Savage Garden was formed in 1993 when Daniel placed an add in a Brisbane music publication Time Off looking for a lead vocalist for the then covers band "Red Edge", Darren replied and they clicked immediately. After a while they got sick of performing other peoples music and left Red Edge. They began writing music together and they clicked. Savage Garden was born. The music of Savage Garden is written by both Darren and Daniel. Today they are enjoying major success around the world. These guys have heaps of talent and will be around for years to come.
Darren Hayes
| Name | Darren Haye |
| Role in band | Leading and backing vocals, song writer |
| Born | Brisbane, Australia, May 8 1972 |
| High School | Mabel Park State High School |
| Loves | Anne Rice's vampire novels ,Michael Jackson, Prince, and 80's bands like Duran Duran and New Order. Also is inspired by U2. |
| Other | Stayed at school until year 12, listens to Triple J. Was studying to become a pre-school teacher. Dosn't drink. Is a Vegetarian. |
| Martial Status | Married To Wife Colby Hayes (Taylor). |
Daniel Jones
| Name | Daniel Jones |
| Role in band | Keyboard, guitars, background vocals, programming, song wrting |
| Born | Essex, London. England, July 22 1973 |
| Loves | XTC, Gabriel, Tears for Fears, are obvious throughout the music. He doesn't listen to commercial music, but he does like George Michael, and Sheryl Crow. |
| Other | Daniel is the one with blonde hair. He is the youngest of three, moving to Brisbane, Australia as a young child. Quote Daniel: " My brothers picked up musical instruments from the time I was about eight. I just followed suit, really." Daniel's contribution is the programming and arrangement behind the music, and his early influences. |
| Martial Status | Single |
To the Moon and Back was actually a piece of music that Daniel had written. Darren took it away and came back the next day with the song as it is to day. It was one of the first songs they wrote together and was inspired by a girl called Ainsle. Just recently this song won the ARIA Award for Australian Song of The Year in the 1997 ARIA Award..
Their band name, as many have guessed, is inspired by Anne Rice's vampire novels. The inside covers of the album are from The Garden Of Earthly Delites
Response from publishers and record companies came fast. Soon they were sitting in a recording studio, sleeves rolled up and heads to the control board in the process of recording an album that would take almost 8 months to complete. "It was the biggest learning experience," explains Daniel. "We were still desperately trying to come to terms with the fact that we had begun the journey. We were in the process of actually doing what we had dreamed about all our lives."
The passion and enthusiasm for the music that Daniel describes is evident in the sweeping diversity of style and emotion on their eponymous Columbia debut. Incisive wordplay, sweet love songs, and an avant-garde sonic palette all merge together in a smooth bed of lush electronics and moody rhythms, a refreshing and intelligent mix of tradition and technology. This fusion of sounds perhaps explains the chemistry between Daniel and Darren, who have often been described as chalk and cheese.
"I Want You," the pulsing 80's Europop-influenced first single became the highest-selling Australian single for 1996. The follow-up second single, "To the Moon & Back," quickly went to Number 1, surpassing the sales of the previous debut single. Suddenly an international deal with Columbia Records materialized. As Darren explains, "it seems like only yesterday I was sitting there praying for this. It has literally come from nowhere. If I sat and really thought about this I'd probably go crazy. We are just holding on for the ride, and so far the ride has been amazing."
The genuine thrill and unaffected enthusiasm this pair exhibit (they are after all, only in their early 20's) comes through in the music. One listen to the album and you know Savage Garden is going for broke. Brimming with urgency of love itself, many of the album's tracks explore the intricacies of relationships. "To the Moon & Back" addresses the insecurities of a teenage girl while musically it suggests a theme much older .
| Title of song | Artist | Total size (kb) | Format |
| Truly Madly Deeply | Savage Garden | Midi Sequence | |
| To The Moon & Back | Savage Garden | Midi Sequence | |
| I Want You | Savage Garden | Midi Sequence | |
| Carry On Dancing | Savage Garden | Midi Sequence | |
| Santa Monica | Savage Garden | Midi Sequence | |
The wave files are taken down from Savage Garden's album 'Savage Garden'.
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