Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band , which formed in 1991 in Geelong , Victoria , with Daniel Herring on guitar , Adam Robertson on drums , Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar , and Dean Turner on bass guitar . Initially forming an alternative underground band called Deer Bubbles which split and formed into the much heavier , rock based group called The Jim Jims , they were renamed as Magic Dirt . Their top 40 releases on the ARIA Albums Chart are '' Friends in Danger '' ( 1996 ) , '' What Are Rockstars Doing Today '' ( 2000 ) , '' Tough Love '' ( 2003 ) and '' Snow White '' ( 2005 ) . They have received nine ARIA Music Award nominations including four at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 for '' Life Was Better '' – their second extended play . Turner died in August 2009 of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans ( a soft tissue cancer ) . From 2010 to November 2018 the band were on hiatus
ARIA Music Awards of 1995
ARIA Music Awards of 1995
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