Hoyle's desire for the Steady State cosmology came from the aesthetics of the assumptions of homogeneity (translation invariance) and isotropy (rotational invariance) - simplified, that's 'looks the same in all places and in all directions'.
Hoyle thought that space-translation invariance alone was rather against the spirit of relativity, and time-translation invariance should be included. The SS was an attempt to salvage this desire from the rather upsetting observation of the expansion of the Universe. The BB was a rather extremem example of a complete lack of time-translation invariance and was anathema to Hoyle. The potentially religious overtone of BB was also disturbing.
I must stress that this is second-hand information - I personally never knew or even met Hoyle - but I (sort of
) trust the source and it's backed up by what I have read in his work.
regarding his views on evolution, I must admit I have no clue as to their source.
Edited by cavediver, : No reason given.