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Origen
Melbourne, AU
Activo desde
1979–1985
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Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1979. They were best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", "It's a Mistake" and "High Wire". The founding member and frontman is Colin Hay, who performs on lead vocals and guitar. After playing as an acoustic duo with Ron Strykert from 1978 to 1979, Hay formed the group with Strykert playing bass guitar and Jerry Speiser on drums. They were soon joined by Greg Ham on flute, saxophone and keyboards and John Rees on bass guitar, with Strykert switching back to lead guitar. The group were managed by Russell Depeller, a friend of Hay whom he met at La Trobe University. This line-up achieved national and international success during the early to mid-1980s.

In January 1983, they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single on the United States Billboard charts: Business as Usual (released on 9 November 1981) and "Down Under" (1981), respectively. With the same works, they achieved the distinction of a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single on the Australian, New Zealand, and United Kingdom charts. Their second album Cargo (2 May 1983) was No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in New Zealand, No. 3 in the US, and No. 8 in the UK. Their third album Two Hearts (3 April 1985) reached the top 20 in Australia and top 50 in the US.

They won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1983, were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in…

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Discografía

  • Two Hearts

    Two Hearts

    1985

  • Cargo

    Cargo

    1983

  • Business As Usual

    Business As Usual

    1981

  • Live in Christchurch 1982

    Live in Christchurch 1982

Miembros

  • John Rees

    1980–1984

  • Peter Maslen

    drums (drum set)

    1998–1999

  • Colin Bayley

  • Greg Ham

  • Colin Hay

    original

  • Stuart Speed

  • Ron Strykert

    original

  • Jerry Speiser

    drums (drum set), original

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