Jet

Jet are a Melbourne based band who have achieved great fame. The band formed at St Bedes College in 2001. They are a rock group whose major songs include Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Rip It Up, Roll Over DJ and She's A Genius. The band has 3 studio albums, Get Born, Shine On, and Shaka Rock. Their first studio album, Get Born, went platinum 10 times! Once in the UK, once in the US and eight times in Australia. They are a famous for their rock/alternative music style. They first went international in 2003. In 2007, they headlined the Big Day Out, and were famous there for making a controversy over the flag ban that was in place. The Big Day Out had banned the Australian flag as a back drop, because of racial reasons. Jet the had their back drop as the Jet in bold letters, but with the pattern of the Australian flag. Nic Cestor of Jet then made the following statement, "I can't tell anyone else what to do but we as a band are very proud to be Australian and we don't want to feel we are not allowed to feel proud". After that, the flag ban was lifted.