Midnight Oil will be the subject of an all-new Australian TV documentary that promises “the first ever inside story” of the band, thanks to its use of “a wealth of rare archival footage as well as the only interviews with each of the five band members granted in recent years.” In the preview posted above, the band recall its 1990 performance on a flatbed truck in front of Exxon’s New York HQ to protest the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
“MAX The Artist’s Story: Midnight Oil” premieres 9:30 p.m. Nov. 1 on Australia’s MAX network around the same time as the release of the band’s new best-of, Essential Oils.
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Midnight Oil preps career-spanning 2CD ‘Essential Oils’ compilation for fall release
- Midnight Oil puts career-spanning box set ‘back on hold’ until ‘better time’ for release
- Midnight Oil prepping career-spanning box set with ‘unseen and unheard film and music’
- Vintage Video: Watch Midnight Oil’s complete ‘Oils on the Water’ concert from 1985
- Video: Midnight Oil rocks Exxon building in Valdez protest 20 years ago
- Midnight Oil, Violent Femmes members form surf-rock band The Break
- Midnight Oil reunites for Australian bushfire benefit, warm-up gigs
