"Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Australian rockers Midnight Oil announced Tuesday that drummer and co-founder Rob Hirst is dead at 70. After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now free of pain a glimmer of tiny light in the wilderness,' Midnight Oil posted on its website. He died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones. Hirst's bandmates asked that fans interested in honoring Hirst contribute to Australian organizations that battle cancer."
"Indie music fans in the U.S. remember Midnight Oil for the politically charged singles Beds are Burning and The Dead Heart, from their 1987 album Diesel and Dust, and Forgotten Years and Blue Sky Mine off of their 1989 follow-up Blue Sky Mining. The band was nominated for a pair of Grammy Awards, but came up short in 1989 and 1991. Midnight Oil formed in 1976 when Hirst and guitarist Jim Moginie added singer Peter Garrett to an evolving lineup that played together until 2002."
"Hirst never left the lineup. He announced in April that he'd undergone pretty much every treatment known to man to fight his cancer, according to Rolling Stone. In October, Hirst auctioned a drum set Midnight Oil took on tour from 1979 through 2022 to raise money for Australian musicians trying to make ends meet. He was remembered by fans and friends including top-selling Australian singer Jimmy Barnes."
Rob Hirst, drummer and co-founder of Midnight Oil, died at 70 after fighting cancer for almost three years. He died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, and bandmates asked fans to contribute to Australian organizations that battle cancer. Midnight Oil is known for politically charged singles such as Beds are Burning, The Dead Heart, Forgotten Years and Blue Sky Mine, and received Grammy nominations in 1989 and 1991. The band formed in 1976, reunited several times, and completed a final tour from 2016 to 2022 ending in Sydney. Hirst underwent extensive treatments and auctioned a long-used drum kit to raise funds for Australian musicians.
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