Mark Wilson (musician)


Mark Jeffrey Wilson is an Australian musician, originally from Geelong. From 2002 to 2012, and since their 2017 comeback, he has played bass guitar for the Melbourne-based rock band, Jet. He was asked to join them by three founding members, Nic Cester, Chris Cester and Cameron Muncey, but initially refused out of loyalty to his then-current group, The CA$inos. Days later he rang up Muncey and the Cesters and agreed to join their group instead.
Wilson plays a vintage Fender Precision Bass, in either sunburst or white. He also can be seen playing an Epiphone Jack Casady signature bass in the Are You Gonna Be My Girl video. He always plays with a pick. Wilson also plays piano on some tracks, and occasional percussion, samples, synthesizer, and harmonica. He sometimes provides backing vocals He co-wrote "Start the Show" with guitarist, Muncey. On 24 October 2007 Chris Cester and Wilson co-wrote and, under the name, The Vice Lords, produced a song, "I Spy I Spy", for the Japanese former duo, Superfly.
In 2011 Wilson and Chris Cester formed a side project, DamnDogs as a "doom-disco" band, with Louis Macklin on keyboards, and Mitch McIvor on guitar. On 9 August they issued a five-track extended play, Strange Behaviour. In March 2012, Jet disbanded and Wilson had left DamnDogs.
In 2016, Wilson returned to playing music, playing bass in Peter Garrett's backing band, The Alter Egos. Months later, it was announced that Jet would be reuniting in 2017 to open for Bruce Springsteen on his Australian tour.
In 2020, Wilson’s career took a turn due to COVID-19. He dropped his bass and picked up a camera and is now an acclaimed filmmaker specializing in the videography of poultry and other produce.

Instruments and equipment

Electric bass