Midnight Oil - Used & Abused (1977)

[@crazycalves1]

Awesome the good old days !

[@stevegibbons4639]

GOLD! 77 was a great year from what I can remember !!!!!!

[@stevebrown2990]

The quality of the video is amazing given it was 1977. What is also amazing is the performance of the band at such an early stage.

[@DavidGloverSydney]

It was shot on 16mm film. Audio recorded to 4 Nagra tape recorders synced together.

[@vacationrichard974]

Because it was shot on film.

[@TimOestmann]

Yeah, I was thinking the same.

[@andypandy8569]

Just wow!

[@julosx]

Thanks for posting something that's quite likely to be the oldest M.O. video ever - and in a surprisingly good quality.

[@conkm.m.s9417]

This f.....ing amazing!!! The Oils at the old War and Peace Parramatta...LMFAO. That place was a blood bath every Friday and Saturday night..

[@wearenotafraid2830]

Priceless.

[@10067498]

Wow! Love those early day beards! Great band.

[@mrpeabody8187]

Outstanding band

[@5x9withQSB]

Absolute Gold !

[@JHollowayNetwork]

The song was part of their setlist when the band was formed in late 1976, even before guitarist Martin Rotsey came to the fold.

[@tomhunt9252]

thanks nzoz slower version mind blown 💥

[@rufus3898]

Stunner! Amazing performance!

[@DKashman]

Somewhere amongst my stuff I have a book with old photo's of many Aussie artist and there are a few early Oil shots with Pete and his crew cut blond hair.

[@leftish23]

This is fuckin' rare. Thank you so much for putting this up.

[@PauloPereira-hk9nw]

Awesome. Check out Peter Garrett's crew cut.

[@videosbydrake]

Brilliant! Thank you so much for posting this!! 😃

[@nongthip]

This is a fantastic time capsule of early Oz rock cum of age, with Peter just beginning to perfect that "dance". Oils Rule!

[@glennmcconell7055]

Wow. This is the earlier Midnight OIl video I have ever seen. Before their first album! Three years before I first saw them at Selinas in Coogee Bay. Awesome. I don't recognise some of them. Peter and Rob of course but is Martin Rotsey one of those bearded lads?? Andrew James? Don't recognise them.

[@joancahill4405]

Yes & Yes!

[@coldacre]

Moginie has the beard on the left. Rotsey, beard on the right. same lineup as the debut album

[@insideexercise]

Wow. Amazing. Thanks.

[@jambo77]

I thought it was Mark Jacko Jackson singing for a second there!

[@bashuppark]

Lol. Next song on the set was I'm An Individual.

[@saanzacs]

Early Oils

[@Supercazzola]

Is this the oldest Oils clip on KZbin ?

[@phillipramplin1203]

Fucking brilliant goosebumps ssssssss

[@darylcumming7119]

Raw.

[@ben-vf]

Grinderz

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Pete with hair??

[@JHollowayNetwork]

Yes, he did have hair. But Peter decided to cut it because it was getting in the way of pictures.

[@petercave6909]

How come theres no audience from a band that despised the so called video bands,which they so called dispised.

[@DavidGloverSydney]

It was shot by the ABC for the show Flashz - which was axed before this went to air. Someone dug it out of the ABC archives and put it on Rage.

[@stephenjames1443]

Sounds abit sky hooksy hey??