Colin Hay Talks About The Death of Greg Ham - Noise11.com
Greg Ham

Greg Ham

Colin Hay Talks About The Death of Greg Ham

by Paul Cashmere on April 20, 2012

in News

Men At Work singer Colin Hay has written about the death of his fellow Men At Work band-mate Greg Ham.

Greg Ham

Greg Ham

At Colinhay.com Colin said:

“I met Greg Ham 40 years ago, at Kim Gyngell’s house in 1972. Last year of high school.

He had blond hair, rosy cheeks, ridiculously bright eyes, and along with Gyngell, was the funniest person I knew. He was sharp, real sharp. We were friends from then on, we liked each other.

He lived for a while in Park Street in St Kilda, in a communal household, which was the best of times. The best parties ever.

Greg took up the saxophone and flute during this time, he was always practicing. He got really good. We shared countless, unbelievably memorable times together, from stumbling through Richmond after playing the Cricketers Arms, to helicoptering into New York City, to appear on Saturday Night Live, or flying through dust storms in Arizona, above the Grand Canyon, or getting lost, driving aimlessly through the Gippsland countryside.

We played in a band and conquered the world together.

I love him very much. He’s a beautiful man. He never lost his love and passion for music, and indeed taught music to kids over the last few years. He was a great teacher, and they loved him.

The saxophone solo on “Who Can It Be Now”, was the rehearsal take. We kept it, that was the one. He’s here forever.

I’m thinking about his family, and hoping they are receiving the love and support they need and deserve”.

Colin Hay

Greg was found dead at his home in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton yesterday. Police are investigating the death because of “unexplained issues”. STORY HERE

Greg Ham was 58.

Related Posts

Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Colin Hay To Release Man @ Work Volume 2

Men at Work’s Colin Hay has made a sequel to his 2003 solo album ‘Man @ Work’ where he re-recorded his Men At Work and solo songs.

4 days ago
Swanee Believe
Swanee To Release All-Star Duets Album And First Album In 11 Years

John Swan (Swanee) has been working for the last few years on a special project. 'Believe' is a duets album featuring John famous friends and family and we have Brian 'Frog' Harris at Songland Records in Canberra for making it all happen.

May 30, 2025
Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Colin Hay Puts Up Dates For Mid 2024

Colin Hay is getting in early with an Australian tour set for the middle of 2024.

October 16, 2023
Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ringo Starr Beams Down To Australia’s APRA Awards to Congratulate Colin Hay

Ringo Starr popped up at the APRA Awards in Sydney tonight to congratulate his friend Colin Hay on receiving the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music.

April 27, 2023
Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
APRA To Honor Colin Hay and Colleen Ironside With the Ted Albert Award for 2023

APRA has announced that the recipient of the 2023 Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services To Australian Music will go to both Colin Hay and Colleen Ironside.

April 13, 2023
Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Colin Hay Has A Stack Of Australian Dates In November

Colin has been touring the USA as part of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band. Ringo takes his friends on the road and they all play their own hits in the set.

July 19, 2022
Ringo Starr photo by Ros O'Gorman
Ringo Starr Tour Sidelined As Edgar Winter and Steve Lukather Catch Covid

Ringo Starr has been forced to postpone his current Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band tour after band members Steve Lukather and Edgar Winter caught Covid.

June 12, 2022