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Redneck Wonderland (1998)

Midnight Oil
Reviewed by Tom Lanham | Nov 13, 1998
EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performance: Midnight Oil

Ex-barrister Peter Garrett is angry 24-7, and he uses his frontman position with the guitar-burning Midnight Oil to denounce sociopolitical ills down under. His latest target — xenophobic Aussie politician Pauline Hanson — has Garrett and crew firing on all cylinders. ''Emergency has gone, apathy rolling on/Time to take a stand,'' he spits on the title track, and it feels like a stiff uppercut. No surprise, then, that that kangaroo on Redneck Wonderland's cover is carrying a rifle. B

Originally posted Nov 13, 1998 Published in issue #458 Nov 13, 1998 Order article reprints

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