Oil Rag
The Oil Rag was a promotional newspaper issued by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil to coincide with studio albums and tours. There were six volumes of the Oil Rag:
- Vol. I (1987) "What Midnight Oil Means to Australia", 8 pages, for background information on the band
- Vol. II (1988) "Consolidated Oil", edited by Denise Officer-Brewster and Andrew McMillan, 8 pages, for the album Diesel and Dust
- Vol. III (1990) "With Axes In Its Eyes", edited by Denise Officer-Brewster, 8 pages, for the album Blue Sky Mining
- Vol. IV (1993) "Oils Return to Orbit", edited by Ed St John, 8 pages, for the album Earth and Sun and Moon
- Vol. V (1996), 4 pages, for the album Breathe
- Vol. VI (1998) "Redneck Wonderland Advocate", edited by Mark Dodshon for the album Redneck Wonderland
There also was a 1983 release of the same concept for the album 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1[1] ("Oil Change", 4 pages) that was not yet officially named Oil Rag. The Oil Rag aimed to keep fans up to date on the musical and political activities of the band and were anti-corporate and anti-fashion.[2] They, among others, contained pictures, magazine articles, album lyrics, album and concert reviews and band interviews, and were distributed with promotional album releases[3] or in response to fan mail.
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- Peter Garrett
- Rob Hirst
- Jim Moginie
- Martin Rotsey
- Andrew James
- Peter Gifford
- Bones Hillman
- Midnight Oil
- Head Injuries
- Place without a Postcard
- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- Red Sails in the Sunset
- Diesel and Dust
- Blue Sky Mining
- Earth and Sun and Moon
- Breathe
- Redneck Wonderland
- Capricornia
- The Makarrata Project
- Resist
- Scream in Blue
- The Real Thing
- Best of Both Worlds
- Armistice Day
- Live at the Old Lion, Adelaide, 1982
- 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
- Flat Chat
- Essential Oils
- "Don't Wanna Be the One"
- "Armistice Day"
- "US Forces"
- "Power and the Passion"
- "Read About It"
- "The Dead Heart"
- "Beds Are Burning"
- "Put Down That Weapon"
- "Dreamworld"
- "Blue Sky Mine"
- "Forgotten Years"
- "King of the Mountain"
- "Sometimes"
- "Truganini"
- "Land"
- "The Real Thing"
- "No Man's Land"
- "Gadigal Land"
- "First Nation"
- "Rising Seas"
- Discography
- Ghostwriters
- Oil Rag
- A Version of Now (Garrett solo)
- The True North (Garrett solo)
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