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Hailing from the Land Down Under, Men at Work began their reggae-inspired rock ‘n’ roll career in Melbourne, Australia, in the late 1970s. Within a year after their debut release, their success spread to the United States and around world when Business As Usual topped the charts in several countries. In 1986 the members went their separate ways, and some pursued solo careers. They reformed ten years later, touring South America and selected cities in the United States. Band members Greg Ham, John Rees, Jerry Speiser, and Ron Strykert are all originally from Australia. Singer Colin Hay, originally from Scotland, moved to Australia at the age of 14. Each member individually began his music career in the pubs and clubs of Melbourne. Ham, Speiser, Strykert, and Hay had informally jammed together at the Grace Darling Hotel in Melbourne and decided to form Men at Work.

The quartet played at the Cricketers Arms Hotel in Melbourne for a couple of months. Then, they recruited bassist John Rees. "It was great to find musicians who were so into what they were doing," Rees told Kurt Loder in Rolling Stone." It was exciting music. There was something happening." Men at Work played every Thursday night at the hotel for over a year to evergrowing audiences. By 1980 the word about Men at

Work’s performances had spread around town, and they could sell out almost any venue in Melbourne without ever having been played on the radio.

The following year, the band got the attention of CBS Records Australia, which signed them to a record contract. The label introduced them to Los Angeles-based producer Peter Mclan, who was in Australia recording an album with New Zealand pop singer Sharon O’Neill. Mclan produced Men at Work’s debut album Business As Usual, which included the songs "Who Can It Be Now?," "Be Good Johnny," and "Down Under." Both the album and the first single "Who Can It Be Now?" quickly reached number one on the Australian charts.

"We were around at the right time for Australian music," Ham told David Fricke in Rolling Stone in 1982. "If we’d been doing this six or seven years ago, we might never have surfaced out of Melbourne." It turned out that Men at Work’s timing was right for many more countries than just Australia. In the United States, MTV had begun to expose bands that radio had ignored, which helped lead Men at Work to success even beyond their American record company’s expectations.

At first, CBS Records in the United States did not want to release Business As Usual despite the album’s Australian success. Men at Work’s Australian label representative wouldn’t take "no" for an answer from his American counterparts, and complained to Dick Asher, then president of CBS Records’ domestic division. At Asher’s request, AI Teller, then head of Columbia Records in New York (a division of CBS), agreed to release the band’s debut without listening to it first. The record executives at Columbia were stunned when Men at Work became a runaway success in the United States.

In 1982 the band traveled to the United States to open for Fleetwood Mac on that group’s tour. Soon after, "Who Can It Be Now?" made its way to the top of the American charts. Both the single and Business As Usual stayed at number one on Billboard’s charts for 15 weeks. "The MTV connection cannot be over-stressed," Kurt Loder wrote in Rolling Stone." Men at Work weren’t simply another group with a record out, they were an audio-visual package—essentially a new commodity in what was quickly becoming a whole new music-marketing ball game." During two straight weeks in 1983, Business As Usual and "Down Under" were the number one album and single, respectively, in both the United States and Britain. At that time, the only other artists to have achieved that landmark were The Beatles, Rod Stewart, and Simon and Garfunkel.

That same year, Men at Work won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. They immediately returned to the studio to record their follow-up effort, Cargo, which was also produced by Mclan. Cargo included the singles "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive," "Overkill," and "It’s a Mistake." After the release, the band toured twice in the United States and Canada and performed in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, Australia, and Japan. In the summer of 1983, the group played at the US Festival in front of 300, 000 people. The concert, which took place in California, was broadcast live all over the United States and via satellite to Russia. The speed of their success and the growing audiences at their concerts only fueled Men at Work’s ambition." We have very strong ideas about our destiny," Hay told David Fricke in Rolling Stone." We really believe in what we have to offer. If you put an audience in front of us, we’ll win them."

In 1984 Men at Work took a break. Rees and Speiser left the band, and the remaining members decided not to replace them. Hay used his time off to produce an album for a friend’s band, and Ham performed in an R&B band with his girlfriend. Hay, Ham, and Stryker regrouped in 1985 to release Two Hearts. The album reached gold sales status in the United States but did not produce a hit single. Ralph Novak wrote in his People review," With the departure of bassist John Rees and drummer Jerry Speiser, Men at Work has succumbed to a kind of manpower shortage that doesn’t help the Australian group’s first album in two years."

The group followed up Two Hearts with a tour that included the United States, Australia, Japan, Europe, and the Caribbean. Their total record sales at the time had reached more than 12 million albums. With their greatest success behind them, the band members decided to call it quits. Hay and Ham pursued their respective solo careers. Hay released five solo albums between 1986 and 2000. Every once in a while, Ham would appear at some of Hay’s shows, and the two members would showcase a couple of Men at Work songs.

Men at Work released several compilation albums during the late 1990s and in 2000, including 1995’s Puttin’ in Overtime,1996’s Contraband—The Best of Men at Work, and Super Hits in 2000. In 1996, Hay and Ham reunited for a tour of South America and a few shows in the United States, a teaming they repeated in 1997. The following year, they released a live album called Brazil, which they recorded live in São Paulo. The album also included a new studio recording called "The Longest Night."

Though their rise to the top was fast, Men at Work continued to labor over their music, whether it was recording and touring together or on their own projects. Their success opened the door for many other Australian bands to make their mark during the 1980s. Their persistence led them from being a pub band in Melbourne to a worldwide sensation.

Selected discography
Business As Usual (includes "Who Can It Be Now?," "Be Good Johnny," and "Down Under"). Columbia, 1981.
Cargo (includes" Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive," "Overkill," and "It’s a Mistake"), Columbia, 1983.
Two Hearts, Columbia, 1985.
Puttin’ in Overtime, Columbia, 1995.
Contraband-Best of Men at Work, Columbia, 1996.
Brazil, Columbia, 1998.
Super Hits, Columbia, 2000.

Sources
Books
Graff, Gary, and Daniel Durchholz, MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, Visible Ink Press, 1999.
Rees, Dafydd, and Luke Crampton, Rock Movers & Shakers, Billboard Books, 1991.

Periodicals
Esquire, July 1983.
Mademoiselle, October 1983.
Newsweek, August 1, 1983.
People, May 23, 1983; July 1, 1985.
Rolling Stone, July 22, 1982; November 25, 1982; June 23, 1983.
Stereo Review, September 1985.

Online
"Men at Work," Music Star Pages, http://www.musicstarpages.com/men_at_work/(June 16, 2001).
TPA Agency, http://www.tpa.net.au/artists/menatwork/bio.htm (June 16, 2001).
"20 Years of Business As Usual," Men at Work—We Come From a Land Down Under, http://www.menatwork.com.au (June 16, 2001).
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Men at Work are one of the more surprising success stories of the new wave era, rocketing out of Australia in 1982 to become the most successful artist of the year. With its Police-styled rhythms, catchy guitar hooks, wailing saxophones, and off-kilter sense of humor, the band's debut album, Business as Usual, became an international blockbuster, breaking the American record for the most weeks a debut spent at the top of the charts. Their funny, irreverent videos became MTV favorites, helping send "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under" to number one. Men at Work's momentum sustained them through their second album, 1983's Cargo, before the bottom fell out of the band's popularity. After releasing Two Hearts in 1985, Men at Work broke up, becoming one of the better-remembered phenomena of new wave.

Colin Hay (lead vocals, guitar), a native of Scotland who moved to Australia at the age of 14, formed Men at Work as an acoustic duo with Ron Strykert (guitar, vocals) in Melbourne in 1979. Within a few months, the duo had expanded to a full group with the addition of John Rees (bass), Greg Ham (saxophone, flute, keyboards), and Jerry Speiser (drums). Over the next two years, the band became regulars at the Cricketer's Arms Hotel bar and on Australia's pub circuit, eventually becoming the highest-paid unsigned band in the country. By 1981, they had landed a contract with Australian Columbia, who released "Who Can It Be Now?" by the end of the year. The single became a huge hit, as did their debut album, Business as Usual, upon its spring 1982 release. Featuring contributions by Hay, Strykert, and Ham, Business as Usual spent ten weeks at the top of the Australian charts, beating a record held by Split Enz's True Colours. The album was released in America in the summer, and within a few weeks "Who Can It Be Now?" began its climb to the top of the U.S. charts. In November, Business as Usual hit the top of the charts, where it would stay for 15 weeks. "Down Under" became the group's second American number one early in 1983, and it became the band's first British hit single; the song reached number one in both countries simultaneously. In February, the band was named the Best New Artist of 1982 at the Grammys.

Men at Work's second album, Cargo, had been recorded during the summer of 1982, but its release was delayed because of the remarkable success of the debut. Largely written by Hay, Cargo reached number three in the U.S. and generated the Top Ten singles "Overkill" and "It's a Mistake." Following an extensive tour, during which the group co-headlined the U.S. Festival with the Clash and the Stray Cats, Men at Work took an extended break in 1984, which caused Spesier and Rees to leave the band. They were replaced by session musicians for the group's third album, 1985's Two Hearts. Though the record went gold in the U.S., it was a considerable commercial disappointment, failing to generate one Top 40 single. Following the release of Two Hearts, the band broke up. Out of the remaining members, Hay was the only one to pursue a solo career, but neither of his two American solo albums -- Looking for Jack (1987) and Wayfaring Sons (1990) -- were successes. Hay continued to release albums in Australia during the '90s; he also began an acting career. He and Ham re-formed Men at Work in 1996, recording the live hits collection Brazil on tour in South America that year; the album (including a newly recorded bonus studio track) was released in the United States two years later. In the years since, Hay and Ham along with guest musicians have resurrected the Men at Work name for occasional live appearances. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Men at Work
Background information
Origin St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres Rock, New Wave, pop rock
Years active 1979–1986
1996-present
Labels Columbia, Sony
Members
Colin Hay
Greg Ham
Past members
Former members

Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United States (Business as Usual and "Down Under" respectively).[1] They achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United Kingdom. The group won the 1983 Grammy Award for Best New Artist,[2] and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide.[citation needed]

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History

Origins of the group

Colin Hay emigrated to Australia in 1967 from Scotland with his family. In 1978, he formed a duo with Ron Strykert, which expanded with the addition of drummer Jerry Speiser and Australian progressive rock keyboard player Greg Sneddon.[3][4] They formed an unnamed four-piece group that would later morph into Men at Work. The band's first experience in the recording studio was recording the music to Riff Raff, a low-budget stage musical on which Sneddon had worked.[5] Sneddon soon left, to be replaced in late 1979 by saxophonist/flautist/keyboardist Greg Ham. Bassist John Rees completed the band.

International success (1981-1983)

In 1981, Columbia Records signed Men at Work. Their second single, "Who Can It Be Now?", reached #2 on the Australian chart[6] in August 1981. A subsequent single (a re-worked version of "Down Under") and their first album (Business as Usual) went to #1.[6] The album also debuted at #1 in New Zealand.

Despite its strong Australian showing, and having an American producer (Peter McIan), Business as Usual was twice rejected by Columbia's parent company in the United States. Thanks to the persistence of the band's management, the album was eventually released in the US and the UK six months after its Australian release. Men at Work toured Canada and the US to promote the album, supporting Fleetwood Mac.

The band initially broke through to North American audiences in the western provinces of Canada, with lead single "Who Can It Be Now?" hitting top 10 on radio stations in Winnipeg as early as May 1982. The band became a top act across Canada in the following months, and Men At Work started receiving top 40 US airplay by August. In October 1982, "Who Can It Be Now?" hit #1 in the US. Then, in November of that year, Business as Usual began a 15-week run at #1 on the US album chart. While "Who Can It Be Now?" was still in the top ten, the second single, "Down Under" was released. It entered the charts at #79; ten weeks later, it was #1. By January 1983, Men at Work had the top album and single in both the US and the UK - a feat never achieved previously by an Australian act. "Be Good Johnny" also received moderate airplay, particularly in the US.

Men at Work won a Grammy Award, winning Best New Artist for 1983 ahead of Asia, Jennifer Holliday, The Human League and Stray Cats. This was the first for an Australian recording act.

That same year, Canada awarded them a Juno Award for "International LP of the Year."

The band soon released their second album Cargo. It had been finished in the summer of 1982, but held for release due to the phenomenal success of the band's debut. The new album went to #1. The international market, where Business as Usual was still riding high, kept the album at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album produced three chart singles in the US: "Overkill" [#3], "It's a Mistake" [#6], and "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive" [#28]. The band toured the world extensively in 1983.

Two Hearts; break-up (1984-1986)

In 1984, the band took a long break as members pursued other interests and recovered from the two years of constant touring they'd done in support of both albums. At the end of that period, Jerry Speiser and John Rees were advised by management that they were no longer members of the band. The remaining members (Hay, Ham and Strykert) recorded a third album Two Hearts which peaked at #50 on the chart. Although four songs were released as singles to promote the album (lead single "Everything I Need", "Man With Two Hearts", "Maria", and "Hard Luck Story"), only the first song charted in the US, and that only at #47. The record relied heavily on drum programming and synthesisers and reduced the presence of Ham's saxophone.

Strykert left the group during the album's production.[7] Hay and Ham hired new bandmates to tour behind the record, including jazz/fusion bassist Jeremy Alsop, progressive rock drummer Mark Kennedy (ex Ayers Rock), and guitarist James Black, who respectively play on seven, eight and one of the ten tracks on Two Hearts. Soon after, third guitarist Colin Bayley was added to the band's touring lineup, and Kennedy was replaced by prodigious young drummer Chad Wackerman (ex Frank Zappa). Australian singers Kate Ceberano and Renee Geyer also worked and performed live with the group during this period as guests.

Men at Work performed three songs for the 1985 Oz for Africa concert (part of the global Live Aid program) - "Maria", "Overkill", and an unreleased song called "The Longest Night". It was broadcast in Australia (on both Seven Network and Nine Network) and on MTV in the US. "Maria" and "Overkill" were also broadcast by American Broadcasting Company (ABC) during their Live Aid telecast.[8]

Ham left during the band's time touring behind the album.[7] The final Men at Work performances in the 1980s found Australian jazz saxophonist Paul Williamson replacing Ham and Russell Hitchcock as additional vocalist.[citation needed] By early 1986, the band was defunct and Hay was working on his first solo album, Looking for Jack, which would feature participation from Alsop and Wackerman.

Reunion (1996-present)

In 1996, after a ten-year absence, Hay and Ham reunited under the Men at Work moniker to tour South America. They had enjoyed strong fan support in this continent during their heyday, and demands for Men at Work concerts persisted prior to Hay and Ham's decision to reform. The new lineup also featured guitarist Simon Hosford from Hay's solo band, along with bassist Stephen Hadley and drummer John Watson. This tour culminated in the Brazilian release of a live CD Brazil '96 in 1997. The album was subsequently released worldwide in 1998 as 'Brazil' with a bonus studio song "The Longest Night", the first Men at Work studio track since Two Hearts.

The band toured various corners of the world throughout from 1998-2000. The lineup for these tours varied greatly, occasionally including Rick Grossman of the Hoodoo Gurus on bass, among numerous other touring musicians.

Men at Work performed "Down Under" at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, alongside Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee fame.[9] The group has been mostly inactive in recent years, although Hay and Ham still perform on occasion as Men at Work with guest musicians. In February 2009, they performed "Down Under" at the Australia Unites Victorian Bushfire Appeal Telethon.

Copyright lawsuit and controversy

In February 2010, Larrikin Music Publishing won a case against the group arising from the uncredited appropriation of "Kookaburra", originally written in 1934 by Marion Sinclair and for which they owned the publishing rights, as the flute line in the song "Down Under".[10] The Australian music-themed TV quiz "Spicks and Specks" had suggested that "Down Under" contained Kookaburra.[11] Larrikin then filed suit and had demanded between 40% and 60% of the previous six years of earnings from the song.[12] In February 2010, the Australian judge ruled that "Down Under" did contain a flute riff based on "Kookaburra" but stipulated that neither was it necessarily the hook nor a substantial part of the hit song (Colin Hay wrote the song years before the flute riff was added by a later member of the band).[13] In July 2010 a judge ruled that Larrikin should be paid 5% of past (since 2002) and future profits.[14]

Other projects

Hay maintains a successful solo career and plays with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Strykert lives in Los Angeles, continues to play music and released his first solo album titled Paradise in September 2009.[15] He has expressed some resentment towards Hay, mainly over royalties. Ham has remained musically active and currently plays sax with the Melbourne-based group The Nudist Funk Orchestra. Rees is now a music teacher in Melbourne. Jerry Speiser plays drums for the band The Afterburner.

Band members

Main article: List of Men at Work band members

Current

Former

  • Ron Strykert – guitar, bass, vocals (1978–1985)
  • Jerry Speiser – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1978–1984)
  • Greg Sneddon - keyboards (1978)
  • John Rees – bass, backing vocals (1979–1984)
  • Jeremy Alsop – bass, backing vocals (1985–1986)
  • James Black – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1985–1986)
  • Mark Kennedy – drums (1985)
  • Colin Bayley – guitar, backing vocals (1985–1986)
  • Chad Wackerman – drums, backing vocals (1985–1986)
  • Paul Williamson – saxophone, keyboards, backing vocals (1985–1986)
  • Chris Conley - backing vocals, saxophone (1986)
  • Jordan McNair - keyboard, oboe (1986)
  • Simon Hosford – guitar, backing vocals (1996–1998, 1999–2001)
  • Stephen Hadley – bass, backing vocals (1996–1998, 2001)
  • John Watson – drums (1996–1997)
  • Tony Floyd – drums (1997–1998)
  • Rick Grossman – bass, backing vocals (1998–2000)
  • James Ryan — guitar, backing vocals (1998)
  • Peter Maslen – drums (1998)
  • Rodrigo Aravena – bass, backing vocals (2000)
  • Heta Moses – drums (2000)
  • Warren Trout – drums (2001)

Discography

Main article: Men at Work discography

Guest appearances

  • Colin Hay has made three guest appearances on Scrubs as 'Troubadour' on "My Overkill", season 2 episode 1, singing "Overkill","My Hard Labor", season 7 episode 2, singing "Down Under" and season 8 "My Finale"
  • Colin Hay made a guest appearance on "The Larry Sanders Show"
  • Greg Ham sang their hit Helpless Automaton on the Oprah series in 2002
  • Colin Hay performed "Down Under" on FOX News Channel for Fox & Friends' "80s Weekend".
  • Colin Hay Performed "Overkill" on the Bob & Tom TV Show on 28 April 2009
  • Colin Hay performed "Down Under" and, "Who Can it be Now" on Don't Forget the Lyrics on the Fox network 5 June 2009
  • Jerry Speiser guest appeared on the Frost[16] track, 'You and Me' receiving hi-rotation on Melbourne's Nova 100 in 2003 and SBS Television.

See also

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References

  1. ^ Howlspace: Men at Work Retrieved on 9 July 2007
  2. ^ GRAMMY Rewind: 25th Annual GRAMMY Awards
  3. ^ "Men at Work: Best Music from the 1980s". 80smusiclyrics.com. http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/menatwork.htm. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  4. ^ http://www.informationbrazil.com.au/diversao/musica/biografias/MEN%20AT%20WORK.doc
  5. ^ "Featured Artist". Countdown. 30 March 2009. http://www.countdown.com.au/the_music.asp?ArtistID=45. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  6. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.  NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  7. ^ a b "MEN AT WORK - St. Kilda, AU - Reggae / New Wave / Pop - www.myspace.com/menatwork". MySpace.com. http://www.myspace.com/menatwork. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  8. ^ "Oz for Africa". liveaid.free.fr. http://liveaid.free.fr/pages/ozforafrika-uk.html. Retrieved 12 March 2008. 
  9. ^ "INXS : INXS, Midnight Oil, Colin Hay & Greg Ham of Men at Work Close Sydney Olympics - Rhapsody Music Downloads". VH1.com. http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1124485/20001002/inxs.jhtml. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  10. ^ "Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia". BBC News. 4 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8497433.stm. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  11. ^ Ulaby, Neda (1 December 2009). "A Kookaburra Causes Trouble 'Down Under' at". Npr.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120984958. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  12. ^ "Men At Work lose plagiarism case". BBC News. 4 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8497433.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
  13. ^ By the CNN Wire Staff (6 July 2010). "Men at Work must pay portion of royalties for plagiarizing song". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/06/down.under.kookaburra/. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  14. ^ Mail Foreign Service (7 June 2010). "Men at Work ordered to pay five per cent of royalties for 1980s hit Down Under after copying riff at". The Daily Mail. London. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1292374/Men-Work-pay-5-royalties-80s-Down-Under-hit-copying-riff.html?ito=feeds-newsxml. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
  15. ^ "Ron Strykert Official Website". ronstrykert.com. http://www.ronstrykert.com. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  16. ^ "FROST op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3’s, foto’s en Videoclips". Myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/frostband. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 

4. Liner notes from Contraband. 5. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4894/charts-awards/billboard-singles

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Sheena Easton		 Grammy Award for Best New Artist
1983		 Succeeded by
Culture Club
Men at Work
Colin Hay · Ron Strykert · Jerry Speiser · Greg Ham · John Rees
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
"Keypunch Operator" / "Down Under" · "Who Can It Be Now?" · "Down Under" · "Be Good Johnny" · "Underground" · "High Wire" · "Overkill" · "It's a Mistake" · "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive" · "Everything I Need" · "Maria" · "Man with Two Hearts"
Compilations
The Works · Puttin' in Overtime · Contraband: The Best of Men at Work · Simply The Best · Definitive Collection · Super Hits · Essential Men at Work · Hits (Only Brazil)
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