[Heidi Shenk]

Last time I saw the Oils...a year ago on July 4th...sniff sniff...Bones was 
amazing.  To me he seemed to be the strongest leader in the band musically.  
I mean of course the rest of the guys are truly amazing, but when it came to 
holding down the beat and rhythm Bones was the guy.  Of course Rob is truly 
one amazing drummer...the best drummer ever IMO, but having a good bass 
player in a band is essential.  That's why I think that Midnight Oil could 
not be Midnight Oil if any one of the current members had left.  I wasn't 
alive when Giffo and Andrew James played for the Oils so maybe this isn't a 
fair assessment, but seeing that Bones was with the Oils for the longest 
amount of time, I think he really became an essential to the band.  Martin 
and Jim are amazing guitar players, Rob is an amazing drummer, Pete an 
amazing front man, but you also need an amazing bass player to hold all of 
the rest together and Bones definitely did just that.

Heidi


----Original Message Follows----
From: wcgraham@shaw.ca
To: Janice Coleman <jec_coleman@hotmail.com>
CC: rbonastre@eresmas.com, powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: RE: [Powderworks] Continuing with the Band
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:29:15 -0600


I don't quite understand it when people say that even if Bones had left, it 
wouldn't be Midnight Oil anymore.

Bones is great.  But he's also the band's 3rd bassist, and was with the band 
for only the latter half of their career.  Surely it was Midnight Oil before 
Bones.  Surely D&D was Midnight Oil, and Red Sails was Midnight Oil.  And 
for that matter, it was Midnight Oil before Giffo.

Again, nothing wrong with the man, but the Oils came into their own without 
him, and could still be the Oils without him.

Chris


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