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	Jerry Speiser - AOL Music
		Jerry Speiser (Drums/vocals) and Ben Fitzgerald (Guitars/vocals) co-founded a guitar-driven style rock band named Where's Claire?.
		Everybody in the western Maine community, rock and otherwise, is still feeling the sting of the infamous Jerry Speiser impersonation hoax.
		Download, listen and watch Jerry Speiser music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/jerry-speiser/127335/main (110 words)

	Jerry Speiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry Speiser was the drummer and co-founder of the hit 1980s Australian musical group Men At Work.
		Even today Jerry's drumming in Men At Work stands the test of time due to the unique way he tuned his drums, along with the aggressive ideas he played considering the genre.
		He stood out amongst the then flooded scene of pop, new wave, and punk bands who had drummers that were not as identifiable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Speiser (242 words)

	Frost (Australian band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the band has change several drummers since its inception, they are becoming an increasingly popular independent group in Australia.
		Lee "Lemon" Trevena is the singer, Tim "Porn" Powne plays bass guitar, and Benny Bishop plays keyboards; as of 2002, Jerry Speiser, formerly of hit 1980s pop band Men at Work, plays drums.
		The band received hi-rotation on Nova 100 and SBS Television in 2003 with their single, "You and Me", featured on the SBS and Universal Records CD, The SBS Whatever Sessions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frost_(band) (156 words)

	CD Baby: WHERE'S CLAIRE?: Long Time Coming
		Ben and Jerry had originally met during their student years, playing in a band in 1978 while studying music at Melbourne State College.
		Where's Claire is the best australian guitars and drums driven band, with Jerry Speiser drumming styles,this group is a band to reckon with,, earthy soundtracks filled with meaning.
		(Jerry Speiser already knows how it feels to sit atop the charts.) I get the feeling that is never what this record was about.
	cdbaby.com /cd/wheresclaire (723 words)

	Who's been playing with Claire?
		Inspired by the marching band at a local school, Jerry began playing drums at the age of five.
		Their debut album sold over seven million copies with Jerry making a major contribution through his distinctive style of drumming.
		Since Men at Work, Jerry has played and recorded with many Australian and American bands as well as successfully setting up and running businesses in musical equipment sales and business consulting and training.
	www.wheresclaire.com /Biogs.htm (420 words)

	speiser - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word speiser:
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	www.onelook.com /?w=speiser (81 words)

	June
		Speiser sent heads reeling when he announced that he and his band The Working Stiffs would be relocating to the Stonebridge area!
		Speiser plans to base his group out of Stonebridge with an eye on reestablishing his reputation as a rock drummer par excellence.
		Speiser and The Working Stiffs have a new CD out called "Who Can It Be Down Under?" It's available at Record Rob's in Marshton, The CD Submarine in Stonebridge and Golden Memories in Shiptown.
	www.stereolaffs.com /old_site/rave_on_june.htm (1503 words)

	HowlSpace
		Colin had met drummer Jerry Speiser while studying Economics at university.
		In mid-1979, with keyboard player Greg Sneddon on board, they provided the backing for the amateur rock musical 'Riff Raff' as their first venture in the recording studio.
		While all this was going on, internal pressures were at work, arguments over management and songwriting, and John Rees and Jerry Speiser found themselves "not required".
	www.howlspace.com.au /en2/menatwork/menatwork.htm (1206 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Men at Work" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the year following the release of Cargo, the band fired bassist John Rees and drummer Jerry Speiser, and they were replaced by session musicians.
		When their third album, Two Hearts, was released in 1985 to relatively little success ('only' 500,000 copies sold in the United States), guitarist Ron Strykert left the band, and was then followed by keyboardist/saxophonist Greg Ham.
		Jerry Speiser left the Men first, followed by John Rees.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=men_at_%57ork (609 words)

	Rave On
		While Jerry Speiser was never intending on visiting western Maine as Ogelsby/Speiser claimed, he heard of the plight of the people of our fair region and has responded.
		A variety of events will be held throughout the greater western Maine area, including Jerry Speiser walk-alike and sound-alike contests, a children’s fair dedicated to the art and imagery of Men At Work, a funnel cake eating contest and more.
		Jerry Speiser Hero Week will culminate in a huge rock concert, which will be held at the Crab Carp Pavilion in Shiptown.
	stereolaffs.com /old_site/rave_on.htm (1553 words)

	bmusic - Newsletter No. 93
		While studying economics at university Hay met drummer Jerry Speiser and he invited Speiser to one of the duo's informal jams at the Grace Emily Hotel.
		John Rees and Jerry Speiser had become close friends and were working towards the next Men At Work album when the internal strife really began.
		Drummer Jerry Speiser had reportedly been back teaching in schools in Victoria and we also learnt that he'd been back on the music scene with up-and-coming Melbourne band Frost.
	www.bmusic.com.au /links/whatsnew/newsletters/archives/newsno93.html (4977 words)

	Jerry Speiser - Men At Work's Drummer's Frosty Return :: Drum! Magazine :: Drum! Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jerry Speiser - Men At Work's Drummer's Frosty Return
		That outback-reggae rhthym was the work of Jerry Speiser, the drummer and a founding member of the band.
		His drumming is on the airwaves again with a new Melbourne group called Frost.
	www.drummagazine.com /html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=306&POSTNUKESID=6d9d793f0a03295c173afab2cb9adb98 (160 words)

	www.indymedia.org
		Jerry Speiser is back on Australian airwaves with the independent rock group, 'FROST'!
		Speiser of 80's legends 'Men at Work' to play drums, and he said yes!
		As Speiser was filling in Frost still required a drummer.
	www.indymedia.org /de/2004/10/861549.shtml (223 words)

	The Works of Men at Work >> Biography
		Formed in 1979 by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert as an acoustic duo, with the later joinning of Jerry Speiser playing drums, John Rees playing bass and Greg Ham playing sax, flute and keyboard.
		At this year, the argues started and Jerry Speiser left the band, taking John Rees with him.
		Colin, Greg and Ron were back in the studio at the Xmas for the recording of their third album, released in 1985 named Two Hearts, now no more produced by McIan, but for Colin and Greg.
	www.socorronet.com.br /theworks/site/en/bio01.htm (357 words)

	Rave On
		Speiser are the victims of what will no doubt go down as rock's greatest hoax.
		Speiser's manager Theodore "Tud" Ogelsby after submitting a $10,000 deposit for the tour.
		It’s just that when I heard that Jerry Speiser was heading our way, I got transported back to the day the CD Submarine got in the first shipments of CARGO.
	www.stereolaffs.com /old_site/rave_on_july.htm (1522 words)

	VIBE.com: Men at Work
		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.
	www.vibe.com /music/search/artist.html?id=UCAgICAgNDg5NA== (541 words)

	Colin Hay - Biography - AOL Music
		Shortly after joining up with guitarist Ron Strykert in 1978, Hay's master plan was realized, as Men at Work was formed.
		Rounding out the band was saxophonist/flutist Greg Ham, bassist John Rees, and drummer Jerry Speiser, who in 1982, issued their debut full-length, Business as Usual.
		Earning quite a few comparisons to then-reigning chart kings the Police, Men at Work quickly became MTV favorites (during the station's early days).
	music.aol.com /artist/colin-hay/85265/biography (579 words)

	The Rogovoy Report
		“But Jerry [Speiser], the drummer -- who was a fine musician -- we locked horns pretty early on, and I didn’t really like the way he dealt with people.
		Instead of leaving, Hay was convinced to stay on and dump Speiser and Rees.
		Strykert stayed on for a few months, but during the recording of the group’s third album he quit, leaving just Hay and Ham to finish the album with a group of anonymous studio musicians.
	www.rogovoy.com /archive/295.shtml (779 words)

	格莱美回顾 - 万千英语族 www.iselong.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Hay, a Scotland native who moved to Australia at the age of 14, soon recruited John Rees (bass), Jerry Speiser (drums) and Greg Ham (saxophone, flute, keyboard) into the band they became regulars on the Melbourne circuit.
		Australia Columbia signed them in 1981, releasing the single "Who Could It Be Now?" Its meteoric rise to the top of the Australian charts was followed by a similar ascension in America, and after Business As Usual was released and found its perch atop the U.S. charts, it stayed there for 15 weeks.
		It reached No. 3 in the U.S., with the Top 10 singles "Overkill" and "It's a Mistake." After an extended break in 1984, which caused Speiser and Rees to leave the band, the group released a third album in 1985, Two Hearts.
	www.iselong.com /online/music/grammy/mwork_bio.htm (318 words)

	SPEISER family history and genealogy information .. Speiser ancestry links
		OVERVIEW -- As this genealogical help and research area is a new part of our website, and is currently under development..
		genealogy software and family history research database for the Speiser name will likely be included in the updates along with an automated form to submit data for Speiser family history..
		posting surname and ancestry data for Speiser items as well as allowing the public to search for Speiser details will remain free of charge.
	www.museumstuff.com /zg.cgi?w=speiser (193 words)

	Men at Work - (Jerry Speiser back on the Airwaves) - 80sxchange.com
		Men at Work - (Jerry Speiser back on the Airwaves) - 80sxchange.com
		Men at Work - (Jerry Speiser back on the Airwaves)
		Jerry Speiser drummer of 'Men at work' is back on the Australian airwaves with the band, FROST
	www.80sxchange.com /forums/showthread.php?t=33687 (225 words)

	bmusic - Newsletter No. 42
		Drummer Jerry Speiser had reportedly been back teaching in schools in Victoria but we've recently learnt that he's back on the music scene with up-and-coming Melbourne band Frost.
		Seems Speiser was just helping out the lads in Frost and has been back with his old mates Where's Claire.
		In 1976, police arrested Jerry Lee Lewis outside the gates of Graceland after he showed up for the second time that night, shouting, waving a pistol and demanding to see Elvis Presley.
	www.bmusic.com.au /links/whatsnew/newsletters/archives/newsno42.html (5143 words)

	Men At Work: Back From Their Coffee Break
		After Cargo was done, Hay remembers, he had gotten fed up with Drummer Jerry Speiser.
		Bass player John Rees was Speiser's friend, and so when Hay asked Speiser to leave Rees went with him.
		The band was down to three when they went to work on Two Hearts, but after that was done Stryker and Ham both left, leaving Hay by himself, and effectively ending the band.
	www.80s.com /Lexicon/issue8/menatwork.html (1277 words)

	:: The Scene :: Issue 32 :: Going Out :: Man At Work in Boyle :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Men at work was formed in 1979 by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert as an acoustic duo, with the later joining of Jerry Speiser playing drums, John Rees playing bass and Greg Ham playing sax, flute and keyboard.
		Around this time, cracks began to show in the band, and Jerry Speiser left the band, taking John Rees with him.
		Colin, Greg and Ron were back in the studio for the recording of their third album, released in 1985 named Two Hearts.
	www.scene.ie /issue32/colin_hay.shtml (655 words)

	Frost
		FROST is a guitar driven pop rock band that was formed in 1997.
		They have an impressive CV having worked with many established musicians including Peter 'Reggie' Bowman (Southern Sons) and Jerry Speiser (Men At Work).
		Earlier this year, Frost contributed songs to the SBS project "Whatever Music" and they continue to play live gigs around town.
	www.girl.com.au /frost.htm (426 words)

	leisure
		Alright, let me introduce them to you and dust off those cobwebs, for those of you who cannot remember them.
		They began their life in Melbourne, Australia in 1979 as a small band of four: the acoustic duo of Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, Jerry Speiser on the drums and Greg Ham on the sax/flute.
		Rees and Speiser left the band in 1984, while the others took time off to create their own distinct music.
	www.umich.edu /~msjrnl/backmsj/110998/current/leisure.html (1376 words)

	Men at Work Drummer New CD
		Recently one of the readers of my Web site sent me a link about Jerry Speiser, the former drummer of Men at Work.
		It seems that Jerry has a new band, a group of mates he has known for a while.
		As you already know, Jerry is a superlative drummer, perhaps only second to Neil Peart or Stewart Copeland, as far as 80's music is concerned.
	woodsite.net /~gwood/lyrics-message/posts/14152.html (245 words)

	Independent Media Center \| www.indymedia.org \| ((( i )))
		Well one of the founders, 'Jerry Speiser' (Drummer) has lent his talents to help out Australia's pop rockers, "FROST".
		He has had his songs recorded by other musicians such as the - Brian Canham (Pseudo Echo), Darren Danielson (Chocolate Starfish) band ‘Brill’ among others artists.
		His experience includes working with such artists as – Jerry Speiser (Men at Work), Peter Bowman (Southern Sons).
	www.indymedia.org /en/2004/09/860116.shtml (583 words)

	www.myspace.com/menatwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		While not as successful as their debut album, Cargo sold around 3 million copies in the US and produced two Top 10 singles ("Overkill" and "It's a Mistake").
		After firing drummer Jerry Speiser and bassist John Rees in 1984, their third album, Two Hearts was released.
		The album was nowhere near as successful as the first two, selling only about 500,000 copies in the US.
	www.myspace.com /menatwork (779 words)

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