Dwayne Hillman(1958-2020)
- Actor
- Director
- Composer
Perhaps the most prolific member of Midnight Oil, Dwayne 'Bones'
Hillman was born in the late 1950s in Auckland, New Zealand. Bones has
been in many bands throughout his career as a bass guitarist, including
'Suburban Reptiles', 'The Masochists', 'Thunder Downunder', 'Coconut
Rough', and of course 'The Swingers' and eventually 'Midnight Oil'.
Suburban Reptiles disbanded and became 'The Swingers' in the late 70s,
with Phil Judd from Split Enz and Ian 'Killjoy' Gilroy. Bones is good
friends with Neil Finn, and there was some talk of Bones becoming the
bassist for Crowded House, until Finn introduced him to Rob Hirst, who
appointed him Midnight Oil bassist in 1987. Bones is the only member of
Midnight Oil to appear in a movie, starring in a brief cameo in the
1982 musical movie 'Starstruck' (1982) as himself, Swingers bassist.
Bones is married to Alexandra. Although Midnight Oil officially called
it a day back in 2002, Bones continues to play bass in as many bands as
he can get his teeth stuck into, and remains an important part of the
Australian music industry.
