Peak (Midnight) Oil

RIP Rob Hirst, co-founder and drummer

RIP Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil. Pancreatic cancer. 70. The drummer, engine, co-founder and co-songwriter and backing vocalist for one of the greatest live rock bands I’ll likely ever see in my life.

I’m not old enough to have seen the Clash in 1978, but I did see Midnight Oil in 1988 (Concert Hall, Toronto), so I don’t feel cheated. At all. I had a teena…