Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst (far left ... They are best known for songs including Power and the Passion, Beds Are Burning and Blue Sky Mine, also becoming known for its political activism ...

Picture: NCA Known for their powerful music and fierce political activism, Midnight Oil became one of Australia's most iconic rock bands. Their 1987 hit Beds Are Burning propelled them onto the ...

Rob Hirst, who co-founded Midnight Oil in the 1970s ... The band’s 1987 single “Beds Are Burning,” which advocates for Indigenous land rights, is regarded as a landmark of Australian ...

A scene from Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line ... perhaps none more so than “Beds Are Burning,” which is listed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of 500 songs in the world that shaped ...

drummer and vocalist for Midnight Oil, which formed in Sydney in the 1970s and released its first album in 1978. The ARIA Hall of Fame group is best known in the U.S. for “Beds Are Burning ...

Rob Hirst, drummer of Australian rock veterans Midnight Oil, has revealed he is battling ... Their 1987 single Beds Are Burning is often considered a landmark of Australian music, with its message ...

For example, putting in the prompts ‘1980s Australian pop song’, ‘male vocals’, ‘about paying dues to the native people’ and ‘in the style of Midnight Oil’ brought up the entire lyrics to the Aussie ...

Adolescents burning the midnight oil is nothing new ... no earlier than 8:30 a.m. But simply telling a teenager to get to bed earlier doesn’t always work, as any parent can attest: They need ...

Hirst formed Midnight Oil in 1976, alongside Garrett. The band went on to become one of the most prolific acts in Australian music history with hits like Beds Are Burning and The Power And The Passion ...

A video circulating on social media of him lying in a hospital bed asking for painkillers ... is wrong while the authorities are busy burning midnight oil plotting to consolidate power and extend ...