01. Jebediah Top 5s
Chris's Top 5 things of 2004 so far.1. Beer – Little Creatures (Fremantle WA) Top Pick = Pilsner
2. Icecream – Key Lime Pie (lime cheesecake) @ Baskin and Robbins
3. Comedian – Eddie Izzard – the “off on a tangent” king – he is god!
4. Mob Phone – Nokia 6230 (closest thing I have to a computer)
5. Cocktail – “Wheres Wally” Vodka, Sugar Syrup, Fresh Limes, Mint + Ginger Beer.
Chris's Top 5 Albums. (July 2004)
1. Gyroscope – Sound Shattering Sound (2004)
2. Nada Surf – Let Go (2004)
3. Glide – Open up and Croon (1994)
4. Alkaline Trio Good Morning (2003)
5. Saves the Day – In Reverie
Kev's Top 5 Records (July 2004)
1. The Streets - A grand Don't Come for Free
2. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
3. Paul Kelly - Greatest Hits
4. Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of Bewilderbeast
5. Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
Kev's Top 5 things at the moment.
1. West Coast Eagles - We are still a chance to make the eight dammit!!!!
2. " A Mighty Wind" - Just bought the DVD and absolutely have fallen in love with this movie - almost as much as Spinal Tap. "Wha Happened!"
3. The Streets new album - I think it's better than the last one and me and some others have gone bonkers for it. I think Skinner is a poet genius in the folk tradition.
4. Winter - Ahhhh winter. Things I love - rugging up, using the fireplace, warm pubs, stiff drinks, footy on the tele, bed, the city in winter, winter fashions darling!!!!!etc etc.
5. Port - old mans plonk. Great in Winter!
Vanessa's Top 5 Albums. (July 2004)
1. Fur Patrol – Collider
2. Goodshirt - Good
3. Magic Dirt – Tough Love
4. Solomon Bourke – Don’t Give Up on Me
5. Neil Young – Silver and Gold
Vanessa's Top 5 Beers
little creatures pilsner
cascade premium
james boags premium
james squire pale ale
becks
02. About the Band
Contact detailsHeath Bradby - The Fidelity Corporation
Ph (61) 86 210 2860
Fax (61) 89 227 0922
heath@fidelitycorp.com.au
Postal - PO Box 523 Leederville WA 6903 / heath@fidelitycorp.com.au
Agents: Gerard at Premier Artists,
039 699 9555 / gerard@premierartists.com.au
The band: P.O. Box 1565 Fremantle WA 6959jebediah@nakedapemgt.com
So who are they?
· Kevin Mitchell (Vocals, Rythmn Guitar)
· Vanessa Thornton (Bass)
· Chris Daymond (Lead Guitar)
· Brett Mitchell (Drums)
· Manager: Heath Bradby (for Naked Ape)
What have they done?
1994 - Original jebediah line-up formed: Chris, Kevin, Vannessa and Almin - Brett replaces Almin soon after
5th May 1995 - Played first gig at the Leeming Senior High School Year 12 Ball at the Sheraton (Covers and One Original)
July 1995 - Played first gig at the Planet nightclub
September 1995 - National Campus Bands Competition, state final winners
October 1995 - National Campus Bands Competition, National winners
January 1996 - Played at the Summersault Music Festival with the likes of Foo Fighters and Sonic Youth
March 1996 - Debut EP "Twitch" recorded at the "Upper Room" by Chris Dickie
April 1996 - Band signed to Murmur
May 1996 - Winner Kiss My WAMI Awards: Best Stage Presence
August 1996 - Recording of "Jerks of Attention" singleUnipaloozer Tour
3rd August 1996 - Twitch EP launch at The Planet Nightclub
4th August 1996 - Support for Presidents of the United States of America at the Perth Ent. Centre
5th August 1996 - Twitch Ep released, debuts at number one in WA ARIA charts
26th September 1996 - Support for Everclear/Silverchair at the Perth Entertainment Centre
8th December 1996 - "Jerks of Attention" (Jebs first single) is released, earns high rotation on Triple J
December 1996 - Played at Homebake '96 in Sydney
31st December 1996 - Played as part of Victoria's Falls Festival
2nd Febuary 1997 - Band plays as part of Australia's (and Perth's) final Big Day Out festival 4th Febuary 1997 - Support act for Soundgarden/You Am I
27th March 1997 - Work on debut album begins (Jeb fly to Melbourne)
May 1997 - Winner 2 Kiss My WAMI Awards: "Most Popular Band" and "Most Popular Song" (Jerks of Attention)
16th June 1997 - "Leaving Home" Released to radio
21st June 1997 - "Leaving Home" Single Launch at Ozone 27th June 1997 - "Leaving Home" Single released
8th September 1997 - Debut Album "Slightly OdWay" released
13th September 1997 - "Slightly Odway" Launched at the Pl@net Nightclub
10th November 1997 - Military Strongmen Single Released
December 1997 - "Slightly Odway" reaches gold record sales (35,000 copies!)
26th January 1998 - Leaving Home ranks the 10th best song of 1997 in Triple J's Hottest 100
23rd March 1998 - Teflon released
May 1998 - Smashing Pumpkins Support
June 1998 - "Slightly Odway" reaches platinum record sales (70,000 copies!)
22nd June 1998 - "Harpoon EP" released (the last release from "Slightly Odway")
26th January 1999 - Harpoon ranks number 7 in Triple Js Hottest 100 of 1998
April 1999 - Recording for "Of Someday Shambles" begins at Sing, Sing studios, Melbourne
9th July 1999 - Jebediah play their first gig in Canada
16th August 1999 - "Animal" the first single from "Of Someday shambles" is released, it debuts at number 16 nationally, their highest placing.
August 1999 - "Harpoon" wins best local video clip in 1999's Kiss My WAMIs and Vanessa wins most popular female bass player.
9th Sept Start of second Canadian tour, 3 weeks of dates
1st November 1999 - "Of Someday Shambles" (Jebediah's second album) released (shipped gold) debuted at number 2 in the ARIA charts
23rd January 2000 Jebediah play National Big Day Out for the second time, with Foo Fighters, Blink, RHCP, NIN, Magic Dirt, and a truckload of others
22nd February 2000 Start of 3rd New Zealand tour. Supposed to be with Spiderbait but Kram busts his leg 1st gig.
15th March 2000 Start of "Tour de Shambles with the Get Up Kids and Area 7. Jebs biggest tour yet
8th August 2000 Demoing for 3rd Album starts
13th August 2000 Massive overseas tour starts, 75 dates in New Zealand, Canada and the USA
5th September 2000 Split EP with Jimmy Eat World released in the US through Big Wheel Recreation
3rd March 2002 Self titled 3rd Album released
What is the alien voice saying at the beginning of Invaders?
If you play the intro to Invaders backwards there is a secret message contained in the alien voice! :) - Very cool! "And then they will be gone, and then they will be gone, and all earthlings, all earthlings, we have arrived, all earthlings!"
03. Ask Jebs
Me and my friends have decided to back our own band a few months ago but
the other guitarist is really out of control he just won't stop playing
when we try to show him something or tell him to sto[p so yeah like what
advice would u give to over come something like this should we get rid of
him cause he isn't that good either?
Well Rob I think you've answered your own question. If he was really good our advice would be let him go nuts and try and keep up but it seems like you already know what you want to do. Just make sure that no one tells him straight or to his face in keeping with the great rock and roll tradition.
ok. i am starting to get really frustrated. where are all of the all ages concerts in perth these days!!???
jeb!!!! what are you doing?? i still have not seen bob evans yet KEVIN!!!! as all your concerts are over age!!! WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There will be all ages concerts organised where possible on the album run. I can almost guarantee there will be an all ages in Perth to co incide with the release of Braxton Hicks. We want to do them, really, they just aren't easy to organise and are getting harder for us to do. As for Bob, you are right, he has never done an all ages gig. For some reason he doesn't really think he has much teen appeal.
What is your most fave coolest t-shirt you would say you own?
The answer to this changes all the time.
I know it really aggrevates a lot of bands how successful CD burning is, and it really rips off them as well, in a time where it is a lot harder to make money out of albums (according to GMA), I was wondering how does Jebediah in particular about being ripped off? This is actually for a university magazine, so your reply may be published, and hopefully, we can get a few more people to think about what they are doing when they burn your CDs.
Well, obviously we would like to sell more records and burning probably hampers that to a degree but the technology is there so why wouldn't people use it? It's like buying blank tapes and taping CD's. We've never made any money from record sales anyway, we've survived off touring and playing shows. We would also like to think that CD burning may expose people to our music more readily and encourage them to buy the real thing if they decide they like it. I suppose it is a real problem but there are positives to it aswell.
If you could play any sport for a whole day with all your mates and a couple of cases of beer what would it be?
Cricket. It is by far the most social of sports that we like. All the fielders can nurse beers. There is a lot of standing around. It's leisurely. Good times are certain.
Kev what happend to your red telecaster i haven't seen it for ages? and what model is your rickenbacher?
The telecaster is in a severe state of disrepair having been severely beaten at a Ha Ha's show. The model of the Ricky? Wouldn't have a clue but it's not vintage or anything, it's only about 4 years old so it's a new version of the one that's been around for yonkers - see John Lennon and Paul Weller.
What does the rune stone necklaces (that looks like a .b.) that's been
seen worn my kevin, mean?
It's for strength.
Whats the significance of NDC?
It's code for Indie Scene.
Where is the best place to sit with a guitar and play for hours?
The sunroom in my house, but anywhere that is private does the job nicely if I'm in the mood.
Which one of your video's is your favourite / most fun to film?
We've all enjoyed different clips for different reasons. We all really loved First Time. It was fun to film and turned out really well. Harpoon would be a bit of a fave, for the way it looked. Ofcourse Jerks of Attention was great fun and our first one and has all our friends in it and is a little souvenier of a great point in time.
Why have the Jebs always been so slack with updating their web site!!??
You'll need to give us a while to answer that.
04. Equipment
What type of instruments do they play?Kevin plays: Rickenbaker Black Guitar, Fender Tornado (Sunburst) with Marshall Head and Marshall Quad Box
Chris plays: Gibson Les Paul Custom; Ibenez Custom with Fender Tone Master Head and Fender Box; also known to play with Marshall Boxes
Vanessa plays: Fender Jazz Bass; Ashdowne Head, Ashdowne 2 x 10 Bass Speaker; Ampeg 15' 10' Bass Speaker; known to use JBL boxes
Brett plays: Yamaha Recording Custom Kit; Sabian Cymbols
05. Slightly Odway
Are there any rare Jebediah releases?There is a lot of Jebediah rarities. All of their releases have come out on limited edition vinyl. The Vinyl version of "Slightly OdWay" contains a bonus hidden track, a new version of Tracksuit, recorded with Neill King, it is Track 6. The Asian version of Slightly Odway also contains Tracksuit and Monument as well as a printed copy of the lyrics. For a complete listing of Jebediah rarities, visit the discography section.
What the hell is that "Slightly Odd Way" song about?
The B-side "Slightly Odd Way" (from Military Strongmen single) is the just the bass and voice tracks from the last chorus of "You". If you turn it up, ("Slightly Odd Way") and listen real close you can hear the guitar tracks from "You".
What's on the cover of the Military Strongmen single?
The Astor Theatre in Perth (Mount Lawley)
What's with all the alien references?
I have no idea, but Chris is a Star Wars fanatic and has every Star Wars figurine except for one very rare one.
What's with the bowling green on the front of Slightly Odway?
The bowling green on the artwork to Slightly Odway is Kardinya Bowling Club where Vanessa's grandparents play.
Where was the Jerks of Attention video clip filmed and who are all the people in it?
The Jerks video was filmed in Kevin and Al's house. The band was in Kevin's bedroom. Alistair was the guy who baked the cake and the other house mates were in the video, along with a bunch of friends and the film crew.
The name of the guy chained up in the laundry (red hair!) is Nick Cowie. He is a Jebediah photographer (and there are HEAPS of his pictures on this site). Nick Cowie makes another appearance in the Teflon video clip (he's got the sink!)
Who are the backing singers on La Di Dada?
The backing singers on "La Di Dada" include members of Sandpit and Fur as well as Heath, Jeb's manager! The members of Something For Kate were also supposed to attend but had other commitments.
Who is the guy on the Jerks of Attention CD?
His name is Alistair. He lives with Kevin. He is also in the Jerks of Attention video clip (he's the one who cooks the cake).
Who took the photo for the Jerks of Attention cover?
It's a photograph taken by Chris. Rumour has it that it's his family's holiday home where Chris, Kevin and friends went for school leavers and listened to "the stone roses" and "archers of loaf", and hence wrote the song.
Who took the photo on the cover of the Harpoon EP?
It was taken by Kevin and Brett's Dad, it's a picture from a ship, as people board it from ice.
06. Self Titled Album
How long did the album take to record?We tracked for about 3.5 weeks and mixed for about 2 weeks in June/July this year.
Where was Jebediah's 3rd album recorded?
Mangrove Recording Studios (about an hour out of Sydney)
