Rob Hirst

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rob Hirst (born in 1955 Camden, New South Wales as Robert Hirst) is an Australian musician. He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil with whom he played drums from the 1970s until the band''s break up in 2002. He also wrote a book, "Willie''s Bar & Grill", recounting the experiences on the tour Midnight Oil undertook shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. In the early 1970''s schoolboys Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie along with original bass player Andrew Bear'' James played their first public performance in a school hall in Sydney''s leafy northern suburbs under the name Schwampy Moose'' playing mainly Beatles covers. By 1976 the band had changed their name to Farm and Hirst, still a student at Sydney University (BA/LLB), placed an advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald for a singer to join the trio. The new lineup of Peter Garrett (lead vox), Rob Hirst (drums and vox), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards, b/vox), and Andrew Bear'' James (bass) was joined soon after by Martin Rotsey on guitar and manager and 6th member Gary Morris. The band changed their name to Midnight Oil.... Mehr