Midnight Oil

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Medlemmer
Midnight Oil

Opphav	Sydney, Australia
Periode	1971–2002
Tidligere navn	Farm
Sjanger	Rock
Nettside	Official website

Peter Garrett Rob Hirst Jim Moginie Martin Rotsey Bones Hillman Peter Gifford Andrew James

Midnight Oil var et australsk rocke band 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.

[rediger] 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

[rediger] Discografi

[rediger] 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)

[rediger] 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)

[rediger] Singles

År	Tittel	Liste plass^[1]^[2]^[3]					Album
År	Tittel	ARIA Charts	Billboard Hot 100	Mainstream Rock Tracks	Modern Rock Tracks	UK Singles chart	Album
1978	"Run by Night"	100	-	-	-	-	Midnight Oil
1981	"Don't Wanna Be the One"	40	-	-	-	-	Place Without a Postcard
1981	"Armistice Day"	31	-	-	-	-	Place Without a Postcard
1982	"Power and the Passion"	8	-	-	-	-	10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
1982	"US Forces"	20	-	-	-	-	10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
1986^a	"The Dead Heart"	4	53	11	-	62^c	Diesel and Dust
1987^a	"Beds Are Burning"	6	17	6	-	6^b
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

[rediger] 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

[rediger] Referanser

[rediger] 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
(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

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