Darren Hayes Egypt

* Name: Darren Stanley Hayes

* who is Darren ? he was the lead singer & song writer in the great australian band SAVAGE GARDEN . now he is going solo ; he released his first album SPIN which is very cool & he has finished the second one THE TENSION & THE SPARK which is already released . . 

* Nicknames: Daz, Dazza, Dazzy, Doze 

* Born: May 8th, 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland,Australia

* Astrology Sign: Taurus

* Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rat

* Hair: blonde/brown & he dyes it black

* Eyes:Blue/gray 

* Height: 5'10 feet (178cm)

* Shoe Size: 8.5-9

* Pets: Obi, a Cocker Spaniel & a new one called Wally 

* Past Pets: Mork and Mindy, two kangaroos

* Family: Parents - Robert and Judy Hayes

* Siblings: Peter John and Tracey Anne (Darren is the youngest)

* Elementary School: Mable Park Infants

* High School: Mable Park High

* College: Kelvin Grove University

* Status: Darren married his boyfriend of 2 years , Richard , on 19 th June 2006. He was previously married to Colby Taylor,his sweetheart for eight years (ending 1999). He met his wife at school where they were both studying to become teachers

* Diet:used to be a vegetarian but eats white meat now, no alcohol

* Pasttimes: Collecting Star Wars Figures, movies, shopping, surfing the net

* His fave foods are skim milk and yogurt

* He was studying to become a teacher when he dropped it to become a musician, good move! But how cool to have him as your teacher, I could learn to like school if that was the case...hehehe

* His fave school subject was biology -me too- it was the only subject i liked - beside English - when i was at high school . He hated Math too .

* He was what you would call a nerd at school and according to himself he was good at school and got everybody shocked when he decided to quit the university to start a ‘popstar’ life

* He is mad about "Star Wars" and has lots of Star Wars toys...haha

* His nickname is ”doze” coz he was such a fat baby that people thought he looked like a bulldozer!! i can say the same thing about my brother .

* His fave author is Anne Rice who’s written ”Interview with a vampire”

* That’s where they got the name Savage Garden, it’s from one of her novels. She talks about the world as a savage garden, externally beautiful but internally savage 

* Fave Music: U2, Sarah McLachlan 

* Music Influences: Prince, The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Duran Duran 

* Fave Movies: Star Wars, Blade Runner 

*Worst Habit: Getting too emotional.


Other Stuff You Might Not Know About Darren 
* Darren once was robbed while working in a videostore, the guys were very violent and stuck a gun in Darren's face. He would have nightmares for months afterwards that the guys were breaking into his house. And according to Daz, all it took was a dog's bark to make Daz burst into tears

*Most Embarrassing Thing He's Done On Stage: "Slam a mic into my teeth. Then forget the words" "Falling off stage three different times"

*Smoking really annoys him . 

*HAS A DEGREE IN: Teaching (Pre-School) He taught for 8 months while waiting for the album to be finished

*The first concert he ever went to was Alison Moyet. 

*The first album he ever bought was Michael Jackson's Thriller. 

*Considers full lips to be very attractive on a girl. 

*Considers U2 to be the greatest Rock Gods of all times. 

*In the Australian video of Truly Madly Deeply the older man with the beard is Robert Hayes, Darren's father, and the little blonde girl who appears with Mr. Hayes towards the end of the song is Darren's neice, whose name is Sara 

*Fave Spice Girl: Ginger