Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil
Opphav		Sydney, Australia
Periode		1971–2002
Tidligere navn		Farm
Sjanger		Rock
Nettsted		Official website
Medlemmer
Peter Garrett Rob Hirst Jim Moginie Martin Rotsey Bones Hillman Peter Gifford Andrew James
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Midnight Oil var et australsk rockeband fra Sydney, Australia. Gjennom en lang karriere, ble bandet kjent for sin drivende hard-rock sound, intense live opptredener og politiske aktivisme, spesielt til støtte for miljøsaken og urfolkenes rettigheter.

Medlemmer

• Rob Hirst – Trommer, Vokal
• Jim Moginie – Gitar, Keyboard
• Peter Garrett – Hoved vokal, munnspill
• Martin Rotsey – Gitar
• Andrew 'Bear' James (1975 – 1980) – Bass
• Peter Gifford (1980 – 1987) – Bass, Vokal
• Bones Hillman (1987 – 2002) – Bass, Vokal
• Gary Morris – Manager

Discografi

Album og EP

• Midnight Oil (1978)
• Head Injuries (1979)
• Bird Noises (EP) (1980)
• Place without a Postcard (1981)
• 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
• Red Sails in the Sunset (1984)
• Species Deceases (EP) (1985)
• Diesel and Dust (1987)
• Blue Sky Mining (1990) (
• Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
• Breathe (1996)
• Redneck Wonderland (1998) (#7)
• Capricornia (2002)

Samlealbum og live album

• The Green Disc (1990) (Promo)
• Scream in Blue (Live, 1992)
• The Best of the B Sides (1997) (Promo)
• 20,000 Watt R.S.L. (1997)
• The Real Thing (2000)
• Best of Both Worlds (2004)
• Flat Chat (2006)

Singles

År	Tittel	Liste plass					Album
		ARIA Charts	Billboard Hot 100	Mainstream Rock Tracks	Modern Rock Tracks	UK Singles chart
1978	"Run by Night"	100	-	-	-	-	Midnight Oil
1981	"Don't Wanna Be the One"	40	-	-	-	-	Place Without a Postcard
1981	"Armistice Day"	31	-	-	-	-
1982	"Power and the Passion"	8	-	-	-	-	10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
1982	"US Forces"	20	-	-	-	-
1986a	"The Dead Heart"	4	53	11	-	62c	Diesel and Dust
1987a	"Beds Are Burning"	6	17	6	-	6b
1987	"Put Down That Weapon"	32	-	-	-	-
1988	"Dream World"	-	-	37	16	-
1990	"Blue Sky Mine"	8	47	1	1	66	Blue Sky Mining
1990	"Forgotten Years"	26	-	11	1	97
1990	"King of the Mountain"	25	-	20	3	-
1990	"Bedlam Bridge"	46	-	-	-	-
1990	"One Country"	51	-	-	-	-
1992	"Sometimes"	33	-	-	20	-	Scream in Blue
1993	"Truganini"	10	-	10	4	29	Earth and Sun and Moon
1993	"My Country"	52	-	-	-	66
1993	"In the Valley"	57	-	-	-	60
1993	"Drums of Heaven"	-	-	-	10	-
1993	"Outbreak of Love"	-	-	-	9	-
1996	"Underwater"	22	-	-	-	-	Breathe
2000	"The Real Thing"	48	-	-	-	-	Real Thing

• ^a Sluppet i 1988 i USA/GBR
• ^b Sluppet igjen i 1989; opprinnelig havnet den som nr 48
• ^c Sluppet igjen i 1989; opprinnelig havnet den som nr 68

Videoer

• Black Fella White Fella (1987) – Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary on the Black Fella White Fella tour of Indigenous communities with the Warumpi Band which inspired the writing of the album Diesel and Dust
• Black Rain Falls (1990) – Footage of the 1990 Exxon Valdez protest
• 20,000 Watt R.S.L. (1997) – Live footage, video clips and band interviews
• Best of Both Worlds (2004) – Footage from two live shows including the Triple J 10th anniversary performance on Goat Island, Sydney Harbour

Eksterne lenker

• (en) Midnight Oil - Official Site
• (en) Midnight Oil - the J-Files Archive - profile of the band from Triple J
• (en) The Deadheart - fan website
• (en) Midnight Oil - Best of Both Worlds - Triple J retrospective webpages, placed online to coincide with the release of remastered concert footage ( Dead link pr 07/08/08, remove soon, if site still dead )
• (en) Midnight Oil French Site - French fan website
• (en) Powderworks - Midnight Oil Yahoo group
• (en) www.midnight-oil.info - Comprehensive Midnight Oil information website
• (en) Detailed discography
• (en) Extensive Biography including chart positions etc.
• (en) Midnight Oil at Discogs