Midnight Oil 1984

"A personal note – I was never a fan of Midnight Oil. When the band was at their peak I was just a kid, and they were frankly a bit scary. Heading into my teens Peter Garrett and his lurching frame had stopped being scary, and were just plain uncool. Musicians who cared about stuff like the environment? Ugh!"

"Ray Argall’s concert tour documentary captures the power and the passion of Australia’s greatest political rock band in their heyday."

"Ray Argall’s film captures a fascinating moment in history alongside a band that was on top of the world – and trying to save it."

"The uncertainty his efforts created internally are sympathetically treated in the contemporary interviews, but it would have been of value to draw out further questions of fandom and policy's interaction."

"What the film does best is to demonstrate the strength of the bond between the band and its audience."

"You’ll see Peter Garrett as never before. It delivers. And there are a few candid offstage moments fans can’t miss."

"It delivers. And there are a few candid offstage moments fans can't miss."

"This is a wonderfully nostalgic study of one of the greatest Aussie bands ever. One of the sweatiest, too."