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Jet — Shaka Rock

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) October 14, 2009 2:56 pm
YES! It's been six years since Jet debuted "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," three years since their somewhat forgotten sophomore release, and now they've reunited with their riff rock roots to bring us an album that offers a visceral account of what rock 'n' roll should be. We've got '60s Brit-pop throwback "Beat On Repeat,"...
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Jet — Get Born

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By Andrew Epstein (CHARTattack) October 7, 2003 11:06 am
Australian band Jet’s first full-length is being released to lots of hype. Get Born dabbles slightly in the garage rock sound, but leans heavily on smoother melodies and even ballads. That’s where Jet are in their element. Songs like the rocker "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" or "Rollover DJ" (which slams DJ culture hard and fast),...
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Jet's Fresh Start Inspired By Zulu Warrior

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) August 17, 2009 2:54 pm
You may ask yourself, what ever happened to Jet? They were on fire back in 2003 when their hit single "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" was featured on one of the first iPod commercials. Their debut album Get Born sold 3.5 million copies worldwide and pounded out hit after hit. The fame was fast and unexpected for the Melbourne, Australia...
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Jet Frontman Collapses, Wasn't Swine Flu

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) August 11, 2009 4:37 pm
When it comes to onstage collapses, Jet's Nic Cester may have Placebo's Brian Molko beat. The Jet frontman is currently in hospital after collapsing not once, but twice during the band's set at Q The Music Club Live At Hard Rock Cafe in London on Monday night. Cester was feeling unwell prior to the show and was tested for swine flu,...
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Jet — "She's A Genius"

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By CHARTattack Staff June 25, 2009 10:26 am
The video for Jet's "She's A Genius," the first single from the upcoming Shaka Rock, features a female Wookie riding a bike (without a helmet - tsk tsk!) around town and pissing other ladies off before she invades the band's practice space and the upper floor of a house. But wait — things aren't exactly as they appear! Check out the end...
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Jet Drummer Cuts Off Fingertip

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By Sheena Lyonnais (CHARTattack) May 15, 2009 4:08 pm
Jet drummer/guitarist Chris Cester had to reteach himself to play guitar after he cut off off the tip of his left ring finger while using sharp German knives to cook dinner for his cousin. "I couldn't feel it at first, then I went, 'Oh fuck, I just cut the top of my finger off,' and my cousin goes, 'No, you didn't,' and I picked it up in a...
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New Jet Album In August

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 23, 2009 4:40 pm
Jet's third album, Shaka Rock, will be released on Aug. 25. The follow-up to 2006's Shine On will feature first single "She's A Genius" and "K.I.A. (Killed In Action)," which you can hear on Jet's MySpace page. "I think Shaka Rock is like when TV went colour," drummer Chris Cester says. "There are moments on...
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Pumping: Jet - Shine On

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) August 15, 2008 1:00 pm
This has been sitting around the office since 2006, still sealed. Finally we get brave enough to crack it open. How offended will the staff be?
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Jet Bring Canada To The World During Live 8

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Kate Szatmari
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Barrie
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July 4, 2005

Jet Give Themselves 100% Pay Cuts As They Take Break

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By CHARTattack Staff October 24, 2007 4:30 pm
Australian rockers Jet have fired themselves, according to this MySpace blog entry written on Tuesday by drummer/vocalist Chris Cester: "We've just decided to take some well earned time off. After touring for, well, ever, for Shine On, we sat ourselves down and realised that with all the time we have spent away from home, Jet could finally...
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Jet Inspired By Nuggets Compilations For New Album

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) October 5, 2006 5:30 pm
If you were disappointed about Jet calling off their sold-out show at Toronto's Guvernment nightclub, the band are just as upset as you are. "Oh man, it's such a bummer," says drummer Chris Cester. "During the Irving Plaza show in New York, Nic's voice started to give out rapidly towards the end of the concert. "He went...
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Jet Get A Shine On Recording Their New Disc

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) August 21, 2006 4:30 pm
Australian overnight sensations Jet have emerged from their booze-fuelled recording sessions with a new album titled Shine On that will arrive in stores on Oct. 3 via Warner. The disc was produced by Dave Sardy (Oasis, Marilyn Manson), the man responsible for Jet's popular 2003 debut, Get Born. It was written and recorded during sessions in...
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Jet's New Album Gains Altitude (And Attitude)

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By Eva Lampert (CHARTattack) May 2, 2006 5:30 pm
Jet have posted another update on how their second album is coming along on their website. The hard rocking, hard partying group titled their latest message Conducting Our Self With Decorum And Improving Our Hillside Manners. "We've tracked 20 cracking songs... not only do we have drums and bass finished but we are well into guitar...
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Jet Fly In Their Own Scene

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By Andrew Epstein (CHARTattack) October 1, 2003 2:30 pm
The music press wants you to know that Jet are the next big thing. At the moment these rock 'n' roll Aussies are getting lumped into the nu-garage movement with countrymen The Vines and a few others. But according to members Chris Cester (drums/vocals) and Cameron Muncy (guitar/vocals), it's an unfair comparison. "I don't mind if...
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