As the music world mourns the death of Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst, here is a look back at the morning he helped turn a ...

The global music world is mourning the death of Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst, a powerful drummer, songwriter and activist, aged 70.

The rocker died surrounded by his loved ones this week, his bandmates announced.

The global music industry has been rocked by the death of legendary Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst, 70, after an almost three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Hirst is survived by his wife, Lesley ...

Hirst had other irons in the fire as early as 1991 when he formed Ghostwriters with Rick Grossman. Perhaps the band’s name signalled a frisson of bitterness about the concentration of attention ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. For many years Hirst was also the only door into the hermetically sealed world that was Midnight Oil. Manager Gary Morris ran the ...

They were the voice of a generation who used their music to put the spotlight on some of the biggest issues affecting Australia and the world. Midnight Oil has long been considered one of Australia's ...