Midnight Oil's Bones Hillman - "the bassist with the beautiful voice" - has died.
The band announced via Twitter that Hillman died at his Milwaukee home in the United States on Sunday after a cancer battle.
"He was the bassist with the beautiful voice, the band member with the wicked sense of humour, and our brilliant musical comrade," the Tweet said.
Born in Auckland in 1958 as Wayne Stevens, Hillman adopted the stage name Bones Hillman in the 1970s.
His first band was punk outfit the Masochists and he later joined the Suburban Reptiles and The Swingers, before replacing Peter Gifford as bass player for rock band Midnight Oil in 1987.
He later recalled that he was living with Kiwi expatriate musicians Neil and Sharon Finn in a Melbourne share house when Midnight Oil called to say they were looking for a new bassist.
His first thought was that Neil Finn, who passed on the message, was pulling his leg. But a few nights later, drummer Rob Hirst rang back wondering why Hillman had not returned his call and invited him up to Sydney to rehearse.
He played with Midnight Oil for 15 years.
The band took a break in 2002 when frontman Peter Garrett moved into federal politics and Hillman returned to New Zealand, before moving with his family in 2007 to Nashville, where he worked as a session musician.
He re-joined Midnight Oil for its Reunion Tour in 2018.
Bones Hillman, centre, joined Midnight Oil in 1987.Credit:John Tsiavis
Tributes remembered him as "a lovely lovely man", "a great and kind guy", with amazing vocals.
More to come.
Harriet Alexander is a reporter for the Herald.
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