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Lead and background vocals

(I got all of the info below from other websites, magazines, and the Official Fanzine.)

Profile:

Born: May 8, 1972 in Brisbane, Australia.
Hair color: Black
Eyes: Grey/ Blue
Height: 178 cm.(So what's that in feet?)
Shoe size: 8 1/2-9
Hometown: Logan City
Star Sign: Taurus
Family: Parents are June and Robert Hayes, one older brother and one older sister
School: Mabel Park Infants, Mabel Park High
Favorite color: Dusky Blue
Favorite food: Linguine with pesto, Thai and Italian, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream
Favorite drink: Diet Coke added with red cordial
What he likes about himself: Humor, generosity, loyalty
What he dislikes about himself: Smelly feet, bad temper, and being a tension freak
Nick name: Daz or Dazza


Facts:

1. He likes music from U2, Michael Jackson, Prince,and Sarah McLachlan.
2. He has been married for almost 3 years to Colby Taylor.
3. He really liked school, but considered himself to be a freak in high school.
4. He was obsessed with, and wanted to be abducted by E.T. when he was a kid.
5. Despite his mispopularity, he then became very popular due to his high interest in music and his ability to sing (and I must say, he sings beautifully!).
6. He went to college to learn to be a teacher.
7. He likes Star Wars, Anne Rice novels(I love The Vampire Chronicles!), shopping, and surfing the net.
8. His favorite site is the Official U2 site.
9. His influences are Duran Duran, Peter Gabriel, and The Jackson 5.
10. He sold his Star Wars toys at the age of 13 for $26, but now regrets it. He is having to spend a fortune to recollect them all.
11. His favorite possessions are his Star Wars toys, his computer, and the rosary his sister gave him.
12. He is a vegetarian and he dosen't drink.
13. His favorite TV shows are Friends, Mad About You, and Seinfeld.
14. If he was a character from the Simpsons, he says he'd be Bart(hmm....I wonder why)
15. He met Colby Taylor in college, and says himself she's his sweetheart(isn't that sweet?)
16. He used to be a kindergarten teacher (lucky kids!)
17. He was the last singer to be tested for Daniel's previous band, and said he didn't do it so well, he sang out of key and his voice cracked.  He sang the female lead in "Downtown" from Little Shop Of Horrors.
18. If he was a Spice Boy, he said he would be called "Hairy Spice."
19. He likes Geri(Ginger Spice) of the Spice Girls.
20. When he was a kid he made a paper mache of E.T., put it on the front of his bike and rode around his neighboorhood with it (LOL)
21. At school his nickname was "Fruit Undies"(haha...what a horrible name)
22. He owns over 5000 vinyl records.
23. He's into designer labels.
24. His favorite movies are Star Wars(all three) and Blade Runner.
25. His favorite songs on the album are Carry On Dancing and Santa Monica.
26. He is right handed.
27. He is outgoing and friendly, talkative, kind of goofy, yet very serious when he wants to be.
28. Darren and Colby spent their honeymoon in Tasmania, however, Darren and Daniel were so poor at the time, Darren had to go up to marry Colby, spend a honeymoon, then come straight back.
29. For Christmas(1997), Colby gave Darren a Cocker Spaniel puppy named Obi(hmm...where have I heard that name before?) (To see a picture of Obi, click here)
30. He used to work at a record store next to K-Mart in Logan.
31. He says he would fly to the moon and back for Homer Hudson Chocolate Rock ice cream, then straight to the doctor for liposuction.
32. He likes Janeane Garofalo. "She may not fit the Hollywood beauty mold," he says, "but I find her sexy."
33. His most embarrassing moments is when he was at his favorite resaurant in Brisbane. As he was coming out of the bathroom, he walked into a glass window; at a concert he slammed a mic into his teeth and forgot his words; at the first show in Brisbane he fell off the stage.
34. He wears cotton boxers and a t-shirt to bed.
35. He himself says his wife Colby is "short(quite a bit shorter than Darren), a red head(sorta short red hair), and definetly not skinny."
36. He wanted to be an actor when he was very young(well, I think we can all say we're glad that he didn't choose that career)
37. He describes himself as a natural singer as opposed to a taught singer.
38. He had once spent $500,000 on a Star Wars figurine.
39. His favorite song to perform live is Break Me Shake Me.
40. He says he dosen't like his hair in the Truly Madly Deeply video.
41. He had two baby kangaroos named Mork and Mindy. "Their mothers had been killed while the babies were still alive in their pouches, so they came to live in our house until they got too big, and we let them back in the wild again!"
42. He dosen't like flying.
43. He constantly talks about his obsessions (sounds like me).
44. He wants to be an extra in the new Star Wars movie. Daniel thinks he'd make a good Ewok.
45. He listens to Triple J.(If anyone knows, will you please tell me what type of music they play on that station?)
46. If he could be a vampire, he'd be Lestat.
47. He is (or was) very annoyed by the chain letters that Daniel kept e-mailing him.
48. His favorite Madonna albums are Ray Of Light and Like A Prayer.
49. He sang the female lead in "Downtown" at the audition for "Red Edge."
50. He has recently moved to New York.

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