Midnight Oil Wikipedia. Midnight Oil. Midnight Oil at Manly Leagues Club, 2. Background information. Origin. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Genres. Alternative rock, hard rock, new wave1earlyYears active. Labels. Powderworks, Columbia. Midnight Movie Full Movie In English' title='Midnight Movie Full Movie In English' />Associated acts. Rock Island Line, Farm, Huntress, Facts, Ross Ryan Band, Ghostwriters, Present History. Websitewww. midnightoil. Members. Peter Garrett. A midnight showing of an early 1970s horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater. Midnight Runners Korean Movie 2017, aka Youth Police, Young Cop, find Midnight Runners cast, characters, staff, actors, actresses. Midnight Movie Full Movie In English' title='Midnight Movie Full Movie In English' />Rob Hirst. Jim Moginie. Martin Rotsey. Bones Hillman. Past members. Andrew James. Peter Gifford. Midnight Oil also known informally as The Oils to fans, an Australian rock band, originally performed as Farm from 1. Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard playerlead guitarist Jim Moginie. While vocalist. Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra,2 he answered an advertisement for a spot in Farm,45 and by 1. Midnight Movie Full Movie In English' title='Midnight Movie Full Movie In English' />Australia. By late 1. Garrett moved to Sydney to complete his law degree,25 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 successfully negotiated favourable contracts with tour promoters and record companies and frustrated rock journalists. Watch Western World Online Freeform. Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1. Midnight Oil, with Morris, established their own record label, Powderworks,3 which released their debut eponymous album in November 1. Run by Night followed in December. Founding bass guitarist James, forced to leave due to illness in 1. Peter Gifford. Gifford was himself replaced by Bones Hillman in 1. 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 Oils albums which peaked in the Australian Top Ten were 891. Red Sails in the Sunset. Species Deceases. Diesel and Dust. Blue Sky Mining. Scream in Blue LiveEarth and Sun and Moon. Breathe. 20,0. 00 Watt R. S. L. Redneck Wonderland. The Real Thing. Capricornia. Flat Chat. Australian Top Ten singles were 89Aside from chart success, both Power and the Passion and Beds Are Burning were listed by Australasian Performing Right Association APRA in the Top 3. Australian songs of all time in 2. Midnight Oil are the only artists to feature twice. In December 2. 00. Garrett announced that he would seek to further his political career and Midnight Oil disbanded. But they would reform for two warm up shows in Canberra leading up to their performance at one of the Sound Relief charity concerts, in honour of the victims of the 2. Black Saturday fires in Victoria and floods in Queensland. Watch Billy: The Early Years Mediafire. Midnight Oil won eleven Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Awards during their career,1. Hall of Fame in 2. At the induction, ARIA chairman Denis Handlin described Midnight Oil as true legends who always led by example in a uniquely Australian way with music that is powerful, uncompromising, inspiring, entertaining and enduring. In 2. Diesel and Dust ranked no. The 1. 00 Best Australian Albums by Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John ODonnell. Contents. 1Farm 1. Fans, music industry, media. Rise to fame 1. 98. Red Sails in the Sunset. Goat Island Triple J concert. International success and activism 1. Dissolution and reunion. Personnel. 10. Discography. See also. 12. References. External links. Farm 1. In 1. 97. 1, drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James, and keyboard playerlead guitarist Jim Moginie were performing together. They adopted the name Farm in 1. Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Led Zeppelin songs. They placed an advert for a band member4 and Peter Garrett ex Rock Island Line became their new vocalist and synthesizer player, and began introducing progressive rock elements of Focus, Jethro Tull and Yes, as well as their own material. Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra, so Farm was only a part time band. They played for the northern Sydney surfing community, and by 1. In late 1. 97. 6, Garrett moved to Sydney to complete his Law degree. Farm then became a full time group and changed its name to Midnight Oil by drawing a name out of a hat, leaving behind Television, Sparta, and Southern Cross. Midnight Oil came from the Jimi Hendrix song, Burning of the Midnight Lamp. Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil guitarist, at the Souths Leagues Club in Brisbane, 2. After changing its name to Midnight Oil, the group began to develop an aggressive, punk hard rock sound for their pub rock audiences. Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1. Midnight Oil, with their manager Gary Morris, established their own record label Powderworks. In June 1. Alberts Studio in Sydney with producer Keith Walker, from local radio station 2. JJ, to record their debut eponymous album, Midnight Oil, which was released by Powderworks in November 1. No.  4. 3 on the Australian albums charts. Midnight Oils first single Run by Night followed in December,25 but had very little chart success, peaking at No. The band built a dedicated fan base, initially restricted to Sydney, which was extended to other Australian cities through constant touring performing some 2. They became known for their furious live performances, which featured the two guitarists Moginie and Rotsey, the drumming and vocals of Hirst and the presence of the towering, bald Garrett as lead singer. The Midnight Oil. LP disappointed some critics as it did not capture their powerful live performances, with undemanding playing and Garretts vocals sounding stilted. Their second album Head Injuries, released on Powderworks in October 1. Supercharge member Leszek Karski. It mixed solid guitar rock with progressive flourishes and was an improvement by highlighting the groups strengths and growth. It peaked at No.  3. In April 1. 98. 0 founding bass guitarist Andrew James left because of ill health and was replaced by Peter Gifford ex Huntress, Ross Ryan Band. Further interest in Midnight Oil was generated by the popular Bird Noises. EP, also produced by Karski, which peaked at No. Australian singles charts. One of its four tracks was the surf instrumental Wedding Cake Island named after the rock outcrop in the ocean off Sydneys Coogee Beach. The bands third LP Place without a Postcard, released by CBS Records in November 1. Sussex with English producer Glyn Johns The Rolling Stones, The Who. Creative tensions between the band and Johns plagued the recording and the group were not totally happy with the outcome. Johns had an arrangement with A M Records and they asked Midnight Oil to return to the studio to record material suitable for an American single release they refused and returned to Australia. Place without a Postcard peaked at No. Dont Wanna be the One and Armistice Day reached the Top 4. Australia. 8Fans, music industry, mediaeditDriven largely by commercial pressures to stay with reliable chart toppers and teenage pop sensations, the Australian music industry in the mid 1. Although consistently championed by Sydney alternative rock station Double Jay and its FM band successor Triple J, Midnight Oil was almost totally ignored by Australias mainstream commercial radio stations in their early career. Manager Morris developed a reputation as one of the toughest managers and became notorious for banning critics or journalists, who were usually given free admission to concerts, for writing unfavourable reviews. Writer and critic Bruce Elder, in a mid 1. Midnight Oil were a kind of antipodean pub rock version of Queen. Australia and all things Australian. Bruce Elder quoted in Crme de la Phlegm Unforgettable Australian Reviews 2. Angela Bennie. ISBN 0 5. In retaliation, Morris banned Elder from Oils shows permanently.