# Midnight Oil: Tallest Rock Band?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-oil-tallest-rock-band/853566 "2020-05-11T03:49:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-oil-tallest-rock-band/853566/21 "2020-05-12T23:52:08Z")

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> [@River\_Hippie](#):
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> Who’s the tallest female musician? Isn’t the woman from Nashville Pussy pretty tall?

> [@River\_Hippie](#):
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> Had a little time to look it up, Ruyter Suys of Nashville Pussy is 6’ 3”.

Original bassist Corey Parks gets a special mention on that list of tall musicians. Couldn’t have been easy to replace a 6’3" female bassist with another 6’3" female bassist.

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-oil-tallest-rock-band/853566/22 "2020-05-13T00:33:21Z")

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[How to pronounce Ruyter Suys](https://www.howtopronounce.com/ruyter-suys) I found that via Google, some of the other results said “Rider Size”. That’s probably the Americanized version. I didn’t have any luck finding the origin, language, nationality derivation.

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**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-oil-tallest-rock-band/853566/23 "2020-05-13T00:49:55Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Second, is Peter Garrett the worst dancer in the history of rock?

You obviously are not into punk. His stage presence channels punk influences.

I present just a small list of competition for the title (all from live punk shows so I just assume there is some NSFW bits even where I did not watch all the way through)

Henry Rollins, [Black Flag - Rise Above](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsbvo5GVK10)  
Guy Picciotto, [Fugazi - Waiting Room](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJFWirQ3ks)  
Jello Biafra, [The Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KgJII63nVQ)  
Iggy Pop, [The Stooges - Not Right](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgGb6RLilwQ&list=RDXR2rl_OVcl4&start_radio=1)

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