Steve Bays

{{Infobox musical artist |

| name = Steve Bays

| image = Hot Hot Heat @ Sir Stewart Bovell Park (1 1 2011) (5356668550).jpg

| caption = Bays performing with Hot Hot Heat in 2011

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| background = solo_singer

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| instrument = Keyboards, vocals

| genre = Indie rock, alternative, art punk

| occupation = Musician, record producer, audio engineer

| years_active = 1999–present

| label = Dangerbird, Dine Alone, Sire, Warner Bros. Records

| associated_acts = Hot Hot Heat, Fake Shark, Mounties, Fur Trade

| website =

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Steve Bays is a Canadian musician, audio engineer, and producer.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicscoop.com/2016/07/06/steve-bays-hot-hot-heat-production-techniques-closing-one-door-opening-many/|title=Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat on Production Techniques & Closing One Door While Opening Many|date=6 July 2016|publisher=}} He is a member of Canadian bands Left Field Messiah, Fur Trade, and Mounties. Bays was also the frontman and one of the founding members of Hot Hot Heat.{{cite web|url=http://beatroute.ca/2016/07/18/the-art-of-moving-on-catching-up-with-hot-hot-heats-steve-bays/|title=The art of moving on: Catching up with Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays|date=18 July 2016|publisher=}}

Career

Bays has worked with a number of artists, either writing, recording, or producing, including The Zolas, Dear Rouge, We Are The City, The Killers, Diplo/Steve Aoki,{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/54389-listen-to-diplos-track-with-steve-aoki-hot-hot-heats-steve-bays-and-deorro-freak/|title=Listen to Diplo's Track With Steve Aoki, Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays, and Deorro: "Freak" - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork |date=18 March 2014 |publisher=}} Fitz and the Tantrums, Mounties, Born Ruffians, Mother Mother, Gay Nineties{{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/music/863581/gay-nineties-deliver-all-thriller-and-no-filler-decadent-days|title=Gay Nineties deliver all thriller and no filler with Decadent Days|date=1 February 2017|publisher=}} and Hawksley Workman.{{cite web|url=http://www.ionmagazine.ca/music/steve-bays-for-days|title=Steve Bays - Bays for Days - ION Magazine|publisher=}}

Selected discography

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Year !Artist !class="unsortable"\|Title !class="unsortable"\|Label !class="unsortable”\|Role
2013 \|Fur Trade \| *Don't Get Heavy* Released: July 22, 2013 \|Last Gang Records \|Producer Engineer Mixer
2014 \|Mounties \| *Thrash Rock Legacy* Released: March 4, 2014 \|Light Organ Records \|Producer Engineer Mixer
2014 \|Steve Aoki, Diplo, Deorro \| *22 Jump Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)* ("Freak") Released: June 10, 2014 \|Republic Records \|Co-writer Vocals
2014 \|JPNSGRLS \| *Circulation* Released: July 15, 2014 \|Light Organ Records \|Producer Mixer
2015 \|Hawksley Workman \| *Old Cheetah* Released: June 2, 2015 \|Six Shooter Records \|Producer Co-writer Mixer
2015 \|We Are the City \| *Above Club* ("Kiss Me Honey", "Cheque Room", "Heavy as a Brick", "Take Your Picture With Me While You Still Can") Released: November 13, 2015 \|Tooth & Nail Records \|Mixer
2016 \|The Zolas \| *Swooner* ("Swooner", "CV Dazzle", "Molotov Girls", "Fell In Love With New York", "Invisible", "Why Do I Wait") Released: March 4, 2016 \|Light Organ Records \|Mixer
2017 \|Fake Shark \| *Faux Real* ("Heart 2 Heart", “NOFOMO”, “Cheap Thrills" and “Something Special") Released: May 26, 2017 \|Light Organ Records \|Producer Co-writer Engineer Mixer
2017 \|Yukon Blonde \| *Crazy* (single) Released: July 28, 2017 \|Dine Alone Records \|Producer Engineer Mixer
2018 \|Dear Rouge \| *Phases* ("Motion", "Flashes") Released: March 9, 2018 \|Universal Music Canada \|Producer Engineer Mixer

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Year

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2013

|Fur Trade

| Don't Get Heavy