Career
In an early session, he played on Greg Sneddon"s Mind Stroll album in 1974, Sneddon was also part of the initial Men at Work lineup.He was also a drummer in a local band called Numbers in 1978 and early 1979. Following Men at Work"s breakup in 1984, he briefly joined popular band Forex (featuring keyboard-player John McCubbery), and then Ross Hannaford"s band, One World as a guitarist. In 1986, he and former Men at Work producer and sound engineer Peter McIan had a short stint with American band The City, where he played the drums while McIan played keyboards and produced the album Foundation.
After that, Speiser joined popular rockers Frost where he played the drums in the single "You and Maine" from their album The Usual Suspects.
Speiser (Drums/vocals) and Ben Fitzgerald (Guitars/vocals) co-founded a guitar-driven style rock band, Where"s Claire?. In 1990 they were joined by Andrew Midson (Bass/vocals) and Brenden Mason (Guitars/vocals) and released their first commercial album, Long Time Coming in 2002.
He also formed his own low keyed rock band The Working Stiffs and had a single called "Who Can lieutenant Be Down Under?" By 2012 Speiser was a drummer for an Australian band, After Burner.
