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It sits within the topics 1955 births, 2026 deaths and 20th-century Australian drummers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Willie's Bar & Grill
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Known for
- Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line — Himself2024
- Stompem Ground 2022 - Midnight Oil — Himself, Drums & Percussion2022
- Midnight Oil - Live at the Grand Rex2019
- Midnight Oil: 1984 — Himself2018
- Sound Relief - MCG — Self (Midnight Oil)2009
- Midnight Oil: Best of Both Worlds — Drums2004
- Midnight Oil - Black Rain Falls — Himself - Drums, backup vocals1990
- Oils on the Water — Drums, Vocals1985
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1956-09-03
- Active to
- 2026-01
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 801
- Total plays
- 5,502
Rob Hirst (born Robert George Hirst in Camden, NSW, on 3 September 1955; died 20 January 2026) was an Australian musician remembered for being a co-founder of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (and sometimes lead vocals), and also one of the band's chief songwriters. In the mid-1990s, while Midnight Oil were taking a break, Hirst joined up with guitarist Andrew Dickson and Hoodoo Gurus bass guitarist Rick Grossman to form a side project, Ghostwriters. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Australia
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Official website
- robhirst.com.au
- Image
- Rob-Hirst.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1955-09-03
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- name in native language
- Rob Hirst
- birth name
- Robert George Hirst
- end of work period
- 2026-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- medical condition
- pancreatic cancer
- date of death
- 2026-01-20
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