14 Facts About Ron Strykert

Ronald Graham Strykert was born on 18 August 1957 and is an Australian musician.

Ron Strykert is best known for playing lead guitar, co-founding and composing songs with the 1980s band Men at Work.

Ron Strykert contributed to all three Men at Work studio albums.

Ron Strykert wrote or co-wrote many of their songs, including "Down Under" which appears on their first album Business as Usual.

Ron Strykert played bass guitar on the very first recordings of the early group in a stage musical called Riff Raff in 1979.

Ron Strykert developed a unique soaring style of playing which added a high amount of energy to their songs.

Ron Strykert's signature playing went from long sustained notes, to a rapid fire, staccato lead guitar style, with some similarities to bass technique, most often using a customised Yamaha SC-800 guitar with EMG S pickups.

Ron Strykert often weaved his guitar playing around the stylistic playing of Greg Ham on his keyboards, saxophone, clarinet and flute.

On 15 February 2009, Ron Strykert was arrested for allegedly making death threats against former bandmate Colin Hay.

Ron Strykert denied making any such threat, and Hay told investigators he did not believe the guitarist would carry out the threat.

Ron Strykert composed and co-composed 13 songs for Men at Work:.

Ron Strykert took part in 13 singles released by Men at Work.

Hay and Ron Strykert received the following awards from APRA Awards for their composition "Down Under":.

In 2003, Ron Strykert released a solo debut titled Paradise on compact disc.