Latest Midnight Oil News
"Essential Oils"
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Handpicked by the band and distilled from their amazing 25 year recording legacy, this two disc set is a chronological history; a road trip through the very best of the band’s 14 studio albums and two groundbreaking EP’s. The package features remastered audio, liner notes by Rolling Stone Magazine Senior Editor, David Fricke and rare images from the Oil’s archive. |
"Flat Chat"
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The latest Midnight Oil album is a 'best of' of sorts: a collection of their songs that go 'flat chat' - the great rock and roll numbers they've become known for. |
Midnight Oil inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame
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"We always tried to make music with words that spoke to the times and with actions that backed up the words, so it's a mighty honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after more than 25 years of writing and performing together." "Midnight Oil is one the greatest rock 'n' roll bands this country has ever produced." |
2006-09-11
Another Midnight Oil Stamp
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Australia Post have released a Midnight Oil stamp featuring the Sprint hand logo in gold on a black background. It is the second Midnight Oil stamp released by Australia Post; a Power and the Passion stamp was released on the 20th March 2001. |
2004-11-01
Beds Are Burning: Midnight Oil- The Journey
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The new book by author Mark Dodshon was released on 1st November 2004. "Mark Dodshon tells the full and frank story of the remarkable career of the band and its members - Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Bones Hillman, Rob Hirst and manager 'sixth member' Gary Morris. Far more than a 'rockography', Beds Are Burning is a book about music, sensitivity, culture, relationships - and, above all, integrity and passion." |
Oil Resources

- Official Midnight Oil website

- Powderworks Group
- Powderworks Archive
- 2001 - 2004
Band Members
- Jim Moginie

- Reverbarama
- Fuzzface
- Rob Hirst

- Hirst and Greene
- Ghostwriters
- Angry Tradesmen
- Backsliders
- Peter Garrett
- www.petergarrett.com.au
- Bones Hillman
- www.boneshillman.com



