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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.
Men at Work is an Australian pop rock band founded in 1978 in St Kilda, Victoria. [1][2][3] The group is best known for several Number 1 singles and studio albums released between 1981 and 1983. [1] .
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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...
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.
Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1970s - 2020s. Formed. 1978 in Melbourne, Australia. Genre. Pop/Rock. Styles. Contemporary Pop/Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave. Group Members. Colin Hay, Greg Ham, Ron Strykert, Jerry Speiser, John Rees. Listen on Amazon. Listen on Spotify. Men At Work. Top songs. Listen on Amazon Music. 1. Down Under.
Ron Strykert (born 18 August 1957) is an Australian guitarist, known for playing lead guitar for the reggae inspired 1980s band, Men at Work. Strykert co-founded Men at Work with Colin Hay as an acoustic duo in 1979, regularly performing at the Cricketer's Arms Hotel in Richmond, Victoria.
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...
