate pride this week when James Adams Smith's story on the band ran in The Review, the University of ...
Posted by Von Hayes on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:11:00 PST

SIX NEW SONGS

What happens when you take Von Hayes, a bottle of whiskey, a microphone in a washing machine, a kid's acoustic guitar and a 4-Track and lock them in a basement for a day? Six new tracks, that's what. ...
Posted by Von Hayes on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:10:00 PST

Lawrenceville rawks

Big props and thanks to Samara for putting together a great, great show at the Franklin Corner Tavern in Lawrenceville, N.J. on Friday. It was the first night of live music they've had there in a whil...
Posted by Von Hayes on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:29:00 PST

No fun at the old ballgame?

For now it looks like Von Hayes will NOT be playing at Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, Pa. on Sept. 20. The powers that be say it's a no-go. We'll keep you posted!VON...
Posted by Von Hayes on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:59:00 PST

Radio Nowhere

We've already given a shout out to a few of the stations who have been playing EVIDENT EYELID (including WFMU, which has been playing both EE and our B-sides), but now we encourage you to support a fe...
Posted by Von Hayes on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:33:00 PST

Von Hayes does Brooklyn

Well Williamsburg techincally, but thanks to our loyal fans and buds - and new friends! (Pseu! Dave!) - who came out to see us at The Church at Willie's place on Saturday. And thanks to Willie - you g...
Posted by Von Hayes on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:52:00 PST

Von Hayes on ESPN’s Page 2

This time, we don't mean the player, we mean the band. Big-time sports writer Jeff Pearlman (author of the Mets book "The Bad Guys Won," the Barry Bonds Book "Love Me, Hate Me" and the forthcoming Dal...
Posted by Von Hayes on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:06:00 PST

Blogs N’ Roses review of "Evident Eyelid"

The cool dudes at the awesome site Blogs N' Roses skipped the Michelle Obama speech the other night to rip out a glowing review of "Evident Eyelid," the debut album from Von Hayes off State Capital Re...
Posted by Von Hayes on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:07:00 PST

PRE-ORDER VON HAYESS DEBUT CD TODAY!!

THE WAIT IS ALMOST (ALMOST) OVER....IN THE MEANTIME THE GOOD FOLKS AT STATE CAPITAL/VON HAYES INC. HAVE STARTED THE PRE-ORDER ACTION FOR EVIDENT EYELID. Click on the BUY IT NOW link with the "Evident ...
Posted by Von Hayes on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:02:00 PST