Jet supported Melbourne punk rock band the Specimens as an opening act at The Duke of Windsor hotel, Windsor . Talent manager and booking agent Dave Powell was filling-in for the venue’s sound engineer, “I realised the singer could actually sing. I was blown away. They had a lot of potential and I didn’t have a lot of bands coming through who were like that.” Powell signed the then-unnamed group to his management firm. Nic recalled, “Duke of Windsor became our headquarters. [Powell] would be taking calls from you know, executives in Los Angeles from the keg room you know, that was his office.” The members had met Mark Wilson in 2002 during his performance at that same venue and asked him to replace Armstrong on bass guitar. Wilson had been in a Geelong -based band, the Ca$inos.
Met Mark Wilson and replaced Armstrong
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