Brian Mannix

Brian Francis Mannix (born 7 October 1961) is an Australian pop, rock music singer and actor. As lead singer, he was the founding mainstay of Uncanny X-Men (1980–1987). Mannix co-wrote their top 5 single, "50 Years". He undertook a solo career, while also participating in Uncanny X-Men reformations. Mannix collaborated with various fellow musical artists in 1980s-themed shows. He regularly appeared on television pop music quiz show, Spicks and Specks (2005–2011).

Early years Brian Francis Mannix was born on 7 October 1961. He attended St Francis De Sales Primary School in Oak Park and then St Bernard's College in Essendon. Besides Mannix the initial line-up included Micheal Helms on bass guitar and Nick Matandos on drums. Mannix wrote or co-wrote their hit singles, "The Party" (No. 18), "50 Years" (No. 4, both 1985) and "I Am" (1986, No. 18).

In 1986, Mannix, while still a member of Uncanny X-Men, made his acting debut as Max in television medical drama series, The Flying Doctors.

1988–present: solo career Mannix appeared as Mal in Daniel Abineri's musical theatre play, Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom, from 16 September 1989. In the following year, he released a self-titled debut studio album, preceded by its single, "Beautiful People". Penelope Layland of The Canberra Times was disappointed by the album's "superficially attractive arrangements, its clever technical tricks and its fundamental lack of inspiration... to string together a bunch of fairly weak creative ideas." In November 1998, he wrote and directed a stage play, Countdown: The Musical Comedy, with Molly Meldrum portrayed by Michael Veitch. McFarlane observed "[it] was a loving and funny tribute to the Countdown era. It may have been shameless nostalgia, but with Veitch perfectly cast as Molly it was a hell of a lot of fun". Mannix also wrote and directed the musical comedy, theatre play, The Bench, which was performed at the Comedy Club, Carlton in March–April 2001.

In 2006, Mannix was part of the Absolutely 80s tour, which played venues across the country and involved other popular eighties artists from Boom Crash Opera, Kids in the Kitchen, the Black Sorrows, the Choirboys and Wa Wa Nee. In September 2006, he performed at the AFL Grand Final.

In 2012, Mannix appeared as a contestant the twelfth season of Australian version of television celebrity show, Dancing with the Stars, placing fifth.

Discography Albums + List of EPs, with selected details Title Details Brian Mannix Released: 1990 Label: Musicland Releases Format: LP, MC, CD Brian Mannix & The Frothy Green Discharge Released: 2006 Label: Brian Mannix Format: CD

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. 1985 himself Most Popular Male Performer