The Hayes

In 2007 Juan de la Serna's first band (Drop out) had just split up and he decided it was time for a whole new musical path for him to follow. When he then saw Alexander De Boodt play at school for some random contest there, he saw potential and went up to him to propose him to found a new band. Alex had just quit his 4th band (Billy be Praised) and wanted to keep playing in bands since for him that is where he learns most. Juan and Alex then jammed along with a third guitar player, who had different projects and had to leave the band. the two kept playing together. Robrecht De Boodt, Alex’s brother, was home one day and heard sweet rock music coming from the basement. He grabbed his bas and Juan and Alex decided on the spot they wanted to keep him as third member of the new found band, which they still hadn’t found a name for yet.Rob and Juan became close friends and if there’s one thing they love more then music, then it is messing around and aggravating people with jokes you can only understand after having spent weeks in the band.The band was growing and the first songs started to emerge, but despite the fact that the band still didn’t have a name, a much bigger problem was bothering them : they still needed a front man. This is why Juan went up to a friend he vaguely knew in school : Rodolphe Dierckx. He turned out to be as passionate about music as the other three members of the band and his singing and keyboard skills made it clear for Alex, Juan and Rob that Rodolphe was the front man they were looking for.The band kept writing music and growing so soon they started performing in their first gigs and festivals in 2008. The appreciation of the crowd made their energize increase dramatically and after creating their myspace they decided it was time to go in to a studio. This was a very low budget disc and the sound quality wasn’t what they had hoped for, but now they had something to be proud of. « The Hayes » was born.With the huge amount of different style and band influences, The Hayes is developing a new kind of rock music which a lot of people have come to appreciate, and most importantly, which they just love to play together !!