Chris Cester
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Christopher Cester (born September 1981) is the drummer and backing vocalist from Australian rock band Jet.[1][2] His brother is Nic Cester, the band's lead singer. Their mother is Scottish, and their father is Australian with Italian parents.[3].
Chris and Nic grew up in Melbourne, Australia, listening to the classic music their parents liked, such as The Beatles' Abbey Road which was their favourite album. When the Cester brothers used to play pretend gigs in their living room, Chris was the singer, but he eventually changed to drums, pretending to play while Nic sang. The boys formed a band with Cameron Muncey on guitar and vocals and Mark Wilson on bass. Chris plays the drums primarily but also plays guitars and sings most of the songs he writes. During the making of Shine On, Chris and Nic's father died of cancer. This made it difficult to write the rest of the album but they wrote the song "Shine On" for their father. The band was named after the song "Jet" by former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band, Wings. Chris currently lives in LA. Chris Cester and Hollywood actor Alexi Wasser were engaged for 3 years but ended their engagement in 2007. Chris' uncle is Eugene Cester of the Australian alt-band TISM.
Chris is currently helping out friend Lukas Haas on Haas's new album. You can learn more on this at JetBrazil or Haas's myspace page. He is also working with the rest of Jet on their next album.
Chris also uses Gretsch drums, with a Brady 14" x 8" Jarrah Ply snare and Zildjian cymbals. likely to be a Gretsch USA Custom 4 piece kit. His cymbal setup is a pair of 15" A Zildjian New Beat Hats, and a 22" K Zildjian Dark Ride.[4]
[edit] References
- General
- Wilson, MacKenzie. "Jet". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcfwxq80ldke. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1865038911.[5] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ^ MacKenzie
- ^ Spencer et al, (2007) Sester, Chris [sic] entry. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ Jet Interview, Will and Lehmo, Triple M, Melbourne, 105.1, http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/videos
- ^ Cymbal setup
- ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
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