Drove 2.5 hours up to the House of Blues in Orlando to see them, it was sold out. A roadie saw me stressing/freaking out. He came over spoke to me for few minutes said wait here, he came back with 2 tickets one for me and one for my girlfriend both for FREE. I tried to pay him he wouldn't take any money and just said enjoy the show. I thanked him a half dozen times went in to see Jet put on a great show. If that guy is reading this I want to thank you again you saved the day and made me look good in front of my chick. 🤘
Drove 2.5 hours to a show and you didn’t already have tickets? To go s see a mediocre rock band ripping off an aesthetic with no originality or talent? Huh.
First album I ever owned was Get Born when I was 8yo. Finally saw them in 2018 on their 15th anniversary tour. Can’t wait to see them again in September for the 20th anniversary
What happened with JET is a good example of why we are in a post-rock n roll era of music. JET were a wonderful high energy RnR band with several great songs. But the critical backlash was too much to overcome. Rock critics love to tear new rock bands down. It’s like they believe it’s their job to destroy new bands.
You do know that rock and roll is still strong in the underground right? Rock on the radio is dead its time to start finding the the water underground.
@@robr135 95% of the music I’ve listened to for the last 30 yrs is underground - i.e. non-commercial - music. So yes I know. BUT rock n roll is at its best when it’s there’s both great commercial rock music (Zeppelin, Beatles, Nirvana, The Cars, Pink Floyd, Alice In Chains, Boston, Tom Petty, Soundgarden etc…) AND great underground music (The Replacements, Joy Division, Husker du, Whiskey Myers, The Melvins, Sun Kil Moon, Drive By Truckers, The Steel Woods, Them Dirty Roses etc…). When rock n roll dominated popular music culture it benefited the underground as well because there are more people exposed to RnR and that many more seek out the underground sounds. Rock music was/is meant to be a communal experience not a private one.
@@bangslamwham88 I never understood why they were media darlings either. It's almost as if they have a dart board with the band names and praise whoever they hit regardless of how good they actually are. Jet was a good band, had enough rockin' songs to not be a one hit wonder.
Great video. I need to say, I was with the band the before they were to leave to record their album in the States. Their manager and I were talking and he suddenly took a call on his phone, it was the Rolling Stones, asking if JET could do their support for their upcoming OZ tour. Also, JET played a special Xmas party for invited guests only at one of Melbourne's street press offices, in their car park. Absolutely brilliant performance, they played much of the material that appeared on their debut. I was also the first journo to do a story in NME on the band in the studio making their debut album. I remember when the band played the Big Day Out in 2004, they were like conquering heroes, all of us from Melbourne were so proud of their international success. And then the backlash started....
Took my 10 year old son to see them at Hampton beach, got him on my shoulders with a “it’s my birthday” sign and they gave him a drumstick and cranked for him. Very cool guys!
I saw them in 2005 at a big festival in California. They were on the bill with Garbage, LIVE, Oasis, and several others....Jet KILLED! They were the best live band of the bunch, by far.
I saw Jet, The 22-20’s and Kings of Leon at 930 club before they broke. There was barely anyone at the show. One of the best concerts I have ever seen at the 930 club
Thank you for this video. Yeah I actually have been wondering for the past several (6-7) years now what happened to Jet. It sounds like they made some intelligent decisions following their original bad ones. I did have *Shine On* on CD and it was a very good album. (My all-time favorite song by them is "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.") I really do hope they reunite again. I would love to see them.
I used to hang out with Nic in Melbourne about 2010-1014. Although he was living in Italy then but he had a place in Melbourne too. We had mutual Friends. Very nice cool guy.
As an old guy, I see similarities with The Knack … great debut album and single, everyone builds them up as saviors of rock and roll, sophomore album isn’t as good, and then everyone abandons them and says how crappy they are. It seems to happen over and over again in the music business.
Called the 'Sophomore Slump', ya'll! And yeah, the other commenter is right about the amount of time you have to write the songs. Guess that's part of what sets the greats apart, how they manage to keep blowing you away/expanding. Like when Radiohead was "oh, that 'Creep' band??", then put out the Bends which was about as perfect a guitar-driven album you could make and shut everybody up, then "OK Computer" came next and blew the doors off even that record...but yeah, it's a tough spot to be in
They just ain't that good. Full stop! A couple of great songs doesn't make for a great band. Seriously, 3 albums of mediocrity over 10 years. Get born!
Oh man, funny that you mentioned The Vines as I first saw and heard of Jet years ago where they opened for said Vines. The first single, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" had not hit yet and we had no clue who they were, but hey, free concert! We were all blown away and it was an amazing thing to have been a part of, especially being in the front row in this small club in Arizona and right next to some groupie that was following them around (saw her in a concert video they later put out and recognized who it was). Then The Vines came on and the mood soured. They were horrible, no one knew any of the songs, the lead singer was babbling incoherently and at one point dumped a can of Coca Cola on himself for no reason. When they decided to play "Get Free" and the club turned into a mosh pit for two minutes and immediately back to standing around waiting for the show to end. Shame what happened to Jet but they were kind of a one album and done band, but that live show where they took down the house is something that has stood out in my mind 20 years later.
@snakedriver I have always maintained there are two types of bands: Concert and Studio. Concert bands are the type who go out and play live and sound great, much like their albums. Then there are Studio bands who put out a good album and sound horrible playing live and it's clear they had a lot of help with the auto-tune and mixing. I can verify 100% that Jet was a Concert band and The Vines are so far Studio it almost needs a third category just for themselves.
Just seen these guys live: great freaking show, pure energy and the crowd went crazy for the whole show. Never been a huge fan of these guys but a friend bought me a ticket and I went oh fuck it let's go...wow, just wow
@@angrytater2456 I think it was Smokey Robinson who said something like “artists get a lifetime to write their first album, and 6 months to write the second one”
@@alhollywood6486 it wasn't the songs as much as the lyrics. Jimmy, John and Bonzo gave those classics their own flash and Zeppelin will always be on top of the level.
The minute their song "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" Aired on MTV, that made headlines along with their other singles like "Look What You've Done" and "Cold Hard Bitch". I also enjoyed their stand alone song "Hold On" featured on Spider Man 2, sad to see them end it, I still wish they made a 4th album.
One of the few bands I didn’t get tired of even when their first two or three hit songs were on the radio every 20 minutes. I don’t disagree with the criticism that they’re just rehashing pop rock, but I think they’re fun!
Saw them before they hit it big in Melbourne when they opened for BodyJar at the Palace, i was blown away. Have to admit i got over them pretty quickly probably due to the over playing of Are You Gonna Be My Girl on the radio when it came out.
The other night when I was out walking my dog Cold Hard Bitch by JET came on and it made me wonder what happened to this band?!?! They were SOOO BIG here in Canada in the early 2000's... how funny you did a video on them - got my answer!
So weird. “Are you going to be my girl” came on the radio the other day and I said to my husband that I used to love their first release. What ever happened to them and this video pops up today. Also in 🇨🇦
I saw Jet live in Melbourne just before they took off and it all seemed very "record label hype". It's a shame because there were / are so many great Australian bands who never get recognised abroad... It's a similar situation to beer, where Australia keeps the finest brews at home and exports VBs and Foster's to the unsuspecting international market!
I remember seeing Jet live in their "prime" so to speak (just before they released Shine On). They came out on stage like total rock stars --- leather, jeans, smoking cigarettes, alcohol, Marshall stacks --- all the vibes. They rocked.
they vibe that gave of here in Melbourne though (their home town) was that they were trying a bit too hard to look like rock stars... without having done any of the hard work of building up a proper local following. (or a string of releases)
Wow I always wondered from time to time that happened to them. The first album did have some great hits, plain Rock N Roll and that's meant in a good way. The Vines were just puzzling why they fizzled out so fast.
They were a great band. Some fucking great memories from my years at uni listening to them. Some bands are destined to only make a handful or less albums. For me i prefer that, they rawness stays. Glad they are all successful in their own right. Thanks for the glorious memories lads.
I remember hearing "Be my Girl" on Triple M battle of the bands ...If you won the head to head you went on again next week ... Jet were on every week ..
Could you do a vid on Korn drummer David Silveria and his split with the band? If you've done one already, my bad, but if not that'd be a cool vid. Keep up the good content my friend! 👍🤘
To think these guys are no longer active but their fellow 2000 Aussie rock bands The Living End and Eskimo Joe are… makes me often wonder what went wrong for them… thanks for this video explaining exactly that🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
This bands been the soundtrack to my life. Got to see them on their reunion runs across 2017 & '18. Based on it being the 20th Anniversary of the debut and the recent On Air With Jt interview with Nic, it turns out they intend to hit the studio this month and try to hash out some new stuff.
I remember them supporting Oasis on their Don't Believe The Truth tour in 2006, and they even appeared in the Oasis road movie "Lord Don't Slow Me Down", performing "Cold Hard Bitch", them and Kasabian were supporting Oasis then.
Reminds me of high school math class. Me and my best friend would play this cd front to back while solving math problems. Luckily our teacher was ok with cd players in class
The early to mid naughties was the last great time for new Rock Music. There was so much good material being released. And there was a cool wave of new bands making a splash in the scene. Probably the last ‘scene’ before the net took off, took over and changed things forever
It never ended in Australia, we still rock out you guys just stopped paying attention. After the naughtiest we had DZ Deathray, Violent Soho, Dunerats, Skegss, WAAX, The Chats ,VOIID and too many more to list
I recall seeing them live at The Annandale circa 2001/2002 with around 300 other punters. There was a buzz going round that these guys were going to be the "NEXT BIG THING". They didn't disappoint. Although it had a small, not very well lit stage and a fuzzy P.A. they frickin kicked ass BIGTIME. Not sure about America but here in Oz they had a bagful of hits.
Rip off of sexy Sadie. Like all their single they were ripoffs of more famous songs in a cynical way of gaining traction. Are you gonna be my girl is straight up iggy pops lust for life
Great band. Didn't know they were Australian. I always wondered what happened to them. They were a breath of fresh air for old rock guys like me, along with their garage rock contemporaries.
I remember at the time, "a band on the radio with guitars and no vocal effect?! Alright! I'll take it!" No. They're nothing crazy, but at least they were an actual band at the time.
Update, jet announced they're finishing up recording on their first new album in 15 years it will be out in 2025 they just released a sneak peak of the new material a track called hurry hurry
@@coyotelong4349 Kinda like Crowded House in a sense. Don't Dream It's Over is their biggest international hit, but if you check out the rest of their repertoire they're actually an amazing band.
I don't know, I was around the rock scene in Australia at the time and while there was a lot of commercial success for Jet (radio play, magazine covers) there was also a lot of pushback. Nobody bought the We Never Heard The Iggy Pop Song story. They just seem to come up really fast, which isn't the way many beloved Aussie bands did it at the time which was to have an EP or debut indie album get airplay on JJJ radio, get on Homebake festival, etc. Their early gig experience was basically a bunch of industry showcases and then they got signed. Plus, there were a bunch of other Aussie bands who were doing it better but never got the big breaks. You Am I had been doing the same kind of thing for a decade and they never had the record label behind them. Powderfinger were mulit-platinum artists in Australia while maintaining alternative credibility and could have been big international artists but the industry couldn't get it to happen. Dallas Crane were making waves as an up-and-coming band in Melbourne. There was a band from Sydney called Sway around the same time or a little later who were drawing from the same influences as Jet but doing it much better. So somehow, despite Australia having probably the best indie/alternative music scene in the world between '96-'03, Jet jumps over everybody to land on the cover of every music magazine with their too-perfectly messy hair and brand new leather jackets talking about getting back to the roots of rock.
Fun fact: I just came across this video and read this comment, and I never knew they were from Australia. Im from America, but am obsessed with Australia. Eventually someday I wanna end up there and stay. And some of my favorite bands are from there. The living end, bodyjar, parkway drive, and of course the kings, silverchair. But I never knew jet was from Australia. Granted I also wasn’t that into them. Also, unfortunately, that’s just the way the music industry works. I was in a semi-successful band here in the states. If a label can create a band or artist themselves that they know will succeed, they will. Signing a band is gonna be a 9 out of 10 times failure. And I’m not saying that JET was an industry plant, but if it went down the way you explained it, it kinda sounds like they could have been. That, or the industry knew they had a monster hit with “are you gonna be my girl” on their hands and pushed the shit out of it and the rest of their music got pushed aside.
Iggy pop is mostly only known for hipster garbage. It was obvious Jet took inspiration from the beats and the music of Can't Hurry Love and other Motown songs. Alot of s*ssy journalists know nothing about real music other than what hipster garbage they think they are supposed to like. Same with Elvis Costello.
Screw the critics. Let the music do the talking. In other words put your money where your mouth is. Jet is awesome. Sorry to hear they went to bad places. I hope they have found their centre and will still rock on.
I only had their 1st album (I think) but seem to remember thinking each song sounded like another band from the 70s-80s. I could be mistaken , but that’s what I recall.
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Jet…one hit wonder? Here’s our video on The Vines th-cam.com/video/JKn-P1hNzLw/w-d-xo.html
Please. Jet had at least 5 hits, maybe 6.
Its MEL-BIN... NOT Mel-Buurn like you called Melbourne in this video.
You should look up Budgie. They never really "made it" but they have great albums.
I would say three hit wonder. I think Are You Gonna Be My Girl was their biggest though.
NO way!
Drove 2.5 hours up to the House of Blues in Orlando to see them, it was sold out. A roadie saw me stressing/freaking out. He came over spoke to me for few minutes said wait here, he came back with 2 tickets one for me and one for my girlfriend both for FREE. I tried to pay him he wouldn't take any money and just said enjoy the show. I thanked him a half dozen times went in to see Jet put on a great show. If that guy is reading this I want to thank you again you saved the day and made me look good in front of my chick. 🤘
Awesome story bro. What a legend the Roadie was. 👍
this is what music is all about...helping others out when the man wants to bring you down
@@jonvia used to be bro. Hope it comes around again. Music these days is too much for me 🤣
D Ce 🙋 I the pappy!!
Drove 2.5 hours to a show and you didn’t already have tickets? To go s see a mediocre rock band ripping off an aesthetic with no originality or talent? Huh.
Damn, the past 20 years have gone by in a flash, seems like just yesterday I was buying this CD and listening to it on the way home.
i bought jet,The darkness, and Radioheads ok computer all in the same day. proceeded to listen to them for 15 years
was that before or after you picked up your warm soy latte?
@@strangevisions5162 People actually drink soy ?
@@Methylene. Soy boys do yes!
Yes we don’t support animal cruelty!
As of June this year Jet are officially back again
First album I ever owned was Get Born when I was 8yo. Finally saw them in 2018 on their 15th anniversary tour. Can’t wait to see them again in September for the 20th anniversary
Wait, are they officially touring for the 20th anniversary of the album ?!
Same here. 8 years old and my first album. Hope they come to the US again!
What happened with JET is a good example of why we are in a post-rock n roll era of music. JET were a wonderful high energy RnR band with several great songs. But the critical backlash was too much to overcome. Rock critics love to tear new rock bands down. It’s like they believe it’s their job to destroy new bands.
On the other hand they lavished The Strokes with praise, whom I find to be derivative as hell.
Too right
You do know that rock and roll is still strong in the underground right? Rock on the radio is dead its time to start finding the the water underground.
@@robr135 95% of the music I’ve listened to for the last 30 yrs is underground - i.e. non-commercial - music. So yes I know. BUT rock n roll is at its best when it’s there’s both great commercial rock music (Zeppelin, Beatles, Nirvana, The Cars, Pink Floyd, Alice In Chains, Boston, Tom Petty, Soundgarden etc…) AND great underground music (The Replacements, Joy Division, Husker du, Whiskey Myers, The Melvins, Sun Kil Moon, Drive By Truckers, The Steel Woods, Them Dirty Roses etc…). When rock n roll dominated popular music culture it benefited the underground as well because there are more people exposed to RnR and that many more seek out the underground sounds. Rock music was/is meant to be a communal experience not a private one.
@@bangslamwham88 I never understood why they were media darlings either. It's almost as if they have a dart board with the band names and praise whoever they hit regardless of how good they actually are. Jet was a good band, had enough rockin' songs to not be a one hit wonder.
The garage rock revival era seems to be the last gasp of rock music as a popular mainstream genre.
Holy crap, Do I Wanna Know by Artic Monkeys is 10 years old now. It doesn't feel like that long ago.
I know right
@@malcorub They just released an album in 2022. The arctic monkeys are still making music. Why do people abandon bands? So weird.
@@pixelcultmedia4252 a lot of people just go with whatever is mainstream at the time. I know, I don’t get it either.
Shieeet. Until next time!
Great video. I need to say, I was with the band the before they were to leave to record their album in the States. Their manager and I were talking and he suddenly took a call on his phone, it was the Rolling Stones, asking if JET could do their support for their upcoming OZ tour. Also, JET played a special Xmas party for invited guests only at one of Melbourne's street press offices, in their car park. Absolutely brilliant performance, they played much of the material that appeared on their debut. I was also the first journo to do a story in NME on the band in the studio making their debut album. I remember when the band played the Big Day Out in 2004, they were like conquering heroes, all of us from Melbourne were so proud of their international success. And then the backlash started....
Uhh.
Awesome. Pity they were a fantastic band. Wish i had gotten to see them once
what backlash?
Tall poppy syndrome. Sad
@@aristideau5072what backlash, seriously?
If the NME saw 4 ducks crossing Abbey Rd they'd be hailed as the new saviours of rock.
Lmao
What's the NME?
Yeah but they have been right about many more than the failures.
@@scottdavidson526 New Musical Express. It's a magazine that is or has become absolute trash, just like most of them.
Took my 10 year old son to see them at Hampton beach, got him on my shoulders with a “it’s my birthday” sign and they gave him a drumstick and cranked for him. Very cool guys!
I saw them in 2005 at a big festival in California. They were on the bill with Garbage, LIVE, Oasis, and several others....Jet KILLED! They were the best live band of the bunch, by far.
Just saw Jet in Perth on Friday night. They just put out a new single too, I see a rise coming!!
Just listened to that song today! What a great tune!!!
Their first 2 albums were great.
Also in australia we call it “pub rock”
I saw Jet, The 22-20’s and Kings of Leon at 930 club before they broke. There was barely anyone at the show. One of the best concerts I have ever seen at the 930 club
They inspired me to play guitar!!! Good to see a detailed video about them .Very underrated
Thank you for this video. Yeah I actually have been wondering for the past several (6-7) years now what happened to Jet. It sounds like they made some intelligent decisions following their original bad ones. I did have *Shine On* on CD and it was a very good album. (My all-time favorite song by them is "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.") I really do hope they reunite again. I would love to see them.
I used to hang out with Nic in Melbourne about 2010-1014. Although he was living in Italy then but he had a place in Melbourne too. We had mutual Friends. Very nice cool guy.
I loved that album great band 👍
and they're back!!
To be honest they're one of those groups that even though disbanded feel more alive than ever because of how much energy their songs hold.
As an old guy, I see similarities with The Knack … great debut album and single, everyone builds them up as saviors of rock and roll, sophomore album isn’t as good, and then everyone abandons them and says how crappy they are. It seems to happen over and over again in the music business.
Well you have ALL of your life to write your 1st album, then 6-12 months to write the 2nd 1!
Called the 'Sophomore Slump', ya'll! And yeah, the other commenter is right about the amount of time you have to write the songs. Guess that's part of what sets the greats apart, how they manage to keep blowing you away/expanding. Like when Radiohead was "oh, that 'Creep' band??", then put out the Bends which was about as perfect a guitar-driven album you could make and shut everybody up, then "OK Computer" came next and blew the doors off even that record...but yeah, it's a tough spot to be in
@@mywhychromosome We don't have those here!
They just ain't that good. Full stop! A couple of great songs doesn't make for a great band. Seriously, 3 albums of mediocrity over 10 years. Get born!
@@MP-id2po Songwriting? No, probably average, but as a LIVE band, they were amazing!
Jet's 'Shaka Rock' is an excellent album! I was disappointed when they disbanded.
Oh man, funny that you mentioned The Vines as I first saw and heard of Jet years ago where they opened for said Vines. The first single, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" had not hit yet and we had no clue who they were, but hey, free concert! We were all blown away and it was an amazing thing to have been a part of, especially being in the front row in this small club in Arizona and right next to some groupie that was following them around (saw her in a concert video they later put out and recognized who it was).
Then The Vines came on and the mood soured. They were horrible, no one knew any of the songs, the lead singer was babbling incoherently and at one point dumped a can of Coca Cola on himself for no reason. When they decided to play "Get Free" and the club turned into a mosh pit for two minutes and immediately back to standing around waiting for the show to end.
Shame what happened to Jet but they were kind of a one album and done band, but that live show where they took down the house is something that has stood out in my mind 20 years later.
Knowing what we know now, Craig Nicholls (the Vines singer) was having one of his autistic meltdowns
@snakedriver I have always maintained there are two types of bands: Concert and Studio. Concert bands are the type who go out and play live and sound great, much like their albums. Then there are Studio bands who put out a good album and sound horrible playing live and it's clear they had a lot of help with the auto-tune and mixing.
I can verify 100% that Jet was a Concert band and The Vines are so far Studio it almost needs a third category just for themselves.
GLAD you like Aussie music!
Been to their concert last night, and it was a blast
Fantastic band. Saw them live in Deep Ellum in Dallas in the early/mid 2000s. Incredible LP production and classic tones.
Lucky you! Never got a chance to see them.
Just seen these guys live: great freaking show, pure energy and the crowd went crazy for the whole show.
Never been a huge fan of these guys but a friend bought me a ticket and I went oh fuck it let's go...wow, just wow
I saw them at Big Day Out in Sydney and they blew me away, sounded so good live!
I got their first and third records. Was shocked at how different the third record was. First record was all killer, no filler. Gonna go listen now…
First album tend to be like that because they have their whole song list to choose from and they choose the best ones.
@@angrytater2456 I think it was Smokey Robinson who said something like “artists get a lifetime to write their first album, and 6 months to write the second one”
@@TimmyTickle Well said.
Saw them in Manchester UK in 2017. Great show!
I was fortunate to see them at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco during their tour for Get Born. They were incredible.
I always thought they got more flak than they deserved. Critics seemed to seethe over how iconic "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" became.
I think critics were just sick of the skinny jean faze.
I agree. As if the Stones and Zep didn't just steal entire songs from American blues artists on their early albums.
I seeth over it just because I couldn't avoid hearing no matter where I went in public! It was like being gang stalked by a rock band 🤣
@@alhollywood6486 you're comparing jet to the Stones and Zeppelin? 😆
@@alhollywood6486 it wasn't the songs as much as the lyrics. Jimmy, John and Bonzo gave those classics their own flash and Zeppelin will always be on top of the level.
The minute their song "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" Aired on MTV, that made headlines along with their other singles like "Look What You've Done" and "Cold Hard Bitch". I also enjoyed their stand alone song "Hold On" featured on Spider Man 2, sad to see them end it, I still wish they made a 4th album.
New album coming early 2025
One of the few bands I didn’t get tired of even when their first two or three hit songs were on the radio every 20 minutes.
I don’t disagree with the criticism that they’re just rehashing pop rock, but I think they’re fun!
Saw them before they hit it big in Melbourne when they opened for BodyJar at the Palace, i was blown away. Have to admit i got over them pretty quickly probably due to the over playing of Are You Gonna Be My Girl on the radio when it came out.
Saw these guys in Western Australia as a support act for pink. They were great loved get born one of my favourite albums.
Saw them a few years back and they were awesome
An extremely underrated band. Wish they still got the attention they deserve
Loved their sound! ❤
One of, if not the best live show I've ever been to at the New Orleans House of Blues.
I’ve been waiting for video forever
Such a great band. Get Born is a superb recording.
seen jet twice... superb
Thank you!!! I always wondered what happened to them……
About to see them in June. Can't wait. My initials are JET. ✈️
I was wondering about this band last week. Talk about coincidence!
Nic and Chris joined the Jaded Hearts Club Band, in which they were brilliant as well! Check it out guys
The other night when I was out walking my dog Cold Hard Bitch by JET came on and it made me wonder what happened to this band?!?! They were SOOO BIG here in Canada in the early 2000's... how funny you did a video on them - got my answer!
So weird. “Are you going to be my girl” came on the radio the other day and I said to my husband that I used to love their first release. What ever happened to them and this video pops up today. Also in 🇨🇦
@@mrs.mcnamara1669 yup! They were HUGE in Canada with lots of airtime play! Too bad things never worked out for them as a band! I really liked them
@@frontierfishingwithRyanMacD I thought they might actually revitalize Rock and Roll.
This is the band that sparked my interest to learn how to play the bass
Great live band! I saw them supporting Oasis and they killed it.
Always enjoy your content
Thanks!
Those first two albums are terrific.
I saw Jet live in Melbourne just before they took off and it all seemed very "record label hype". It's a shame because there were / are so many great Australian bands who never get recognised abroad... It's a similar situation to beer, where Australia keeps the finest brews at home and exports VBs and Foster's to the unsuspecting international market!
It's a slap in the face that Jet was huge but Radio Birdman is often ignored since the 70s. I prefer Billy Thorpe than Bruce Springsteen.
So miss seeing Jet live.🇦🇺
I remember seeing Jet live in their "prime" so to speak (just before they released Shine On). They came out on stage like total rock stars --- leather, jeans, smoking cigarettes, alcohol, Marshall stacks --- all the vibes. They rocked.
So interesting! I want all my music acts to act like 13 year olds playing rockstar dress-up!
they vibe that gave of here in Melbourne though (their home town) was that they were trying a bit too hard to look like rock stars... without having done any of the hard work of building up a proper local following. (or a string of releases)
I always liked JET, good rock & roll and the drummer has that John Bonham vibe loud big but to the point drum sound
There back for another tour in Australia
Wow I always wondered from time to time that happened to them. The first album did have some great hits, plain Rock N Roll and that's meant in a good way. The Vines were just puzzling why they fizzled out so fast.
They were a great band. Some fucking great memories from my years at uni listening to them.
Some bands are destined to only make a handful or less albums. For me i prefer that, they rawness stays. Glad they are all successful in their own right.
Thanks for the glorious memories lads.
A good solid rock band. Something that was badly needed at the time. The first album holds up really well today.
That first album was amazing
I remember hearing "Be my Girl" on Triple M battle of the bands ...If you won the head to head you went on again next week ... Jet were on every week ..
I remember always seeing the film clip for are you gonna be my girl on video hits all the time
I remember at the time thinking they were about to be the biggest rock band in the world.
Got to see them with KOL in Toronto at Lees Palace. Rockin show.
Could you do a vid on Korn drummer David Silveria and his split with the band? If you've done one already, my bad, but if not that'd be a cool vid. Keep up the good content my friend! 👍🤘
I have a David Silveria related video coming up but I love your idea. Can you please use the request form in the description box?
I agree, I like this idea
Totally great album
I loved these guys as a kid. Still think Get Born is a fantastic record.
To think these guys are no longer active but their fellow 2000 Aussie rock bands The Living End and Eskimo Joe are… makes me often wonder what went wrong for them… thanks for this video explaining exactly that🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Since you’ve done these guys, I would love for you to do a video on Powderfinger! Another great Aussie band
Great band!!!
jet was Is Awesome
Never heard of this band but I do remember seeing that album cover while working at Best Buy.
A great great live show
This bands been the soundtrack to my life. Got to see them on their reunion runs across 2017 & '18. Based on it being the 20th Anniversary of the debut and the recent On Air With Jt interview with Nic, it turns out they intend to hit the studio this month and try to hash out some new stuff.
GOOD to hear!
I remember them supporting Oasis on their Don't Believe The Truth tour in 2006, and they even appeared in the Oasis road movie "Lord Don't Slow Me Down", performing "Cold Hard Bitch", them and Kasabian were supporting Oasis then.
Reminds me of high school math class. Me and my best friend would play this cd front to back while solving math problems. Luckily our teacher was ok with cd players in class
Get Born was an epic debut album.
There 1st disk was killer
The early to mid naughties was the last great time for new Rock Music. There was so much good material being released. And there was a cool wave of new bands making a splash in the scene. Probably the last ‘scene’ before the net took off, took over and changed things forever
It never ended in Australia, we still rock out you guys just stopped paying attention. After the naughtiest we had DZ Deathray, Violent Soho, Dunerats, Skegss, WAAX, The Chats ,VOIID and too many more to list
I recall seeing them live at The Annandale circa 2001/2002 with around 300 other punters. There was a buzz going round that these guys were going to be the "NEXT BIG THING". They didn't disappoint. Although it had a small, not very well lit stage and a fuzzy P.A. they frickin kicked ass BIGTIME.
Not sure about America but here in Oz they had a bagful of hits.
Look what you've done was also their great song
Rip off of sexy Sadie. Like all their single they were ripoffs of more famous songs in a cynical way of gaining traction. Are you gonna be my girl is straight up iggy pops lust for life
It sounds like a rip on imagine to me...
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BRILLIANT SONG.!
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Such a boring song.
@@Tweekend27such a stupid opinion
Soooo much potential to become more than three great albums.
Great Band. Great Rock N'Roll.
Great video, maybe also covering Mando Diao at some point?
I’ve never heard of them. But the fact that the name of the band was “Jet” pretty much says everything I need to know
Great band. Didn't know they were Australian. I always wondered what happened to them. They were a breath of fresh air for old rock guys like me, along with their garage rock contemporaries.
I remember at the time, "a band on the radio with guitars and no vocal effect?! Alright! I'll take it!"
No. They're nothing crazy, but at least they were an actual band at the time.
Update, jet announced they're finishing up recording on their first new album in 15 years it will be out in 2025 they just released a sneak peak of the new material a track called hurry hurry
I love The Vines. They along with Stripes, Strokes, Hives, Kings, Yeahs, Interpol and other did bring new life to Rick music
Are You Gonna Be My Girl sounds so much like Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, I can't hear the former without thinking about the latter.
I remember hearing something about iggy pop being a fan of them. So there's that
He did a song with them
@@ZapperRS Iggy said he was ripping off a Motown sound when he made Lust for Life so he certainly wasn't mad at Jet.
Really enjoyed their hits back in the day. Jet was most defintely a one-and-done album band.
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hits?
You ought to hear Nic's work with The Jaded Hearts Club (supergroup consisting of Matt Bellamy, Graham Coxon, Miles Kane, Nic himself and more)
They had multiple hit albums, although I think only Get Born really hit it big in the US and overseas
@@coyotelong4349 Kinda like Crowded House in a sense. Don't Dream It's Over is their biggest international hit, but if you check out the rest of their repertoire they're actually an amazing band.
Shaka Rock was made for Australians one of the greatest Aussie rock albums ever
Also author song call RIP IT UP was used for a Australian Holden car Commercial in 2006 nice car .
I don't know, I was around the rock scene in Australia at the time and while there was a lot of commercial success for Jet (radio play, magazine covers) there was also a lot of pushback. Nobody bought the We Never Heard The Iggy Pop Song story. They just seem to come up really fast, which isn't the way many beloved Aussie bands did it at the time which was to have an EP or debut indie album get airplay on JJJ radio, get on Homebake festival, etc. Their early gig experience was basically a bunch of industry showcases and then they got signed. Plus, there were a bunch of other Aussie bands who were doing it better but never got the big breaks. You Am I had been doing the same kind of thing for a decade and they never had the record label behind them. Powderfinger were mulit-platinum artists in Australia while maintaining alternative credibility and could have been big international artists but the industry couldn't get it to happen. Dallas Crane were making waves as an up-and-coming band in Melbourne. There was a band from Sydney called Sway around the same time or a little later who were drawing from the same influences as Jet but doing it much better. So somehow, despite Australia having probably the best indie/alternative music scene in the world between '96-'03, Jet jumps over everybody to land on the cover of every music magazine with their too-perfectly messy hair and brand new leather jackets talking about getting back to the roots of rock.
Yeah me too I was around the Melbourne scene from 98 04 never heard about them Eskimo Joe were pretty known playing at the espy
100% this
...and Jet were dull
Fun fact: I just came across this video and read this comment, and I never knew they were from Australia. Im from America, but am obsessed with Australia. Eventually someday I wanna end up there and stay. And some of my favorite bands are from there. The living end, bodyjar, parkway drive, and of course the kings, silverchair. But I never knew jet was from Australia. Granted I also wasn’t that into them. Also, unfortunately, that’s just the way the music industry works. I was in a semi-successful band here in the states. If a label can create a band or artist themselves that they know will succeed, they will. Signing a band is gonna be a 9 out of 10 times failure. And I’m not saying that JET was an industry plant, but if it went down the way you explained it, it kinda sounds like they could have been. That, or the industry knew they had a monster hit with “are you gonna be my girl” on their hands and pushed the shit out of it and the rest of their music got pushed aside.
Iggy pop is mostly only known for hipster garbage. It was obvious Jet took inspiration from the beats and the music of Can't Hurry Love and other Motown songs. Alot of s*ssy journalists know nothing about real music other than what hipster garbage they think they are supposed to like. Same with Elvis Costello.
@@christopherkimber7679 So move there, that oughta cure your obsession...
They were never lumped in with the White Stripes or The Strokes by anyone serious.
Hey the vines were fun
Screw the critics. Let the music do the talking. In other words put your money where your mouth is. Jet is awesome. Sorry to hear they went to bad places. I hope they have found their centre and will still rock on.
I only had their 1st album (I think) but seem to remember thinking each song sounded like another band from the 70s-80s. I could be mistaken , but that’s what I recall.
They wrote a few really good songs. I always liked them but I admit, I don’t know much after the first 2 albums.
The time to walk away is when you become your own tribute band.
They didn't when they did