Get Born - Jet Reviews

This album from 'Jet' came out back in 2003. This Australian outfit burst onto the scene with some big sounding songs. I really liked them, bought the album and I do really like it. I thought they would go on to bigger and better things. It does not seem to have quite worked out for them. But this album is a good one. Here is what I make of ...  Read the complete review

Jet are a rock'n'roll band from Australia naming The Beatles, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones and various other classic rock bands. First thing I have to say is Jet don't make any particuarly thought-provoking tunes or anything which is musically innovative in any way. But the songs are feel good and thats what I'll be focusing in my ...  Read the complete review

For those who don't know, or simply didn't care enough to find out, Jet are a group that actually bear much resemblance to AC/DC, on paper anyway. Both hail from Australia, yet at least one member actually claims to have family roots here in Scotland, both have members that wear leather jackets, and both play lyrically light blues inspired-rock ...  Read the complete review

"I couldn't stand stuff like Nirvana and Pearl Jam....to me that was real slit wrists music." ~ Nic Cester This sums up what Jet are all about; they don't make moody, angst ridden grunge far from it. Describing the rise of grunge as their "worst nightmare". They have brought back proper rock'n'roll. Growing up in ...  Read the complete review

Here is another CD that won the sympathy vote; it only had one review and I have always thought (and said at every opportunity) that every CD deserves more than one. I also feel that you deserve my deepest sympathy for yet again being subjected to my dire taste in titles. Perhaps there is some sort of counselling ...  Read the complete review

Im sure Jet get fed up with being constantly compared to other bands by every critic around, especially the NME! But the bands to which they are compared are of such class that, maybe it isnt just a comparison, but a very high accalaide? It is hard writing about them without doing so in terms of how their music is influenced by such artists as the ...  Read the complete review