Rob Hirst

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rob Hirst
Occupation	Drummer
Date Of Birth	Sep 3, 1955(1955-09-03)
Age	69
Birthplace	Camden
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Virgo

Rob Hirst Biography

Rob Hirst is one of the most popular and richest Drummer who was born on September 3, 1955 in Camden, New South Wales, Australia. Founding member of Midnight Oil, who played drums and percussion as well as backing vocals.

He was bandmates with singer-turned-politician He was bandmates with singer- turned-politician Peter Garrett in Midnight Oil. in Midnight Oil.

In the early 1970s schoolboys Rob Hirst and close friends Jim Moginie and 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, now a student at University of Sydney (BA/LLB), placed an advertisement in The Sydney Morning Herald for a singer to join the trio. The new line up of Peter Garrett (lead vocals), Hirst (drums and vocals), Moginie (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and James (bass guitar) was joined soon after by Martin Rotsey on guitar and their manager and sixth member Gary Morris. The band changed their name to Midnight Oil.

In 1979 James left to be replaced by Peter Gifford. In 1987, after touring the outback and recording the band’s best-known album Diesel and Dust, Gifford suffered ill health and resigned. New bass player Bones Hillman (formerly of New Zealand band The Swingers) brought a new vocal dimension to the band. Midnight Oil continued to record and tour internationally for a further 15 years, chalking up a final tally of fourteen albums and two extended plays before lead singer Garrett quit the group in December 2002, taking up a career in politics. The band have resumed activity as of 2017, including undertaking a 2017 world tour.

When he was born, his parents lived in Camden in New South Wales, Australia.

Rob Hirst Net Worth

Rob Hirst is one of the richest Drummer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rob Hirst 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first band featured songs by The Beatles. He attended the University of Sydney.

He also wrote a book called Willie’s Bar & Grill that told the story about the band’s tour after September 11, 2001.

Robert George “Rob” Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales. He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (sometimes lead vocals) from the 1970s until the band took a hiatus in 2002. The band resumed activity as a group in 2017. Hirst also wrote a book, Willie’s Bar & Grill, recounting the experiences on the tour Midnight Oil embarked on shortly after the 11 September terrorist attacks in 2001.

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Who is Rob Hirst Dating?

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Turner and Hirst formed another band in 2002, the Angry Tradesmen, with the idea of taking the guitar/drum music of North Mississippi and blending it with drum/bass music of the 1990s and experimental post-punk rock. Their only album Beat the House was released in 2008 and featured studio performances by Midnight Oil’s Martin Rotsey. Hirst and Rotsey also play on the track “All Around the World” on Jim Moginie’s 2006 solo album Alas Folkloric.

Facts & Trivia

Rob Ranked on the list of most popular Drummer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Rob Hirst celebrates birthday on September 3 of every year.

In 2010 Hirst, Moginie and Rotsey teamed up with Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie and Hunters & Collectors trumpet player Jack Howard to form a new surf rock band, The Break. Their debut album, Church of the Open Sky, was released on 16 April 2010 on the independent label Bombora, distributed by MGM. A tour of Australia followed. Their second album, “Space Farm”, was released on 15 March 2013, again followed by an Australian tour.

What happened Peter Gifford?

Bass player Peter Gifford left after the band’s extensive touring to promote “Diesel and Dust.” He is now the Lamborghini-driving owner of a company that makes micro bikinis and lingerie, Wicked Weasel. “He’s quite the ex-rock star actually, much more than the rest of us,” Moginie said.

How old is Midnight Oil band?

The band formed in Sydney in 1971 as Farm, and originally comprised guitarists Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey, drummer Rob Hirst, and bassist Andrew “Bear” James; Garrett, a law student known for his seven-foot-tall stature and shaven head, assumed vocal duties in 1975, and the group soon rechristened itself Midnight …

Where did Midnight Oil grow up?

Sydney, Australia

What happened to Andrew James from Midnight Oil?

In April 1980 founding bass guitarist Andrew James left because of ill- health and was replaced by Peter Gifford (ex-Huntress, Ross Ryan Band). Further interest in Midnight Oil was generated by the popular Bird Noises EP, also produced by Karski, which peaked at No. 28 on the Australian singles charts.

Who is Peter Garrett married to?

Doris Garrett