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Interview for Laptorockers

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:34:00 +0000

Before we go to the interview, let me just recomend you to take a look at Damndogs facebook. They post pics, talk to the fans and give a heads up on what's going on with the band (they don't have interviews though! so don't stop visiting us here!).

So, this website Laptorockers was doing a remix contest of Damndogs songs a few days ago and the band was interviewed. Here it is:

Chris Cester and Mark Wilson already made name & fame as core members of the Australian rock outfit Jet, but have taken a different direction as DAMNDOGS. Completed by longtime friends Mitch McIvor and Louis Macklin, the band doesn't produce rock music à la Jet, but a unique style of their own.

Currently DAMNDOGS are running a remix contest here with us at Laptoprockers, offering a perfect opportunity to have a chat with Chris about what's driving him.

With Jet you guys more or less enjoyed the status of rockstars. The direction you took with DAMDOGS tends more to have an underground scope. How does that feel?

"With DAMNDOGS, people are more interested in the sound we are making than how quickly we 'made it', or how much money we earned or what we are trying to sound like, or any of that crap. It's clearly not in a Jet sort of 'realm', sonically speaking."

Is that why did you started DAMDOGS in the first place - or did you become sort of Jet tired?

"None of those reasons. DAMNDOGS has nothing to do with Jet at all. It started because my cousin Mitch and I had always wanted to make music together and Jet had some time off...so off we went."

Do you think DAMDOGS will get you back into the charts?

"If it did, that would be an incredible coup, given that at the moment the charts are full of formulaic nonsense, it's all the same song to me. No - we are on our own mission. We'd rather have a packed room of people who are having their minds blown than an interview with Matt Lauer. We're winning respect as an interesting band with a great live show, so those are our charts."

Why did you decide to put up 5 brand new tracks in a remix contest?

"We thought it would be a great new way for people to hear the band and also to differentiate DAMNDOGS from Jet. This EP is perfect for remixing, because the tones are cool, and the songs are quite sparse, which means there is plenty of room for imaginative remixers to do something interesting with it."

What do you expect or hope remixers will do with your music?

"Really I think we just want the people involved here to throw away the concept of the original song and give us back something that's inventive and interesting. The winning remix is going on our remix EP, and there are some stellar remixes already going on it, so I'd want people to really push themselves. We're all really excited to hear what people have done with this."

What will be next from DAMNDOGS?

"It's gonna be a big year for DAMNDOGS. We have some festival shows coming up in Australia this summer, which is December....but even before that, we have some more US shows lining up, on the East Coast. Following that, we will be in the studio making an LP. We can't wait to get there...we have 25 songs already and it's only September!!"

The Vine interview

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:05:00 +0000

Damndogs has finished their round of gigs in NYC for the CMJ festival. We don't know what their next steps are gonna be but meanwhile I'll leave you with some pics from their first gig in the city on Oct. 18th, click here to check them out.

Finally, I'll post another interview but before that let me just remind you all that the Damndogs EP "Strange Behaviour" is available on the Itunes here. Don't forget to buy it and leave a review. Now let's take a look on a interview for Thevine.com.au:

Not every drummer is content to sit behind their kit while the band gads about, blissed out by beats as their face contorts into strange concentrative grimaces. Some are itching to get out and take control. Some like Chris Cester from Jet.

With older brother Nic and guitarist Cameron Muncey off enjoying Jet's unspecified hiatus, the almost 30-year-old drummer and songwriter has broken away with bassist Mark Wilson, touring Jet keyboardist Louis Macklin and best friend/cousin Mitch McIver, to form a new band distant from Jet’s radio friendly meat and three veg rock. And this time he’s holding the mic.

After playing their first gig in an LA strip joint, one reviewer slapped DAMNDOGS with a “Gorillaz procreating with PiL” label, and it has to be said there is a similarity between Cester and Johnny Lydon’s curt, sleazy vocals. Marry that to dark, fuzzed out bass, sinister dubby synths and catchy dance hooks, and you’ve got a recipe that may leave Jet fans scratching their noggins.

Back briefly in town for a gig to share his new baby, Cester took a break from rehearsals to discuss hash-induced revelry, partying with Scott Horscroft, producing Japanese bands in kimonos and his joy of not being boxed in by Jet.

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How long are you back in Melbourne for?

Two weeks, just for a week of rehearsals and then there’s a week in between the Melbourne and Sydney shows, so I get to go to a footy game.

Who do you support?

(Hesitates) Umm Collingwood, sorry. Everyone fuckin’ hates Collingwood, I don’t understand it. In the modern era, there’s no more bogans.

Well I must know a lot of bogans…So how long have you been back home?

I live in LA. I got back into town a couple of nights ago and I’ve been trying to get back on schedule. It’s horrible that flight. I’ve only been in town for a couple of days and we’re pretty much straight into it. We had everything going pretty good when we did some shows a couple of months back, but you need some refresher courses, y’know? Just like surgeons have to do it.

So you guys played your first gigs in LA?

We just sort of went there on the back of the Aussie Invasion South by South West tip—they take a bunch of bands through LA and they had one band drop out. And since Mark was already in town working on new stuff with me, we went 'OK, we’ll just get the other guys over here and we’ll just do it.'

It was so last minute, we got everything together in a week and because of the few people that have heard bits and bobs of what we’d done, we were all of a sudden getting all these gig offers. We went and played at Crazy Girls (LA strip joint) which was the weirdest show I’ve ever played my whole life. It was bizarre—playing weird, spaced out, ice age like, super refined tunes to a crowd that probably expect Motley Crue. And obviously that’s pretty surreal for me having the background in Jet and everything.

They wanted a rock band to get up there and turn it up, but it was so different. And also trying to concentrate and remember all the new lyrics…they came up to us at the start and they were like, 'Do you want the girls to be grinding on you and stuff?' That was so ridiculous. So the girls didn’t actually get up on stage but it was bizarre to say the least. A surreal gig. That was a warm up and then we did the Aussie Invasion show at Echo Park and then we did a closing show at a place called Harvard and Stone. It was just great, we sort of surprised ourselves, it came up quickly and we got it all together and how natural everything sounded.

How did DAMNDOGS come about?

Louis Macklin was Jet’s touring keyboardist and percussionist for the last few years. So we became really close on Jet tours. And Mitch is my first cousin and has been my best friend since we were kids.

So Mitch and I started the band and I would go on Jet tours and we would talk about it with Louis. And then Mark (Wilson, Jet bassist) perked his ears up and got wind of it and was really into it. So we basically just talked the band into existence for a couple of years. We just didn’t have time to actually get it together. And then finally when Jet decided to go on a longer break…I’m not good with doing nothing, y’know? I can’t just sit at home and wait for something to happen.

So we just ploughed through, kept working, and visiting each other. I’d come down, we went and tracked the EP at Big Jesus Burger in Sydney. And then some of the guys would come back in dribs and drabs to LA and we’d work on stuff. We just slowly put it all together. People just started to take notice so it became real pretty quickly.

Where’s the name DAMNDOGS from?

That happened in Marrakesh… there was one tour I think Jet played a couple of dates with the Stones, and after that there was a little break and I’d just broken up with my ex girlfriend and didn’t really want to come home to an empty house. So Mitch came out and met me in Morocco, and we basically just had the craziest time. It was such a surreal place to hang out on the other side of the world with your best friend.

One night we’d been up drinking wine all night and we were at our hotel watching the sun come up. It was first light and the call to prayer would come over the loud speakers and in Marrakesh the dogs in the city aren’t domesticated; they’re just scrawny, demonic little retches. And when they heard the loud speakers crackling to life in the morning they just went absolutely beserk! There’s like thousands of wild dogs just roaming around the streets looking for scraps.

The combination of hearing the mosque prayers and the dogs going absolutely mental with the sun coming up, it was just such a surreal combination. That’s where the name was born from. And that was the first thing—we’d named our band before we’d even made one note.

I think that’s probably a good thing. Because the whole coming up with the name thing can be so frustrating—i you’ve already got your sound and then you can never find the name to fit. I think it’s good to come up with the name first and then make the sound.

I agree, it’s a real pain. Especially when you’re sitting there with a handful of songs and you’re trying to find a name that encapsulates what you do. It’s ridiculous. It doesn’t make any sense. When you’re having a baby you normally name it before you see it, otherwise you’re going to have a baby with no name. It’s the same thing, it makes sense to name it first.

Although I’ve known people who’ve had a nameless baby for quite a few weeks.

Me too. I didn’t do that. I have a daughter, her name’s Coco. She’s 10 and a half months.

DAMNDOGS is a pretty major departure from Jet. Do you and Mitch share a similar kind of love of that dark electro rock stuff?

It’s funny, Mitch and I never even really discussed what the band would sound like. Because we’ve been friends for so many years… we just started talking about the band, doing something together. And there was a couple of loose riffs that were hanging around that I’d been working on that really didn’t fit...it wouldn’t have worked with Jet. And definitely more leaning on the stuff that I fell in love with from Primal Scream’s records like XTRMNTR and stuff like that.

And we never even talked about it. All we did was name the band, basically, and then smoked hash in Morocco for a week. That was pretty much the formation. And then when we got in a room together it sort of naturally went where it went. The weirdness...the difference in the music between this and Jet was obviously pretty staggering. But we never talked about it, we just kept pushing it through and refining it. And taking things off the table, because this band is more about what we weed out rather than what we put in. It’s more sparse, like what I was saying before about the Ice Age. I always think of that. I suppose now that it’s sort of progressing and we have fourteen or so songs. Its funny I don’t think this band is really influenced by bands and sounds, as [much as] it is by a kind of feeling of a song. I won’t tell you which ones they are but there’s about five songs and they all have a connection to each other.

Something like David Bowie’s Fame for example. They’re sort of cynical and it’s dark a little bit, but it’s also funny. It’s a combination of those flavours. It’s not happy dance music. It’s like the last couple of years the electronic sounds that have been coming out are quite sugar-coated and for me they don’t make me feel anything.

Very 80s….

Yeah exactly. It’s like that revival of attitude and that’s fine. But I just don’t get anything out of that. I didn’t get anything out of that over the last few years of popular music. And so it’s just a reaction to that I suppose.

You mention cynical and listening to the lyrics of single 'Very First Century', it’s definitely got a cynical edge to it.

I suppose it does. But like I said, we don’t sit around and think about it. Often times with DAMNDOGS, a lyric will be born out of how you push the words out of your mouth rather than in the beginning what you’re saying. And then gradually over time, you work those syllables into real words that mean something to you. And that’s really a different approach to how we did it with Jet—or how I would write with Jet. Which is more of a classic thing, where you sit down with a guitar and work out a song in that way. But DAMNDOGS is all about the percussive elements, so the lyrics would be born out of that. As opposed to sitting down and thinking about something to write a song about, y’know?

A bit more organic. What do you mean when you describe it as the Ice Age?

When I hear our stuff—especially the new stuff we’ve been working on the last couple of days—it makes me think of the ice age. It reminds me of…the song we all really love is 'The National Anthem', I think it’s the first track from Radiohead’s Kid A record [It's the third track - Ed], which is really tough, and [has] a really defined beat. But the soundscape behind it is really minimal. It still feels like it’s right on your eyeballs, but there’s nothing really happening. And that always makes me think of an ice age when I hear that song.

And you recorded with Scott Horscroft, have you worked with him before?

I’ve worked every bar, restaurant and pub in Sydney with him for the past few years (laughs). But we did do some work with him. How we met Scott was Mark and I—it wasn’t public knowledge in Australia—Mark and I started a production company and just did this one job, we produced a Japanese artist. I can’t even remember what the band’s called now. So we booked time up in Sydney and this Japanese pop group came out to see us and we made this really weird…they wanted us to get them a Jet sounding kind of record, but Mark and I wanted to use it as an opportunity for our stranger musical leanings. So we kind of pulled them in there and they were a bit surprised when we came up with the song that we came up with. Because it didn’t sound anything like Jet.

But anyway Scott Horscroft was operating those sessions. In fact I was just up in Sydney a couple of weeks ago and I was sitting across the table from Scott and I was…when we hang out, basically my life just gets shut down for a week because we just basically party.

Oh one of those friends…

Yeah. And I said to him, 'How did we first become first good friends?' And he lost it. And he recalled this story of us in BJB sitting around with a VB in a kimono…because all the Japanese record company had flown out, there were about 28 people in this tiny little studio: costume designers, A&R people, managers, agents—they were all there. They’d all flown in. It was the most ridiculous thing, they must have spent so much money on this one song. And they gave us these kimonos as gifts. And basically we just wore them the whole time making the record. So that’s how we met Scott, somewhere between surreal and bizarre.

So you’re obviously a fan of his work with people like The Presets?

That’s right. So after we’d done the Japanese record, we talked about getting in the studio and doing another project. And [about how] Scott was such a great guy to do it with. We just get along so well and, I think, trust each others instincts. And obviously that element coming through from [his work with] The Presets. It was good for us because we didn’t want to go with somebody who was going to make us sound like Jet. And it worked out really well.

And is it good to get out from behind the drum kit? Does it feel freer or a bit weird?

It feels great. Because I’ve written songs in Jet for years and, honestly, it’s difficult sometimes to write a song, and then almost give it up—you’re watching it happen from back on the drums and you can’t deliver it the way you want to. Nic’s been killing that for years, he’s been doing a great job. But it’s like you have to let go of your song in a way, and now I don’t have to do that. And I get to control every moment and every aspect of it; from the creation through to playing in front of an audience. So there’s a lot of freedom that comes with that and I’ve really been enjoying it.

You’re not nervous to be out the front?

I guess I get nervous before DAMNDOGS shows where I haven’t gotten nervous before a Jet show. I couldn’t even tell you when, because we’ve been together for so long now. But with this project I get nervous about it running exactly the way we have it rehearsed. But I don’t get nervous about standing in front of a crowd. I think if you’re nervous about standing in front of a crowd and you’re a musician then its probably time to reconsider your life.

So what is Nic up to? Is he based in America as well?

Nic lives in Como (Lake, Italy) and he has a place in Melbourne. Honestly I think the break [with Jet] has been really good. We haven’t really kept up with each other so much. I think we’ve been enjoying going off and living our lives for a minute. I mean, we’ve been together for so long as brothers. People normally go away from each other in families— like when you leave school and stuff—but we went straight from school pretty much, into a tour bus. And we’ve been doing [that] for years.

So I don’t really know. I know from all reports, from my friends that have run into him, he’s doing really well. And he’s really happy to be having his own time, as I am.

Much needed…. and I guess you’ve seen since all the DAMNDOGS stuff started coming out all the fans are in a total panic thinking that Jet’s broken up?

I suppose so. It doesn’t matter how many times you tell them that you’re not. Obviously people read into a new band and they think that means they can’t exist in the same world, but that’s ridiculous. Its good, I don’t know what’s on the cards for Jet at the moment. We literally haven’t spoken about what we’re doing and it’s been the first time, like I’ve said, in 8 years, that we haven’t had a plan. So it remains to be seen when we’re going to get together again. But for sure it will happen.

The more time I get to work [DAMNDOGS] into something on its own steam...that suits me down to the ground, y’know? I’m really enjoying this work and I’m really enjoying the difference and the freedom that it gives me. There’s no barriers here. There’s no world that we’ve boxed ourselves into. It’s a fresh start and it’s a new opportunity to grow.

So when’s the EP out?

We’re meeting our manager about that later today actually. There’s no deadline date locked in but it will be in August.

You mentioned before there’s 14 songs so there’s obviously an album planned after that?

Yeah, absolutely. And we haven’t mapped out where and who we’re going to do that with. So far I’m just enjoying this so much, because in Jet we’d have had that conversation 4 months ago and gone into the studio.

We’re listening and as the music changes, so too do the names that come up for production. And also just floating around and having other producers put their two cents in, there’s some really interesting people in the mix. And I can’t wait to get back into the studio to see how far we can stretch this, and how wild we can make it.

So you’re playing the Toff in Melbourne? It’s such a hot spot for bands now.

I wouldn’t know. Whenever I do interviews now, especially in America, people ask me “What’s the scene like in Melbourne?”. And it’s really hard to say. Whenever I’ve come into town it’s changed so radically. I swear the last 8 years Melbourne has been changing faster than ever. Places go up and go down in a matter of weeks now I feel like. But I like the Toff, I’ve had some good times there. There’s always Big Day Out after parties there. I’ve been kicked out of there a few times which is usually a good sign. Hopefully we won’t get kicked out on gig night. Maybe afterwards though, you never know.

Annika Priest

JETthefuckingband.com new looks!

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:07:00 +0000

So, as you probably noticed we've got a new cleaner look and a new layout! We got sick of all the black, dark stuff. Also, we've got a new domain, we're now Jetthefuckingband.com, like it used to be. Lastly, there's a new tool on the website where you can share our posts on Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Orkut or through e-mail. It's right there above the comments part.

We hope we can improve the website as the time goes and we're glad to take your suggestions!

Moving on, Damndogs are currently in NYC playing for the CMJ Festival but so far we didn't come accross anything on their latest gigs. Therefore, we're gonna continuing our interviews post and this one is from Ausralia's The Age:

Eclectic canines learn new tricks

MARK Wilson lowers his head in mock shame. The musician, best known as the bass player for the multimillion-selling Melbourne band Jet, has committed a social media faux pas in helping to launch his new group, Damndogs. An extra keystroke on the registration screen and the band is profiled on Facebook as Damn Dogs, a typo that is not amended easily.

''If more than 100 people like you on Facebook, you can't change your name,'' Wilson says, sitting outside a Brunswick cafe as his border collie, Sailor, bounds around. ''You have to write to the company and ask them to fix it for you. That's one of the problems with doing everything yourself - you have to take the blame for your mistakes.''

Online blemishes aside, Wilson is excited about the band, which sees him playing alongside Jet's drummer, Chris Cester, who steps out from behind his kit to serve as frontman, keyboardist Louis Macklin and guitarist Mitch McIvor. The tightly bound four-piece - Macklin has toured with Jet, while McIvor is Cester's cousin and best friend - are about to follow up their debut shows in Los Angeles, where Cester lives with his partner and child, with Melbourne and Sydney gigs. They also have an exceptional EP awaiting release.
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Wilson and Cester's connection as a rhythm section shines through Damndogs' initial handful of songs, where lean, pronounced grooves that recall punk rock's discovery of dub and disco provide the foundation for sparse, expressive guitar licks and atmospheric keyboards. The verses of Very First Century suggest Ian Dury and the Blockheads and the chorus Beck, while Cocaine is a suitably murky jam that recalls Happy Mondays' melding of indie music and acid house.

Damndogs' eclectic sound sits in plain contrast to Jet's embrace of rock'n'roll tradition and with the latter on an extended hiatus - ''We talk regularly but we don't have anything planned,'' Wilson says - the former is working towards recording a debut album and touring widely next year. This should disperse the usual concerns about side projects being no more than enjoyable diversions.

''We're taking this seriously; it's not just a project for fun. This is our new thing,'' Wilson says. ''A lot of people will be challenged by it. If someone likes Damndogs, it's definitely possible they'll never have cared for Jet … We want that. We didn't want to put out something that was essentially the same.''

The idea for the group has been gestating for years. Cester and McIvor decided to start a band while on holiday in Morocco several years ago (a pack of stray dogs they saw inspired the name), while Wilson and Cester talked about the nascent outfit's aesthetic at length throughout the touring for Jet's third album, 2009's Shaka Rock.

Afterwards, emails carried ideas back and forth, as tracks were cut up and reassembled in various time zones. ''Chris has been dying to be a frontman for years,'' Wilson laughs.

For the bassist, this is also something of a coming of age. Having been the last member to join Jet, arriving in 2002 as their career trajectory was about to go vertical thanks to Are You Gonna Be My Girl, he spent his 20s finding his feet through repeated album and tour cycles. Now, with his hair slicked back and sporting an aristocratic van Dyke beard, Wilson looks and sounds ready for the spotlight.

''We've got our fingers in all the pies,'' he says. ''We don't have a record deal and, while we've been talking to people, we don't care if we don't have one. We're happy to do it all ourselves. We sort our own gear, figure when to rehearse, stay at each other's house to save money. We're working with various people but no one's putting it all on a schedule for us.

''It's a lot easier starting a band the second time,'' Wilson says with a smile. ''Because you actually know what you're doing.''

CMJ Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:38:00 +0000

As I mentioned before, Damndogs are doing a round of gigs for the CMJ Festival in NYC. Two nights ago, the guys played at the Tammany Hall and we've got a little bit of
"Love" on video:

About last night's gig, all we've got is a pic of them performing:

Also, the blog Thrillcall interviewed them and here it is:

Australian-formed band, DAMNDOGS are ready to take over the states as they are set to headline New York’s CMJ Music Marathon 2011 starting tonight! With their Strange Behaviour EP out now, Chris Cester, Mitch McIvor, Mark Wilson, and Louis Macklin are clearly on the brink of something big. These Aussies are not new to the scene, however, as two of the band members made up half of JET, (Cester and Wilson). The reviews are in, and across the board, DAMNDOGS are being called “dark and dancey,” with complicated beats and an intentional lack of genre, you will want to, scratch that need to, listen to. Their Facebook Bio sums up their sound better than any reviewer could: “DAMNDOGS carve out a bombastic warpath to the dancefloor, conjuring images of Gorillaz in a coke-fueled fistfight with the Beastie Boys at a Clash show in one of Andy Warhol’s factories.”

For those of you with DJ aspirations, check out the DAMNDOGS remix contest, where you can submit your personal remixes of their hit songs. If you submit by October 27th your remix will be considered for a chance to win prizes that include impressive music mixing software and hardware. While your unconscious brain plans out the acts to catch for CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival 2011, and simultaneously nabs synths for your first DAMNDOGS remix, let your conscious brain get to know DAMNDOGS as they answered our questions below:

Thrillcall: If you were to rate your popularity, how would you compare to The Beatles?

DAMNDOGS: If the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus,” then we’re easily bigger than L.Ron Hubbard.

Thrillcall: What band inspires you, especially when it comes to your genre?

DAMNDOGS: We’re trying hard not to be in a genre…without trying to sound elitist or something like that. We’re just as inspired by mad Latino records as we are ghostface killah.

Thrillcall: Where do you see yourselves in five years?

DAMNDOGS: I’d love to take this band to new, or previously untapped, places that don’t rely on apps to tell them what’s cool. Ex-Soviet states?! Who knows…we’re building this block by block and without labels and charts…the exciting thing is that we have no idea where we will be. Hopefully there are lots of people there with us…wherever it is.

Thrillcall: What is the fastest time you have had from writing a song from scratch and having it recorded and finished in the studio?

DAMNDOGS: Probably “Dog One,” our first tune. How long does it take to plug in and press record?

Thrillcall: If you were not a musician what other career would you want to have?

DAMNDOGS: Tough. Cartographer! Fucken love maps. Maps!!

Thrillcall: What are some of the differences between your home-based fans in Austrailia, and your US fans?

DAMNDOGS: It’s pretty similar. Leave the big cities and everyones mad for it…go back to them, and people prefer crossing their arms and ‘discussing.’

Thrillcall: What is your favorite song to play on stage and why?

DAMNDOGS: Cocaine. Louis invented an instrument for that one, the ‘swoopaphone’…it’s like jamming on the Hoth system. Our favourite gig would be anywhere with a big Fuck-Off PA system. We aim to rattle rafters, teeth and bones. It’s a good time. We don’t jump around like bunny rabbits but we try and bring the backstage party to the audience.

Tour and Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:03:00 +0000

As promised, I'm gonna begin tonight a round of posts with interviews Damndogs did over the last few months. Also, this blog is soon gonna become a website with its own domain and new looks! So keep checking back!

Before we start though, I'd like to fill you up with their tour dates. Right now they're in New York City playing a round of gigs for the CMJ Festival (more info here and here) and they're also on the line-up of Homebake 2011 to be held on December 3rd in Sydney, Aus.

We're gonna begin with an interview for the Examiner where Chris and Louis give us an idea of what they're aiming with this new project.

The formation of Australian rock outfit DAMNDOGS was completely organic and born wholely from the pure, deep-rooted passion of four talented musicians. Chris Cester, Mitch McIvor, Mark Wilson, and Louis Macklin set out to create a sound so unique, so interesting, and driven solely off their love for music, that it would defy genre chategorization- and they succeeded. Wanting to separate themselves from the mainstream melodies of Cester and Wilson's other band, the highly successful Jet (which Macklin has also been touring with since 2009), DAMNDOGS deliver weird, dark, danceworthy, tunes that are impossible not to get addicted to. I recently spent an evening with Cester and Macklin, two of the nicest guys I have every encountered, and they filled me in on playing shows, the human-to-hipster ration in Melbourne, and just how much they love this new band.

The guys have been through Denver before, but not with DAMNDOGS. “DAMNDOGS have never been to Denver,” Cester shares. “Jet went through Colorado a couple of times in the last two years alone.” One of those times happened to be in Colorado Springs with Denver’s own Photo Atlas providing support. “At the Black Sheep?” Macklin asks. “That was a great show! It’s a strange town there. It has a spectacular backdrop, but it's really weird.” “I really remember that show,” Cester marvels. “And I hate to sound cocky now, but I particularly remember we were f****** on fire that night, it was a really good gig. We rolled up to the venue and were like, ‘What the f***? This place is crazy, who’s going to come out to death alley and see a gig?’ But people were there and it was rocking.”

The musicians found Colorado Springs to be a bit weird, but how do they feel about Denver? “It’s beautiful,” Cester shares. “As far as the town goes, I haven’t really had a chance to spend time there. You know, you’re there for a day and then you wake up hung over, go to soundcheck, play the gig, then you leave. It’s difficult to get out and explore. But the fans are good.”

Though he currently lives in Los Angeles, Cester is originally from Melbourne, Australia, where Macklin still resides. Since I have never been to Australia, I wonder what the music scene is like over there. “It’s more backstabbing in Melbourne than it is even in LA,” Cester reveals. “It’s a strange juxtaposition of support and discerning crowds,” Macklin concurs. “Everyone’s in a band- absolutely everyone. So someone could be in the back watching you play, with their arms folded thinking to themselves, ‘I’m having the best time of my life, this band is incredible’, but not expressing it in any way.” “There is no sense of camaraderie really,” Cester chimes in. “It’s pretty poor. Everyone’s got something sh**** to say about you. Unfortunately, what Melbourne has going against it as well, is it has probably the worst human-to-hipster ratio on the planet,” Cester explains and we all burst out laughing. “I’m serious," he relays. "The hipster to human ratio is f***** up down there. I don’t want to paint a horrible picture of it, it’s my home and I love it more than anywhere else, but it can be quite snobby. Sometimes that’s good, it inspires us.” “Ultimately it forces you to work harder,” Macklin adds. “It forces you to play your ass off when there’s a sense of competition.”

DAMNDOGS released their debut EP, Strange Behavior, in August and the music is already receiving superlative reviews. “We aren’t expecting to sell one million copies of it,” Cester admits. “This is a first step for us. We’re doing this on our own right now and we’ve had opportunities to get into bed with companies- record companies, publishing companies, and that sort of stuff- but so far we’ve stuck to our guns and not gotten involved with any of them. So for us this is a really important first step in just announcing our existence to everybody.” “In the short term, it’s an album,” Macklin shares. “The EP songs were recorded about a year ago and it’s such a common predicament for bands to be in because it takes so long to release the music.”

“We really want people to hear about this band organically,” Cester says thoughtfully. “I’ve been in another band where that wasn’t the case. When companies get involved they can get in and f*** that up and really steer you in directions that are out of your control. We want to be massive, everyone does. You don’t do it unless you want everyone to love you. If you don’t think it’s worth people’s attention, you don’t put it out at all. We have a lot of belief in the band, but at the same time this is a really organic process and it’s been a real pleasure to do it in this way, to grow it the way we’re growing it. We were in my backyard two weeks ago hand-stamping our EPs. It was great."

In support of the EP release, DAMNDOGS played a string of California shows, as well as a couple of sold-out Australia gigs. “It was amazing,” Cester says. “The shows were really great. There’s something really freeing about what we’re doing. It’s a little bit more genre defying then what I was doing before and so there’s two great elements to that: one is that people who come expecting a rock and roll band aren’t getting it and I enjoy that confusion; and two, people who don’t know anything about us are hearing something they’ve never heard before. So the shows were great.” “That’s exactly what I was going to say,” Macklin agrees. “We played totally diverse venues as well. In San Francisco we played in a dirty punk club, you know, and here in LA we played in a couple of small, hip bars.”

It is obvious in hearing the gentlemen talk about DAMNDOGS that they're riding off of sheer love and fervor for the music. When they write songs for this band there is nothing inhibiting them, no one telling them to do it in a particular way, no industry folks telling them the music is too weird. Besides, in their minds, the weirder the better. “We try not to be a rock band,” Cester says matter-of-factly. “We’re not a rock band. I don’t even want to put any tags on it because that just fuels the fire and you end up answering questions about genres for the rest of your life. It’s definitely not a rock band. We’ve said to the people that are helping us build this that we’re not interested in going down that road- we want it to be as weird as possible. In my conversation with our manager I said, “I don’t want to play in rock clubs, I want to play in gay bars, bowling alleys, I don’t care'. You’ve got to go where you’re not wanted. Everyone’s seen a rock band. These are strange times as well, so why not be strange?”

DAMNDOGS are currently in the writing process, but soon enough they will hit the road again. And when they do, you will not want to miss an opportunity to see this band perform. Between their one-of-a-kind hooks, their contagious energy, and their kind, friendly, laid-back personalities, this foursome is headed for greatness.

Tchau.

DAMNDOGS

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:50:00 +0000

Hello, it's been a while! So, in case you're wondering, I left this blog a year ago and a few days later I was invited to run JETtheband.com, which I did until June this year. I "quit" it cause I like to do things my own way, you know. And I decided to come back because... well, I missed it. There, I said it.

Let's make it less about me and more about Jet, the fucking band. Well, the band itself has been on a year break. But it's not like its four members die or go into a coma when they're not a band. They naturally have gone into something meanwhile. And that something is called Damndogs.

This project came about in June with the release of the video above. Just a quick sum up if you haven't been updated yet, Damndogs is comprised of Chris (here on vocals and jumpsuit), Mark (bass), Mitch McIvor (guitar and Chris's cousin) and Louis Macklin (you've seen him if you've been to a Jet gig, he's been Jet's touring keyboardist since 09) and they play some kind of disco, pop, I don't know how to define music. They've released an EP in August called "Strange Behaviour" and they've done a few gigs in the US and Australia.

I don't wanna be an ass and post the links to the EP songs on Youtube so I'm gonna do better than that. One of their gigs in Australia, in Melbs to be more precise, had a few songs filmed. So take a look at the Damndogs:

Low

Love

Daughter

Wonder Why

Well, that's it for now. Over the next few days I'm gonna post some of the interviews they've made so far. The comments are opened as always and I might give the blog a little change on the looks, but I need some help with that. So let's see.

Tchau.

The last post.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:43:00 +0000

I'm really sorry to say this, but honestly I can't keep up with JETthefuckingband.com anymore. Jet is a fantastic band and especially for me cause music plays such a big role in my life. But some bands, even when they sound amazing, they just don't deserve the fans they have. And that is sadly Jet's case.

Therefore, I took the tough decision to shut down JETthefuckingband.com. The people who have been reading my posts know that this was really important to me. But it's just so hard to keep up with the enthusiasm when the band doesn't give a fuck about playing to you. And I'm sure I can say this on behalf of many people, cause today you all could see the tons of people asking about a South American tour and Chris just pretended they weren't there (yeah, I know, WWE Music didn't show them up as well but all he had to do was read his timeline). So, as many fans were let down today, I was and continuing to do this makes no sense to me anymore.

So, thanks for everyone who have been reading my posts for all this time, since JETBrasil.com and all. It was much fun!

Cheers!

Andie.

JET live at Shepherds Bush, London

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:26:00 +0000

I told you it'd be big! We've got a couple of interviews, fan review and videos of last night's gig in London. The last one, by the way, before they head to Australia for the much awaited tour with Powderfinger. So this post should make it up for the whole month of August. And damn, it will!

Cam was probably the chosen one for interviews yesterday cause we've got two here with him just before the gig. Check them out:

Elliot Mitchell Chats To Jet

I was lucky enough to interview Melbourne based band Jet ahead of their Shepherds Bush Empire show in London on Sunday after winning a competition with GigsAndTours. From the phenomenal worldwide success of debut album “Get Born” in 2003 Jet were catapulted onto the music scene with a raw, hard rock sound and with the likes of The Strokes, Kings Of Leon and the White Stripes. Since “Get Born” Jet have release two more albums: “Shine On” (2006) and more recently “Shaka Rock” (2009). Both albums have reached commercial success however have been criticised by some for not reaching the bar set in “get born”.

After watching a sound check I managed to catch up with Cam Muncey, the lead guitarist from the band.

How do you find touring Europe in comparison with Australia?
It’s better. Life on the road can be boring especially in Australia when you can drive for 10 hours and nothing changes. In Europe that’s totally different, there’s just so many great places here. However, I love being home as anyone does, and touring itself doesn’t have any character because all you’re doing is driving or flying or whatever and after a while it gets pretty boring.

Obviously you play a lot of countries on your dates, which country would you say has the best crowds, atmosphere etc?
London is great, the UK crowds are always up for it which is amazing and I live in London myself so I love the place. Japan have a very unique way of interpreting music; it could be said the fans are almost like a cult in Japan. The group of people who like western music are really into it, almost like an obsession, which is great for us. I was surprised at how much the Swiss were into it as well.

When you broke out in 2003, it was in a similar time that bands like the Strokes, and the White Stripes were also coming onto the scene. Was it harder for you to keep up with these bands as they were from the US and you were from Australia on the other side of the world?
We just had to get away from it really and put ourselves out there and move away. Once we managed to break into America it managed to sort itself out around the world, because both the UK and the US have great music scenes. We always had the mindsets that if it didn’t work in the US or around the world, we could always go back home to Australia and we would always have support there, and we relied on that.

Shaka Rock almost has a bluesy feel to some of the tracks and you have really gone back to your roots with this one, and are more “comfortable in your skins” as it were. What’s your favourite piece of work you guys have done and why?
Well you can never recreate that first one you know, because it’s so new and exciting, we had such an exhilarating time with it. I’m really pleased with this album (Shaka Rock) because we co-produced it ourselves so we had lots of freedom over this album to make it sound how we wanted. We also changed labels, which was a big thing for us. At first producing the album was daunting, however in hindsight it’s been a good move for us.

Some bands say they experience a moment, an out of body experience as such, in which they just feel “yes, we’ve made it”. Have you experienced this feeling yourself?
When we play big gigs we naturally get nervous, so I play a confidence trick on myself and play it down acting like it’s not a big gig at all. I guess the nerves of a huge show almost take away that feeling of “we’ve made it” as you said, but once you get into a huge gig and start enjoying it, it’s amazing. For example when we played Madison square garden with Oasis, we went out there thinking, “we’re going to show Oasis…", and we were almost competitive!

Do you manage to keep up with new music on smaller labels?
Yeah definitely, when I’m at home and not touring it’s a great time to look into new music. On tour there are too many distractions and I just love going to a record shop and actually buying something I can hold, I hate buying records over the Internet.

So are you a vinyl man then?
Not really, I just stick with CD’s to be honest, although I do have an old “technics” turntable, which my brother gave me, which I need to set up really, it’s just finding the time you know.

You’re playing with General Fiasco tonight, do you usually get to pick your support acts when you go on tour?
Yeah we usually have an input however tonight it was organised by someone else. We’re playing with Powderfinger in Australia next month, which we’re really looking forward to, as it’s their farewell tour and they are like a national institution, like the oasis of Australia. We like to pick the support acts when we can - we’ve had some great support acts in the past.

Was starting your own label hard for you?
Not really as we haven’t really done anything with it yet, we’re just waiting for the right project to come along, and when it does we’ll try and develop it and do something with it.

At this point Jet’s manager turned up as we had ran out of time.....

Source: Gigsandtour.com

Gig Junkie caught up with Cameron Muncey before the show to pick the lead guitarists’ brain a bit and talk about Jet’s upcoming tour.

Q. What can people expect from Jet in the next coming months?
Cameron: Well, we’re doing a tour of Australia for 3 months in September with Powderfinger which we’re really looking forward to. It’s going to be a nice tour through all of Australia, we’re going to all different places like Mackay, Albury and Ballarat. I’ve been to most of these places but it’s always nice to go back, it’s a bit nostalgic.

Q. You’ve toured with several leading bands in your 10 year career from The Rolling Stones to Green Day – are there still any other artists that you’d like to share the big stage with?
Cameron: No, not really. I’m looking forward to playing with Powderfinger though, we’ve never played with them before so that should be cool!

Q. What music are you listening to at the moment?
Cameron: Hmm let me think. I really like The National and The Black Keys. And I’ve also been listening to quite a bit of Sleepy Sun lately.

Q. What was the very first gig you ever went to?
Cameron: It would have been AC/DC! They were incredible!

Q. What’s your favourite song to play live?
Cameron: Definitely one of my favourites would be ‘Come Around Again’ from the very first album ‘Get Born’, but I like all of them really *laughs*.

Q. Do you ever play any cover songs in your concerts?
Cameron: We actually haven’t played any cover songs in ages, but we usually do.

Q. What can you tell me about your guitar – are you subject to brand loyalty or will you play with whatever's available?
Cameron: As long as you can get a basic tune and bang about, I’ll play with whatever. Usually it’ll be a Les Paul though, I’ve got a couple of them.

Q. What made you choose to play the guitar in the first place?
Cameron: Well, I started learning the trumpet at first but I soon realised that the only things I liked musically had guitar in it and that was my problem. So that’s why I left the trumpet behind and started playing guitar.

Source: Gigjunkie.net

Now, you guys know how much I hate journalist reviews so I'm putting up now this review written by @NinaSupersonic, massive fan who has just rediscovered them:

It’s not like me to review the same band twice in a row, but there is a reason behind my fangirling.

“Are they still going?” was the question that followed almost every mention of going to see Jet. Almost as frequent was this exchange, recounted verbatim:
“Who are Jet?”
“You know, Are You Gonna Be My Girl?”
“Oh yeah! God, are they still going?”
My favourite remark came in the amused and slightly condescending dismissal of the band with, “Jet, haha brilliant! So retro!”

Having learnt the back catalogue crash course-style in the week since rediscovering them at Portugal’s Optimus Alive festival, the week preceding their only UK date before disappearing back to Australia, I find these questions harder and harder to comprehend. Not least because Are You Gonna My Gir?, the song that propelled them into mainstream consciousness, has been far surpassed by their later musical output.

I’ve speculated for longer than the dilemma probably warranted, but it remains a source of bafflement to me that Jet have managed to stray into obscurity in the UK, especially after the experience of seeing them live outside a festival setting.

Opening with a snarling That’s All Lies, the tone of the gig was set. Retro it was, but in the best of ways. At the front amongst the pogoing the atmosphere was more reminiscent of a 70s punk gig, raw with aggression and resulting in much bruising from over-exciting jumping.

The set list was nicely split between the three albums. Highlights included the monstrous Black Hearts (On Fire), seeing the venue’s crowd-surfing ban pushed to the max and frontman Nic Cester smouldering his way through the lyrics. La Di Da proved an unlikely touching singalong, and the outrageous tidal wave of riffs that is Start The Show was played ironically in the encore. Are You Gonna Be My Girl? inspired its expected spree of head banging and shouty-pointing from the crowd, while songs like Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Hey Kids, and Walk have choruses made for stadiums. Songs with less impact and similar appeal have achieved that in the past (Arctic Monkeys, anyone?), and with much less stage presence and charisma to back them up. So why not Jet?

Nic played his part to perfection, swaggering with Godlike arrogance and his vocals alternating between a combustible growl and deranged screaming. His love for demanding a bit of audience participation apparently never gets old either, judging by Seventeen and Beat On Repeat.

Meanwhile drummer Chris Cester, also on backing vocals, attacked his drum-kit with the intensity of an unhinged vigilante pulverising a floored mugger. The effect was too big for Shepherds Bush, and only served to reinforce the question of, why aren’t they bigger?

There are a few theories that carry weight. One, that they are Australian and therefore not taken inherently seriously by the rock ‘n’ roll aficionados governing UK airplay. Two, that Are You Gonna Be My Girl?, while so incredibly successful at making their name, with a tune that is played in introductions and adverts to this day, became their downfall in the eyes of the UK music Press. They ‘sold-out’, or became ‘too commercial’ or ‘mainstream’; all these words and phrases now so commonly used with fashionable distain.

Whatever the explanation it’s a sad conundrum. Far from the gimmick that the UK’s knowledge of them makes them out to be, Jet are a fantastic and truly underrated rock ‘n’ roll band. Capable of far more than walls of noise and catchy riffs, their songs range from the grandiose to the gritty; wryly comical (“There is good and there is better/Just like imitation leather”, courtesy of Beat On Repeat), uplifting, raw, anthemic, intelligent, and simple, the best examples of which are sadly not given half of the credit they deserve.

Come back soon, Jet. I do hope that one day we’ll be ready for you.

Source: @NinaSupersonic's tumblr

And finally, my favorite: videos! We've got "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", as always, and my favorite ever "Walk":

Looks like the crowd was so into it, must've been a hell of a gig!

So, since we're not having any JET for a whole month, thought I should show you these two videos from their shows at the Gurten Festival and the Florestglade Festival, great stuff!

Phew! See you someday, people!
Tchau.

Gurten and Forestglade

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:58:00 +0000

Two shows on the last two days. That's how busy Jet is and I've got some things to show you.

On the 15th, the guys headed to Switzerland to play at the Gurten Festival. I can say I had a hard time trying to read the websites in German (is that German?) but I found some pics:

I've gotta admit that some pics were only updloaded so you could check Nic's new hair cut and his disastrous pair of shoes.

Source: Tilllate.com

And yesterday they were in Austria, also known as Australia, attending to the Forestglade Festival. Again, the language barrier was tough but Youtube is always a good friend:

Very good quality video!

So, tomorrow Jet is playing at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in my beloved London. So jealous! I can't wait to put my hands on some footage!

Tchau!

Recent interview

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000

Quick recent interview with Nic Cester while we wait for the next show.

Source: Australian Times

Jet taxi into London
As Jet’s European tour comes to a close, frontman Nic Cester tells Shannon Crane why the boys were so keen to rock out in London before heading home.
Shannon Crane

IT’S been ten months since Jet paid their loyal UK fans a visit, but the Aussie boys promise to make up for their absence with a “fun, mixed bag” in London on Sunday.

The Melbourne-raised rockers took a break from touring early this year but they’re getting back into the swing of things with some of Europe’s biggest summer festivals.

Frontman Nic Cester was looking forward to a bit of fun at their Shepherd’s Bush gig, Jet’s last stop before they head back to Oz.

“London’s always been really positive,” he said from Lisbon, Portugal last week.

“No matter how well things have been going, the crowds and the shows have always been good.

“We try and make it as much fun as possible, it’s always a pretty mixed bag. It’s got to be fun for us as well as for everyone else.”

The four-piece – Nic, his brother Chris, Cam Muncey and Mark Wilson - shot to fame in 2003 with their debut album Get Born. It sold a massive 3.5 million copies but Jet were unable to match that success with the albums Shine On (2006) and Shaka Rock, released last August under their own label, Real Horror Show Records.

Jet have copped a fair amount of flak over the years for trying to mimic the greats like Oasis and The Beatles, but Nic says the boys haven’t let it get them down.

“We’ve been getting all kinds of reviews since we started. I’m aware there were some bad ones but there were also some really good ones as well,” he insisted.

“You only concern yourself with the opinion of those that actually matter to you.”

Touring and living abroad has seen the band unearth strong fanbases in some unlikely places.

“Canada’s always been really strong for us,” Nic, who spends much of his time near Milan, Italy, said.

“There are certain pockets in Europe that do really well and then there are other pockets that aren’t as strong.

“It’s always surprising to me. It keeps it interesting.”

They’re about to leap back into the music scene Down Under, supporting long-time buddies Powderfinger on their farewell tour from September.

“I just said it in passing as a joke to Bernard (Fanning), ‘like, so are we going to do a tour together or what?’,” Nic recalled.

“The very next day he was like, ‘you know what, that’s a good idea, let’s do it’.

“I didn’t realise at the time they were actually planning a tour at all, let alone their last one.

“It’s going to be a fun way to wrap it up.”

Jet rock The Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on Sunday, July 18th. For tickets go to www.gigsandtours.com

Tchau.

BBK Live 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:06:00 +0000

My bad, my bad. I said on the last post that Jet's next stop would be Austria but there're actually two more dates till then. So their tour schedule in Europe goes like this:

July 10th - BBK Live 2010, Spain
July 15th - Gurten Festival, Switzerland
July 16th - St. Polten, Austria
July 18th - Shepherds Bush Empire, England

Therefore, Jet played last night in Spain at the BBK Live and I've got here some professional footage of "Seventeen" and "Get What You Need":

Looking forward to their London show, though I won't be there. It'll be their first solo show outside the US in ages. Should be great!

I'll be back next week, tchau!

Optimus Alive 2010 (video)

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:27:00 +0000

IOL Musica published today a little sum up of Jet's performance at the Optimus Alive Festival, in Portugual. The video features bits of "That's All Lies" and "She's a Genius" and you can check it here.

I was hoping to find a interview on that website too, they're always interviewed by them in Portugal, but so far nothing. If I have more news I'll post it here!

Tchau.

Optimus Alive 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:40:00 +0000

Jet played earlier today at the Optimus Alive Festival in Lisbon. By what most of the articles say it was a warm show, since the band was opening the second day of the festival. I'll come back soon with some videos but for now you can have a look at some pics here.

Jet's next stop is Austria (though their website says "Australia", bad bad webmaster) on the 16th of this month at the Frequency Festival.

Tchau!

Special birthday post!

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:08:00 +0000

Today the very best rock'n'roll singer in the world, in our humble opinion, is turning 31! In nearly 10 years with Jet, Nic Cester has more than proven to us that we're right. But if anyone here still have any doubts, I invite you to check the opinion of some other artists, like Muse and pretty much every Aussie big band out there. Are you ready?

Silk Suits (Kram)

On My Mind (Powderfinger)

These Days (Powderfinger, Missy Higgins and Kev Camordy)

Evie Pt.1 (The Wrights Supergroup)

Hold The Line (Tex Perkins)

Revolution (The Living End, Spiderbait, Even)

Long Tall Sally (Powderfinger)
Download
Preview:

Hard to Handle (Rocket Queen and Dave Larkin)

Back in Black (Muse)

Is that enough to you?

Happy Birthday, Nic!

Tchau.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:43:00 +0000

Jet is playing an one-off gig in London on the 18th and the British press has already started the interviews:

Stereoboard grab the opportunity to interview Australian rock group Jet, prior to their upcoming gig at The Shepherds Bush Empire in London on the 18th of this month.

We find out a little more about the group and the upcoming gig as well as their latest album ‘Shaka Rock.’

Tell us about your impending UK show at The O2 on the 18th July and can we expect to see you in the UK again before the end of the year?

"The show will be our third or fourth in London for this record! The biggest one too…so I think it's likely that we will split the cash four ways after it, and then work out which banks to heist in the off season. We'll be back in 2011"

Last year was a big year for you. A world tour, a set at the winter Olympics and the release of your latest album, Shaka Rock. What have been the highlights for you during this time?

"Nic (Nic Chester who plays guitar and sings vocals.) passing out onstage from a virus of unknown origin was strange. It was a symptom of everything being on level ten for a whole year I think. It wasn't a highlight but it certainly was memorable. The Olympics were a pretty massive deal too. It felt strange to share a stage with people who have dedicated their lives to a winning mentality and a physically and mentally gruelling lifestyle"

For anybody unfamiliar with Jet, how would you explain your sound and what can people expect from a live performance?

"Well, most people have an opinion of us already. To someone who hasn't, I would say that we do it without pretension and we play our asses off…so if you like rock and roll and you like walking out of a building having had a sing-along and with a smile on your face…"

How happy are you with your latest album and how does it compare with the material before it?

"We don't release anything if we're not satisfied that it will stand the test of time. That's our only judge really. Compared to the others? Well, it's got a confidence about it, like a kid who just spent four years at college and who is finally joining the real world. I never did that…but I imagine it feels pretty good. You've been in someone else's system your whole adult life, and then you're out. We cut all our old ties and affiliations on this record and it was beautiful"

With a lot of groups coming and going nowadays, what is the key to your longevity, considering that you have been on the scene for a few years now?

"Songs. You've got 'em or you don't. Fads go in and out of style and fade into obscurity, or fall off your head entirely…a good song lasts a lifetime and no amount of posturing can create one of those. We've played our own game"

How much do you enjoy playing live and how do fans in the UK compare with your fans at home and across the world?

"They're more English. They sing louder. They drink more"

Having already released Shes A Genius and Black Hearts (On Fire) as singles, are there any plans to release any more of the albums tracks as singles?

"Seventeen will be our next single in the UK. It's one of our best ever songs in my opinion.

How easy is it to spend so much time in each other’s company and time away from home when touring?

"Being in a different city every day, playing to thousands of people who have assembled in a building or a field for sole purpose of getting out of their heads for a minute? I couldn't think of a better life. You miss people. I'd miss this more"

Who have been your musical influences when putting material together and are there any current acts that you are particularly fond of at the moment?

"Influences for me don't come in regular recognizable patterns anymore, it's not always music that influences me, in fact, it's usually not music, so I'll stick to talking about the music I like right now…which is the new Black Keys record. I've played that one for a week straight. The best songs they've ever written. If I want something a little darker and weirder, I'll listen to Unkle, the War Stories record. It's Level ten"

Source: Stereoboard.com

Thinking of Jet the first thing that probably springs to mind is their hit single 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?', but much has changed since their debut in 2003. Today they're three albums down the line, the latest of which (2009's 'Shaka Rock') boldly took them down the independent release route. In their native Australia lead single 'She's A Genius' was certified gold, and featured a hell-raising bicycle riding wookie in its video. So far, apart from Australian and foreign festival dates, their only planned UK appearance is a one-off gig at London's Shepherds Bush O2 on 18th July. Ahead of this sold out show we were able to speak with their lead guitarist, Cameron Muncey.

A lot of the band are hitting thirty years old now, how do you feel about that?
Well I don't care about the others, I just deal with my own thing! I'm happy about it, still kicking and screaming. You see I had a good time in my twenties. I'm still waiting to gain wisdom, but so far that hasn't happened yet.

Where would you hope to be in, say, ten years time?
Oh, I don't know. I guess having my own place by the sea, just living by the sea. I grew up by the water so sometimes I miss it. I live in London now and living in London can get boring after a while. Anyway I've got ten years to decide haven't I?

You've changed record labels a few times, are you settled yet?
Yeah, we're settled, we're happy. I mean we're not really on a record company now - EMI does the distribution, but we're in control. The way it's [the record industry] changing so much you wonder if you'd be staying on a sinking ship, with the corporate stuff. Like shareholders - if you're a big shareholder then you'd have a say. It's a lottery, you have to trust the people you're working with. Like when you're doing well everyone's your friend, then you have a cool period and they all disappear, and you're there saying, "Hey, where have you all gone?" I guess they have to get their quarterly reports for sales, so it's not always their fault, it's very cynical. It's exciting being on an independent though.

Do you think your next album will be as long in the making as the last two? If you're thinking of doing another yet, that is.
I'm not sure about that yet, we haven't really thought about it. We've still got side projects, we're still writing like always. Since we co-produced the last album 'Shaka Rock' we've got more confidence about our music and stuff.

What kind of side projects?
Well we've had The Wrights and stuff like that. Nic's doing something with an old friend of his in Melbourne. Don't ask me about that because I have no idea what they're doing! Chris, our drummer, is doing some things with his cousin. I'm doing my own thing - I'm just enjoying the time off, you know? I might go back to school actually, it's been a long time

Some see 'Shine On' as your weakest album, would you agree?
Really I don't listen to any of our records. I mean, looking back I would change some things, there was a real rush to put it out. We were on the road so long [before recording 'Shine On'], our management would tell us they had a gig booked six months ahead for £100, 000, and we'd never seen money like that before. Of course we were like, "Yeah, yeah!" In the end we'd been touring two years, then we started panicking, saying "Shit it's been two years, we have to put a record out!" It took eight months to get the thing out after it was finished - there were some mixing issues... but it was a tough record. It was very emotional, with the death of Nic and Chris' dad, a lot of stuff was going on. The whole thing felt really surreal, and when you have an approach like that it's going to affect the sound of the record. It was arduous, I would say it was our most difficult record.

Do you take criticism on board, or turn a blind eye to it?
Well we've had some over the years! I don't read everything, but someone else will always tell you about it. Like they'll start off saying, 'they're good BUT', and it's that BUT part every time. Yeah, we've had a few ribbings (is that the right word, the word you use?), but I guess you get used to it eventually. They have the powers to be really insulting though, you know what I mean? It's difficult in the beginning [of your career], especially when they start off praising you all the time.

What do you think about bands that only tour in their home territory?
That's however they like to live their lives, I can't tell them what to do. There's people who could've toured all over but they chose family over their careers. There's always two sides pulling you. I know that with Australians, English and Americans they can have a set area to tour. Like all the English speakers tour the English speaking countries so they have that option. There are so many weird countries out there that don't get visited. Yeah, like not everyone goes to Japan. I don't know if they'd want to hear records in English, because they just speak Japanese, they'd mainly just buy Japanese records. It's a big world out there. I hope I answered your question.

Do you think that Nic's vocal nodules have altered the sound of his voice or his capabilities?
I don't think so, I think his voice is as strong as it has ever been. He's got a very powerful voice, it can be really aggressive. In the beginning we'd do a forty-five minute set, but now we do one and a half hour sets, and that's hard going. In our shows we can go from a ballad to a rocker and that isn't easy on the voice, but he can do it. Of course I'm always worrying about it. To be honest I think it's more to do with living unhealthily. Nic still pushes himself, he really screams it out - 'til he sees the stars and falls over backwards! He's like a masochist, almost.

What's the worst interview you've ever had?
So many, so many. A lot of those strange internet things, fanzines by kids who own their own website. See the record label thinks that's how reach out to the kids, so they get you to do it. They can be so awkward because the kids [the interviewers] don't know what they're doing, you feel silly.

What kind of questions do they ask that are particularly bad?
Erm, I don't know, I can't really remember. We get a lot of groupie questions, they're pretty bad. I'm married so I don't do the groupie thing! Normally it's bringing up all these clichés, which are just ridiculous. Particularly in the US, there's these US DJs who want to vicariously go through all your past exploits. It's like, [puts on stereotypical American accent] "Hey, what you been doing with the girls lately?"

Source: Glasswerk.co.uk

The band's next stop is this Friday in Portugal. They're playing a couple of dates more until they head to Australia for the Powderfinger tour in September!

Tchau.

Pele or Maradona?

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:34:00 +0000

While we're at this World Cup mood I managed to find two interviews with Nic on that subject. I just bought my World Cup stickers album and as I was having a look at the teams I saw this "Vincenzo Grella" on the Aussie page. That name sounded familiar to me so I googled it and I came across these two interviews. Really cool stuff, check it out:

(By the way, Nic and Vince Grella attended to the same school)

Jet frontman Nic Cester talks Iggy Pop, being on the bench and average Blackburn players...
There was a time when Australia was just a sprawling country, populated by men standing around, wearing kaki and squinting. But those days are a thing of the past - well, mostly - and the land of Oz is home to some great bands and some not bad footballers. We meet Antipodean rockers Jet's front man, Nic Cester, and get the low down on travelling around the world as one if the nation's biggest exports since Fosters and Prisoner: Cell Block H. They have seen it all - Miami, Milan, Motherwell....

So Nic, the new album is out, you guys happy with the result?

Yes, definitely. We feel that is our most mature album yet, we have really shed some skin with this one. Everyone in the band is happy with the way the album has turned out. And we had a lot of fun doing it too.

I am sure you did, considering some of it was recorded in Miami. Is the place as good as Will Smith bangs on about?

Yes, it's a great city, we went over there to record and we also recorded a track with Iggy Pop, as he happens to live over there. It wasn't for the album, it was for an Australian commemorative thing but it was great to do something with him. He is one of those iconic figures. He was a really nice guy too.

Nice. Did he manage to keep his top on the whole time you were there or did he get the guns out?

Funny you should say that. We all had bets on how long it would take before he took his top off. We weren't disappointed, he took it off within five minutes.

Your Joking? What does he look like under there these days, a bit like a lizard we presume?

I though he would look a bit like a piece of KFC but Iggy is actually a bit more leathery these days.

Did he mention he was in a naff car insurance advert over here?

No, he didn't say anything about that.

I am not surprised...But it must be great you guys are getting the opportunity to work with guys like that?

We have been pretty lucky really. Some other bands can be successful but never quite make it in America. We have done quite well out there and it has raised our profile, so we are lucky in that respect.

Seen as we are a football site, it would be remis of me not to mention the beautiful game. Are you guys big footy fans?

Yeah, we definitely like our football. We like to watch it and love a kick around too.

Good lads. Are you a bit tasty on the field??

I used to play a bit when I was younger but I was not too great. When I played with the school team the coach used to think my best position was on the bench unfortunately. But I was fairly decent I like to think.

What team do you support, are you a big fan of the Aussie A-League?

Actually, I live in Milan most of the year and the team I probably follow most is Inter-Milan. They are sort of my local team as it where.

That's a bit posh, how did you end up living in Milan?

Well I am half Italian, so its a bit like a second home. I am also half-Scottish, my grandparents emigrated to Australia. My family in Scotland come from a place called Motherwell.

I know it well. I have to say I am surprised you choose to live in Milan rather than Motherwell. If you are Scottish, the question has to be asked, are you a Celtic or Rangers man?

I suppose I would have to support my local team and be a Motherwell fan. Also, I have a Motherwell jersey. But we went to a Celtic v Rangers game when we were on tour in Glasgow once and it was f***ing crazy. I have never witnessed such hatred between two sets of fans but it was a great experience. We were in with the Celtic fans but i think it was at the Rangers ground. The Celtic fans were calling it Castle Greyskull. But Rangers won, the Celtic fans weren't happy.

It is indeed mad up there. What about down South, you ever been to a game?

I went to see a Chelsea game once, but that was a while ago. But I can't remember who they were playing or what the score was.

Another memorable day at the bridge then. As a proud Australian, do you think the Soccero's will have a good World Cup in South Africa?

Yes hopefully, the team is good, since we have a lot of players playing in Europe these days. I used to actually play with one of the players when I was at high school, Vince Grella.

Source: Toepoke.net

Sport.co.uk caught up with Nic Cester, lead singer of Australian rockers Jet, and did that thing we do where we natter idly about sports with famous musicians. Some, though, are a tad more interested than others…

So, were you watching the Ashes closely?

Not really. I actually find cricket pretty f***ing boring, to be honest. I think I’m one of the only Australians you’ll ever hear say that

Fair enough. Do you follow the soccer team?

I do. I used to play when I was a kid. I’d be lying if I said I follow it intently, but I do enjoy it. I moved to live in Italy a few years ago, so I followed it a little bit more than I would have if I’d stayed in Australia, I guess.

Is there a particular club side you support?

Inter. I lived in Milan.

I was told that you guys are fans of Brett Emerton…

We met him! We had an acoustic show a couple of weeks ago and…we just met him briefly, and it happened to be the night that he wrapped his Ferrari round a pole! So there was a big picture of us in the paper the next day, insinuating that we had something to do with his drunken state. (Chuckles)

Was this in the Australian media?

No, it was in The Sun, I think.

I only ask because they were trying to stick the knife into Tim Cahill recently, only to be proven hopelessly wrong. Going off on a slightly different tangent from this, do you think the Australian media are feeling threatened by soccer’s increasing popularity, fearing that it will eventually dethrone the national sports?

No. No way. But I do think, if anything, that there may be a sense of jealousy at how much of a bigger deal football is now compared to Australian football. First of all, it’s international. And the amount of salaries and wages that English football players get, I’ve no doubt that would piss off a lot of the Australian footballers!

If soccer continues to increase in popularity over there – say, on the back of the Socceroos enjoying another strong World Cup showing – then will it only be a matter of time before Australia becomes one of the world’s top footballing nations? You guys haven’t done that bad a job at dominating other sports…

Yeah, well, Australia is a very sporting nation, I guess. Much like in America, everyone plays football when you’re a kid. But then for some there comes a certain age and you switch to Australian football. I guess it’s just part of the culture there. But they’ve restructured the whole league in Australia; they’ve been doing it over a period of about ten years. It’s much healthier than it was before and it’s created a better breeding ground. The culture of – I’ll call it ‘soccer’, otherwise it’ll get confusing – definitely has been getting better for a long time, which obviously promotes more players and better skills, and I’m sure Australia will continue to get better and better.

As you’re not into cricket, I’m not sure if you read about Justin Langer’s leaked dossier on the English cricket team…(Sport.co.uk briefly describes what was said)...Do you think there is a crucial difference in mentality between English and Australian sportsmen?

I would imagine that Australia has a lot more confidence as a cricketing nation than England. Australians love the fact that we more often than not beat you at cricket. It’s a part of our national pride! And it’s been happening consistently for a while, so one would imagine that would be why that reaction happens. If it [the Langer dossier] was vice versa, would the Australians question themselves as much as the English do? I guess not.

Do you follow other sports?

Not really, man.

Do you follow the English football league at all?

Did Vince Grella just get moved to Blackpool? I went to high school with him. He played for Napoli and then Parma for a while, I think.

And finally, what are you up to with the band at the moment?

The album’s coming out in a few days over here, so that’s why we’re in England at the moment; to do a tour and promote the album. Then we go to Germany and…we’re just on tour for a long, long time now.

Source: Sport.co.uk

Yeah, sad thing Australia got knocked out of the World Cup today. I've been following the tournament very closely and always supported them. Well, they can support Brazil now!

Tchau!

Tacos and solo projects

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:22:00 +0000

Advertising moment here on JettheF:

Do you enjoy some Tacos? Mark Wilson's got them for only 5 bucks at the Taco Brothers!

Mark has put the music business aside and is now running his very own tacos van. Yes, it's in a van! As reports Herald Sun:

Thanks to @anaisabelle, as always!

Interesting article, by the way. Chris and our taco boy is working together again (in 2008 they produced the Japanese band Superfly under a name I can't recall now); Nic is doing his own thing (that should be great, I feel like Nic could do a brilliant solo album). But yeah, that's always good, as long as the band stay together, we're happy!

Speaking of Nic's projects, besides being Muse's new official "Back in Black" singer, there're rumors he's playing bass (!) for a Melbourne band called Ross de Chene Hurricanes. I remember he also mentioned he'd be collaborating with some other Aussie guy but my memory isn't helping today.

About Cam... well, I haven't heard from him in a while. Have you?

So let's end this solo projects moment by going back to what we really like. Nic, Cam, Chris and Mark together in an interview, click here to watch it!

I've gotta go now. Make sure you enjoy some tacos with Mark if you live in Melbourne and tell him that I want my part on the profits for the advertising here!

Tchau!

Rock in Rio 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:29:00 +0000

OK guys, are you ready to vote?

Rock in Rio 2011 (this time really in Rio) wants to know what bands the Brazilians want to play on the festival. And surprisingly we've got Jet amongst the options! So, you can go here and pick your favorite bands (and pick Jet of course, if you're reading this you probably like them at least a bit). If you're not Brazilian, we'd appreciate if you could vote as well and spare us from having Paramore and Mcfly instead!

Before I go, let me sum it up in Portuguese and Spanish:
Negócio é o seguinte: o Rock in Rio quer saber quais bandas devem tocar no festival ano que vem e o Jet é uma das opções. Então, você vai lá no link marcado ali e votem neles!

Rock in Rio quiere saber qué bandas deben actuar en el festival el próximo año y Jet es una de las opciones. Así, todo lo que tiene que hacer és clic en el link de arriba y votar!

Tchau.

Nic plays with Muse... again.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:53:00 +0000

And that's all people are going to talk about for the next week. Muse was playing for a packed stadium in Milan last night when Matt announced a special guest. Guess who it was? Italy, Muse, guest, doesn't that sound familiar to you? Oh yeah, here we go again:

How cute is Matt jumping around like a 10 year-old?

Tchau!

Jet Covers!

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:25:00 +0000

So, it's been two weeks. Actually, this band's break isn't helping us and also I had the first part of my uni exam last weekend. I passed, so I need to keep studying for the next two weeks for the second part. Wich means I'm not having much time for Jet right now.

But since we've got no news at all (even their website is being striked by hackers) I decided to post some good covers today. Covers played by the band, that is.

1. Black in Black (AC/DC)- Muse ft. Nic Cester:

2. You Don't Miss Your Water (The Byrds):

3. That's Alright Mama (Elvis Presley):

4. Never Tear Us Apart (INXS):

Click here to watch it.

5. Sooner or Later (NERD):

Click here to watch it.

If you know about another cover not posted here, please tell us!

Tchau.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:50:00 +0000

Happy Mother's Day to everyone! Some people asked me on Jettheband.com to translate some parts of the interviews posted last weekend. That was pretty much old stuff but I managed to compile the best bits:

Mark and Nic on Nic passing out in London:

Mark (Bogota.vive.in)

"He was very sick on the day of that gig. The doctors had told him not to play, but he thought it'd be a bad idea because we don't like to let people down. He felt he could go on. But he couldn't help being sick. Then, he passed out and had to stay in hospital for a few days, but now he's fine, and we keep doing more shows."

Nic (peston.info)
“I was fucked, with some very bad fevers. They gave me some injections before the concert, but the dosis weren't enough. After the diagnosis they recomended me some resting, but I just wanted to go out and play. I don't like these fucking bands who cancel gigs for this kind of thing. No matter what the doctor says, I'm always sure that's what I've got to do."

Nic with the best answer for the "What does Shaka Rock mean?" question:

Nic (peston.info)
“‘Shaka Rock‘ is the definition that we've done our own music style, that it can get to Africa, to the tender world of children or to the Far East. That's how Jet is. We're open to everything. Our music has a bit of every and each one of the possible different cultures all over the world. That's what "Shaka Rock" is for us."

Cam on their retro rock tag:

Cam (revistadonjuan.com)
DJ.: The band was named after a Paul McCartney song and is influenced by bands like The Who and The Ramones. Anyway, you don't seem very confortable with the retro rock tag.
Jet: At one moment we liked to mention all those bands, but then it became a headache. We have these fifty-year-old followers who cross entire states to see us in the US because they think we're a 60s band, but we're not. We're open for all the kinds of music and we want to be a modern band, we want to play rock'n'roll.

Chris trying to explain why they haven't come to South America after freakin 6 years:

Chris (Liveforever-arg.blogspot.com)
–Your records were all sold in Southamerica. Why have you never played here?
–I tell you something: now we're just working on playing in Southamerica next year. Our management is talking to a few producers from there so we can travel next year, 'cause everyone in the band want to go to Southamerica. We want to play a few shows in some cities because we've got the best references and also it'd be our first time there. Now that we have a new management it's the right time to do it, wich used to be a recurrent question “Why have you never toured Southamerica?” Actually, I didn't have an answer for that. Or yeah: we were badly managed. Now everything changed. We know we've got many Argentinian fans and our website from Brazil is always asking us to play there, so we're working on it.

Chris on the best advice he ever got (reading this in Spanish was actually kinda funny, cause I dont know about you but for me Spanish makes things sound quite dramatic):

–What was the best advice your father left you?
–I remember one day I was with my old man walking down a park; he was ahead of me and I, being still a little kid, was walking a couple of meters behind him and couldn't reach him. And then my old man turned around, looked at me in the eyes and said: “Chris, if you decided to walk, you walk”. That was the best advice I ever had.

Their website from Brazil is now sick and tired of asking them to come. That's why, as some of you who follow me on twitter might have noticed, I decided to leave the boat if the band doesn't come with an answer (even if it's a big fat "no") until August. That's right, I'm shutting JettheFband.com if they still ignore the fans begging them to play in their country until August. And what pisses me off the most is that, as you may see on the next interview, they're planning to tour the US AGAIN in June. They play there 50 times a year and we have to go down on our knees and beg them to come at least once? Guess I'm getting to old for this.

Alright, "confessions of a broken-hearted fan" over let's head to the next interview where Cam talks about the plans for the next album:

UG: What is the status with the songwriting process for the next JET album, have you put together some initial early ideas?

Cameron Muncey: No we haven’t got anything as yet. To be honest, we can’t really write when we are on the road. I mean we always sort of plan to but in the end, we never do and so it never happens. I think we are just destined to do it when we are off the road. Anyway we always like to write fresh material. There are a couple songs I would like to record for the next record that we already have got from the last album sessions, but like I said, it’s always good to have new tunes as it makes it exciting. I think we do want to get together at some point this year and sort of rehearse and play together in a room and write like that. So we are not too much concentrating on the recording as yet. I really don’t like doing demos as much as I did in the past, as I believe its better to be fresh going into the recording studio after having put songs together in a rehearsal studio. So when we come to record them, they’ll be fresh and new.

What’s the songwriting process like within the framework of the band?

Certain times it could be where anyone could come in with an idea while in other times, it could be something collaborative, where then the process will become quite democratic. And then sometimes, it is like a one person song and when that happens, that person has a bit more say over it. Overall though, we just try and be really fair with it all.

As a band, now that you’re three albums in, has it got easier making records?

Yeah I think we can get what we want so we are pretty confident with it all, definitely.

Shaka Rock really sees the group coming into its own, and finally getting a sound and style of its own compared to its previous two releases which saw the group wearing its influences proudly on its sleeves…

Thank you. On the next record we are going to expand further on that. And I really want to spend a lot of time writing the next album too and getting it just right. I really like Shaka Rock but I feel we didn’t take very long with it all. But I think that the next record has to be something pretty special and I really think we are ready to do it.

Shaka Rock was co-produced with Chris “Frenchie” Smith, what was that experience like for the group?

It was fun and really taught us a lot. We learned from the ground up, how to think of the song as a whole and the album as a whole and to take responsibility. It was also just a lot more being in touch with everything because you have your finger in every pie so to speak. So it took it away from just being a guitarist, where you have a bit more of an overview. It is really interesting because you learn a lot more interesting things that way and develop confidence, though we already had confidence to say what we want. And though it was just hard work it was really great fun too.

Why did you decide to go with “Frenchie” in the first place?

We just wanted someone we could work with and whom we enjoyed and who understood us. And he was a big fan of the band so we went with our gut feeling.

Do you see yourself going into producing some day?

I don’t but Chris [Cester] would love to do that. Actually though Chris may be the drummer, he is involved in a lot of other things too, he also writes a lot of the songs on guitar as well.

You used to play a Gibson Flying V a lot on stage but in recent times you are playing a Les Paul predominantly?

Yeah that is right but its not that I have anything against Flying Vs now. I still have that one, the original Flying V, it is just that I went into Gibson a while ago and found a couple guitars and one of them was the Les Paul. And when I picked it up, that Les Paul just spoke to me and so it has become a good workhorse type guitar.

Speaking of gear, what did you use for Shaka Rock?

I used the Les Paul and another guitar and used those two pretty much on the whole record. And as for amps, I used a Marshall.

And what about Nic Cester’s gear?

He used a Gibson 335 through a Vox.

If I asked you, what is one piece of gear you are very fond of, what would it be?

I have a Guild acoustic guitar at home and I really love that guitar because I can pick it up anytime and play it a lot and it always feels like an old friend.

The group has toured extensively over the years across the globe, so how do different audiences compare around the world?

Well we have just been having some great responses recently in Australia so we have just had a great time doing it in Australia. Elsewhere, American audiences can be really great as well. To be honest the audiences are great all around the world but recently we found that we have been having a blast just playing at home again.

And how does touring differ today to the early days of the group’s world tours?

It is still the same sort of deal but I think that we are so used to it now that it has become second nature for us.

How important do you think coming from Australia has played on your musicianship and character, I mean if you were from another country, do you think Jet would have sounded nothing like the way they do?

Absolutely that is definitely how it affected us.

Looking over your career thus far, what have been some of you most embarrassing moments?

When I look back and look at the clothes sometimes I think we definitely went a bit overboard there. Also there was a time when I took a guitar solo in the middle of a song and suddenly nothing, no sound came out of my amp, it had just been sitting there working fine until that moment and suddenly it didn’t work. That happened at the Live 8 show, so I ended up almost miming up there on stage.

You have toured with Oasis, what was that like?

It was a fantastic time but I didn’t really go out much as I was trying to stop drinking at the time so I was really a lot more relaxed but the other guys had a ball. So I don’t know as much as the other guys as how it all was as I trying to chill out.

Having the Gallagher brothers in Oasis and the Cester brothers in JET, it would have made for some interesting times, I’m sure…

Yeah, I think Liam and Noel made Nic and Chris look like the ideal family you know.

Do you listen to much current music out there?

Yeah I do. Recently I have been listening a lot to Charlotte Gainsbourg. Also I have been listening to the albums Amnesiac and In Rainbows by Radiohead. As to other bands, I like listening to [Australian bands] The Drones and Eddy Current Suppression Ring.

Any plans for JET to release another DVD sometime in the future?

Not at this point but we are definitely planning to put together some live stuff that we have recorded. We recorded the whole last tour of the US, so we are going to put that together and see how it all comes out.

Nic [Cester] has gone and done side projects in the past, have you any plans to some day do something similar?
Yeah next year I will definitely get into stuff like that. I don’t really know quite what yet as I need to write some music first. But yes…

You now live in the UK, so what has it been like living overseas compared to when you were living in Australia?

It is a lot different. You are not going to run into people you know as much too. I love the culture aspect to it very much. It is really deep and it goes on in the history of it [England] and you can really feel that in the place. But I still love Australia especially for it being a much fresher and newer place historically.

You recently were married, how has that affected you in general?

It has been beautiful and it has helped me chill out a lot more.

Do you take your wife with you on the road?

I am going to bring out my wife to the Powderfinger tour we are going to be doing later this year in Australia.

What has the rest of 2010 in store for JET?

Lots of touring, we may even have a US tour in the works for June of this year.

Have you any last words for all your fans out there?

To all the fans I want to personally say thanks for the support and do come to the gigs, as that is the best place to rock music.

Source: Ultimate-guitar.com

Bite me.

Tchau.

Post especial para Sudamerica y España

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:41:00 +0000

Bueno amigos, el post de hoy és dedicado a la comunidad de hablantes de español. Recogí algunos artículos y entrevistas en Español ya que no tenemos noticias esta semana. Obviamente, esto tiene que ver con la posible gira en Sudamérica y en algunos artículos que podemos verlos citan eso.

Por lo tanto, tengo una idea. He tentado e-mail su management pero no tubo respuesta. Creo que si todos hacemos lo mismo podemos tener una idea de cuándo la gira va a ser. Puedes enviar uno e-mail para info@10thst.com.

Excusa me pelo Español, no tengo ninguna intención de matar a su idioma.

Vamos a empezar con este artículo de la Argentina, una entrevista con Nic Cester:

La avanzada australiana del retro-rock quiere retomar sus días de gloria con su primer disco en tres años: "Shaka Rock". Al teléfono, su cantante habla de sus expectativas y de su probable visita.

Aterrizarán finalmente en Buenos Aires? Como sea, Jet vuelve a volar. Cuando Are You Gonna Be My Girl?, sonaba en todas las radios, la banda australiana decidió hacer lo que hacen todos los grupos cuando pegan un hit: irse de gira. Recorrieron Europa, Asia, América del Norte y hasta allí llegaron.

Tiempo atrás, cerca de 1998, un grupo de amigos argentinos formó Jet y registró el uso del nombre en el país. Cuando la banda australiana quiso tocar en tierras gauchas, se encontraron con una traba legal. No podían usar la palabra para vender ni promocionar sus productos dado que la propiedad intelectual estaba protegida. Nic Cester, guitarrista y cantante principal de la agrupación australiana tiene un mal recuerdo de aquella situación, aunque pareciera no retener el origen de la banda que los demandó. "Hace tiempo que queremos ir a Argentina, pero una fucking banda sudamericana nos quiso demandar porque tienen el mismo nombre que nosotros. Esos motherfuckers nos impidieron tocar allá", relata Nic. El australiano no recuerda bien como terminó la historia pero sí sabe que hubo dinero de por medio. "La verdad que no estoy seguro si hubo un juicio. Pero a esos fuckers tuvimos que darles dinero".

En noviembre de 2007 Jet terminó una gira por el mundo y decidió tomarse un tiempo. Shine on, su segundo CD, no tuvo el éxito que su antecesor, Get Born (2003) y por sobre todas las cosas, la muerte del padre de los hermanos Cester fue el golpe de nocaut que terminó por desmantelarlos.

-¿Qué logró unir a la banda nuevamente?

-Teníamos algunos asuntos sin terminar. Siento que es el LP que más necesitábamos sacar dado que las cosas no resultaron como queríamos con el anterior y que nuestra vida personal no estaba en el mejor momento.

-Salvo la última canción, el CD tiene mucho agite..

-Es lo que quería. Sonar más como antes.

-¿Fue volver a las raíces?

-Creo que Shaka Rock es lo que somos. Shine on fue distinto por lo que pasaba alrededor nuestro: por suerte todo se tranquilizó.

-¿Cómo definirías el sonido de la banda?

-La palabra que más nos importa es Roll. De ahí viene la onda. Podría decirse que somos una banda de Pop and Roll.

-¿Están satisfechos con como quedó el disco?

- Sí, yo por lo menos sí. Debe ser el álbum más interesante que hemos hecho hasta ahora ,porque nos desafiamos de formas en que no lo habíamos hecho antes. Siento que más allá de lo que pase en el futuro, este será nuestro mejor álbum.

Antes de que Shaka Rock saliera a la venta, en el sitio oficial de la banda (jettheband.ning.com) adelantaron dos temas; She's a Genious y Killed In Action. Ambos aparecieron con videoclip, pero el de K.I.A tiene una particularidad. Para su realización no llamaron a algún director famoso o amigo, sino a unos chicos que suben sus videos a Youtube. Resulta que los hermanos Cester encontraron unos videos muy buenos y sobre todo graciosos, al menos en su juicio. Se contactaron con los creadores y les preguntaron si tenían alguna idea para Killed In Action. El resultado fue un clip asquerosamente gracioso y rockero en el que, entre otras cosas, a una chica le rebanan la cara con una máquina para cortar fiambre.

Actualmente están en New York promocionándose en todo programa de televisión les prenda las cámaras. Luego iniciarán una gira mundial que según Nic los dejará en Buenos Aires: "Estoy muy ansioso. Se de la tradición de rock que tienen en Argentina. ¡Y que la carne es muy buena!"

Source: Si.clarin.com

Antes de continuar, permítame mostrarle este pedazo de artículo publicado por Rocknrollstar.wordpress.com:

Right. Ahora, una entrevista con Mark Wilson de Bogota.vive.in de Colombia, por supuesto.

En la enérgica escena del rock australiano, JET ya no quiere ser un aliento contemporáneo de AC/DC. Para su tercer álbum en estudio (cuarto si se cuenta EP 'Dirty') siente que ha establecido la distancia creativa necesaria con la cual decirle al mundo que mira más allá de la cultura 'vintage' y las melancolías 'setenteras'.

"Queríamos hacer un álbum más moderno y nos llegamos a cansar de los elementos retro", explica Mark Wilson, el bajista del cuarteto de Melbourne que sacó al mercado el pasado jueves el álbum 'Shaka Rock'.

El disco comprende 12 cortes entre los que se destaca el sencillo 'She's a Genius', con el que la banda intenta alcanzar el impacto en el mercado que tuvo su canción 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?'
Preceden a 'Shaka Rock' los álbumes 'Get Born' (2003) y 'Shine On'.

"En el primer trabajo, eso de lo retro fue muy bien recibido y estábamos felices de sonar así, pero pasaron los años y fuimos creciendo y encontrando nuevas cosas" explica Wilson, y añade que "este es un rock del mundo real, es un rock de ahora, suena genial y estoy muy orgulloso".

Algunos críticos como Rob Sheffield, de la revista Rolling Stone, creen que JET aún sigue bajo la sombra de su coterránea de los años setenta: "JET regresa con otra vuelta al catálogo de AC/DC", afirmó recientemente.

Levantando el ánimo

Más allá de las críticas, 'Shaka Rock' representa además un retorno esperado que casi se ve truncado, pues Wilson, los hermanos Nic y Chris Cester y Cameron Muncey casi se separan tras la última gira, que se produjo en el 2006.

"Creo que fue muy duro el seguir trabajando, ir de gira y hablar de lo que ocurrió, así que entramos en un momento muy oscuro", afirma el bajista, al recordar el impacto que tuvo la muerte del padre de los Cester, a quien fue dedicado 'Shine On'.

Todos nos separamos un poco, hicimos espacio, necesitábamos volver a encontrarnos como una banda de cuatro y comenzar todo de nuevo -explica-. Por eso este disco es tan importante para la banda y para unir a todos".

Ahora, JET emprende un nuevo recorrido. Aún se desconoce si existe la posibilidad de una gira por Suramérica. Un reciente desmayo de Nic Cester en el escenario del Hard Rock Café de Londres trajo alarma a los fanáticos del grupo.

"Él estaba muy enfermo el día del concierto -recuerda Wilson-. Los doctores le habían recomendado no hacer el show, pero él pensó que eso sería una mala idea porque no nos gusta quedarle mal a la gente. Él sintió que podía seguir. Pero no podía evitar estar enfermo. Así que él se desmayó así nada más y tuvo que estar en el hospital varios días, pero ahora está bien y seguimos haciendo más shows".

Source: Bogota.vive.in

Otra entrevista con Nic, desta vez de España:

Ajetreados han sido los últimos meses para los miembros de Jet, aunque no se trate exclusivamente de cuestiones musicales. En todo caso, lo que ahora importa y lo que les ha devuelto a la actualidad es la publicación de su tercer larga duración, “Shaka Rock” (Emi, 09), un disco con el que buscan mantener su nombre en boca de los fans.

Al día siguiente de nuestra conversación telefónica con Nic Cester en Londres, se casaba en la capital inglesa Cameron Muncey, el guitarrista solista de los australianos. Y aprovechando la coyuntura, qué mejor que una sesión con la prensa tras varios cambios de hotel, diseñada para dar a conocer a la tercera criatura de Jet, el variado “Shaka Rock”.

Días antes habían corrido ríos de tinta por la red. El cantante de la banda, Nic Cester, con quien conversamos, se desvanecía para ser ingresado de urgencia. “Estaba muy jodido, con unas fiebres muy altas. Me dieron unas inyecciones antes del concierto, pero la dosis no fue suficiente. Tras el diagnóstico me recomendaron hacer reposo, pero yo sólo quería salir a tocar. No me gustan esas jodidas bandas que suspenden una actuación por ese tipo de cosas. Ni aunque me lo diga el doctor, yo siempre tengo claro que es lo que debo hacer”.

Aunque Jet nunca han sido paradigma de ser una apisonadora en escena, los discos han aguantado el tirón, gracias, en parte, al nexo común de unas canciones que entran a la primera. Ahora han buscado encontrar ese anhelado equilibrio, algo más compacto, más variedad en el menú. “El disco lo acabamos hace unos seis meses, lo que ha sucedido es que rompimos con nuestro anterior sello, y tuvimos que buscar otro que quisiese publicar nuestra música. Son las miserias y esas cosas ocultas u oscuras del negocio de la música. Ha sido frustrante y bastante duro aguantar todo este tiempo, pero como no podíamos hacer nada por cambiar esa situación, tomamos otra determinación: relajarnos y dejar que el tiempo pasara.

En cuanto a la grabación, todo ha sido diferente. Hemos creado una atmósfera nueva, y los objetivos eran otros. Desde el productor al lugar en el que hemos grabado. Nos trasladamos tres meses a Texas, y allí hemos vivido todo ese tiempo. La experiencia nos ha curtido. Necesitábamos estar de nuevo excitados ante una aventura, y así es como lo hemos logrado”.

En un momento en el que The Strokes parecen fuera de combate, The Hives tocan techo, y Kings Of Leon despegan como un cohete, Jet se encuentran en tierra de nadie, en busca de una identidad perdida. “El disco es muy ecléctico. Ninguna de las canciones es indicativa de cómo suena el conjunto. El single, ‘She’s A Genius’, es muy dinámico; el inicio del álbum sorprende con ese toque tex-mex, y nunca antes habíamos escrito una canción como ‘Seventeen‘. Las guitarras suenan más modernas, la calidad de sonido es más concreta, tocamos de otra manera… estamos contentos con todo el trabajo realizado. Han pasado seis años desde nuestro primer disco y la escena musical era distinta por aquellos días. Ahora fluye todo con más naturalidad. Con ese debut exploramos, empezábamos a sobresalir como grupo, y, por suerte, creo que pudimos vivir ese momento para gozar ahora de esta nueva situación. Todo ha cambiado mucho en el entorno de Jet“.

El extraño título del disco juega al despiste, si bien ellos tienen una explicación sobre esa decisión. “‘Shaka Rock‘ es la definición que hemos hecho nuestro de ese propio estilo musical, que puede llegar hasta África, al tierno mundo de los niños o a Extremo Oriente. Así somos Jet. Estamos abiertos a todo. Nuestra música engloba todas y cada una de las posibles culturas distintas que hay en el mundo entero. Eso es para nosotros el ‘shaka rock‘”.

En el Myspace de la banda se puede ver la reunión junto a Iggy Pop para registrar juntos una canción, una experiencia inolvidable para el cuarteto australiano que un día reinó con aquel hitazo que era “Are You Gonna Be My Girl“. “Nos propusieron grabar ‘Wild One‘ con Iggy Pop, y durante tres días fue nuestro invitado de honor en Miami. Al principio nos lo imaginamos como una prima donna del rock, y el primer impacto fue de impresión. Era el cantante de The Stooges quien estaba allí con nosotros. Después, una vez hecha la primera toma de contacto, descubrimos que no se comporta como una estrella al uso. Es un tipo muy cool”.

Source: Peaton.info

La siguiente entrevista és con Cameron, yo penso que és de Colombia también:

Apenas han pasado un par de semanas desde que el guitarrista Cameron Muncey contrajo matrimonio con la que fuera su novia por años. También han pasado un par de semanas desde que se pusiera a la venta el incendiario tercer álbum de su banda, Jet (la última gran sensación mundial del rock australiano). Y más allá de los estados civiles, todo indica que el voltaje se mantiene por todo lo alto. "No somos una banda que se baje del escenario y se siente silenciosamente al lado de la fogata", dice Muncey en su acento de Cocodrilo Dundee. "En el rock una vejez desagradecida puede ser lo peor; pero, ¡hey, man!, yo todavía estoy en mis veintes".

En este nuevo Shaka Rock el cuarteto -completado por los hermanos Nic y Chris Cester (baterista y cantante/guitarrista, respectivamente) y Mark Wilson (bajista)- apenas incluyó un par de números suaves y le subió el volumen de los Marshall nuevamente al máximo, alejándose de la experiencia confusa en la que resultó Shine On (2006) y rescatando el condimento vintage del rock más directo que hizo a su debut trasnacional Get Born (2003) soplar como un viento millonario (con los sencillos Are You Gonna Be My Girl y Cold Hard Bitch el disco fue un éxito de ocho veces platino). Pasada la luna de miel y con Shaka Rock ya en los oídos del mundo, Muncey habló con DONJUAN antes del comienzo de su gira.

DONJUAN: Es fácil distinguir la influencia de AC/DC en ustedes. Pero hablemos del gran legado de otras bandas australianas como You Am I que, si bien no son conocidas internacionalmente, también lograron marcarlos.

Jet: Mientras crecíamos en Australia el grunge estaba vivo en Estados Unidos y todos oían eso. Pero como australianos realmente no nos sentíamos tan deprimidos como en Seattle, era inspirador ver estas bandas armar toda una nueva escena, pero acá necesitábamos hacer nuestra propia música. Así que bandas como You Am I o Tumbleweed realmente nos llegaban, las íbamos a ver en vivo y te trasmitían esa forma australiana de ver el mundo, mucho más descomplicada. Fue importante tener nuestras propias bandas y nuestros propios festivales como referencia e inspiración. También muchas bandas que venían de Inglaterra fueron importantes para nosotros, a Chris nuestro baterista le gustaba mucho Oasis, y mientras Nirvana terminaba en suicidio Oasis cantaba "eres un rockstar" y "tú y yo vamos a vivir por siempre", cosas que te hacían sentir como un gigante. Ese mensaje fue inspirador para nosotros, y cuando salimos a tocar nuestra música esa idea permaneció cercana a nuestros corazones.

DJ.: ¿Sus canciones tienen algo de particular para que sean incluidas en videojuegos, campañas de celulares y iPod, series de televisión y películas sin problema?

Jet: No sé, creo que a veces la gente piensa en nosotros por lo que hicimos con I-pod y eso evidentemente ayudó a que la canción (Are You Gonna Be My Girl) se hiciera realmente grande. Hemos hecho campañas que han ayudado a difundir nuestra música, pero claro, eso también tiene su lado perjudicial, porque hay gente que no te toma en serio.

DJ.: ¿Los sorprendió más que los Rolling Stones los llamaran para abrir su gira de 2003 o que los llamaran de nuevo en el 2007?

Jet: La segunda vez fue como la cereza en la punta, era genial volver a hacerlo. No podía creer toda la fruta que servían en ese backstage, era algo difícil de creer que estabas sentado ahí y que después de ese gran banquete ibas a ver a los Stones; Chris (Cester) terminó en la fiesta de cumpleaños de Ron Wood. Pero bueno, creo que la primera vez nos sorprendió más porque salió de la nada: los Stones venían a la ciudad, nosotros éramos una banda joven, habíamos grabado nuestro primer disco y no teníamos nada más. Es cool que una banda como esa que ha estado desde siempre les dé una oportunidad a los chicos nuevos. Lo que hicimos fue disfrutarlo mientras duraba, éramos pulgas en la espalda de un elefante.

DJ.: ¿De alguna manera sienten todavía el peso de su primer álbum?

Jet: Creo que ese primer disco demostró de lo que éramos capaces. No en una actitud amenazante, sólo un miren que aquí estamos y esto es lo que hacemos. Es raro que el primero vendiera tanto, el segundo vendió como un millón de copias igual pero no funcionó porque "oh, diablos, es un desastre solo haber vendido un millón de discos" [risas].

DJ.: Debutaron en un período en el que The Vines, The Strokes y The White Stripes eran considerados pares de Jet. En este momento en el que ninguna de esas bandas lanza material nuevo, ¿sienten que el camino está menos definido por lo que hacen los demás?

Jet: Creo que sí. Pero nunca tuvimos la aclamación crítica como The Strokes, ellos eran una banda neoyorquina cool y nosotros unos recolectores australianos de mango [risas]. Tampoco somos un proyecto tan artístico como The White Stripes, que hacían un rock' n roll estupendo, no me malinterpretes, pero la cosa del rojo, blanco y negro tampoco era lo nuestro.

DJ.: Bautizaron la banda por una canción de Paul McArtney y agrupan influencias desde The Who hasta The Ramones. De todos modos no parecen muy cómodos con la etiqueta retro rock.
Jet: En un momento nos encargamos de citar todo ese tipo de música, pero después se puede convertir en un dolor de cabeza. Tenemos estos seguidores de cincuenta años que atraviesan estados enteros para vernos en Estados Unidos porque creen que somos una banda de música de los años sesenta, pero no lo somos. Estamos abiertos a mucha clase de música diferente y queremos ser una banda moderna, tocar rock'n roll.

Source: RevistaDonJuan.com

Y por último, una breve entrevista con Chris de uno blog de Argentina. Me pregunto sobre qué página web que está hablando:

–Sus dos discos anteriores se editaron en Sudamérica. ¿Por qué nunca vinieron a tocar aquí?

–Te adelanto algo: ahora justamente estamos trabajando para ir a tocar a Sudamérica el año que viene. Nuestro management está poniéndose de acuerdo con algunos promotores de allí para poder viajar el año que viene, porque todos en la banda tenemos ganas de ir a Sudamérica. Queremos dar algunos shows en algunas ciudades porque tenemos las mejores referencias y además sería la primera vez en ir hacia allá. Ahora que tenemos nuevo management es el momento indicado para hacerlo, lo cual antes era una pregunta recurrente. “¿Por qué nunca hicieron una gira por Latinoamérica?” La verdad, no tenía la respuesta. O sí: estábamos mal manejados. Hoy todo cambió. Sabemos que hay muchos fans argentinos y nuestro website de Brasil siempre está lleno de pedidos para que vayamos, así que estamos en eso.

–¿Shaka Rock continúa la tradición de rock visceral más cercana a Get Born?

–Sí, es un disco muy fuerte, para escuchar bien alto. A nosotros nos etiquetaron como una banda de sonido retro y setentona, pero si escuchás nuestro nuevo material vas a ver que no tiene nada que ver con los ‘70 sino con los tiempos actuales. Lo que pasó fue que muchos periodistas tomaron canciones del primer disco como Are you gonna Be my Girl o Cold Hard Bitch y nos clavaron esa etiqueta. Está bien, acepto que en aquel momento tal vez sonábamos de esa manera, porque las influencias se notan más cuando empezás. Hoy, Jet tiene ya once años y todos hemos crecido, lo que te lleva a ir creando tu propio estilo. Shaka Rock es el disco de una banda que tiene más de una década y que ha viajado y aprendido mucho. Yo amo el rock de los ‘70, como también amo a Daft Punk o a Primal Scream o a The Sunnyboys.

El hermano Chris asegura que australianos y sudamericanos comparten un rasgo íntimo que los hace pueblos luchadores, y que ese nervio abreva en el temple para aceptar retos adversos y una forma de hacer y decir. “Shaka Rock es un poco eso, rock bastardo, rock sin vueltas, pero hecho desde la pasión. En mi país se vive y se siente así: si vas a ir, anda derecho; si lo vas a decir, decilo fuerte; si vas a hablar, que se escuche. Nosotros pensamos así y así pensamos este disco. Lo marcan nuestras influencias, como AC/DC. Cuando ellos están en el escenario, están ahí. El escenario es de ellos y no se lo vas a quitar porque te parten la cabeza. Eso es rock and roll, más allá de lo que escuches y lo que hagas, andá y decilo. Si vas a tocar, tocá duro. Ese es el mensaje.

–¿Cuál fue el mejor consejo que te dejó tu padre?

–Recuerdo que un día estábamos con mi viejo cruzando un parque; él iba adelante y yo, que era chiquito, venía caminando dos metros atrás y no lo podía alcanzar. Hasta que en un momento mi viejo se dio vuelta, me miró a los ojos y me dijo: “Chris, si decidiste caminar, caminá”. Fue el mejor consejo que recibí.

Source: Liveforever-arg.blogspot.com

Entonces, eso es todo por hoy, amigos. No te olvides de enviar los e-mails, ok?

Adios, cabróns!

On the other sides of Nic.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:44:00 +0000

It's late night in Brazil and I've got school tomorrow but I thought: "Can I leave my dear Jet fans without watching this?" Absolutely not!

If you know how to create emoticons, please, do one of Nic's dance move. I BEG YOU!

Click here to watch and have a big laugh.

Right. Are you OK? Have you wiped the tears off your eyes? Your cheeks aren't hurting anymore? So you can watch this recent Triple M interview now:

Before I leave I need to mention that Jet has added to more dates in Europe. They're going to Spain, United Kingdom and I heard something on Twitter about a festival in Switzerland. Lucky you!

Tchau.

Good news, bad news.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:52:00 +0000

Mistery solved. Chris is going to be a father in September as you'll read in one of the million interviews that go bellow. But first, if you excuse me, I need to say something to my Brazilian fellas about the Brazil tour (wich, as you might have observed, has gone down the hole), so I need to do this in Portuguese so everyone can understand me:

Bom, amiguinhos brasileiros, eu vinha postando já há algum tempo que estávamos na iminência de ter as datas brasileiras confirmadas. Eu, como vocês, sonho com isso há muito tempo, mas temos que ser realistas. Olhando os fatos, a banda tirará uma merecida folga nas 6 próximas semanas e, em junho, vão pros festivais europeus. Depois disso, temos um buraco nos meses de julho e agosto, e em setembro a banda vai sair em turnê com o Powderfinger. Acontece que em setembro também nasce o filho do Chris e como vocês podem imaginar ele vai ter muito trabalho depois disso! Então, a banda já mencionou ter planos de tirar um ano de folga depois dessa turnê, e aí, desculpem-me pelo termo, fudeu!

Resumindo, é julho ou agosto, ou nunca. Vou tentar descubrir mais a fundo e se tiver mais alguma info, posto aqui!

So, let's get this Tupiniquim moment over with and head to the interviews. The Age interviewed the band and we could finally know who's is pregnant after all. Also, on this interview, us Brazilians had some sad news concerning touring plans... I think we can get over it:

HOMETOWN rockers Jet flew into town this week after 18 months on the road touring their third album, Shaka Rock.

They will enjoy some time off before joining Powderfinger on their farewell tour across the country in September and October. ''We've just been around the world three times and we didn't even stop for Christmas, so we're looking forward to six weeks off,'' says frontman Nic Cester. ''But all things considered, we're pretty healthy - compared to the Jet of yesteryear. No one hates anyone too much and we're looking after ourselves much more.''

What does the band put that down to? More vegetables in the diet?

''Just getting older and boring. You get a bit sick of feeling like shit everyday,'' he says, referring to the band's notorious partying ways.

Guitarist Cameron Muncey says the band bonded with the 'Finger on the recent national Big Day Out tour.

''During the Big Day Out Nic said to [Powderfinger singer] Bernard, 'So are we going to go on tour?' and he said 'All right!'. That's how the deal was made. We're really looking forward to it. There are lots of places I haven't been before. And being their farewell tour will add lots of intensity. I've never been on a farewell tour before.''

When the tour finishes, the band plan to take a year off. Muncey, who lives in London, has started renovating his Collingwood house, which he has found a ''grounding'' experience, and Cester, who will release an album with You Am I's Davey Lane next year, is trying to sell his St Kilda apartment to move into a house.

''I need some barbecue space,'' he says.

Sometimes it's hard being rock stars. Last year Nic embarked on a month-long worldwide tour with his brother Chris to promote the new album, which entailed, generally speaking, talking about themselves and drinking beer.

''It gave us a chance to hang out for the first time in ages,'' says Cester. ''It's hard to have heart-to-hearts about serious issues on tour, because there's always so much pressure, booze and frustration. Usually we can only focus on one thing at the time. But on this trip the fact that Chris is going to have a baby set in for the first time.''

While the band enjoyed the sunny blue skies of the Big Day Out tour, they experienced the polar opposite at the recent Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada.

''After the awards ceremony every night they had bands playing. But to be honest, it was pretty bleak,'' says Muncey, who said the band was underdressed in jeans and leather jackets. ''It rained the whole time and was about minus 20 degrees. We played on a plastic, slippery floor. I almost got electrocuted.''

''We were there for 24 hours and watched a few events,'' adds Cester. ''From the comfort of our hotel rooms.''

Source: The Age

Continuing their promo week in Australia, the guys went to Nova FM to talk about airplanes (no puns intended)and the Powderfinger tour. They alsoplayed a brilliant cover of INXS's "Never Tear Us Appart". By the way, you can find a lot more videos here.

Now, I had a podcast from Triple M here somewhere but I lost it, as soon as I recover it you'll see it here.

Now, we're going back to the US when the band was interviewed at the 95 Will Rock You radio station and Cam did this really cool interview to FreshScouts.com:

Jet's also been to Hey Hey show in Australia but I'm still trying to get the video. Plus, they were interviewed by Fuzzy (L) and I shall be posting it as soon as it's out.

Thanks for your attention but now I've got a few drinks to have.
Tchau.

Babies, jams and burps, all in once.

noreply@blogger.com (Andrea Leonel) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0000

I can't stay a week out and all these cool interviews, videos and news come up. First, the big news, Jet announced a tour with Powderfinger and The Vines (L) for September and October in Australia. A long seven-week tour for you lucky Aussies, however some great news might be making this time a little shorter. It was said by an Aussie paper that Chris is due to become a father around that time, though some fans are considering a mistake there so it could possibly be Nic. Anyway, as soon as I know for sure I'll confirm it.

Moving on, we have a really nice jamming filmed in Atlanta with the Crash Kings on probably the last date of the US tour:

By the way, this photographer took some really nice shots of the band on that gig.

Plus, Q101's Kevin Manno interview Jet in Chicago. But before I show this interview, you should watch this Jet interview in 2006 for this very same radio station:

They look more... how can I say... sober right now, don't they?

Now let's go back to January this year around the Big Day Out festival, when the band was interviewed by NovaFM, click here to watch it.

Alright everyone, I don't know when I'm coming back since the band is about to get in that period when they completely disappear and we have no news. As soon as I know who's about to be the fist daddy of the band I'll come running to tell you!

Tchau.

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