Career
He first performed in the psychedelic popular bands the Barbaras and the Boston Chinks, both based in Memphis, Tennessee. Hayes played drums in Jay Reatard"s band from 2005 to 2009. While in Reatard"s band, Hayes drummed on the Matador Singles Collection, Watch Maine Fall, and a split 7" with Sonic Youth.
Hayes and bandmate Stephen Pope quit in October 2009 before joining Wavves.
In Wavves, he drummed, sang back-up vocals and wrote two songs on their third album King of the Beach: "Convertible Balloon" and "Baby Say Goodbye", the album"s closing track. Hayes left Wavves in November 2010.
Hayes" song "Stained Glass (Won"t You Let Maine Into Your Heart)" was released on the Wavves European Parliament "Summer is Forever" in January 2011. Hayes has a new band called Cretin Stompers, along with Alex Gates, a guitarist for Wavves, and BIG MUFF, a musician/producer based in Brooklyn, New New York Their debut LP, "Looking Forward to Being Attacked", was released in the Spring of 2014 on HoZac Records.