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Billboard article about Darren's solo

Edited by Jonathan Cohen / June 01, 2001, 3:25 PM
Savage Garden's Hayes Working On Solo Album
Savage Garden's Darren Hayes has begun work on a solo album in a San Francisco studio. He says that he and his bandmate, Daniel Jones, are not broken up, despite rumors to the contrary. "We're on a hiatus," he tells Billboard. "Daniel and I finished an 87-city tour and have sold 20 million albums in three or four years. It was a big run for us."
Hayes says his solo album, which is slated to come out on Columbia during the first quarter of 2002, affords him a chance "to grow, to learn ... I've written 40 songs for the record. I've written with Rick Nowels and Walter Afanasieff, as well as a new writer called Greg Beick," he reports. "It's just an amazing team of people that's pushed me and challenged me. And I've been able to take [songs] to places that I've never really been before in terms of Savage Garden. This music has a slightly more R&B slant."
As previously reported, Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" was named song of the year at ASCAP's annual Pop Awards ceremony, held last week in Los Angeles. "It healed my broken heart. It still makes me smile when I sing it," Hayes admits.
-- Melinda Newman, L.A.
Billboard Article

Savage Garden win APRA Award!

The 2001 APRA Awards were announced May 28 and Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" won for "Most Performed Australian Work Overseas". Congratulations Darren and Daniel! Daniel was there to accept the award. (btw The guys were also nominated twice for "Most Performed Australian Work" for "Affirmation" and "Crash And Burn" but they lost out to Vanessa Amorosi for "Shine")

Darren & SG are getting behind! NEED YOUR HELP!

I moved this back up to the top because our guys are getting behind! Please help vote for Darren/Savage Garden today and get them back on top! Thanks! The new Smash Hits site has a voting poll for Pop Music and Savage Garden is up for one and Darren is up for 3 of them. Please use the following add and....Vote for Savage Garden for: Top Group in Pop. vote for Darren for: Top Boy in Pop, Top Personality in Pop, Top Singer in Pop. The site says you can vote as many times as you want so get those fingers going and click away! Here's the link Smash Hits Voting Poll

HELLO! you guy are letting me down!

Hello! i'm sorry to say that! but you ARE letting me down! my site was # 16 on the AMC ( i know it was there because of you ) but instead of going better i moved back to # 22! i'm # 3 on the mosiqa site and no hope in moving forward! SAVAGE GARDEN, i'm not talking about me or my site but they are SG and they are no. 2 on the AMC! did u know that? silverchair is going better than our guys! just a simple click and they may be no. 1! and oh! the guestbook! the worst nightmare!! why don't almost everybody sign the guestbook? am i asking too much? PLEASE sign it! btw, am i making hard for you? anything here isn't as good as u thought it would be? give the reasons why don't u come back to take another look? and check out what's new here! THIS SITE WILL BE UPDATED ONE TIME A WEEK and maybe before 7 days goes if there are special happenings! After all, what i'm saying is that i can't do no shit without you! you and your support! and i would never made it here without you AGAIN! So thanx a lot and i'm grateful from the bottom of my heart for those people who helped! thanx again! P.S. the number of visitors is still low! PLEASE tell your friends! :-)

A little teeny weeny simple click on both image above and i'll owe you a big squeeze hug and a kiss! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

A new interview with Darren

--Denver Rocky Mountain News - May 28, 2001
Nothing Growing in Savage Garden This Season
Savage Garden won Song of the Year honors for its "I knew I Loved You" as last weeks ASCAP Pop Music Awards. But don't expect to hear more from the multiplatinum-selling duo-- as a duo-- anytime soon. Singer Darren Hayes tells us that after 10 years of partnering with Daniel Jones, he's cutting a solo album. He and Hayes haven't broken up, but they have no plans to work together again, either. Savage Garden took a hiatus after its last world tour. Hayes went to Hawaii, grew his hair out to its natural blond, spent time with his family, and, he tells us, got some new perspective: "I did things I was afraid of. I was afraid to stand on my head, so I practiced yoga. I was afraid to be underwater, so I got my scuba certificate. Just what seemed like insignificant things, but they built up my character, and they made me think about other avenues of my life." He starts cutting his solo record this week and says he has 35 songs from which to choose, including some in an R&B vein, and some electronics--experiments he wouldn't feel free to try on a Savage Garden disc. He expects to put out the first single in October, "album soon to follow." Jones, he adds, is "my most supportive fan." And what about Savage Garden? "I don't know," Hayes says. "We have to wait and see. You know, this whole ride for us was so unexpected. We were 18 when we started. I'm 29 today. We really needed time to grow."

Darren at a Japanese magazine

Darren have an article and a GREAT pic ( see on the left ) on a Japanese magazine called inrock ( or inrook! ) magazine! well, that's all what i got from info about this!! :)

Darren's new hair style!