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Jet

Group Members:

Mark Wilson, Cameron Muncey, Nic Cester, Chris Cester

Similar Artists:

Chosen Son, Stone Gods, The Greater Good, Year Long Disaster, Skybombers, Mink, The Parlor Mob, Poets & Pornstars, Novaks, The Blue Van, The Pink Spiders, Mando Diao, The Datsuns, The D4, Division of Laura Lee, Proud Mary, The Strokes, The Cherry Valence, The Flaming Sideburns, The Hives, The Vines, The White Stripes, The Hellacopters, The Mooney Suzuki

Influenced By:

AC/DC, The Beatles, The Stooges, Oasis, MC5
See Jet Lyrics
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Get Born," "Shine On," "Get Born/Shine On"
  • Representative Songs: "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," "Holiday," "Cold Hard Bitch"

Biography

Jet found international popularity during the early 2000s, a period in which the band's mix of Exile on Main St. swagger and brash, AC/DC-styled stomp dovetailed nicely with America's garage rock revival. Hailing from Melbourne and comprising guitarist Cameron Muncey, drummer Chris Cester, bassist Mark Wilson, and frontman Nic Cester, the foursome formed just as the new millennium was beginning. They quickly self-released 2002's Dirty Sweet, a vinyl-only EP that proved to be quite popular in Australia. The EP sold out of its initial run of 1,000 copies, and Jet's acclaim grew in the U.K. as they issued another limited-edition run. An American deal with Elektra surfaced in early 2003, and the Dirty Sweet EP was released domestically that May. An opening slot for the Rolling Stones in Jet's homeland soon followed. With buzz brewing about the band's skuzzy, old-fashioned hard rock, Jet's proper studio debut arrived in November under the title Get Born.

With its crisp guitars and start-top tempos, "Are You Gona Be My Girl?" became a radio favorite worldwide, and Get Born sold over three million copies as a result. Jet also received seven ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) nominations, six of which were awarded to the band. European dates with Oasis followed in summer 2005, and the sophomore effort Shine On arrived in fall 2006. Considering Get Born's meteoric success, Shine On fared rather poorly, yet the band maintained a steady touring pace and contributed a song to the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack. Following a short break, Jet reconvened in 2008 to begin work on a third album, which arrived one year later as Shaka Rock . ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
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JET

Usher featured on the 2 June 2008 cover
Senior Editor Terry Glover
Categories News magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 929,599 [1]
Publisher Linda Johnson Rice
First issue November 1951
Company Johnson Publishing Company
Country  United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois
Language English
Website www.ebonyJET.com
ISSN 0021-5996

JET is an American weekly marketed toward African American readers, founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois.[2] Initially billed as "The Weekly Negro News Magazine", Jet is notable for its role in chronicling the early days of the American Civil Rights movement from its earliest years including coverage of the Emmett Till murder, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Still published in small digest sized format, the magazine printed in all or mostly black and white until its 27 December 1999 issue. In 2009, Jet's publishing format was changed; it is now published every week, but a double issue is published at the end of each month.

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Background Information

John H. Johnson was born on January 19, 1918 in Arkansas City, Arkansas.He was a very poor child growing up and his mother didn't make much money. She was a cook and a washerwoman for many years. She then saved enough money to move her family to Chicago for a better lifestyle.

When he came to Chicago, he was exposed to different class levels of African Americans. John H. Johnson attended DuSable High School.[3]

Accomplishments

John H. Johnson is the founder of Johnson Publishing Company. The publishing company was created in November of 1942. He started the company with only a dream and a 500 dollar loan he received from his mother's business. Since his death, which was in August of 2005, Johnson left the company to his daughter Linda Johnson Rice. Johnson publishing company is not only the home of Ebony and Jet magazine but home to other brands. Some of those brands include Fashion Fair Cosmetics JPC Book Division. The Johnson publishing headquarters is located in Chicago, IL. But it also has global offices located in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Detroit, London and Paris

The mission behind Johnson's publishing company is to increase the pride within African Americans by printing their past and their present achievements throughout the different magazines. They show these achievements through words, pictures, cosmetics, and fashion. Their mission also is to prove to African Americans that dreams really do come true. [4]

Inside the Magazine

Jet magazine contains information on different topics that many people find interesting. Some of these topics include fashion and beauty tips, entertainment news, dating advice, political coverage, health tips and diet guides, and different advertisements.Jet magazine also covers many big events such as fashions shows.The publishing displays the picture in the magazines too.The big picture on the cover of the magazines usually tells what the main focus of the main story is.The main topics could include a celebrity's wedding or celebrating a special holiday.These holidays could be mother's day or father's day or just giving the cover to black women or black men. Many of them are given the cover to show the African American community that if they want to rich a goal that they have to be willing to work for it.It also gives young female adults inner confidence and strength because the women on the magazine are strong and successful without the help of a man.They were proving that they could do it all on their own.

Purchasing Jet Magazine

Many people can purchase Jet magazine for the local store or a news stand on the corners of major streets. But they can also pay for the subscriptions that the magazine offers.The subscription cost $30.97 for a year's subscription and you would receive 52 issues of Jet.Also in the magazine they give special offers on the postcards that are placed in the magazine. [5]

References

  1. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (2005). "Average Circulation for Top 100 ABC Magazines". Magazine Publishers of America. http://www.magazine.org/consumer_marketing/circ_trends/16117.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-03. 
  2. ^ Editors (November 1992). "From Negro Digest to Ebony, Jet and EM - Special Issue: 50 Years of JPC - Redefining the Black Image". Ebony. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n1_v48/ai_12811539. Retrieved 2009-01-03. 
  3. ^ http://www.nathanielturner.com/johnhjohnson.htm
  4. ^ http://www.johnsonpublishing.com/assembled/about_overview.html
  5. ^ https://www.neodata.com/jpc/jett/subscribe.shtml

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