Jet Return To Their Roots

Melbourne-based Jet have always had their homeland of Australia on the brain. Frontman Nic Cester echoed those sentiments when we caught up with him back in October.

So naturally, we were stoked to hear that the boys’ “Chapel” set in Sydney (Thursday night at the Paddington Uniting Church) was such a gorgeous, rocking affair.

The pics prove it!!

Papa Roach and Jet Take New York

“It’s a great night for rock and roll!” yells Jacoby Shaddix. The Papa Roach frontman is speaking to thousands of fans at New York’s Nokia Theatre Thursday, who just watched opening band Jet tear down the house with the same ferocity we’ve come to expect.

“They got some jams,” Shaddix admits, then catapulting into some of Papa Roach’s own jams – “Getting Away With Murder,” “She Loves Me Not,” “Scars,” and “Hollywood Whore,” to name a few.

“New York City, you motherfucking love that shit,” Shaddix said, following a performance of the band’s 2001 hit, “Broken Home.”

Check out a video of the energetic performance below, along with Jet’s performance of “Seventeen,” off their latest record Shaka Rock.

A great night for rock and roll indeed!

Jet Frontman Talks Brotherly Competition, Touring with Papa Roach

The last time Poison Ivy spoke with Australian rockers Jet, the four band members were living in four different places: England, the U.S., Australia and Italy. And drummer Chris Cester compared Jet’s dynamic to “a long-distance relationship without sex.”

Today, the boys are together again – about to embark on a co-headlining tour with Papa Roach and opening band Kill Hannah – but frontman Nic Cester is still echoing his brother’s sentiments: “[The relationship] is perpetually challenging,” he tells us from a tour stop in Sauget, IL, Wednesday.

“There is so much ego involved, which is ridiculous, but it’s the truth,” Cester says. “[My brother and I] have learned in order for this to work… If we’ve got a day off, let’s not hang out together.”

But Cester is looking forward to hanging out with forthcoming tourmates Papa Roach, although he’s not too familiar with their music.

“To be honest, I’ve not heard a single Papa Roach song,” Cester says frankly. “But we’re trying to be open-minded and roll the dice. We’ve played so many shows… One of the first shows we did was supporting the Rolling Stones in front of 80,000 people… We’ve always had the ability to cross over quite comfortably.”

“I don’t want to be on tour with a bunch of assholes,” Cester adds. “If I’m gonna be on tour with a band, I want to be able to have a beer with them and enjoy it.”

Jet Drummer Talks New Record

Australian power rockers Jet took the stage at New York’s Gramercy Theatre for nearly two hours Wednesday night, playing jams off their latest record Shaka Rock (due August 25) and tons of breakthrough hits: “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” “Cold Heart Bitch,” and “Look What You’ve Done,” to name a few!

But what’s it like to be in a band with four members living in four different countries (England, U.S., Australia and Italy)??

“It’s like a long-distance relationship without sex,” drummer Christopher Cester tells Poison Ivy from backstage.

“No phone sex either,” Cester clarifies.

“This was the most fun of all three records to make,” Cester adds, of the band’s forthcoming Shaka Rock. “There was no big Hollywood producer… all of the art direction was ours. It’s my favorite record to listen to out of all of them.”

Check out two videos we grabbed from the set: “Get What You Need,” above, and the raging, in-the-crowd encore, “Cold Heart Bitch,” below. For a band that spans 20,000 miles in distance, the boys sure know how to pull a show together!