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{{Short description|Australian guitarist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Martin Rotsey
| image      =Martin Rotsey 2022 (cropped).jpg
|caption=Rotsey in 2022
| birth_name      = 
| birth_date      = {{birth_date and age|February 19, 1956}}
| birth_place     = [[Sydney]], Australia
| genre           = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[alternative rock]]
| occupation      = Guitarist
| years_active    = 1977–2002, 2006–present
| associated_acts = [[Midnight Oil]], The Break
| website         = {{URL|midnightoil.com}}
}}

'''Martin Rotsey''' is an Australian guitarist and a member of the rock band [[Midnight Oil]], which was active from 1977 to 2002 and resumed performing in 2017.<ref>[http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/music/mixing-music-and-politics The Business Times]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Midnight Oil On Changing The World Through Music |website=[[Forbes]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209160614/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2017/08/17/midnight-oil-on-changing-the-world-through-music/ |archive-date=2021-12-09 |url-status=live |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2017/08/17/midnight-oil-on-changing-the-world-through-music/#392f3de7696a}}</ref>

==Career==
In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member [[Rob Hirst]]'s projects [[Ghostwriters (band)|Ghostwriters]] and ''The Angry Tradesmen''. He is also featured – together with Hirst – on the track "Around the world" from fellow Midnight Oil guitarist [[Jim Moginie]]'s solo debut album "Alas Folkloric".

In 2010 Rotsey teamed up with two other former members of Midnight Oil, Hirst and Moginie, and [[Violent Femmes]] bass player [[Brian Ritchie]] to form a new surf rock band, The Break. Their debut album ''Church of the Open Sky'' was released on 16 April 2010 on the independent label [[Bombora]], distributed by [[MGM]]. A tour of Australia followed.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Midnight Oil}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian rock guitarists]]
[[Category:Midnight Oil members]]
[[Category:1956 births]]


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