The ''Oil Rag'' was a
promotional newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
issued by the Australian rock band
Midnight Oil to coincide with studio albums and tours. There were six volumes of the ''Oil Rag'':
* Vol. I (1987) "What Midnight Oil Means to Australia", 8 pages, for background information on the band
* Vol. II (1988) "Consolidated Oil", edited by Denise Officer-Brewster and
Andrew McMillan, 8 pages, for the album ''
Diesel and Dust''
* Vol. III (1990) "With Axes In Its Eyes", edited by Denise Officer-Brewster, 8 pages, for the album ''
Blue Sky Mining''
* Vol. IV (1993) "Oils Return to Orbit", edited by Ed St John, 8 pages, for the album ''
Earth and Sun and Moon''
* Vol. V (1996), 4 pages, for the album ''
Breathe''
* Vol. VI (1998) "Redneck Wonderland Advocate", edited by
Mark Dodshon for the album ''
Redneck Wonderland
''Redneck Wonderland'' is the tenth studio album by Midnight Oil that was released in July 1998 under the Columbia Records label, which peaked at No.7 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The title of the album was inspired by a wall graffiti, a picture ...
''
There also was a 1983 release of the same concept for the album ''
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1'' ("Oil Change", 4 pages) that was not yet officially named ''Oil Rag''. The ''Oil Rag'' aimed to keep fans up to date on the musical and political activities of the band and were
anti-corporate and
anti-fashion
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. They, among others, contained pictures, magazine articles, album lyrics, album and concert reviews and band interviews, and were distributed with promotional album releases
or in response to fan mail.
References
Midnight Oil
Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales
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