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

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

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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 Australasi ...

, including " Are You Gonna Be My Girl", "Radio Song", " Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" and "

Cold Hard Bitch "Cold Hard Bitch" is the fourth single (second in the United States) by Australian rock group Jet from their 2003 debut album, ''Get Born''. The song was written by band members Chris Cester, Nic Cester, and Cameron Muncey. Note: User may have ...

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! Right! Right! Right! is a video album by Melbourne-based rock band Jet, recorded from their performance at the Forum theatre, Melbourne. The performance was on the tour following the release of their debut album, " Get Born". The DVD also contain ...

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

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

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are presented annually from 1982 by the

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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