Men at Work guitarist threatened to kill singer, police say
Ronald Strykert, 51, one of the founders of the band, was arrested Feb. 13 by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on an outstanding bench warrant on a charge of making criminal threats. Strykert threatened to kill the band's lead singer, Colin Hay, in December 2007 in an incident that was handled by the Sheriff Department's Lost Hills-Malibu station, according to Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. The guitarist skipped out last May on his arraignment on a misdemeanor charge of making criminal threats, Robison said.
Aussie band Men at Work hit it big in the 1980s with such songs as "Who Can It Be Now?" and "It's a Mistake." Now the lead guitarist for the band may want to call on those titles for his defense.
