Ex X-Man rocking on The Courier Mail Friday 24th March 2006 (Thanks Chele for the article).
THIS grown man, father and husband, who's got the air guitar happening, was once a member of a popular '80s Australian rockband.
You may not recognise him because without his guitar, the other band members and his flowing locks, he is simply John Kirk, fleet manager, Motorama Holden, Springwood.
In his hairday, sorry, heyday, he was John Kirk, the bass player with Uncanny X-Men which was fronted by bandy-legged, lycra tight-wearing singer Brian Mannix.
For those of you who don't recall the X-Men, they had such wonderful singles as Everybody Wants to Work, How Do You Get Your Kicks and The Party and Fifty Years. The band's star fell from the Australian music skies in December 1987, although they have reformed for the odd gig and will do again soon.
``We've been signed for Countdown the Stageshow, although no date has been set for when it will be touring,'' a perky Kirk told
Qconfidential yesterday. ``When we get together it's like we've never split up, and it's going to be a great reunion.''
The 48-year-old moved to southeast Queensland in 2000 and still strums on weekends with the band Static on the Gold Coast.
That's just one of the bands he's played in since he, Mannix, Ron Thiessen, Chuck Hargreaves and Craig Waugh went their separate ways.
Kirk also played with country and western group Crackerjack. Heard of them? Didn't think so.
Before X-Men formed, Kirk was playing with another local idol, John St Peters, in The Backstreet Boys. Yes, they were the first and original Backstreet Boys, but who'd remember? ``If only we'd registered that name we could've made some serious coin,'' Kirk said.
If you need an excuse to travel to Melbourne, the X-Men will get together for a reunion show at Crown Casino on April 13, otherwise
it's the Springwood car yard -- air guitar only.
