Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Origins of Midnight Oil (fwd)

Judy Lai judylai@mail.ma.utexas.edu
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 15:48:13 -0600 (CST)


Here is what the All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com - very cool site if
you've never been) says about Oily beginnings:

 The band formed in Sydney in 1971 as Farm, and originally comprised
guitarists
 Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey, drummer Rob Hirst and bassist Andrew
"Bear"
 James; Garrett, a law student known for his seven-foot-tall stature and
shaven
 head, assumed vocal duties in 1975, and the group soon rechristened
itself
 Midnight Oil. After months of sporadic gigs, they began making the rounds
to
 area record companies; following a string of rejections, the group formed
its own
 label, Powderworks, and issued their self-titled debut -- a taut,
impassioned
 collection of guitar rock which quickly established the Midnight Oil
sound -- in
 1978. 

There's more to the description on the site - didn't want to flood the
list.

Cheers,
Judy

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