Birth name Martin Rotsey Role Guitarist | Occupation(s) Musician Name Martin Rotsey | |
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Years active 1977–2002, 2006–present Movies Midnight Oil: Diesel and Dust Albums Diesel and Dust, 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1, Blue Sky Mining, Place without a Postcard, Earth and Sun and Moon Similar People Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst, Peter Gifford, Bones Hillman, Peter Garrett | ||
Martin Rotsey
Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist, and was a member of the rock band Midnight Oil from 1977 until the band's dissolution in 2002.
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Career
In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member Rob Hirst's projects Ghostwriters and The Angry Tradesmen. He is also featured – together with Hirst – on the track "Around the world" from fellow Midnight Oil guitarist Jim Moginie's solo debut album "Alas Folkloric".
In 2010 Rotsey teamed up with two other former members of Midnight Oil, Hirst and Moginie, and Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie 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.
Songs
Beds Are Burning
Blue Sky Mine
Whoah
The Dead Heart
Put Down That Weapon
King of the Mountain
Surf's Up Tonight
Forgotten Years
No Time for Games
Powderworks
When the Generals Talk
Basement Flat
US Forces
Hercules
Read About It
Warakurna
River Runs Red
Redneck Wonderland
Jimmy Sharman's Boxers
Stars of Warburton
Blossom and Blood
E‐Beat
Run by Night
Mountains of Burma
Bedlam Bridge
Nothing Lost - Nothing Gained
Outbreak of Love
Too Much Sunshine
Cold Cold Change
Used and Abused
Love Calls Love
Dreamworld