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2010-03-08T17:02:00.000-08:00

I may watch this Intro a hundred times and I'll shiver every fucking time! Boys and gilrs, Jet live at the Starland Ballroom:

Intro

Start This Show

Are You Gonna Be My Girl

She's a Genius

Rip It Up

Is it me or this US tour is being overwhelmingly exciting?

Tchau.

2010-03-07T15:32:00.000-08:00

And they thought a fan would cool things down. Not with Jet live at the Northern Lights, NY:

Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Cold Hard Bitch

La Di Da

Tchau.

2010-03-06T16:49:00.000-08:00

102.1 The Edge Live at 228 - Toronto

Don't we love acoustic performances?

Seventeen

She's a Genius

Eleanor

Tchau

"My hands were freezing up."

2010-03-06T15:08:00.000-08:00

Another interview this time coming from sir Mark Wilson. Still have no info on their last gig in Toronto but as soon as I get any you'll see it here.

A look at the band’s grueling tour schedule may confirm multi-platinum Australian quartet Jet’s status as the hardest-working band in rock music. Just look at the past few months—the United States, Australia, Japan and New Zealand in late 2009 and January 2010, followed by a short “break” during which Jet flew up to Whistler, British Columbia, for a frigid Feb. 24 performance before 5,000 fans at the Winter Olympics and did a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in Los Angeles two days later. Oh, and another North American tour starts March 5 in Toronto. Six weeks, this time.

Whew.

But that’s what life is like when you’re one of Australia’s top musical exports. Formed in Melbourne in 2001, Jet consists of brothers Nic and Chris Cester (vocals/guitar and drums, respectively), guitarist Cameron Muncey and bassist Mark Wilson. The band scored huge with 2003 debut album Get Born, propelled by a handful of irresistibly infectious singles led by larynx-shredding, ass-shaking monster hit “Are You Gonna Be My Girl.” Counting 2006 follow-up Shine On and the band’s most recent album, 2009’s Shaka Rock, Jet has racked up stratospheric sales of more than 4 million of those little silver discs.

Given the band’s somewhat insane work ethic, Fender News was delighted to get a March 1 phone call in which longtime Precision Bass® guitar devotee Wilson updated us on the latest from the Jet stream …

FN: Could Jet be any busier?
MW: We’re always really busy. I guess when you’re from Australia—it’s funny, you just don’t run home for a couple of weeks. So you tend to keep busy. You get home when you can, you know, but it’s 24 hours of hell to get there. Most bands will just go home quickly—even bands from Europe—but we tend to stay out on the road for a bit longer, and then have a break at the end.

FN: You guys tour hard.
MW: Yeah, that’s what we do. I think this one goes through mid-April, and then we break for a bit, and then I guess we go to Europe for some summer festivals; then Japan and back in Australia. I reckon we’ll be touring all this year.

FN: How was the Winter Olympics gig?
MW: It was awesome. Yeah, it was cool—it’s always cool to do weird shows; things that aren’t what you’re normally used to. And it was definitely weird to do a show where it was below freezing.

FN: How did you and your gear hold up for such a sub-arctic show?
MW: Oh, it was hard. I had to go buy some gloves and cut the fingers off, because at the sound check my hands were so cold, and the bass was so cold as well. That was the hardest bit—not only are your hands cold, but my bass strings and the neck on the bass was so cold that it was making my hands even colder. My hands were freezing up. Nothing went out of tune or anything—I think it’s more when the temperature’s changing that it goes out of tune or whatever, but everything stayed in tune.

And it was raining as well. It was raining on my pedalboard, and I was scared to touch it and get electrocuted. But I came out alive, so that’s good.

FN: And then it was straight to L.A. for the Kimmel show, right? How’d that go?
MW: It was cool. That’s a good show, because they give you a real stage to play on; it’s not like a “TV stage.” A real stage with monitors, and you play three songs as well. And at the Jimmy Kimmel show, there’s an audience there, so it just feels like you’re doing a weird gig.

FN: What songs did you play for that taping?
MW: We did “Black Hearts (On Fire)”; we did “Cold Hard Bitch” because Jimmy asked for it—which we probably wouldn’t normally have done because it’s such an old tune—and then we did “Seventeen” off the new album as well.

FN: Where do you find time to write new material? Do you write while on the road?
MW: Um, we always say we’re going to do it next time, but it’s really hard to do. You’re so busy when you’re on the road, you know—it’s not just doing sound checks and doing gigs; there’s loads of interviews and radio station visits. You can’t just spend all day on the stage sound checking, because there are other bands and curfews and noise restrictions, and the crew needs to have a break. We do write, but not as much as we want to.

FN: You’ve been a devoted Precision Bass guy pretty much from the start. What’s the appeal?
MW: I just like the sound of the P-bass. I’m thinking of getting a Jazz Bass® for fun, but I’ve got about seven P-basses now.

FN: And your amp rig is treating you well?
MW: I like it—it’s two 15s and six 10s. It’s great because you can modify it for different rooms, so that if you’re doing a smaller room or a club show, you can just take half of it. Or if the stage is a little smaller, we’ll use just the six (6x10), and that’s cool. And the other guys in the band use combos now, too. Everyone used to use two big stacks—I’d have two bass amps just to make it look good, but now it’s much better like this.

When we were in Japan, we only had certain gear there. We didn’t have the 15s, so we made this thing called “Everest,” which was the 8x10 with the 6x10 on top—that was pretty mega. There were a lot of speakers. It sounded good, and it looked funny, too, because the little one was on top, and we called it Everest (laughs).

Source: Fender News

And yes, I know the band played on Jimmy Kimmel a couple of days ago but I can't watch the videos or anything so if you go on Jettheband.com you might find something.

That's all for now, folks. Thanks for reading!

Tchau.

Brrrrazil

2010-03-04T17:22:00.000-08:00

So that's it, I already know the season I'm becoming a poor beggar this year and that's in the summer. Cam said in the interview below that Jet's coming down to the south hemisphere:

Kayley Guyette: You’re out on tour how’s it going?

Cam Muncey: We just preformed at the Olympics a couple of days ago then came back to LA. So we’ve just kind of been hanging out, kind of a slow start to the tour. So we are on tour, we’re on the road.

Guyette: On the topic of the Olympics, how was performing there?

Muncey: It was great. There was a special kind of feeling going on for everyone in Vancouver. I was pretty happy to be there. It was fun, it was just kind of constantly raining on us. There was a definite chance of electrocution. But we were lucky.

Guyette: Your album, Shaka Rock, come out this past summer, how was recording it?

Muncey: It was good. We did it in Austin. It was nice to spend all day in the studio then just go out in Austin. Everything’s outside and it really suited us. We liked the place and the people.

Guyette: How does Shaka Rock differ from your earlier albums?

Muncey: Well we produced the album ourselves. It just shows that we’ve tried to get back to basics. By doing it ourselves, we didn’t have to over think stuff. It has more of a rock and roll mentality to it, it’s not too overcooked.

Guyette: Do you think you’d self produce more albums in the future?

Muncey: I think so, yeah. I was just talking to our drummer, Chris, the other day. That we should just go self produce again and go somewhere really cool. Just go somewhere that inspires us and make the music. Let it play out. Some people can just be too analytical about it, you know?

Guyette: Do you have a favorite track off the album?

Muncey: There’s one, that I think will be one of the next singles, called ‘Seventeen’ that we were quite happy with how it turned out. It’s one of our sort of big melancholy songs. It’s a melancholy rock song. I like that one, it was fun to write. When we wrote it, it was an incredible experience. There are good things associated with that song, in my mind.

Guyette: Besides ‘Seventeen’ do you have plans for any other singles at the moment?

Muncey: I think there will be a couple more singles this year. But I can’t even think what the next one will be. You just kind of think about the one you’re doing at that moment and see what happens. It will be all rock songs, though ‘Seventeen’s got a bit of a pop edge to it.

Guyette: What can Jet fans expect from you guys in the coming months?

Muncey: We’re thinking about videos and things like that. Thinking up some new ideas to do and getting this tour done. In the summer we’re probably be going to Europe. Head down to the southern hemisphere, go to Australia and Japan again. Our minds are just kind of set on the road ahead. Maybe write some more music again. Keep ourselves busy.

Guyette: Would you mind sharing a little known fact about yourself or the band? Something that makes you guys unique from the other bands out there?

Muncey: We live all over the world, we all live in different places. Chris lives in LA, Nick spends half his time in Italy, Marks in Melbourne, I live in London. We can’t stand each other, so we all have to live halfway around the world [laughter].

Guyette: Does it make it hard for you guys to record since you all live all over?

Muncey: It does actually. I think the for next one, we’ll all just sort of go somewhere and bring our wives and girlfriends. Then just live and record there. When we recorded in Austin, we all sort of lived away from our homes. We probably won’t be doing that any more. I’d like to be able to be off with my wife. To be able to come home in the nighttime and not sleep alone. In the future, it’ll just be better to move our wives around with the band. As opposed to being away, being a bachelor for three months or however long it takes to record an album.

Guyette: Well that’s all the questions I have, is there anything else you’d like to add?

Muncey: We’re looking forward to being in Boston, we haven’t been there in awhile. It’s cool being in a big music town. We always have a good show there, so I’m looking forward to coming out. Should be good.

Source: SHREDnews

Anybody needs a kidney? A liver maybe? I'm selling mine!

Tchau!

Brrrr...

2010-02-25T15:30:00.000-08:00

Get your coats on and let's take a look at Jet's performance at Winter Olympics in Canada:

First of all, this little review taken from this blog.

"(...) After spending three days going to adrenaline packed events–Men’s Combined (Downhill and Slalom), Team Ski Jumping, Men’s Giant Slalom, and Women’s Bobsled–a day to rest and a relaxing evening spent at a Medal Ceremony was exactly what we needed…NOT.

Once the athletes had left the stage, the band for the evening, Jet, made their entrance, along with the extra 2000-3000 people outside the gates, waiting for the musical performance (tickets weren’t needed to see the band). Within a few minutes, the fence we were leaning on (yes, the fence in the VERY front!) became the fence we were pressed against by the thousands of people now behind us. I didn’t mind; I was 30 feet away from the lead guitarist of JET!

The biggest problem (for my parents, anyway) was probably how we were right outside the entrance to the mosh pit; those people pushing up against us were the impatient 20-something-year-olds that decided that they didn’t have to wait to be inside the mosh pit to start dancing like maniacs.

While my dad looked rather overwhelmed, trying (and succeeding =]) to take pictures of the band, I was absolutely loving it. The energy given off by the band onstage and the mosh pit right next to us gave me what was probably one of the biggest adrenaline rushes of my life. I have never been that close to a band before, and for my little brother, Trevor, this was his first ever concert! He came out saying, “That was the best hour of my life!”

When he said that, all I could think of were the Olympians, whose effort was finally rewarded; it was the best hour of their life too.

Jillian Neault"

Cute isn't it? But cuter than that was how Chris looked like he was dressed by his mom and how they all look like they're freezing:

Source: Gettyimages.com

Also, there's a video interview here wich I can't watch probably because of my country, but maybe you can!

By the way, can you believe I've never seen or touched snow in my entire life? I feel jealous in my tropical weather here!

And before I forget, two more dates (in bold letters) were added at the US Tour in April. If your city wasn't listed before, maybe this is your lucky day:

JET With The Crash Kings Tour Dates

March 5 - Toronto, ON (The Opera House) – More info here.
March 6 - Clifton Park, NY (Northern Lights) - More info here.
March 7 - Sayreville, NJ (Starland Ballroom) - More info here.
March 9 - Boston, MA (Paradise Rock Club) – More info here.
March 11 - Richmond, VA (Hat Factory) – More info here.
March 13 - Columbia, SC (St. Patrick’s Day Festival) – More info here.
March 15 - Little Rock, AR (The Village) – More info here.
March 16 - Baton Rouge, LA (The Varsity Theatre) – More info here.
March 23 - Seattle, WA (The Showbox at the Market) – More info here.
March 24 - Portland, OR (Roseland Theater) – More info here.
March 27 - Las Vegas, NV (Rock N Roll Wine Festival at Caesar’s Pool) – Tickets On Sale 2/17
March 29 - Aspen, CO (Belly Up Aspen) – More info here.
March 30 - Colorado Springs, CO (The Black Sheep) – More info here.
April 2 - Kenosha, WI (The Brat Stop) – Tickets On Sale 2/8
April 5 - Flint, MI (The Machine Shop)
April 6 - Dayton, OH (Mc Guffy's House of Rock)

Guys, it was nice to have this monologue with you tonight but I should go back to my books if I wanna have a degree on something one day.

Tchau!

Bloke-O-Meter

2010-02-14T12:00:00.000-08:00

Hello, folks! I've got a TripleM video for you:

What is this "J Bomb" thing?

Tchau!

Here I go again...

2010-02-13T08:41:00.000-08:00

Sorry for my absence, I've been really busy! Actually, there're no news right now but I just wanted to say that I went back to school so I could apply for another course at uni (I used to study Computer Science but I can't stand it!) and now I'm trying to apply to Civil Engeneering if that's how you call it. So, I'm gonna have to study my ass off again and I'll update Jetthefuckingband weekly.

Are you from Nic's team? So, be jealous!

Tchau!

Japan dates

2010-02-05T16:55:00.000-08:00

JET is going to Japan in June. These two dates are on their Facebook:

June 7 - Nagoya, Japan (Diamond Hall)
June 8 - Osaka, Japan (Osaka Hatch)

That's probably not all, they might be going to Tokyo also. But that makes me wonder if they're comingo to South America before or after that. Hopefuly after, need to save some money!

Tchau.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Muncey!

2010-02-04T18:13:00.000-08:00

Guess who's turning 30? Let's make a before and after here.

Before: Live at the Forum, Melbourne - Hey Kids

After: Live at Wiesbaden, Schlachthof - Come Around Again

The years are doing no bad for Cameron! Happy Birthday!
Tchau.

Holla muchachos! Yo tengo info de la US gira!

2010-02-03T19:31:00.000-08:00

Americans, continue reading after the article!

I just had to use all my knowledge in Spanish to translate the article you're about to read. Since neither Spanish or English are my native languages you should ignore any faults! Just for the record, I got that link from the official forum member "Ceci" posted in a very popular Argentinian topic!

Nic Cester (Jet): "We're a pop and roll band"

The Australian band wants to have their glory dates back with their first record in three years: "Shaka Rock". On the telefone, the lead singer talks about his expectations and his probable visit to Argentina.

Years back, around 1998, a group of Argentinian friends formed Jet and resgistered it as their name in our country. When the Aussie band decided to play on these lands, they faced a legal issue. They couldn't use the word "Jet" to sell or promote their products. Nic Cester, guitarrist and lead singer, has no good memories of that situation. "It's been a long time we've been trying to play in Argentina, but a fucking Southamerican band wanted to sue us because we had the same name." says Nic. He doesn't remember how they worked it out but he knows there was a lot of money involved. "Actually, I'm not quite sure if there was a trial, but we had to pay those fuckers."

Q: What did join the band again?

A: We had some issues to work out. I feel that was the record we needed to release since everything had gone on the way we wanted with the previous one and our personal lives weren't in the best moment.

Q: Except for the last song, the record is very rocking...

A: That's what we wanted. To sound like before.

Q: Did you try to go back to your roots?

A: I think Shaka Rock is what we are. Shine On was different because of what was going on around us: fortunately, everything cooled down.

Q: How do you define the sound of your band?

A: The most important word for us is Roll. I can say that we're a Pop and Roll band.

Q: Are you satisfied with the record?

A: Yes. That's probably the most interesting album we've done so far, because we were challenged as we never were before. I think as long as the present goes, this is our best album.

"I can't wait. Argentina has a great rock tradition. And the meat is very good!"
Source: Si.clarin.com

And if you've got no idea of what I wrote on the post title, it means "I've got info on the US tour" in a very cheesy Spanish (By the way, have you watched Jet's Haiti video?). So, Jet shall be visiting the Americans during the whole month of March and the Canadians will have their piece too!

JET With The Crash Kings Tour Dates

March 5 - Toronto, ON (The Opera House) – More info here.
March 6 - Clifton Park, NY (Northern Lights) - More info here.
March 7 - Sayreville, NJ (Starland Ballroom) - More info here.
March 9 - Boston, MA (Paradise Rock Club) – More info here.
March 11 - Richmond, VA (Hat Factory) – More info here.
March 13 - Columbia, SC (St. Patrick’s Day Festival) – More info here.
March 15 - Little Rock, AR (The Village) – More info here.
March 16 - Baton Rouge, LA (The Varsity Theatre) – More info here.
March 23 - Seattle, WA (The Showbox at the Market) – More info here.
March 24 - Portland, OR (Roseland Theater) – More info here.
March 27 - Las Vegas, NV (Rock N Roll Wine Festival at Caesar’s Pool) – Tickets On Sale 2/17
March 29 - Aspen, CO (Belly Up Aspen) – More info here.
March 30 - Colorado Springs, CO (The Black Sheep) – More info here.
April 2 - Kenosha, WI (The Brat Stop) – Tickets On Sale 2/8

Lucky you!
Tchau.

US Tour Dates + Muse interview

2010-02-02T07:33:00.001-08:00

We all know that Jet's heading to the US in March and a few venues have already confirmed the dates, three of them go below:

March 23 - Seattle, WA (The Showbox at the Market) Click here for more details.
March 29 - Aspen, CO (Belly Up Aspen) Click here for more details.
March 30 - Colorado Springs, CO (The Black Sheep) Click here for more details.

Dom Howard from Muse was interviewed at the BDO 2010 and he talked about how the "Black in Back" cover with Nic Cester came up.

Muse are one of the biggest bands on the planet, but in Australia for the Big Day Out, all they wanted to do was sing an old Aussie classic, AC/DC's 'Back in Black'. And who better to perform it with than Nic Cester from Jet?

Dominic Howard from Muse told thehothits.com in their dressing room at the Big Day Out that the duet, performed at both Sydney and Melbourne Big Day Outs, has been a highlight of their careers.

"Nic Cester, which is his surname, coz I always actually introducing HIM as 'Nic Chester', but then his brother said 'listen man, that's the wrong bloody surname', and I was like 'oh bollocks!'," Dom admitted to thehothits.com.

"He's a bit of a friend of ours - we've known him for quite a long time," says Dom.

"I had this idea ages ago that we definitely wanted to play 'Back in Black' at the Big Day Out because I think every year there's a rumour that AC/DC are going to play and they never do, so we thought we'd do a little tribute to our favourite Australian band and he's got the perfect voice for it. He's got that lovely high raspy voice him, so we asked him and he said 'yes'."

Even for a band that have played the biggest stadiums in the world, the cover was a big deal for Muse.

"It was the most fun thing we've ever done onstage!," says Dom.
Source: Thehohits.com

Tchau!

Lily vs. Chris?

2010-02-01T17:37:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to share with you this link found by the member of the official forum "kori". It's that interview about the feud with Lily Allen and all that stuff. A good one!

Click here to watch it.

Thank you, kori!

Tchau!

2010-01-31T14:03:00.000-08:00

Last time, I swear!

The proshot of Muse ft. Nic Cester - Back in Black:

Oh, so proud!

Big Day Out - Perth

2010-01-31T11:43:00.000-08:00

Tonight for me they're playing a gig that they've already played and I've already got the pics and vids of it, how confusing are these timezones?

Jet live at Big Day Out, Perth

(EDIT: Youtube player isn't cooperating right now, so click on the song titles for the videos)

ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL

GET WHAT YOU NEED

COLD HARD BITCH

What's next now? US? Time off? South America maybe? Who knows...
Tchau.

Big Day Out - Adelaide

2010-01-30T08:53:00.000-08:00

Last night there was Jet again playing at the BDO, this time in Adelaide:

SHE'S A GENIUS

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE

Courtesy of our dear friend Gusta, we're making available for download the promo released for She's a Genius. It features some versions of the song and the acoustic version of Seventeen:

She's a Genius (Album Version)

She's a Genius (Laid Back Version)

She's a Genius (Acoustic)

She's a Genius (Instrumental)

Seventeen (Acoustic)

And last but not least, I've got here a video interview I found with the four of them speaking about the new album. Couldn't put the player up here so click here to check it.

Tchau!

"Copyright restricts us from playing this in your country!"

2010-01-28T18:57:00.001-08:00

In a very good Portuguese: Ah, meu, vai cagar!

Another link for you Aussies to check out and pleeease try to rip it!

From mtv.com.au, click here.

Tchau, Aussies!

Absoluteradio.co.uk

2010-01-28T18:49:00.000-08:00

Who else love interviews?

Mark and Chris for Absoluteradio.co.uk

And I also have something especially for the Aussies. Click here and check another interview with Mark, Chris and Lily Allen. Yes, that one. If any of you could rip it it'd be great since it's only available for the Aussies (why on Earth do they do that?!). In case you get it send me to andrealmeneses@hotmail.com

I leave you tonight with "1, 2, 3 take my hand and come with me" live at V Festival 2009:

Eddies Desk

2010-01-27T08:36:00.000-08:00

Last Monday Jet was at the Triple M's Eddies Desk to perform "Seventeen", here it is:

According to their tour schedule, they will do Adelaide on the 29th and Perth on the 31st. After that it's all mistery! I heard they're going to the US in March but I have no ideia of what's hapenning in February for Jet. Let's wait and see!

Meanwhile, I leave you with "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" live at Sydney's BDO:

Tchau.

Who would Jet drink, jam and sleep with?

2010-01-25T17:13:00.000-08:00

Here I am again with some late news!

First, there's this scan @anaisabelle kindly sent me from the Herald Sun newspaper in Australia (by the way, Happy Australia Day everyone!). It features a quick interview with Nic and Cam back from the BDO Auckland.

Click here and here for the scans.

Second, back on Homebake earlier this year, the duo were interviewed by Triple M and I think I only posted the first part of the interview. But the second part is so funny that it deserves to be here. So, parts 1 and 2 for you all again!

Tomorrow (or today, depending on where you are) Jet plays at the BDO Melbourne.
Tchau.

"Back in blaaaack, baaaaaaaaaaack in black!"

2010-01-25T11:21:00.000-08:00

If the whole world can't get over it who am I to move on?

Muse (feat. Nic Cester) - Back in Black (filmed from the backstage!)

Tchau.

Interview from Videohits.com.au

2010-01-24T16:59:00.000-08:00

Quick video link sent to me by @anaisabelle! Thanks a lot!

It's a cool interview with that girl Fuzzy from Videohits.com.au and they give us more details on Green Day's pranks:

Click here to watch.

Tchau.

Big Day Out in Sydney - Day 1

2010-01-22T17:44:00.000-08:00

Busy day for Jet in Sydney! As posted by Gusta, Nic was invited to play "Back in Black" during Muse's set at the BDO in Sydney. You watched the video and now I show you a couple of pics (you've got love Matt's little legs):

Source: Twitter.com/muse

When they annouced playing at the BDO I told you there would be some camaraderie between them and Kasabian. But maybe it goes far beyond than that:

"Pizzorno and his singer Tom Meighan are best mates with the Jet lads and are also keen to acquaint themselves with Perth psychedelic rockers Tame Impala after being turned on to the band by their friend, The Mighty Boosh comedian Noel Fielding. "Those Jet boys are really beautiful people, nice chaps," Pizzorno says.

The guitarist is known to call Jet drummer Chris Cester at all hours of the day and night and sing bizarre songs quoting his name down the line."
Source: News.com.au

Well, right. I leave you with a couple of pics from Jet's set today at the BDO in Sydney and an acoustic performance of "Look What You've Done" a few years back that I came across on Youtube (take a little look at their trousers, how could they wear that?).

Source: Gettyimages.com

Tchau, see you tomorrow!

MUSE AND NIC CESTER ON BDO

2010-01-22T11:22:00.001-08:00

Nic Cester and Muse - Black in Black (AC/DC Cover)(live sydney BDO)

tchau.

Hot BBQ

2010-01-18T21:04:00.001-08:00

Just a few pics from the Hot BBQ gig so you can have a better look at the guys.