Midnight Oil
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Music of Australia...artists at the event. The 1990s saw continued overseas success from groups such as AC/DC, INXS, Men at Work, Midnight Oil, The Bad Seeds, and Crowded House, and a new indie rock scene develop locally . Sydney-based Ratcat were the... In this article: Australia, Melbourne, ARIA, Johnny O'Keefe, United States, Hoodoo Gurus, Men at Work, Yothu Yindi, and TISM |
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The Hollywood Reporter - Music | April 15, 2009
Offical Sound Relief tally revealed
...Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal. Most of the money was collected at the imposing Melbourne Cricket Ground concert, which featured Midnight Oil, Kings of Leon and Crowded House on the bill. Organized by Michael Gudinski and his team...
In this article: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sydney Cricket Ground, Coldplay, Melbourne, Barry Gibb, Taylor Swift, Crowded House, and Kings of Leon
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The Hindu - News | November 27, 2008
Kidman iPod doesn't have hubby's songs
...tmz.com. Some artistes on the playlist include John Mayer and The Kings of Leon. There are also some older bands like Crowded House and Midnight Oil. But her husband Keith Urban's songs are missing. Kidman and Urban got married a few...
In this article: IPod, Keith Urban, Itunes, Crowded House, Tom Cruise, and Los Angeles
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Wikipedia | June 20, 2009
Darren Middleton
...for them." Middleton has cited numerous Australian bands, including AC/DC, Crowded House, and Midnight Oil, as ongoing influences in his music, as well as international artists including Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, and Ben Harper. "I went...
In this article: Darren Middleton, Powderfinger, Drag, Bernard Fanning, The Way Out, Ac/dc, Brisbane, Coldplay, Twisted Sister, and Splendour in the Grass
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Paul Hester
Hester later became involved in a new band called Largest Living Things (1997-2000), with Kevin Garant on guitar and Barry Stockley on bass, performing with members of rock groups Crowded House, Split Enz, Midnight Oil, and others.
In this article: Paul Newell Hester, Neil Finn, Crowded House, Split Enz, Melbourne, Noel Crombie, Deborah Conway, and Melbourne
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Dili Allstars
...(also titled 'Liberdade') which the band helped to compile. This compilation also featured Midnight Oil, Crowded House, and Yothu Yindi, and went on to raise $100,000 for East Timor. Two further compilation albums were made by the band - 'Love...
In this article: Dili Allstars, The Living End, East Timor, Rose Tattoo, Yothu Yindi, Freedom, and Xanana Gusmao
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Liam Finn
...Gabriella Cilmi, Hunters & Collectors, Jack Johnson , Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson with Troy Cassar-Daley, Kings Of Leon, Jet , Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly , Split Enz and Wolfmother. With Neil Finn and Crowded House Liam and his...
In this article: Liam Mullane Finn, Neil Finn, Crowded House, I'll Be Lightning, Split Enz, Yep Roc Records, Live Earth, Two of Us, CMJ Music Marathon, and Sydney Cricket Ground
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Sound Relief
...reunited for the first time in over 10 years for the concert. Midnight Oil also made a comeback with lead singer Peter Garrett, Australia's Minister for Environment and the Arts. Some members of Crowded House made a surprise appearance with...
In this article: Melbourne, Split Enz, DVD, I See Red, Fix You, Six Months in a Leaky Boat, Liam Finn, and Eskimo Joe
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Peter Garrett
...at the Australian leg of Live Earth. On 14 March 2009 Garrett (with Midnight Oil) also performed live at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Sound Relief to raise money for the Victorian bushfire appeal. Garrett's first attempt at entering...
In this article: Labor Party, Uranium, Australian Labor Party, Kevin Rudd, Australian Conservation Foundation, Peter Garrett, New South Wales, and Order of Australia
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Midnight Oil, or the Oils to fans, was an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie. Vocalist Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra, he answered an advert for a spot in Farm, and by 1975 the band was touring the east coast. By late 1976, Garrett moved to Sydney to complete his Law degree, and Farm changed its name to Midnight Oil by drawing the name out of a hat.
Important to their development was manager, Gary Morris, who was able to negotiate favourable contracts with tour promoters and record companies and frustrate rock journalists. Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1977 and Midnight Oil, with Morris, established their own record label Powderworks, which released their debut eponymous album in November 1978 and their first single "Run by Night" followed in December. Founding bass guitarist James left due to illness in 1980, he was replaced by Peter Gifford, Gifford was himself replaced by Bones Hillman in 1987. Through a long and distinguished career, the band became known for its driving hard-rock sound, intense live performances and political activism, particularly in aid of anti-nuclear, environmentalist and indigenous causes.
Midnight Oil won eleven Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards during its career, including induction into the Hall of Fame in 2006. At the induction, ARIA chairman Denis Handlin described Midnight Oil as true legends that always led by example in a uniquely Australian way with music that is powerful, uncompromising, inspiring, entertaining and enduring.
- Name:
- Midnight Oil
- Origin:
- Sydney, Australia
- Years Active:
- 1971–2002
- Former Members:
- Associated With:
- Rock Island Line, Farm, Huntress, Facts, Ross Ryan Band, Ghostwriters, Present History
- Genre:
- Alternative rock
- Record Label:
- Powderworks, CBS, Columbia, Musart, Epic, Sony, BMG, CPL, Vydal Globus, RTV, Work, Liquid 8, Isis, Rhythm Safari, Universal, ABC
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