ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOV. 15, 2001 By Steve Newton Midnight Oil is one of the most politically motivated and socially conscious guitar-rock bands in the world. Although best known for embracing Aboriginal land-rights issues in its native Australia via the 1988 hit “Beds Are Burning”, the quintet has always kept an eye out for international … Continue reading Midnight Oil won’t forgo antinationalist songs in the wake of 9/11