Rob Hirst Wikipedia. Rob Hirst. Background information. Birth name. Robert George Hirst. Born1. 95. 5 0. September 1. Camden, New South Wales, Australia. Genres. Rock, alternative rock, blues, delta blues, surf music. Midnight Oil Capricornia' title='Midnight Oil Capricornia' />OccupationsMusician, songwriter, producer. Instruments. Drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards, vocals. Years active. 19. Labels. Virgin, Mercury, Sony. BMGAssociated acts. Schwampy Moose, Farm, Midnight Oil, Ghostwriters, Backsliders, The Angry Tradesmen, Hirst and Greene, The Break. Websitehttp robhirst. Robert George Rob Hirst born 3 September 1. Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales. He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals sometimes lead vocals from the 1. He also wrote a book, Willies Bar Grill, recounting the experiences on the tour Midnight Oil embarked on shortly after the 1. September terrorist attacks in 2. The Midnight Oil Years 1. In the early 1. 97. Rob Hirst and close friends Jim Moginie and Andrew Bear James played their first public performance in a school hall in Sydneys leafy northern suburbs under the name Schwampy Moose playing mainly Beatles covers. By 1. 97. 6 the band had changed their name to Farm, and Hirst, now a student at University of Sydney BALLB, placed an advertisement in The Sydney Morning Herald for a singer to join the trio. The new line up of Peter Garrett lead vocals, Hirst drums and vocals, Moginie guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, and James bass guitar was joined soon after by Martin Rotsey on guitar and their manager and sixth member Gary Morris. The band changed their name to Midnight Oil. With a blistering intensity to their live performances, the bands early music was a unique brand of surfpunk. However, by the early 1. Hirst, Moginie, and Garrett, had become increasingly interested in the political issues of the day. This had a significant influence on their song writing and soon spilled over into their live performances as the dynamic and outspoken Garrett used the stage as a platform for the bands views on issues including Aboriginal rights, nuclear disarmament and social justice. In 1. 97. 9 James left to be replaced by Peter Gifford. In 1. 98. 7, after touring the outback and recording the bands best known album Diesel and Dust, Gifford suffered ill health and resigned. Microsoft Query Excel 2003 Parameters Means. New bass player Bones Hillman formerly of New Zealand band The Swingers brought a new vocal dimension to the band. Midnight Oil continued to record and tour internationally for a further 1. Ib_B_mS10A/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Midnight Oil Capricornia' title='Midnight Oil Capricornia' />Garrett quit the group in December 2. Side projects and post Midnight OileditGhostwriterseditIn the mid 1. Volume 7, Issue 21. October 8th November 2012. Proudly brought to you by Mount Morgan Promotion Development Inc. ABN 21 391 526 801. Midnight Oil also known informally as The Oils to fans, is an Australian rock band, who originally performed as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass. Midnight Oil, auch Oils genannt, ist eine australische Rockband. Ihren internationalen Durchbruch feierte die 1976 gegrndete Band mit ihrem 1987 erschienenen. Find Midnight Oil biography and history on AllMusic Australias Midnight Oil brought a new sense of. Midnight Oil were taking a break, Hirst joined up with guitarist Andrew Dickson and Hoodoo Gurus bass guitarist Rick Grossman to form a side project, Ghostwriters. So far, the band has released four albums, Ghostwriters Virgin Records, 1. Second Skin Mercury Records, 1. Fibromoon self released, 2. Political Animal Sony. BMG Australia, 2. Midnight Oil Capricornia' title='Midnight Oil Capricornia' />BacksliderseditIn the year 2. Hirst joined Backsliders, an Australian Blues group formed in 1. Dom Turner and harmonica players Brod Smith, Ian Collard and Joe Glover. The line up with Hirst has released six studio albums, one EP and a live DVD. Midnight Oil Capricornia' title='Midnight Oil Capricornia' />RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET. RELEASED October, 1984. When The Generals Talk Best Of Both Worlds Sleep Minutes To Midnight Jimmy Sharmans Boxers Bakerman. Other musical projectseditTurner and Hirst formed another band in 2. Angry Tradesmen, with the idea of taking the guitardrum music of North Mississippi and blending it with drumbass music of the 1. Their only album Beat the House was released in 2. Midnight Oils Martin Rotsey. Hirst and Rotsey also play on the track All Around the World on Jim Moginies 2. Alas Folkloric. Other musical collaborations have included working with Australias Olympic athletes on a record commissioned by SOCOG for the Sydney 2. Olympics, and an unrelated collaboration with former Olympic athlete, Paul Greene. Hirst and Greene have released an album, In the Stealth of Summer, and a DVD, Hirst and Greene Live at the Basement. In 2. 01. 0 Hirst, Moginie and Rotsey teamed up with Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie and Hunters Collectors trumpet player Jack Howard3 to form a new surf rock band, The Break. Their debut album, Church of the Open Sky, was released on 1. April 2. 01. 0 on the independent label Bombora, distributed by MGM. A tour of Australia followed. Their second album, Space Farm, was released on 1. March 2. 01. 3,4 again followed by an Australian tour. In 2. 01. 5, Hirst collaborated on music with his eldest daughter Jay OShea5 of the band OShea. Jay had been adopted at a young age and it was through her birth mother and Robs band mate from Midnight Oil Bones Hillman that the two eventually connected. The song The Truth Walks Slowly is the second time Rob has collaborated with his children after previously having his younger two daughters complete backing vocals on his solo album. Personal lifeeditHirst has three daughters. He has two daughters with his wife, Leslie Holland. He also has another daughter, Jay OShea, who was born to a former girlfriend and was later adopted. They reunited in 2. DiscographyeditStudio albumseditMidnight Oil 1. Head Injuries 1. Place without a Postcard 1. Red Sails in the Sunset 1. Diesel and Dust 1. Blue Sky Mining 1. Earth and Sun and Moon 1. Breathe 1. 99. 6Redneck Wonderland 1. Capricornia 2. 00. Extended playseditLive albumseditGhostwriters 1. Second Skin 1. 99. Fibromoon 2. 00. Political Animal 2. Studio albumseditHanoi 2. Left Field Holler 2. Starvation Box 2. Dark Side 2. 01. Heathen Songbook 2. Live albumseditExtended playseditWith Hirst GreeneeditIn the Stealth of Summer 2. With Angry TradesmeneditWith The BreakeditChurch of the Open Sky 2. Space Farm 2. 01. The Sun Becomes the Sea 2. With OSheaeditThe Famine and the Feast 2. ReferenceseditExternal linkseditStudio albums. Midnight Oil. Head Injuries. Place without a Postcard. Red Sails in the Sunset. Diesel and Dust. Blue Sky Mining. Earth and Sun and Moon. Breathe. Redneck Wonderland. Capricornia. Singles. Compilations and EPs. Live and other albums. Videos and films. Related articles.