Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist and a member of the rock band

Midnight Oil Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by H ...

, which was active from 1977 to 2002 and resumed performing together in 2017.Forbes
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Career

In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member

Rob Hirst Robert George 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 t ...

's projects

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and ''The Angry Tradesmen''. He is also featured – together with Hirst – on the track "Around the world" from fellow Midnight Oil guitarist

Jim Moginie James Moginie (born 18 May 1956) is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he is a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter. Career In addition to Midnight Oil, Moginie has wor ...

's solo debut album "Alas Folkloric". In 2010 Rotsey teamed up with two other former members of Midnight Oil, Hirst and Moginie, and

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bass player

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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

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, distributed by

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. A tour of Australia followed.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian rock guitarists Midnight Oil members {{Australia-guitarist-stub