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Jerry Harold Speiser (born 12 August 1953) is an Australian musician. He is best known as the drummer and a founding member of 1980s pop / new wave group Men at Work, [1] [2] which had Australian, US and UK hits with their singles "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under" and their albums Business as Usual and Cargo.
- Colin Hay
- Greg Ham
- Jerry Speiser
- John Rees
- Ron Strykert
Following the break-up of Men at Work, Hay dove head-first into a career as a solo artist and has gone on to release a dozen critically-acclaimed efforts, including his most recent full-length, Now and the Evermore. Hay would also land a number of roles on television, namely Scrubs, and more recently, A Million Little Things, while also making occa...
Ham was undoubtedly one of the most versatile members of Men at Work, having played piano, saxophone, organ and flute. Following his retreat from the spotlight, the rocker reportedly become a music teacher while continuing to perform with various acts. In 2010, an Australian court ruledthat Ham's iconic flute solo in "Down Under" had "reproduced a ...
The Men at Work drummer, along with his bandmate John Rees, was unceremoniously fired from the group just prior to the making of the band's third record following a reported dispute over their manager at the time, Russell Deppler. "Russell was good for hustling gigs in Melbourne and Sydney but once the band became international and multi-million, t...
Little official information can be found for Rees' post-Men at Work career. The band's former bassist reportedly lives in Gippsland, a rural area in Southern Victoria, where he performs in local pubs with his band Beggs2Differ. As for Rees' tumultuous departure from Men at Work, Hay admittedregrets about the way the group's rhythm section was dismi...
By the time Men at Work's third album came around, their guitarist appeared detached from the group. “He [Strykert] was in the band but I don’t think he particularly cared for the band!” Hay told Starts at 60. “So in the middle of the third record, he said to me one day, ‘Oh I think I’m going to go home’, and I said, ‘Oh yeah, are you going to come...
Später kamen Greg Ham (1953–2012), John Rees und Jerry Speiser hinzu. Men at Work - Business as Usual (LP) Die im Herbst 1981 erschienene LP Business as Usual war 15 Wochen lang Nummer 1 der US-Album-Charts und wurde mit Sechsfach-Platin ausgezeichnet. Sie ist damit das erfolgreichste Debütalbum in den USA überhaupt.
- Marc Vetter
- Schon in den 70ern entstanden. „Down Under“ entstand in Grundzügen bereits 1978, da gab es die Band Men at Work noch gar nicht. Colin Hay und Ron Strykert hatten ihn damals noch an der Uni gemeinsam geschrieben, bevor sie 1979 in Melbourne gemeinsam mit Greg Ham (1953–2012), John Rees und Jerry Speiser die Gruppe gründeten, die zu einer der erfolgreichsten Exporte des Landes werden sollte.
- Vorher kam aber ein anderer Hit… Noch bevor an „Down Under“ überhaupt als Hit zu denken war, veröffentlichten Men at Work „Who Can It Be Now“. Es ist der andere weltbekannte Song der Band, der 1982 in den USA sogar Platz eins der Single-Charts erreichte.
- „Down Under“ und seine Erfolgsgeschichte. „Down Under“ war 1982 für vier unglaubliche Wochen für Nummer eins in den Single-Charts in den USA, drei Wochen reichte es für Rang eins in Großbritannien.
- Inoffizielle Hymne Australiens. Als die Olympischen Spiele 2000 in Sydney stattfanden, luden die Veranstalter auch Men at Work ein, um bei der Abschlussfeier ihren großen Australien-Hit anzustimmen.
10. Sept. 2019 · Colin Hay, the Scottish-born singer of Men At Work, talks about the rise and fall of the band, their hit songs and the copyright lawsuit. He also reveals the origin of Down Under and his relationship with drummer Jerry Speiser.
- Classic Pop
Jerry Speiser (born 12 August 1953) is an Australian drummer. He was the drummer and founding member of the hit 1980s Australian musical group Men At Work. Following Men at Work's break-up in 1984, he joined pop band FX, and then the One World band.
19. Juli 2018 · Former Men At Work drummer Jerry Speiser co-wrote and produced the new album 'You Be The King' by Dirty Rascal. The band features singer Andrew McSweeney and other musicians, and will tour Australia in August and September.
