Cameron Muncey
Cameron Muncey | |
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Birth name | Cameron Thane Muncey |
Born | Victoria , Australia | 8 February 1980
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Instrument(s) | vocals |
Years active | 2001–present |
Labels | Elektra |
Cameron Thane Muncey (born 8 February 1980) is an Australian guitarist and vocalist. He is the mainstay lead guitarist and one of the songwriters of Melbourne-based rock band
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" and "Cold Hard Bitch
".
Biography
Muncey was born in
Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream. The song "Timothy" from "Get Born" was written about an older brother named Timothy who died in infancy before Muncey was born. Muncey and Nic Cester became best friends at school, with Cester declaring "He had 'Led Zeppelin' written on his bag, and so did I, so it was inevitable, I guess", on the band's documentary recorded on their DVD, Right! Right! Right!
.
Muncey's trademark guitar for Orange Amplification as seen in the "Take it or Leave it" video. In the video for "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" he can be seen wearing an AC/DC T-shirt.
In addition to playing lead guitar, Muncey sings lead vocals on a number of Jet's songs, including "Hey Kids", "Radio Song" and more recently "She Holds A Grudge".
Muncey married his girlfriend Sarah Rumbelow, on 18 August 2009.
APRA Awards
The
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[3]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2006 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" – Nicholas Cester, Cameron Muncey | Most Performed Australian Work Overseas[4] | Won |
"Cold Hard Bitch" – Nicholas Cester, Christopher Cester, Cameron Muncey | Most Performed Australian Work Overseas[5] | Nominated | |
2007 |
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" – Nicholas Cester, Cameron Muncey | Most Performed Australian Work Overseas[6] | Won
|
References
- General
- Wilson, MacKenzie. "Jet". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[7] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltdin 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ^ MacKenzie
- ^ Spencer et al., (2007) JET[permanent dead link] entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the originalon 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "2006 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Nominations - 2006". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "2007 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
- JET official website
- JET at MySpace