During 1989 to 1993 and 1998 to 2002 , Peter Garrett , the band 's lead singer , was the President of the Australian Conservation Foundation , whilst during 1993 to 1998 he was on the International Board of Greenpeace . In 1990 Midnight Oil played an impromptu lunchtime set in front of Exxon headquarters in New York with a banner reading , " Midnight Oil Makes You Dance , Exxon Oil Makes Us Sick , " protesting the Exxon Valdez oil spill the previous year
Exxon Valdez oil spill
Exxon Valdez oil spill
Diesel and Dust