![]() ![]() ![]() In early 2004, Jet teamed up with The Vines and The Living End on "the Aussie invasion" tour of US cities. Due to the sensitive nature of the song, the band rarely plays "Timothy" live. Get Born also includes the song "Timothy", dedicated to deceased brother of vocalist/guitarist Cameron Muncey, who died before Cameron was born. " Rollover DJ" features on the soundtrack to PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 4. It was also part of two major worldwide advertising campaigns for Apple's iPod and iMac and for Vodafone. "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" appeared on the soundtracks for the video games Madden NFL 2004, Guitar Hero: On Tour and Rock Band, on Strictly Come Dancing and the 2006 animated film Flushed Away, and the films Eurotrip and What Happens in Vegas. Their singles " Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and " Rollover DJ" were voted number one and number nineteen respectively on the 2003 Triple J Hottest 100. Halfway through recording, the band received a call from The Rolling Stones offering them a support slot on the Australian leg of their 2003 tour. The album derived its name from the blockbuster action movie, The Bourne Identity, starring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. They also enlisted the services of keyboard maestro Billy Preston for two of the songs. Sardy had previously produced records for Marilyn Manson and The Dandy Warhols. Jet entered the Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles with Dave Sardy to produce their debut album Get Born. Elektra Records offered the band a contract and re-released Dirty Sweet in 2003. NME obtained a copy of the single from Dirty Sweet, "Take It or Leave It", and praised it. In 2002 the band released the Dirty Sweet EP, whose initial 1000 copies quickly sold out. However, a few days later he called the band and said he would like to join them instead. Wilson was then the bassist in a band called The CA$inos, so he initially declined. The new band met Mark Wilson one night in 2002 at a concert and, despite already having a bass player, asked him to play with them. This is where Dave Powell first saw the band perform and went on to sign them to his management firm Majorbox. Jet got their big break when seminal Melbourne Punk rock band The Specimens took Jet under their wing and put them on as an opening act at The Duke of Windsor. "Radio Song", from their album Get Born, was written about the troubles that the band had getting recognition at this time. They wanted a short name so when it showed up on festival advertisements, it would be large and bold in print. During 2001 an old high school friend of Chris' joined the band on keyboard, and it was at this time that the band took their current name. The brothers decided to form a band with Cameron Muncey, Nic's friend and previous bandmate, and with bassist Doug Armstrong whom Nic and Chris met while working together at their father's spice factory. That was the record that made you realise you could be in an Australian band, you didn't have to be a grunge band and you didn't have to be influenced by American bands. I think everyone our age, who played guitar, played You Am I songs for the first time in front of their school assembly. ![]() " Hi Fi Way was the most important album of my generation. However, according to Nic, it was Australian band You Am I who had the biggest influence on Jet's developing musical tastes: History Formation and Dirty Sweet (2001–2003) īrothers Nic Cester and Chris Cester grew up in Dingley Village, a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, and attended St Bede's College Mentone, listening to their father's classic rock records from the 1960s and 1970s. ![]()
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