About Martin Rotsey
Born 1953. Martin Rotsey is an Australian musician and guitarist.
Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist and a member of the rock band Midnight Oil, which was active from 1977 to 2002 and resumed performing in 2017.
Career In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member Rob Hirst's projects Ghostwriters and The Angry Tradesmen. He is also featured – together with Hirst – on the track "Around the world" from fellow Midnight Oil guitarist Jim Moginie's solo debut album "Alas Folkloric".
In 2010 Rotsey teamed up with two other former members of Midnight Oil, Hirst and Moginie, and Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie to form a new surf rock band, The Break. Their debut album Church of the Open Sky was released on 16 April 2010 on the independent label Bombora, distributed by MGM. A tour of Australia followed.
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Who is Martin Rotsey?
Australian guitarist
When was Martin Rotsey born?
Martin Rotsey was born in 1953 in Sydney.
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Martin Rotsey is a musician and guitarist.
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Martin Rotsey is Australian.
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