Background
Cameron Muncey was born in Melbourne, and attended Street Bedes High School with future bandmates Nic and Chris Cester.
Cameron Muncey was born in Melbourne, and attended Street Bedes High School with future bandmates Nic and Chris Cester.
He is the mainstay lead guitarist and one of the songwriters of Melbourne-based rock band Jet which formed in 2001. Muncey co-wrote many of Jet"s hits with Nic and Chris Cester, including "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", "Radio Song", "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" and "Cold Hard Bitch". Muncey took up guitar after hearing "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream.
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Cameron Muncey was born on the 4th of February 1980. Muncey"s trademark guitar for Get Born was a Gibson Flying V, and he has used it in concert and in many of the videos. He has since switched to Gibson Les Pauls and SGs.
Since Shaka Rock, Muncey mainly plays a Gibson ES137.
In the video for "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" he can be seen wearing an Air Corps/District of Columbia t-shirt. Cameron had an older brother named Timothy who died in infancy before Cameron was born.
The song "Timothy" from "Get Born" was written about him. Muncey sings lead on a number of Jet"s songs, including "Hey Kids", "Radio Song" and more recently "She Holds A Grudge".
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.
Muncey married his girlfriend of 7 years, Sarah Rumbelow, on 18 August 2009. Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration The Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration).