Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Oils/Skyhooks

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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 04:52:36 +0100 (BST)


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Interseting tit bit Vince,
But as time would prove - Skyhooks did not top the bill - the Oils were the=
 last act on stage  - it was a very memorable concert indeed!
Cheers,
Richard

-----Original Message-----
>From : =93Tari, Vince=93 <fstariv1@NMHG.COM>
To : powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
Date : 05 October 2001 02:07:01
Subject : [Powderworks] Oils/Skyhooks

>Hey Guys,
>
>I was just checking the Rage website and found that there will be a Skyhoo=
ks
>special on it this weekend.=20
>
>There's also a long Hooks bio there, from which i've extracted some
>interesting Oils related stuff and attached below.
>
>Later,
>Vince
>
>=93Skyhooks could of easily disbanded then and there (in 1978). Greg Macai=
nsh
>felt there was life in the band yet and took Shirls departure as a
>challenge. He wouldn't even try to fill Shirls shoes,no one could. Several
>ideas were thrown about,a female lead singer (remember this IS the man who
>proudly wore a Suzi Quatro fan club tshirt).....poaching Peter Garrett fro=
m
>Midnight Oil....=93
>
>=93In April 1983 the band assembled for a press conference,announcing it w=
ould
>play a Festival in Noosa. Midnight Oil were on the bill and acknowledged t=
he
>Skyhooks legacy by saying the 'Hooks were the only Australian band they
>would let top the bill above them.=93
>
>http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/default.htm
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