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Midnight Oil
1976-
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Artistfacts:
| The band is from Sydney, Australia. Garrett ran for the Australian senate in 1984, and eventually became a Labour Party member of the Australian Federal Parliament representing the seat of Kingsford Smith. He, as a member of the opposition, is spokesmen for the arts and several other matters. (thanks, Mike - Melbourne, Australia) |
| The band supports environmental issues. They have protested mining efforts, oil spills, and whaling. Garrett was president of the Australian Conservation Foundation from 1989-1993 and was on the international board of Greenpeace. |
| Garrett has a law degree, but has never practiced. |
| In 1997, they set up furniture on a busy street in Sao Paulo Brazil to protest air pollution in the city. They blocked traffic for about an hour. |
| Rob Hirst played a twenty minute drum solo at the Stompem Ground concert in 1997 when the power went out for all the electric instruments. Garrett walked off stage. Rob Hirst received a standing ovation after the power came back on and the rest of the group resumed the song where they had left off before the blackout! (thanks, Eddie) |
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Comments:
| At least Peter Garrett got off his ass and is taking action to support what he believes in, which is a lot more than most of us lazy Americans do!! - Laura, Eatontown, NJ |
| Funny how these extreme environmentalists don't seem to mind consuming large quantities of energy and creating large amounts of waste by travelling around the world for their concerts. Yet, I am supposed to feel bad about driving a car bigger than a golf cart. Hypocrites. - Mike, Baltimore, MD |
| yep, garrett got elected as a member in an inner sydney seat - Sam, Sydney, Australia |
| garrett is now a member of the australian labor party and is likely to be preselected to run for a seat in the house of representatives in the 2004 federal election. - rudi, melbourne, Australia |
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