Peter Carl Minack (born in 1961 or 1962) is an Australian teacher of English. He was known by his stage name Ron Hitler-Barassi when he was the vocalist for the alternative rock band

TISM TISM (an acronym of This Is Serious Mum) are a seven-piece anonymous alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia on 30 December 1982 by vocalist/drummer Humphrey B. Flaubert, bassist/vocalist Jock Cheese and keyboardist/vocalist Eug ...

between 1983 and 2004. Under his own name he published an

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novel, ''C.W.G.'' (or ''Campaigning with Grant'') in 2000. While a member of TISM, Minack periodically worked as a secondary school teacher of English and fully resumed that role after they disbanded. In 2022, TISM reformed.

Biography

Minack was born to a German father and

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mother in

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in 1961 or 1962. In 1983, he joined

, an alternative rock band formed by two of his friends,

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and Eugene Cester, in the year before. TISM members remained anonymous throughout their career, with Minack adopting his stage name, Ron Hitler-Barassi, as a reference to his German background and Australian rules football fandom. In 2000 he published a historical novel set in the

, ''C.W.G.'' or more fully, ''Campaigning with Grant''. Michelle Griffin of ''

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'' reviewed it as "anarchic and anachronistic" with a "sour satiric tone" where leaders of the conflict are cast as "civil war dickheads" to be "frequently lampooned throughout." ''

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''s Stephen Matchett described it as "a terrific book that deserved the critical admiration it received." TISM split up at the end of 2004 and Minack returned to his day job as a secondary school teacher of English in Melbourne. In 2022, TISM reformed.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minack, Peter Australian male singers Australian poets Australian people of German descent Australian people of Irish descent TISM 1960s births Living people