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

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and Chris Cester, including " Are You Gonna Be My Girl", "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 "

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. 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 '' Get Born'' was a

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, 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

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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

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References

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muncey, Cameron 1980 births APRA Award winners Australian rock guitarists Jet (band) members Lead guitarists Living people 21st-century Australian guitarists Musicians from Melbourne People educated at St Bede's College (Mentone)