Goldfinger (band)

"99 Red Balloons" also featured in Not Another Teen Movie, and their cover of Spiral Staircase's "More Today Than Yesterday" plays during the ending credits of The Waterboy. He has called Scientology the "gateway to eternity" and "the path to happiness and total spiritual freedom.". Their song "Superman" featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, on the Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Sega Dreamcast, and their cover of Nena's 1983 song "99 Red Balloons" (translated from "99 Luftballons"), was featured in Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec on the PlayStation 2. A Goldfinger original "Spokesman" also featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, on the Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and Windows PC/Mac. Hayes is also an outspoken Scientologist, frequently identified by Scientology as a success story and great example of the positive effects that Scientology can bring. Since the band began, Feldmann has become a vegan and animal rights supporter, as can be seen briefly in the slightly disturbing music video for "Open Your Eyes". Hayes was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Frontman John Feldmann has also produced records for Mest and the Used, and produced Good Charlotte's single "The Anthem", which was intentionally named "Oracle of elcaro". I Love You)", received some international radio airplay in 1999 and subsequently appeared on the album Chef Aid: The South Park Album in 2002.

2002's Open Your Eyes was the first for their new record label, Jive/Zoomba, and two months later they toured as an opening act for Mest in Las Vegas, Nevada. A song from the series performed by Chef, "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. Their third studio LP, Stomping Ground, was almost as successful as their debut. By the late 1990s, he was best known as the voice of Chef on South Park. Though their second album, Hang-Ups, was less successful, the band still maintained a devoted fanbase in the hardcore community. He appeared as The Duke of New York, the villain in the movie Escape from New York (1981), and as "Hammer" in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988). The biggest single was "Here in Your Bedroom". In the 1980s he had appeared in some TV shows, including The Rockford Files.

Their full length debut, Goldfinger, was released in 1996 and was a hit on college radio. In spite of moderate success as a singer, Hayes' records did not sell very well. Goldfinger is a 1990s ska-punk band, formed in 1993 and named after the James Bond film. The late 1970s saw a major comeback for Hayes, following the release of A Man and a Woman (1977, with Dionne Warwick). Download sample of "Margaret Ann" from Stomping Ground. A series of unsuccessful albums led to Hayes' bankruptcy in 1976. By 1975, Hayes left Stax Records and formed his own label called Hot Buttered Soul Records.

Black Moses (1971) became almost as successful. Hayes' biggest hit was 1971's soundtrack to Shaft (the title track won an Oscar), the title track of which clearly presaged disco. Hot Buttered Soul (1969) was a breakthrough success, and established his image (gold jewelry, sunglasses, etc) which eventually became a template for much of the fashion of gangsta rap and similar trends in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of activity with Stax Records, Hayes released Presenting Isaac Hayes, a moderate success recorded immediately following a wild party.

He began his recording career in 1962, soon playing saxophone for The Mar-Keys. Isaac Hayes (born August 20, 1942) is an influential soul singer.