The Truth About Good Bones' Austin Aynes

The construction coordinator for Good Bones' Two Chicks and a Hammer has been working in the industry for a few years now. Initially, though, Austin Aynes got into demolition for the same reason many people end up taking jobs that aren't in their field: he needed money. During college, Austin worked with former Cardinal Ritter High School football teammate Thad Starsiak doing demolition work. "It was casual in the sense of I kind of did it without thinking," Austin said in an autobiography for Reason to Dance.

This was how Austin was first introduced to Good Bones, as Thad — whose sister is one of the principals in Two Chicks and a Hammer — hipped him to the opportunity. The work was seasonal, however, and though Austin enjoyed working full-time as a laborer, when winter rolled around work stopped. To that end, he got a job that "would use my degree and smarts and all that jazz." But after two years in a lab, he realized the job was not his jam, and as Two Chicks and a Hammer was growing he joined on with them full-time.