We were always ambitious and thought it would do well. It was a perfect storm of things that conspired to create the success we had.”ĭid you have any idea how special that album would be? It was the right time we had the right songs and a producer who really knew what he was doing. Everything that happened with that record was synchronistic and monumental. A great record to be involved with and a great band to be in. When you look back on that time with so much perspective, what thoughts come to mind? This year marks the 40th anniversary of Men At Work’s debut album, “Business of Usual”. chart-toppers “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Down Under.” There’s a little bit of that in the lyrical content of the darkness that it creates in your mind.”Īustralian new wave band Men At Work are perhaps best known for U.S. I was starting to struggle with addiction and realizing I probably had a drinking issue. I started diving into the unknown but kept thinking, ‘Well, this is what you wanted.’ It was one of those be careful what you wish for situations. It was becoming impossible to be anonymous and walk down the street and do what I’d always done. I wrote ‘Overkill’ when we were starting to become very successful and well known. “Shortly after our first album, I realized that things would not be the same. Even though I’ve played for a long time I still feel like a novice.”Ĭan you give me the origin of the Men At Work song, “Overkill?” I still try to learn things and take lessons. Sometimes there’s just a phrase and other times an entire song just pops out. Usually, it will be a chordal idea or a rhythm or groove. Inevitably, ideas will pop into my head and I’ll follow them. “What I’ve done lately is to sit around in my studio and play a little guitar. I love the choices and the way they hang together. These are songs I loved growing up and formed me or inspired me in some way. He orchestrated it and sent it back and said, ‘Ok, send me another.’ So, I just kept going until we had 10. I decided to record it and sent it to my friend and producer, Chad Fischer. Gerry Marsden (Gerry And The Pacemakers) had recently died and I was playing ‘Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying’ in my studio. “I had already finished recording an album of new songs that will be released early in the new year and wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to go out on the road.
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