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 Jet which formed in 2001.MacKenzieSpencer et al., (2007
JET
entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. Muncey co-wrote many of Jet's hits with Nic and

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 Australas ...

, including "

Are You Gonna Be My Girl "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by Australian rock band Jet from their 2003 debut album, ''Get Born''. It was released as the first single from the album on 18 August 2003 in the United States and on 1 September 2003 in Australia. The son ...

", "Radio Song", " Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" and " Cold Hard Bitch".

Biography

Muncey was born in

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, and attended St Bedes College (high school) with future bandmates Nic and Chris Cester. Muncey took up guitar after hearing " Sunshine Of Your Love" by

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. The song "Timothy" from "Get Born" was written about an older brother named 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 ''

Get Born ''Get Born'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 14 September 2003 and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The album includes Jet's most popular song, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". Writing and recording ...

'' was a

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, and he has used it in concert and in many of the videos. He has since switched to

Gibson Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. The guitar was designed by factory manager John Huis and his team with input from and endorsement by guitarist Les Paul. Its typi ...

s and SGs. Since

Shaka Rock ''Shaka Rock'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 21 August 2009 by Virgin Records. History The band began working on the album in 2008. After touring was completed for their previous album, '' Shine On ...

, Muncey mainly plays a Gibson ES137. Muncey uses Marshall amps as seen in the "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" video, as well as

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as seen in the "Take it or Leave it" video. In the video for "

" he can be seen wearing an

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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 APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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, , "

" – Nicholas Cester, Cameron Muncey , , Most Performed Australian Work Overseas , , , - , " Cold Hard Bitch" – Nicholas Cester, Christopher Cester, Cameron Muncey , , Most Performed Australian Work Overseas , , , - ,

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, , "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" – Nicholas Cester, Cameron Muncey , , Most Performed Australian Work Overseas , ,

References

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External links

JET official websiteJET
at MySpace {{DEFAULTSORT:Muncey, Cameron 1980 births APRA Award winners Australian rock guitarists Jet (band) members Lead guitarists Living people 21st-century guitarists Musicians from Melbourne