Peter Garrett

To call Peter Garrett a 'rock star' or a 'showman' would be a great insult to him. For Garrett, music was never about a good time, soul tunes and a beat that makes your feet move, it was about life itself! For over 20 years Garrett used the medium of music to convey his political views and messages to across the world. Garrett could best be described as a politician in a rock and roll stars body. Joining Midnight Oil in 1976, Garrett used the band as a means of conveying his strong political message to the world, with challenging songs that dealt with controversial subject matter such as nuclear disarmament, homeless youth, the stolen generation and saying 'sorry' to them, oppresion and the environment. Garrett showed his committment to politics over music when in 1984 he ran for the Australian senate on the Nuclear Disarmament Party. Although marginally losing out, Garrett continued to convey his challenging views to the world through his music. Midnight Oil shocked Australia in the e