Chris Cester
| Chris Cester | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher James Cester |
| Born |
16 September 1981 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, guitar |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Associated acts | Jet |
Christopher James Cester (born 16 September 1981) is an Australian musician. He was the founding mainstay drummer and backing vocalist of rock band, Jet. His older brother is Nic Cester (born 6 July 1979), the band's mainstay lead singer and front man. As a member of Jet, Cester has won awards as a songwriter from the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) including in 2005 as Songwriter of the Year, and 2011 for "Seventeen", which won Most Played Australian Work and Rock Work of the Year. In March 2012 Jet announced their disbandment.
Christopher James Cester was born on 16 September 1981 and grew up in Melbourne. His older brother is Nicholas John "Nic" Cester (born 6 July 1979) and they have two younger brothers. Their mother, Helen Isobel née McIvor (born 1957) has Scottish descent, and their father, Giovanni "John" Cester (1957–August 2004) had Italian parents.
During their childhood, Chris and Nic listened to music their parents liked, including The Beatles' Abbey Road, which was their favourite album. The boys attended St Bede's College Mentone. Their uncle, Eugene Paul Mark Cester (born 1961), as Eugene de la Hot-Croix Bun became a member of the Australian alternative, satire rock band, TISM, from 1982. When the Cester brothers played pretend gigs in their living room, Chris was the singer, but he eventually changed to drums, pretending to play while Nic sang.
The two older Cester brothers formed Jet in 1996 with Nic's school mate, Cameron Muncey on guitar and vocals; and Mark Wilson on bass guitar. The band used a variety of names before settling on Jet in 2002 – after the 1973 song, "Jet", by former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band, Wings. Chris played the drums primarily, but also played guitar and sang some of the songs.
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