Junos: Jets Overhead Plan To Spy On Furtado To Determine If She "Eats Men"

02/07/07 7:00pm

by Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack)

Welcome to one of Canada's indie success stories. In the last four years, British Columbia's Jets Overhead have worked their way up from the club circuit to open for The Stills and The Dandy Warhols, while still maintaining a solid DIY effort and winning the hearts of college hipsters. Now they have another notch in their belts, as well as some extra rep for the west coast scene: a Juno Award nomination for new group of the year.

ChartAttack had a chance to chat with band guitarist/keyboardist Piers Henwood at Tuesday's Juno nominees' media conference in Toronto:

ChartAttack: We're sick of the whole Canadian modesty thing — can you give us some blatant self-promotion to justify your nomination?
Piers Henwood: I'm terribly modest, so I'm the worst person in the world to ask. I can't brag. It totally goes against the Canadian nature. But I do think we deserve the nomination.

If you win, where will you keep your Juno?
Probably on my mantelpiece so I could show it off.

Which Bryan Adams song best describes you? Why?
"Summer Of '69," because I'm always living in the past.

If you win, what are you gonna do to celebrate?
Well, judging by the self-promotion Saskatoon's been doing, it seems like it'll be a pretty good city to party in. So I'll say a big night out in Saskatoon, and hopefully I won't get frozen in the snow.

Who's the first person you'd call if you won?
My mom. This is like the number one thing that shows credibility to your parents.

Are you going to prepare a list in case you win?
No, no list. I'm just going to do it off the top of my head.

Nelly Furtado is hosting. Do you think she's actually evil enough to eat a man if she had the opportunity?
I'm actually from her hometown, Victoria, so I could use the hometown angle and find out personally.

Do you watch the Junos when you're not nominated?
Yeah, I do. I think the Junos are great, and the past few years have been good to recognize talent, for sure.

If you win, is there someone in your life who will stop nagging you about your career choice?
Well, the classic naggers are grandparents and parents. I've only got one living grandmother and she's actually pretty supportive, plus my parents are supportive, so I don't have any naggers here. Except for maybe myself. I need to stop nagging myself.