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| Bands of the Month: Aussie Invasion
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JET
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“Duosonic,” “Mojo Filter,” and “Hi Fidelity” were the names of an amazing four piece band from Melbourne, Australia, before they decided on there current name of “Jet,” named in honor of Paul McCartney & Wings song from the 1973 “Band On The Run” album.
Nic Cester on guitar/vocals, Chris Cester on drums/vocals, Cameron Muncey on guitar/vocals, and Mark Wilson on bass stand for everything that is raw, primitive, direct and loose about rock music. Sounding like The Kinks, AC/DC, Oasis, and The Vines, Jet has gone for nothing to stardom in less then a few years. The result is their debut record Get Born. Get Born is a reminder of rock at its most primal, vibrant, and honest states, and Jet is at their best with top charting songs like “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and “Cold Hard B****.”
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| The Vines
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From Sydney, Australia, come The Vines, who entered the American music world in 2002 with their album Highly Evolved and their hit single “Get Free” which lighted up the MTV airwaves, and their live performance of Get Free on The MTV Music Awards, showed America that grunge was still alive, the marijuana smoked lead singer Craig Nicholls smashed his guitar and knocked over the amplifiers, pure anarchy.
Since then, The Vines recorded their second album, Winning Days, and set off on a busy tour with fellow Aussie friends, JET. The Vines are a four piece post-grunge band that formed back in the mid-90’s, and they got their name from Nicholls fathers’ band from the 1960’s, called The Vynes. The Vines, have a promising future ahead of them, and they are they bearers of grunge. These guys never fail to be in the headlines, from onstage fights, drug use, weird behavior, and anything else you can think of, The Vines are here to stay in America.
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| CD Review: Winning Days by The Vines
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This second album from the Australian rock sensation, The Vines, is the follow up to their 2002 Highly Evolved, which sold over 1.5 million copies and placed The Vines in Americas mainstream rock. Winning Days, once again released off of Capital Records, has the right ingredients to prominently keep The Vines in the mainstream. The eleven songs on Winning Days are composed of psychedelic tunes, loud guitars, and screaming lyrics with a post-grunge attitude. Winning Days opens up with the first single “Ride” that takes the listener into a grunge mood, and during the chorus, you will easily sing along with singer Craig Nicholls as he belts out, “Ride with me, Ride with me.”
The second song, “Animal Machine” continues the grunge feel by keeping the guitars loud and the vocals meaningful with the line, “Save your money for the weak your gonna kill.” Other songs on the album our great, but the first two are the ones that stand out the best. The ballads “Winning Days” and “Autumn Shade II” keep The Vines different and they show their soft-side. If you liked Highly Evolved, this album is for you, if you never heard of The Vines before, I highly recommend you to check them out.
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