Which Australian rock band formed in 1978 where a Scottish-born, Australian-American musician and actor performed as lead vocalist?
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Colin Hay Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-born, Australian-American musician and actor who performed as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist.
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Men at Work Men at Work were an Australian rock band best known for their 1981 hit "Down Under". Formed in 1978, their founding mainstay was Colin Hay on lead vocals; he formed the group with Jerry Speiser on drums and Ron Strykert on lead guitar. They were joined by Greg Ham on flute, saxophone, and keyboards and John Rees on bass guitar. This line-up achieved national and international success in the early 1980s. In January 1983, they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single in the United States "Billboard" charts – "Business as Usual" (released on 9 November 1981) and "Down Under" (1981), respectively. With the same works, they achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single on the Australian, New Zealand and United Kingdom charts. Their second album, "Cargo" (2 May 1983) was also No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in New Zealand, No. 3 in the US, and No. 8 in the UK. Their third album, "Two Hearts" (3 April 1985), reached the top 20 in Australia and top 50 in the US.
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Jacek Koman Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish Australian actor and singer.
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Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police from 1977 to 1984, before launching a solo career.
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Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947) is a Scottish-born musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull. Anderson plays several other musical instruments, including keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica, and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album "Walk into Light", and since then he released another five works, including the sequel to the Jethro Tull album "Thick as a Brick" (1972) in 2012, entitled "Thick as a Brick 2".
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Toni Collette Toni Collett (born 1 November 1972), known as Toni Collette, is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She received six AACTA Awards, one Emmy Award and one Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and once for both an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
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Matt Caplan Matt Caplan is an American actor, singer, voice actor and musician.
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Hugh Jackman: in Concert Hugh Jackman: in Concert is a music concert by Australian actor, musician and dancer Hugh Jackman.
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Morgan O'Neill Morgan O'Neill is an Australian writer, director, actor and producer. He is also an accomplished professional musician. Having earned an honors degree in Literature from the University of Sydney, he subsequently graduated from Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a BA in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1998. Since then he has worked extensively in all facets of the entertainment industry, both in Australia and the US, with television roles including All Saints, Water rats and "Sea Patrol". O'Neill also appeared in "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles", "", "Supernova", "Little Oberon" and the 2012 Netflix movie, "The Factory".
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The Radiators (Australian band) The Radiators are an Australian pub rock band formed in September 1978. Mainstay members are Brian Nichol on lead vocals and guitar, Stephen "Fess" Parker on lead guitar and Geoff Turner on bass guitar. In 1987 they were joined by Mark Lucas on drums. Their most popular albums are "Feel the Heat" (March 1980) and "Scream of the Real" (May 1983), which both peaked in the top 25 of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their best known songs are "Coming Home", "No Tragedy" and "Gimme Head". Rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described the group as "an archetypal, hard-working pub-rock band capable of delivering tightly crafted, well-executed, hard-hitting metal-pop anthems backed by a playful sense of humour. The band toured constantly, racking up over 2500 gigs by the early 1990s".
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Ray Barrett Raymond Charles "Ray" Barrett (2 May 19278 September 2009) was an Australian actor. During the 1960s, he was a leading actor on British television, where he was best known for his appearances in "The Troubleshooters" (1965–71). From the 1970s, he appeared in lead and character roles in a number of Australian films and TV series.
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Bon Scott Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter, best known for being the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.
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Greg Page (musician) Gregory John Page, AM (born 16 January 1972) is an Australian singer, musician, and actor. He is best known as the original lead singer and a founding member of the children's band The Wiggles from 1991 to 2006 and then again from 2012 to 2013. Page has also recorded several solo albums.
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Daniel Amalm Daniel Amalm (born 16 February 1979) is a musician and a former Australian actor.
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Nick Helm Nicholas Tristan Phillip Helm (born 1 October 1980) is an English comedian, actor and rock musician known for his comedic confrontational delivery. His routines have been described as "brash and bullish". Many of his performances begin with him acting calmly and see him gradually getting more and more enraged about what he is talking about. He came to prominence following the success of his 2010 Edinburgh Fringe show "Keep Hold of the Gold". In 2014, Helm made his main acting debut as lead character Andy in the BBC Three sitcom "Uncle".
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James McAvoy James McAvoy ( ; born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995's "The Near Room" and continued to make mostly television appearances until 2003, when his feature film career began and he continued to work in both areas from then on. His notable television work includes the drama show "State of Play" and the science fiction show "Frank Herbert's Children of Dune".
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Ben Gillies Benjamin David "Ben" Gillies (born 24 October 1979) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of Australian rock band Silverchair from 1992 until the band went on hiatus in 2011. In 2003, Gillies formed Tambalane with Wes Carr, initially as a song-writing project, they released a self-titled album in 2005 and toured Australia but subsequently folded. By June 2011, after Silverchair's disbandment, Gillies was in the final stages of about 12 months of working on his solo album and he said that it was not a continuation of his earlier work with Tambalane. In 2012, he formed Bento, in which he performs lead vocals, and released the band's debut album "Diamond Days".
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List of AC/DC band members AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band formed by guitarist brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in 1973. Originally featuring vocalist Dave Evans, bassist Larry Van Kriedt and drummer Colin Burgess, after a number of lineup changes the band settled with Bon Scott on vocals, Mark Evans on bass guitar and Phil Rudd on drums, and released five albums (two limited to Australia) between 1974 and 1977. Due to continuing clashes with lead guitarist Angus Young, Evans was later fired from the band shortly after the release of "Let There Be Rock", although "musical differences" was the official reason given for his departure. Cliff Williams was brought in as his replacement.
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Bloodloss Bloodloss were an Australian post-punk, grunge band formed in 1982. The original line-up were Martin Bland on drums, Renestair E.J. on guitar and saxophone, Jim Selene on bass guitar and Sharron Weatherill on lead vocals and guitar. They issued five albums, "Human Skin Suit" (June 1988), "The Truth Is Marching In" (1990), "In-a-Gadda-Da-Change" (1993), "Live My Way" (March 1996) and "Misty" (1996).
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The Aliens (Australian band) The Aliens were an Australian new wave band which formed in April 1978. They were one of the first local bands of the late 1970s to adopt a "uniform" of "black clothes and skinny, white ties". Two of their singles, "Confrontation" and "Follow that Girl", appeared on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart top 50. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted their "sound embraced guitar-oriented pop rock with the emphasis on 1960s melodies".
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John Paul Young John Paul Young, OAM (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish-born Australian pop singer who had a 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air". His career was boosted by regular appearances as a performer and guest host on national broadcaster, ABC's 1974–1987 TV series, "Countdown".
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78 Saab 78 Saab were a rock band from Australia that consisted of Ben Nash (vocals and guitar), Jake Andrews (guitar and vocals), Garth Tregillgas (bass and vocals) and Nicholai Danko (drums and percussion). The band has stated that it was influenced by acts such as the Rolling Stones, R.E.M. and The Church. After forming in Canberra, Australia, during the summer of 1995-6, they relocated to Sydney in February 1997.