Jim Moginie (Credit: Sarah Lorien Photography) More Midnight Oil ‘Aussies Destroy Venue’ Despite our emerging popularity, some might say notoriety, my father seemed to think that Midnight Oil was a dead-end career for me. Mum never questioned anything I did, but back in 1976 Dad had chased Pete and Rob out of the house with his walking stick, yelling, ‘Get out, you long-haired bastards.’ It was only in 1979 when I brought home a gold record for 20,000 album sales that he changed his tune.
