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Rob Hirst

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Rob Hirst Was the Engine of Midnight Oil

January 23, 2026January 24, 2026 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Blue Sky Mine, Blue Sky Mining, Forgotten Years, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, RIP, Rob Hirst

Remembering the Australian band’s drummer and songwriter

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King of the Mountain: Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett Turns 70

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1988, 1990, 70th Birthday, Australia, Blue Sky Mining, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst

Revisiting a pair of archival interviews with the Australian rock legend

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The Time Has Come: Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust at 35

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, Aborigines, Australia, Beds Are Burning, Bones Hillman, Columbia Records, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Rob Hirst, The Dead Heart

Looking back on the Australian band’s most successful LP

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