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Admit it, you've always wondered exactly how laid back Aussie rockers Jet are, right? We're so good to you...

TOTP: How tidy are you?
Cam: Me? I think it depends. It depends on my state of mind. Sometimes you're tidy and other times you go on a bender and it just doesn't matter does it? When I left LA my clothes were just in piles on the floor. I had a pile of jumpers, a pile of socks, a pile of pants and that was as far as I went in terms of trying to tidy up.

TOTP: Well, you had it compartmentalised, so that's something...
Cam: [Thoughfully] It was compartmentalised in a way. Just piles of clothes on the floor. At least they were separate, hey?
messy clothes

TOTP: Do you fellas share rooms on tour?
Cam: We don't share rooms, no! Ha! Four grown men, you know, we need a little space. You don't need to know other people's sleeping arrangements. What they wear when they go to bed... I don't want to know!

TOTP: What do you wear when you go to bed, seems as you brought it up?
Cam: Not much!

TOTP: So would you say that you're fairly easygoing in your bed attire?
Cam: I'd say I'm very relaxed with it.

TOTP: Do you expect a certain calibre of couture from your bed partners?
Cam: I've got a long-term girlfriend, so you know how it is. It's all old PJs and stuff. Girls only wear sexy stuff in bed for the first few months really. And I don't blame 'em!

TOTP: Why?
Cam: Well... I wouldn't want to wear a G-string to bed.

TOTP: What's been your greatest crime against tidiness?
Cam: I think on tour it's fairly unavoidable because you rarely have the chance to wash your clothes and it really gets quite desperate. Through no fault of your own, you end up having to turn your pants inside out sometimes to wear them again. Which is pretty gross, but it's just reality on the road. You don't have a washing machine. But when you do, you're a very happy chappy. You feel a million bucks.
Sniff sniff!

TOTP: What's your record with a single pair of pants?
Cam: I wouldn't want to tell you. It's a crime against hygiene!

TOTP: Have you ever worn a pair for so long that you've ended up with a pant pattern imprint on your skin?
Cam: It never gets quite that bad!

TOTP: How many times do you think it's acceptable to wear them before they need a wash?
Cam: Wear jeans until they start to smell and then chuck em in the freezer.

TOTP: Uh... what?
Cam: They don't lose their shape and then you bring em out and they're fresh and crisp.

TOTP: Do they not just smell again when they thaw?
Cam: No! It kills everything. Ha ha! This is a tour thing.

TOTP: So, do you enjoy the feeling of a frozen jean on your leg?
Cam: I let em warm up a little bit.

TOTP: At what point do you reckon that food is inedible? Are you a strict sell-by-date man, or do you rely on your instincts?
Cam: Oh definitely! I'm not one for rotting food, no. I must say that different countries have different standards of food. When we go to America, they've got really s*** food over there. I don't like it! You're in the middle of Omaha, Nebraska and the best you can get is from a truckstop and you try and close your eyes and remember meals past. Try not to concentrate on what you're eating at that moment.
Stinky milk

TOTP: What's the vilest thing that you've eaten?
Cam: When we were first on tour, we used to have a gig and then we'd be on the bus. And an hour later, we'd all be starving, so we'd stop at a truckstop and we'd do what we called The Hot Dog Challenge and whoever picked out the most disgusting looking hot dog on the rack that had been rolling there for about six hours. Whoever ate that had won the hot dog challenge. And we'd all take turns and see who could keep it down.

TOTP: Where is it acceptable to cut your toenails?
Cam: Acceptable? It's always disgusting isn't it? Whether you're on your bed at home.. the trimmings are always gross. I think in private would be the answer to that one.

TOTP: I'd imagine that on the tour bus there are toe nails flying around everywhere...
Cam: Yeah, getting in your hot dog...

TOTP: Where do you stand on nose picking?
Cam: I can't say that I've put it down in my journal or anything...

TOTP: If you needed the loo, how dirty would the toilet have to be to stop you from going?
Cam: Depends on the... urgency of the matter. I was in Japan and all they had was squat toilets. Now that is quite a strain. They must have some strong legs over there. You walk out of there and you feel like you've been to the gym.

TOTP: Do you have something to hold onto or do you have to take all of your weight on your legs?
Cam: I'm pretty sure that in the one I was in there wasn't. I just had to put my centre of gravity to its best effect. It was pretty rough!
Fancy toilets

TOTP: Did you go in any of those hi-tech toilets with the sprays and the sound effects and that?
Cam: Yeah! They all have crazy things. And there's bidets, that's the thing. You press a button and this thing will squirt out five meters in the air, I'm telling you. It's got quite a lot of pressure behind it. If you're into that sort of thing... Yeah you go in and you have to scratch your head, thinking "what does this do? What does this do?" You can't just go in and have a relaxed... read of the paper. You have to be aware of all of these buttons and stuff, it's quite strange.

TOTP: If you're in the stall? Will you be nervous about people being able to hear you farting?
Cam: I think we all are. We're just human, aren't we? You've got to be aware. I don't want to hear anyone else going, I don't want to subject that to them either.

TOTP: Have you ever been in a fistfight?
Cam: When I was quite young, I was - and the guy pulled my hair. It was very strange. I had quite long hair, obviously, being a rocker and he used it to best effect - he held my hair and punched me in the face.

TOTP: Fighting like a girl!
Cam: I went into school the next day and said, "He was such a lame bad fighter - he pulled my hair!" And then he started spreading the rumour that I pulled his hair, but he had a crew cut. He had a shaved head, so I don't know how that went down...

TOTP: Do you reckon you held your own in that fight?
Cam: There's not much you can do when someone's fighting like a girl. I'm trying to do the Queensbury rules and he's trying to give you a wedgie and pull at your hair. You've got to be chivalrous.
Fight! Fight!

TOTP: That is laid back! Are you a bad loser?
Cam: No, I'm pretty good. I have two older brothers so, growing up, I was always getting beaten, so I got used to it as a young man. But then I grew a bit older and started beating them and the competitive element kicks in, you see.

TOTP: Did you fight with them when you were growing up?
Cam: Definitely! I had a middle-brother who was bigger than me. But I tried to give as good as I got. Some crazy stuff would happen - like whipping each other with television cords and stuff. It got out of hand. We'd have big welts on our backs. One time my brother was charged with babysitting me and he tied me to the toilet with electrical cord. He tied my hands behind my back and tied me to the toilet and that was his idea of babysitting me. I spent an hour trying to escape.

TOTP: Ever been tempted to tie anyone to a toilet with an electrical cord yourself?
Cam: Not recently, but we'll see... maybe when I have my own...

TOTP: When it comes to ladies do you like a challenge or do you prefer the path of least resistance?
Cam: I think you know, you just have to be into it, I think. Someone just has to make you drunk in the head.

TOTP: What about actually getting them drunk?
Cam: I think if you're going out with a girl, you shouldn't get her drunk. I think that's quite ungentlemanly, to get an unfair advantage. You should go at least drink for drink.

TOTP: How are you on timekeeping?
Cam: Timekeeping? What's that?

TOTP: How punctual are you?
Cam: Punctual, me? Probably people wouldn't call me punctual but they wouldn't call me a tardy f***** either. I'm not too bad, not too great, somewhere in the middle.



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Interview by: Nickie L
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