Magic Dirt | |
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 Magic Dirt performing at Big Day Out in 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Jim Jims |
| Origin | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Alternative rock, grunge |
| Years active | 1991–2010, 2018–present |
| Labels | Fellaheen, Dirt, Au Go Go, Shock, Warner, Cargo, Various, Emergency |
| Members | Adalita Srsen Raúl Sánchez Adam Robertson |
| Past members | Dean Turner Daniel Herring Dave Thomas |
| Website | www |
Magic Dirt is 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 Rock Stars 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.