Former Men At Work guitarist Ron Strykert was ordered to be jailed for failure to pay court ordered childe support and contempt of court in his adopte home state of Montana. His ex-wife Janka Thomas lives with their two children on welfare in Australia. Strykert owes $38,000 in a property settlement and $8,000 in overdue child support. Strykert, who left the band in 1990 to join the Church Universal And Triumphant, told the judge he will mortgage his $250,000 home. The former lead guitarist lives in a housing development established by the church. He no longer performs or even owns any equipment - the new-age sect reportedly bans rock music.

Marilyn Manson must have been happy to hear that Gary Numan was back on tour after nearly 15 years. When Numan played the Palace last week in Los Angeles, Manson made a rare guest appearance dueting with Numan on "Down In The Park," a song Manson had covered on a 1995 E.P.

Spin This, the 4th album from the Rembrandts, marks a change to a revised moniker - Danny Wilde And The Rembrandts. This is the first to exclusively feature Wilde's songs and lead vocals. This will be the second time in his career that he has bid adieu to his sometime partner, Phil Solem (the first instance being with the seminal 80's power-pop band Great Buildings.) Following 1995's LP, Solem cited burn-out from the rigors of touring, shows, interviews and a need to return to the life of a family man back home in Minnesota. New on bass is Graham Edwards who had former stints in Adam & The Ants and Go West.

There had to be a good reason for Love And Rockets to cancel from Las Vegas' Edgefest. There was! 15 years after calling it quits, Bauhaus plans to reunite for two shows at the Palladium in Los Angeles on July 10th and 11th. Depending on how those shows fare, the band is considering a full tour. The spirit of Bauhaus did not die when the band broke up in 1983, but lived on in the solo careers of Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David J along with splinter groups Tones On Tail and Love And Rockets. A Bauhaus double-CD retrospective, Crackle, will be released on July 7th while a new Love And Rockets single "Resurrection Hex" (from their new album Lift) arrived in stores this week. The reformed Bauhaus will also be filming and recording the two L.A. concerts for possible video release at a later date.