Charles Hayward

The leader of the pioneering experimentalist group This Heat, Charles Hayward began playing the drums at the age of 11. He later began messing around with home-taping, and joined Mal Dean's Amazing Band in the early '70s. After meeting guitarist Charles Bullen, the two played in Radar Favourites and Dolphic Logic, while Hayward also gigged with Phil Manzanera, appearing with Manzanera's Quiet Sun project and Gong as well. In 1976, Hayward and Bullen began practicing with bassist Gareth Williams as This Heat. Though each in the trio were superb musicians, they began to experim...