When Camberwell Now disbanded in 1987 Hayward embarked on a solo career which has continued to the present day. He debuted with "Survive the Gesture" (1987), "Skew-whiff" (1989) "Switch on War" (1991) and "My Secret Alphabet" (with Nick Doyne-Ditmas) in 1993. Three live albums recorded in Japan followed in the late 1990s (released on Japanese label Locus Solus). In 2003 Abracadabra Information was released and 2011 saw the release of ONE BIG ATOM. In 1998, he joined Massacre with Fred Frith and Bill Laswell.