She became the singer for Pylon after being auditioned by Michael Lachowski, Randy Bewley, and Curtis Crowe.

In 1986, Hay was filmed for the movie Athens, GA: Inside Out and spoke about her experiences with Pylon.

In August, 2004 Pylon played an unannounced show at Little Kings in Athens, Georgia.

Jason Gross, Perfect Sound Forever encouraged them to look into reissuing their first album, Gyrate, on CD.

Jeff Calder (The Swimming Pool Q's) helped with the process of finding the tapes to restore at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta and Rodney Mills remastered them at Rodney Mills Masterhouse in Duluth, Georgia.

Other members of this project included Hannah M. Jones, Kay Stanton, Bob Hay, Bill David, John Fernandes, Heather McIntosh, Bryan Poole and Randy Bewley (deceased).

This music was recorded at the first final performance on December 1, 1983 at the Mad Hatter in Athens, GA.[9] Vanessa performed with Pylon Reenactment Society at both release events along with Swimming Pool Q's and members of Love Tractor.

In October 2017, Pylon Reenactment Society self-released an EP initially recorded on December 11, 2016, for broadcast in Los Angeles, California, for DJ Michael Stock's KXLU show "Part Time Punks," called "Part Time Punks Session."

In March 2018, Hay was named one of the “25 Best Frontwomen of All Time” by Paste Magazine[11] On February 9,2024, Pylon Reenactment Society released their full length album debut on Strolling Bones Records titled Magnet Factory.