ArtistInfo

Magic Dirt

Band, *1992 AU, Geelong
Rock and Alternative
A.k.a. Adalita, Raul Sanchez i Jorge, Dean Turner, Adam Robertson

Magic Dirt are 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 known as Deer Bubbles and then The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in 1992. Their top 40 releases on the ARIA Albums Chart are Friends in Danger (1996), What Are Rockstars 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). As of 2011, the band is on hiatus with no immediate plans to tour or record.

Members

	Dave Thomas voc, g AU
	Adalita voc, g, p *1971 AU
	Adam Robertson dr, perc AU
	Dean Turner b, g
	Daniel Herring
	Raul Sanchez g, voc AU