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Midnight Oil

Punk rock
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Midnight Oil is a Punk rock and Rap act. Their sound grew out of Focus, Jethro Tull, Yes, The Jam and XTC. Those roots explain a lot about how Midnight Oil arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Australian Crawl, Powderfinger, The Angels, Noiseworks and The Screaming Jets, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Living End, INXS, Liam Finn, Alexisonfire and Alchemist, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Midnight Oil, reaching back through Focus and forward to The Living End. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Midnight OilFocusJethro TullYesThe JamXTCPeter GabrielGang of FourINXSThe Living EndINXSLiam FinnAlexisonfireAlchemistCandleboxRico BlancoEnd of FashionAustralian CrawlPowderfingerThe AngelsNoiseworksThe Screaming JetsDivinylsYou Am IThe Whitlams

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Midnight Oil connections

Midnight Oil grew out of Focus, Jethro Tull, Yes and The Jam, shares an orbit with Australian Crawl, Powderfinger, The Angels and Noiseworks, went on to shape The Living End, INXS, Liam Finn and Alexisonfire. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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