Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wallaru – Zeke Quest, Midnight Oil

Zeke Quest Wallaru
Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Earning_the_Midnight_Oil
https://finalbastion.com/wizard101-guides/w101-training-point-guides/wallaru-zeke-quest-midnight-oil/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Oil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_and_Dust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKPNnk-JhE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16bFBzx7I_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcKcjpSWmm0

Zeke in Hope Springs

Zeke has no time for games, he needs your Wizard’s help to find Wallaru’s most valuable resource, eh… the, uh.. shoot, Zeke has a short memory these days. Luckily Zeke wrote it down, Midnight Oil. Midnight Oil is a slurry of plant-life and Dream Water. Midnight Oil is used in place of coffee in Wallaru. It’s said to be the source of their power and passion. It causes one to dance while the world is turning and their beds are burning. Zeke also has a friend on Wedding Cake Island who needs something to revive his dead heart as he was dumped at the altar. So bring some back for ol’ Zeke when you can. It takes a second for Zeke to remember that he sent you on his errand as he was lost in the reverie of the Dreamworld.

Midnight Oil in the Woebegone Territory

Midnight Oil (known informally as “The Oils”) are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by Hirst, Moginie and original bassist Andrew James as Farm: they enlisted Garrett the following year, changed their name in 1976, and hired Rotsey a year later. Peter Gifford served as bass player from 1980 to 1987, with Bones Hillman then assuming the role until his death in 2020. Midnight Oil have sold over 20 million albums worldwide as of 2021.

Midnight Oil at Vieilles Charrues Festival, 2022

Midnight Oil issued their self-titled debut album in 1978 and gained a cult following in their homeland despite a lack of mainstream media acceptance. The band achieved greater popularity throughout Australasia with the release of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982) – which spawned the singles “Power and the Passion” and “US Forces” – and also began to attract an audience in the United States. They achieved their first Australian number one album in 1984 with Red Sails in the Sunset, and topped their native country’s singles chart for six weeks with the EP Species Deceases (1985).

The group garnered worldwide attention with 1987 album Diesel and Dust. Its singles “The Dead Heart” and “Beds Are Burning” illuminated the plight of Indigenous Australians, with the latter charting at number one in multiple countries. Midnight Oil had continued global success with Blue Sky Mining (1990) and Earth and Sun and Moon (1993) – each buoyed by an international hit single in “Blue Sky Mine” and “Truganini”, respectively – and remained a formidable album chart presence in Australia until their 2002 disbandment. The group held concerts sporadically during the remainder of the 2000s and announced a full-scale reformation in 2016. The band released their 15th and final studio album, Resist, on 18 February 2022, and announced an accompanying tour.

Diesel and Dust (1987)

Diesel and Dust (their sixth album) peaked at No. 1 on the Australian albums charts for six weeks, No. 21 on the Billboard 200 charts in 1988, and No. 19 on the UK albums charts. “Beds Are Burning” was their biggest international hit single, peaking at No. 6 in Australia, and No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 6 on the UK singles charts. “The Dead Heart” peaked at No. 6 in Australia, and charted on the Hot 100 and in the UK. “Put Down that Weapon” also charted in Australia, while “Dreamworld” charted on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 16 on its Modern Rock Tracks.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Prospector Zeke and Midnight Oil images are from Wizard101, and are copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment. The Midnight Oil Image is borrowed from Final Bastion.

Midnight Oil image is copyright Fab_Photo_29 and is borrowed from Wikipedia. It is is shared under the CC BY-SA 2.0 Creative Commons license.

Diesel and Dust album cover is borrowed from SubjectiveSounds.com It is copyright Columbia Records

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The other Zeke quest references can be found here.

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