Savage Garden
Savage Garden | |
|---|---|
Darren Hayes (ex-Savage Garden) solo, May 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Crush, Bliss |
| Origin | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1993–2001 |
| Labels | |
| Spinoff of | Red Edge |
| Past members | |
| Website | savagegarden |
Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; they formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1993. They were signed to John Woodruff's talent agency and achieved international success with their No. 1 hit singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back" (both 1996), "Truly Madly Deeply" (1997), and "I Knew I Loved You" (1999).
The band's two studio albums, Savage Garden (March 1997) and Affirmation (November 1999), reached No. 1 in Australia and Sweden; they also hit the top ten in the United Kingdom and United States. These albums sold a total of 23 million copies worldwide. The group won a record number of ten ARIA Music Awards in 1997 for their debut album and its related singles. They disbanded at the end of 2001 with Hayes continuing as a solo artist and Jones moving into record production before becoming a real estate agent.