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Ronald Graham Strykert (born 18 August 1957) is an Australian musician. He is best known for playing lead guitar, co-founding and composing songs with the 1980s band Men at Work .
Oct 30, 2022 · Men at Work founder and vocalist-guitarist Colin Hay would reunite the band on a few different occasions following their break-up, but never with the complete lineup -- Hay, multi-instrumentalist...
The nucleus of Men at Work formed in Melbourne around June 1979 with Colin Hay on lead vocals and guitar, Ron Strykert on bass guitar, and Jerry Speiser on drums. They were soon joined by Greg Ham on flute, sax and keyboards, and then John Rees on bass guitar, with Strykert switching to lead guitar. [7]
Oct 13, 2023 · Livingston resident Ron Strykert, a former member of Australian pop rock band Men at Work, was on top of the world in the early 1980s.
Sep 10, 2019 · We made a third album and during that record one day Ron [Strykert, guitarist] just said, ‘I’m going home’. And I said, ‘Oh, are you coming back?’. And he said, ‘Nah, I’m not coming back’” Kindred Spirits.
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May 24, 2017 · The creative core of Men At Work was you and guitarist Ron Strykert. Can you share a memory of that partnership blossoming? I met Ron in a backyard in West Melbourne, sitting there playing a...
By early 1981, Australian new wave group, Men at Work consisted of Greg Ham on flute, saxophone, keyboards and vocals; Colin Hay on vocals and guitar; John Rees on bass guitar; Jerry Speiser on drums and backing vocals; and Ron Strykert on lead guitar and vocals.
Nov 9, 1981 · Hay created the band with Ron Strykert on bass guitar and Jerry Speiser on drums after performing as an acoustic duo in 1978–79. Greg Ham on flute, saxophone, and keyboards joined them soon after, as did John Rees on bass guitar, with Strykert returning to lead guitar.
Nov 21, 2022 · Written by Hay and Men At Work guitarist Ron Strykert, “Down Under” was the second official single from the band’s debut album Business as Usual, released in 1981. Some two years after its...
Oct 4, 1981 · [Colin] Hay met the guitarist Ron Strykert in 1978 and they started playing together and composing songs which would come the basis for their upcoming band, the MEN AT WORK. MEN AT WORK had Hay on lead vocals and guitar, Strykert on guitar, Jerry Speiser on drums, John Rees on bass and the multi-instrumentist Greg Ham on keyboards, sax, flutes ...
