Red Symons
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Redmond Symons 13 June 1949 Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Education | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Television and radio personality Guitarist |
| Known for | Hey Hey It's Saturday, Australia's Got Talent and Skyhooks |
| Spouse(s) | Elly Symons |
Redmond "Red" Symons (born 13 June 1949) is an English-born Australian musician, writer, actor, composer, record producer, television and radio personality. He is best known as the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show. He currently hosts 774 ABC Melbourne's breakfast show.
Born in England, he emigrated to Australia (on the same ship as the members of Bee Gees) at the age of 9, in 1958. Symons was educated at Emerald Primary School, Monbulk High School, Upwey High School and the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Queen's College, and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in pure mathematics and computer science.
After graduating, Symons joined the Australian rock band Skyhooks as a guitarist in the 1970s. He also worked in the theatre as a musical director for several organisations, including The Pram Factory, a famous 1970s Melbourne theatre group. Symons also had three solo singles - being: "It's Only A Flipside" (EMI '76); "The Big Time" (Mushroom '87); "Sex Appeal" (Mushroom '88).
In 1985, Symons guest-starred in Neighbours as criminal Gordon Miller, Terry Robinson's ex-husband.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he combined his on-air role on Hey Hey It's Saturday (also playing in the house band) with composing for various film and television shows (such as Blue Heelers), and jingle-writing.
Between 1992–95, he played the role of the narrator in The New Rocky Horror Show, touring Australia and Singapore.
When Hey Hey It's Saturday ended in 1999, Symons began writing for The Age newspaper and appearing in a weekly spot on 774 ABC Melbourne, a radio station. At one point, he filled in for Lynne Haultain on the breakfast program for that station, where he was such a success that he was retained permanently in that slot. That year, he also fronted the Red Cross Door-Knock Appeal.
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