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Formed: 1975 in Sydney, Australia
Years Active: 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Rock

Biography
Australia's Midnight Oil brought a new sense of political and social immediacy to pop music: not only did incendiary hits like "Beds Are Burning" and "Blue Sky Mine" bring global attention to the plight of, respectively, aboriginal settlers and impoverished workers, but the group also put its money where its mouth was -- in addition to mounting ben... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2002 Capricornia
2000 Real Thing
1998 Redneck Wonderland
1996 Breathe
1993 Earth and Sun and Moon
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Filmography:
1993 Saturday Night Live: Christina Applegate
1990 Midnight Oil: Black Rain Falls
1987 Midnight Oil: Black Fella White Fella Tour
1984 Australia Now
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Group Members: Andrew James Dwayne "Bones" Hillman Peter Gifford Jim Moginie Peter Garrett More >> Similar Artists: The Celibate Rifles Australian Crawl Hunters & Collectors Cold Chisel U2 More >>

Influenced By: The Who More >> Followers: Living End Blueline Medic Mad Dogs & Englishman 7 Seconds More >>

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