Brian Mannix
{{short description|Australian rock music singer and actor (born 1961)}}
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Brian Mannix (born 7 October 1961 in Melbourne) is an Australian rock music singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of 1980s band Uncanny X-Men. He was a regular on television quiz show Spicks and Specks.
Career
=1981–1987: Uncanny X-Men=
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From 1981 to 1987, Mannix was the lead singer of Australian band Uncanny X-Men. The band released two top twenty albums, 'Cos Life Hurts and What You Give Is What You Get.{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The group disbanded in 1987, however continue to do occasional appearances, such as the Countdown Spectacular in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.frontiertouring.com/past-tours/2006/the-countdown-spectacular-2006|title= The Countdown Spectacular 2006|website=Frontier Touring|date=2006|access-date=12 January 2025}}
=1988–present: solo career=
In 1990, Mannix released his debut studio album, preceded by single "Beautiful People". In 1993, Mannix appeared in the guest role of Connor Cleary in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19940706/015/0015|title=Hard Rock keeps up with times|date=6 July 1994|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=25 January 2024}}
In 2006, Mannix was part of the Absolutely 80's tour which played at venues around Australia and features other popular eighties stars and bands such as Boom Crash Opera, Kids in the Kitchen, The Black Sorrows, The Choirboys and Wa Wa Nee. The tour continued through to 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.popshop.com.au/absolutely80spresents/tour-dates |title=Tour Dates |publisher=Popshop |access-date=2018-04-20}}
In September 2006, he performed at the 2006 AFL Grand Final.{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/eyes-firmly-on-the-ball-20061005-ge39i3.html|title=Eyes firmly on the ball |website= The Age|date=October 2006|access-date=12 January 2025}}
In 2012, Mannix appeared as a contestant the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars, placing fifth.
In 2016, Mannix was cast as "Buddy", in the stage musical We Will Rock You.{{cite web|url=https://premierartists.com.au/artist/brian-mannix-and-tim-henwood/|title= Brian Mannix|website=Premier Artist|date=2016|access-date=12 January 2025}}
Discography
=Albums=
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Awards and nominations
=Countdown Australian Music Awards=
Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine |date=March 1987 | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | format = Portable document format (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 }}
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0543436|name=Brian Mannix}}
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Category:20th-century Australian male singers
Category:Australian rock singers