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 ...

Rob Hirst, the drummer of Australian rock veterans Midnight Oil, has revealed he is currently battling pancreatic cancer.

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 ...

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 ...

The veteran drummer has been performing alongside front man Peter Garrett in Midnight Oil since 1972. He co-wrote some of their most beloved songs, including Beds are Burning, Blue Sky Mine and ...

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 ...

Oil drummer Rob Hirst has revealed he’s been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Formed in 1972 the Australian rock band, which ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Australian rock music has been graced with many legends, but few bands have left as lasting a mark as Midnight Oil. Renowned ...