Men At Work, new wave artist from St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Formed 1978 · St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · new wave, pop rock · Columbia Records

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". Its 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 with 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… via Wikipedia

Band Members: Colin Hay

Awards: Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Discography

Men At Work’s studio albums / EPs · 4