25-398: Cester may refer to: Chris Cester , drummer of the band Jet Enrico Cester , Italian volelyball player Nic Cester , lead singer of the band Jet -cester , a variant of Chester (placename element) Cirencester Park [ edit ] Cirencester Park (country house) Cirencester Park (cricket ground) Topics referred to by
50-515: A "straightforward rock beat" and "provocative lyrics." Record World called it "an overpowering smash both vocally and instrumentally." Paul McCartney was quoted in Clash magazine that the soft rock duo The Carpenters were fans of "Jet": I remember Richard and Karen Carpenter ringing me up to tell me about 'Jet' – they were like the last people on Earth I thought who’d like 'Jet'! But they were like, 'Oh, great record, man!' So, you know, it
75-614: A Brady 14- x 8-inch Jarrah Ply snare, and Zildjian cymbals. His cymbal setup is a pair of 15-inch A Zildjian New Beat Hats, and he has a 22-inch K Zildjian Dark Ride. Chris lives with his partner and daughter in Los Angeles. The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Jet (song) " Jet " is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from their third studio album Band on
100-603: A Labrador puppy who is a runt, the runt of a litter. We bought her along a roadside in a little pet shop, out in the country one day. She was a bit of a wild dog, a wild girl who wouldn't stay in. We have a big wall around our house in London, and she wouldn't stay in, she always used to jump the wall. She'd go out on the town for the evening, like Lady and the Tramp . She must have met up with some big black Labrador or something. She came back one day pregnant. She proceeded to walk into
125-445: A later time on bass guitar . The band used a variety of names before settling on Jet in 2002, named after the 1973 song " Jet " by former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings . Chris primarily played the drums, sang, and wrote songs. After finishing secondary school, the band began playing pub gigs around Melbourne; Chris and the band worked out songs they were writing, and they played rock covers. These songs would go on to be
150-450: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chris Cester Christopher James Cester (born 16 September 1981) is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer and founding mainstay drummer and backing vocalist of rock band Jet . As a member of Jet, Cester has won awards as a songwriter from the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), including in 2005 as Songwriter of
175-594: The Royal Albert Hall . Nic Cester sang with the band at a secret show in Los Angeles in 2018, and he took Chris's place in the band after Chris sustained a back injury from an accident in 2019. In 2024 the Mystic Knights of Amnesia was rebranded as Mystic Knights. The band consists of Cester, Aaron Eisenberg, and Emmanuel Castro. Their first release is expected on November 20th 2024 per the bands Instagram page. Chris uses Gretsch drums, including
200-758: The Cester brothers would play pretend gigs in their living room; Chris was the singer, but he eventually took up drums, pretending to play while Nic sang. The boys attended St Bede's College Mentone , where Chris took one year of drum lessons before teaching himself on a drum kit at home independently. An uncle, Eugene Cester (born 1961), known as Eugene de la Hot-Croix Bun, was a member of the Australian alternative/satire rock band TISM , which initially inspired Chris and Nic to pursue careers in music. In 1996, Chris and Nic Cester formed Jet with Nic's schoolmate Cameron Muncey on guitar and vocals; Mark Wilson joined at
225-685: The Moog is used for the bass line during the verse and is simply Linda holding the root note. "Jet" was released as the debut single from Band on the Run in January 1974 (although in some countries, the non-UK/US single " Mrs. Vandebilt " was released first). The single was backed with " Let Me Roll It " in Britain. When first released in America, the single's B-side was " Mamunia ," another track from Band on
250-618: The Run (1973). It was the first British and American single to be released from the album. The song peaked at No. 7 on the British and American charts on 30 March 1974, also charting in multiple countries in Europe. It has since been released on numerous compilation albums. Reviewers have reported that the song's title was inspired by the McCartneys' Labrador Retriever dog named "Jet". McCartney has substantiated this claim: We've got
275-599: The Run , but it was soon replaced with the British B-side. The single was a Top 10 hit for Paul McCartney and Wings. It peaked at number 7 on both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974, and charted in multiple countries in Europe. "Jet" has since been released on multiple compilation albums, including Wings Greatest (1978), All the Best! (1987), Wingspan: Hits and History (2001) and Pure McCartney (2016). Prominent music critic Dave Marsh named
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#1732775895922300-538: The UK television channel ITV1 for the programme Wings: Band on the Run (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney said that Jet was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject; indeed, the true meaning of the lyrics has defied all attempts at decryption. I make up so much stuff. It means something to me when I do it, and it means something to
325-822: The Year, and 2011 for " Seventeen ", which won "Most Played Australian Work" and "Rock Work of the Year". Christopher James Cester was born in Melbourne , Australia, 16 September 1981. He has one older brother, Nicholas John "Nic" Cester (born 6 July 1979), and two younger brothers. Their parents were both children of immigrants to Australia . Their mother, Helen Isobel née McIvor (born 1957), has Scottish descent; and their father, Giovanni "John" Cester (1957–August 2004), had Italian descent. During their childhood, Chris and Nic listened to music their parents liked, including The Beatles' Abbey Road , Stevie Wonder's Hotter Than July , Led Zeppelin , and The Kinks . As kids,
350-406: The father figure. And if the dad's really easy-going, it makes it easy. It wasn't bad but I was a bit intimidated, probably my fault as much as his. Anyway, the song starts to be about the sergeant major and it was basically my experience, roughly translated. I never do a song with the actual words that actually happen, because then that's like a news story. Oh Linda, I was going to see your dad and he
375-411: The garage and have this litter ... Seven little black puppies, perfect little black Labradors, and she's not black, she's tan. So we worked out it must have been a black Labrador. What we do is if either of the dogs we have has a litter, we try to keep them for the puppy stage, so we get the best bit of them, and then when they get a bit unmanageable we ask people if they want to have a puppy. So Jet
400-452: The lineup and turning into a new band iteration. In 2016, Cester formed Mystic Knights of Amnesia with Jet bandmate Louis Macklin to write more experimental rock music. The band was named by friend and former Oasis guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher . The band is based out of Los Angeles, and the lineup consists of guitarist and singer Emmanuel Castro, guitarist Aaron Eisenberg, bassist John Pancost, and Louis Macklin on keys. Cester
425-437: The record buyer, but if I'm asked to analyze it I can't really explain what it is. 'Suffragette' was crazy enough to work. It sounded silly, so I liked it. In a 2017 interview on Australian radio station Triple J for the segment Take 5, McCartney said that the song was actually about his experience meeting Linda's father: There’s no telling where you'll get ideas from and we happened to name this little black puppy Jet. Again I
450-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cester . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cester&oldid=1217582267 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
475-466: The song number 793 in his list of the 1001 greatest singles ever made. He referred to it as a "grand pop confection" that represented the only time McCartney approached the "drive and density" of his tenure with the Beatles . Billboard said that the "guitar energy" and vocal performances generate "an outstanding production ." Cash Box called it a "catchy number" with "distinctive guitar riffs,"
500-646: The tracks that turned into Jet's 2002 extended play, Dirty Sweet . Jet released the studio albums between 2003 and 2009 before disbanding in March 2012. By mid-2011, Cester had formed his own electro-rock band, DamnDogs, in Los Angeles with a cousin: Mitch McIvor on guitar; Jet's Mark Wilson on bass guitar; and that group's touring keyboardist, Louis Macklin. DamnDogs released a debut five-track EP, Strange Behaviour , on 9 August 2011. DamnDogs played several shows around Los Angeles and in Australia before changing
525-400: Was actually resonating with people. The Australian rock band Jet drew their name from the song title. Japanese pop power trio Shonen Knife 's cover of this song is the last track on their 2008 album Super Group . Group member Naoko Yamano said that she picked the song since she is a longtime fan of McCartney. The song was also covered live by American rock band Jellyfish , and
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#1732775895922550-643: Was intimidating. A bit boring. So, I mask it and mould it into a song, something you can sing reasonably. Whereas most of the Band on the Run album was recorded in Lagos , Nigeria, "Jet" was recorded entirely at Abbey Road Studios in London after the group's return (according to engineer Geoff Emerick in his book Here There and Everywhere ). Instrumentation used in the song includes electric guitars, bass, Moog , drums, piano, horns and strings. A closer listening reveals
575-412: Was noodling around, looking for an idea and thought that's a good word 'Jet'. So, I wrote the song about that. Not about the puppy, just using the name. And now it's transformed into a sort of girl. It was kind of – a little bit about the experiences I'd had in marrying Linda. Her dad was a little old fashioned and I thought I was a little bit intimidated, as a lot of young guys can be meeting
600-472: Was one of the puppies. We give them all names. We've had some great names, there was one puppy called Golden Molasses. I rather like that. Then there was one called Brown Megs, named after a Capitol executive. They've all gone now. The people change the names if they don't like them. Also confirmed by an interview with Paul Gambaccini, broadcast on BBC Radio in December 1978, However, in a 2010 interview on
625-527: Was the lead singer of rock supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club from 2018–2019. The lineup at the time consisted of Matt Bellamy of Muse , Graham Coxon of Blur , Sean Payne of The Zutons , Ilan Rubin of Nine Inch Nails , and Jamie Davis. Cester sang lead vocals alongside Miles Kane for a year of shows, including South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, and the Teenage Cancer Trust show in
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