Sometimes in life it is important to do things that scare the bejesus out of you. This was the approach taken by Jet frontman Nic Cester when he was asked to audition to become the singer in AC/DC in 2016. The Aussie legends, whose Bon Scott-led output was a huge influence on Jet’s sound, were deep into the tour to support their 2014 record Rock Or Bust when singer Brian Johnson was ordered to stop touring immediately as a result of hearing loss. It meant Angus Young & co. needed to find an emergency replacement for the remaining 22 shows. That spot ended up going to Axl Rose, but Cester was in the running and he recounted the audition process in an interview with Australian radio station Triple M earlier this week.
“I was staying with my in-laws and I got up in the morning and read the paper and it said that Brian Johnson was not in the band anymore,” Cester recalled. “I remember saying to my father-in-law, ‘You would not want to step into those shoes’. Literally 20 minutes later, the phone rang saying, ‘Would you be interested in going to Atlanta, Georgia to audition and potentially fill in for this next round of dates that we’ve got?”.
