Uau, well, the bolognese thing and more you check on this interview:
Australia is a megadiverse country, meaning that it houses a majority of the Earth’s species. It is also megadiverse culturally, from macho hard man like Mark Brandan “Chopper” Reed to hard rocking bands like AC/DC, The Easybeats, INXS and Silverchair. Australia might not be as productive as say America at pumping out rock stars but every so often they let one out of their grips with a rippling effect across the world of music. Back in 2001 while bands like Limp Bizkit were dominating the world, a certain area of Melbourne was birthing a band called JET, and six years on they are one of the biggest bands around. Before their recent co-headline tour we got to get involved in a conference call with Nic Cester and this what he had to say.
Can you give us a sense of how this tour came together with Papa Roach and what you expect from it?
Well, I guess to name the main reason why the tour came about is because we switched to a new management company who manages both bands and in starting a new relationship we are trying to be open minded with the new company. We have toured the states so many times so we didn’t want to just preach to the converted again so we are trying to be open minded and roll the dice.
Papa Roach have a real hard rocking fan base, what is your anticipation for putting JET in front of a crowd like that?
First of all I think we have played so many shows in all different shapes and sizes and our fan base has always been pretty interesting. We’ve always had the ability to cross quite comfortably.
How do you think your fans are going to take you touring with Papa Roach?
Yeah to be honest that was the bigger question for us, Papa Roach is Papa Roach and they do their thing but we were more concerned about our fans. To be honest I have no idea and we realised that we were rolling the dice with this tour but we wanted to give it a go because we have toured the states a few times and it can become soul destroying, which it has been in the past. Doing a tour and realising that you haven’t really achieved much at the end of it and then you think what is the purpose and why are you doing it. So we are not really sure what is going to happen but were open minded and we are willing to take a chance.
Is there any certain aspects of touring that you are enjoying now?
I think the thing that we are enjoying about touring this time around is I guess being a little bit older and a little bit wiser. In the past we have been pretty reckless when it comes to extra curricular activities. I think this time we are looking after ourselves a lot better than we ever have and actually going out and seeing the towns we are touring, going to restaurants and actually exploring America for the first time I guess.
Now growing up in Australia were there bands there that inspired you or was it international bands rather?
It was mostly Australian music that I was listening to, there are obvious big ones that are like huge shadows looming over you like The Beatles and The Stones but more directly it was bands that I could actually get on a train and go and see in Melbourne. Melbourne is a really strong music city probably the most, no actually with out a question the most important rock n roll band was a band called You Am I. You ask any Australian band and they will cite them as an influence.
Shaka Rock has been out for a while, what sort of perspective do you have on it now, have there been any suprises for you?
Because we were so involved in every step and every process of this album, we were co-producer’s not just writers this time. I feel like we really understood every aspect of these songs in a way that we didn’t on previous albums so there haven’t been any suprises at all this time.
You did so much on your own for this record, with that must come a lot of pride and ownership. However was there something to it that was maybe a little scary?
No not all, honestly it wasn’t at all. I think we realised that whatever the end result was going to be the amount of enjoyment we got from doing it like that, the whole process was so fun and we knew that we were going to be very happy and proud of it in the end anyway. We are pretty confident that whatever we are going to do, if we apply ourselves we are going to do it really well.
The songs on Shaka Rock show a new dimension, do any of the songs on the album point to where you would like to see JET going in the future.
I think actually 17 is a song that we have all echoed what you have said. That was a song we were all very fond of very quickly and for those reasons. I think what we are really proud of on this album is the uniqueness of the songs. We always knew that we could write good songs and we have got a knack for writing melodies and good at structuring and layering the mechanics of it. I think now we have reached a new level of maturity and I think we are a lot more comfortable in our own skin now and with that comes a little more uniqueness I guess.
The cover is also unique, could you explain the cover of the album?
Ha ha, I guess we were having a discussion and we were meeting with seven photographers that were all a bit la dee da. We just thought that every process of the album had been quite organic and we one of the guys said as a joke when we were in New York. We saw one of those boxed trucks drive passed and it was all graffitied, they’re pretty common in New York. So Cam said “why don’t we just get one of those trucks and write our name on it and be done with it”, almost half joking. We all laughed and said it would actually be a pretty good idea, I don’t know were the idea came to burn it but it did. We actually bought the truck ourselves on the internet and someone drove it down to Los Angeles in the desert. There were two graffiti gangs that did either side of the van so there is two versions of it and we filmed the whole process of it being painted and burned eventually.
Before Shaka Rock and just after the Shine On tour you guys did some side projects, how was it getting back into the studio as a group?
It was weird and institutionally it’s always a little weird after we have a bit of a break, people go off and become independent people again and you have to establish or re-establish an operating mode and the balance of ego’s ect. So the first month is always tricky and then we always settle into a groove.
Out on the road what do you do to keep yourselves entertained when not playing?
Well we are trying really hard to curb our ways a bit but looking back at the last european tour we got a bit loose towards the end and we had an 80’s party one night which happened to be the night Patrick Swayze passed away aswell which led to some tribute pieces. We are all a lot healthier than what we have been and we all enjoy eating good food and I’m about to go and have a Vietnamese soup with Mark our bass player and a few others. We generally try and locate the best Vietnamese in town as soon as we arrive in.
Lastly, Do you have any other special talents other than music?
I’m an excellent cook.
Do you have any specialty entrée’s?
Yip, being an excellent cook an entrée is what we like to call the main. I do an amazing bolognese sauce that has been passed down through generations of my Italian ancestors, but unfortunately I can’t part with any of this information otherwise I would have to kill you.
Source: Clink Music Magazine
Soon I'll back with something on the last night's gig!
Tchau.
Australia is a megadiverse country, meaning that it houses a majority of the Earth’s species. It is also megadiverse culturally, from macho hard man like Mark Brandan “Chopper” Reed to hard rocking bands like AC/DC, The Easybeats, INXS and Silverchair. Australia might not be as productive as say America at pumping out rock stars but every so often they let one out of their grips with a rippling effect across the world of music. Back in 2001 while bands like Limp Bizkit were dominating the world, a certain area of Melbourne was birthing a band called JET, and six years on they are one of the biggest bands around. Before their recent co-headline tour we got to get involved in a conference call with Nic Cester and this what he had to say.
Can you give us a sense of how this tour came together with Papa Roach and what you expect from it?
Well, I guess to name the main reason why the tour came about is because we switched to a new management company who manages both bands and in starting a new relationship we are trying to be open minded with the new company. We have toured the states so many times so we didn’t want to just preach to the converted again so we are trying to be open minded and roll the dice.
Papa Roach have a real hard rocking fan base, what is your anticipation for putting JET in front of a crowd like that?
First of all I think we have played so many shows in all different shapes and sizes and our fan base has always been pretty interesting. We’ve always had the ability to cross quite comfortably.
How do you think your fans are going to take you touring with Papa Roach?
Yeah to be honest that was the bigger question for us, Papa Roach is Papa Roach and they do their thing but we were more concerned about our fans. To be honest I have no idea and we realised that we were rolling the dice with this tour but we wanted to give it a go because we have toured the states a few times and it can become soul destroying, which it has been in the past. Doing a tour and realising that you haven’t really achieved much at the end of it and then you think what is the purpose and why are you doing it. So we are not really sure what is going to happen but were open minded and we are willing to take a chance.
Is there any certain aspects of touring that you are enjoying now?
I think the thing that we are enjoying about touring this time around is I guess being a little bit older and a little bit wiser. In the past we have been pretty reckless when it comes to extra curricular activities. I think this time we are looking after ourselves a lot better than we ever have and actually going out and seeing the towns we are touring, going to restaurants and actually exploring America for the first time I guess.
Now growing up in Australia were there bands there that inspired you or was it international bands rather?
It was mostly Australian music that I was listening to, there are obvious big ones that are like huge shadows looming over you like The Beatles and The Stones but more directly it was bands that I could actually get on a train and go and see in Melbourne. Melbourne is a really strong music city probably the most, no actually with out a question the most important rock n roll band was a band called You Am I. You ask any Australian band and they will cite them as an influence.
Shaka Rock has been out for a while, what sort of perspective do you have on it now, have there been any suprises for you?
Because we were so involved in every step and every process of this album, we were co-producer’s not just writers this time. I feel like we really understood every aspect of these songs in a way that we didn’t on previous albums so there haven’t been any suprises at all this time.
You did so much on your own for this record, with that must come a lot of pride and ownership. However was there something to it that was maybe a little scary?
No not all, honestly it wasn’t at all. I think we realised that whatever the end result was going to be the amount of enjoyment we got from doing it like that, the whole process was so fun and we knew that we were going to be very happy and proud of it in the end anyway. We are pretty confident that whatever we are going to do, if we apply ourselves we are going to do it really well.
The songs on Shaka Rock show a new dimension, do any of the songs on the album point to where you would like to see JET going in the future.
I think actually 17 is a song that we have all echoed what you have said. That was a song we were all very fond of very quickly and for those reasons. I think what we are really proud of on this album is the uniqueness of the songs. We always knew that we could write good songs and we have got a knack for writing melodies and good at structuring and layering the mechanics of it. I think now we have reached a new level of maturity and I think we are a lot more comfortable in our own skin now and with that comes a little more uniqueness I guess.
The cover is also unique, could you explain the cover of the album?
Ha ha, I guess we were having a discussion and we were meeting with seven photographers that were all a bit la dee da. We just thought that every process of the album had been quite organic and we one of the guys said as a joke when we were in New York. We saw one of those boxed trucks drive passed and it was all graffitied, they’re pretty common in New York. So Cam said “why don’t we just get one of those trucks and write our name on it and be done with it”, almost half joking. We all laughed and said it would actually be a pretty good idea, I don’t know were the idea came to burn it but it did. We actually bought the truck ourselves on the internet and someone drove it down to Los Angeles in the desert. There were two graffiti gangs that did either side of the van so there is two versions of it and we filmed the whole process of it being painted and burned eventually.
Before Shaka Rock and just after the Shine On tour you guys did some side projects, how was it getting back into the studio as a group?
It was weird and institutionally it’s always a little weird after we have a bit of a break, people go off and become independent people again and you have to establish or re-establish an operating mode and the balance of ego’s ect. So the first month is always tricky and then we always settle into a groove.
Out on the road what do you do to keep yourselves entertained when not playing?
Well we are trying really hard to curb our ways a bit but looking back at the last european tour we got a bit loose towards the end and we had an 80’s party one night which happened to be the night Patrick Swayze passed away aswell which led to some tribute pieces. We are all a lot healthier than what we have been and we all enjoy eating good food and I’m about to go and have a Vietnamese soup with Mark our bass player and a few others. We generally try and locate the best Vietnamese in town as soon as we arrive in.
Lastly, Do you have any other special talents other than music?
I’m an excellent cook.
Do you have any specialty entrée’s?
Yip, being an excellent cook an entrée is what we like to call the main. I do an amazing bolognese sauce that has been passed down through generations of my Italian ancestors, but unfortunately I can’t part with any of this information otherwise I would have to kill you.
Source: Clink Music Magazine
Soon I'll back with something on the last night's gig!
Tchau.
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3 comments:
I had no doubt about he was an "excellent cook"! :)
but let's say that bolognese sauce is quite simple...
Not so simple if it's made like it has to.
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