Brian Hayes enjoyed participating in his school's marching band when they performed in the Christmas parade in London, England. He plays the alto saxophone in marching band and the bari sax in concert band. Hayes received his first guitar when he was 10 from his dad, and enjoyed learning to play and playing with his dad. His current guitar is the same model as the lead guitarist from Avenged Sevenfold, and was a gift from his mom about two years ago. Hayes also likes computers and is learning three programming languages, planning to study computer engineering or software design in college. He enjoys playing video games like Runescape and Portal in his free time.