Roots of Midnight Oil
The artists and genres Midnight Oil came out of — one hop back on the influence tree.
Hoodoo GurusartistHoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd. Their popularity peaked in the mid- to late 1980s with albums Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool! and Magnum Cum Louder.
Australian CrawlartistAustralian Crawl are an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne, Brad Robinson, Paul Williams (bass), Simon Binks and David Reyne (drums) in Melbourne in 1978. David Reyne soon left and was replaced by Bill McDonough. They were later joined by his brother Guy McDonough. The band was named after the front crawl swimming style also known as the Australian crawl.
Creamartist
Creedence Clearwater Revivalartist
Led Zeppelinartist
Focusartist
Jethro Tullartist
Yesartist
The Jamartist
XTCartist
Peter Gabrielartist
Gang of Fourartist
INXSartist
John Trudellartist
The Tragically Hipartist
Girls on Filmartist"Girls on Film" is the third single by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981. It became Duran Duran's first top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 5 in July 1981, and an international hit reaching the top 20 in several countries, including number 1 in Portugal, number 4 in New Zealand and number 11 in Australia.
Hothouse Flowersartist