Mark Wilson (musician)
| Mark Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 33–34) |
| Origin | Geelong,[1][2] Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Indie, rock |
| Instruments | Bass, piano, harmonica, backing vocals |
Mark Wilson is an Australian bass guitarist, best known as part of the Melbourne-based rock band, Jet.[3][4]
He was asked to join the group in 2002 by the other three members, Nic Cester, Chris Cester and Cameron Muncey, but initially refused perhaps out of loyalty to The Ca$inos since he was that band's original bassist. Later he rang up Muncey and the Cesters and agreed to join them instead.
Wilson usually plays a vintage Fender Precision in either sunburst or white. He plays with a pick.
Wilson also plays piano (Look what you've done; Seventeen; She holds a Grudge...), percussion, samples, synthesizer and harmonica for the band. He sings some backing vocals (Rollover DJ; Beat On Repeat, Times Like This...)
He co-wrote 'Start The Show' with Guitarist Cameron Muncey.
On 24 October 2007 JET's drummer Chris Cester and Mark Wilson produced a song, under the name "The Vice Lords" for the Japanese former duo Superfly titled "I Spy I Spy". Mark and Chris wrote the music and the lyrics and were both featured in the Video,[5] playing their instruments.
As a teen, Wilson rode to the You Yangs with his friend John.
Wilson is also well known in Brunswick for his impersonation of Stephen Hawking.
Instruments and equipment
Electric bass
- Fender Precision
- Epiphone Jack Casady
Acoustic bass
- Takamine Acoustic Bass
Amplifiers/heads
References
- General
- Wilson, MacKenzie. "Jet". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. [6] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ↑ "IMC - Jet". Imcmusic.net. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ↑ Ready, Jet, go! New album on the way Retrieved 25 September 2010
- ↑ MacKenzie
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) Wilson, Mark entry. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- ↑
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
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