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Just Jinjer are playing at the stunning Paul Cluver Forest this Saturday, 5th December 2009 which is awesome. I found this bit of information on another one of my favourite celebrity websites, PopEater:

Who: Just Jinjer

Album: ‘Can I Have More’ EP

Single: ‘Can I Have More’

Hails From: Johannesburg, South Africa

For Fans Of: Fuel and Nickelback

Why They’re About to Pop: The members of South Africa?s Just Jinjer — Ard Matthews (vocals/guitar), Brent Harris (drums/vocals), Denholm Harding (bass/vocals) and Sandy Chila (guitar/vocals) — have reached double-platinum status in their native country, and are now ready to make their mark on the U.S. Coming from a strict religious family, Matthews was exposed to very little mainstream music, but discovered an innate talent for singing and drumming in high school. Establishing himself as a solo artist in the Johannesburg area, Matthews soon met Harris to form Tri Funk Era, whose popularity came in handy when the group transformed into Just Jinjer. With the addition of bassist Harding, the band was signed to BMG and opened for the likes of U2, Counting Crows and Elvis Costello. Curb Records gave the band a home in the U.S., and hired Chila as the producer for Just Jinjer?s debut album in the States. Their chemistry was so great that Chila joined the group as their guitarist.
“Not to sound cliche or conceited, but we feel like we have this duty,” Harding tells PopEater. “The music is positive, and there’s not enough positivism out there these days. We almost feel a responsibility. When people come up to us after a gig and tell us how our music helped them and affected them in a positive way, that’s a massive thing and something to be taken seriously. And we do.”

Seven Questions with Just Jinjer:

What’s the story behind your interesting band name?

We basically made it up with the intention that it was to mean the same as “just dandy,” “just fine,” etc. It actually caught on in South Africa, and one of our earlier sticker campaigns simply read “Everything’s Just Jinjer!”

What inspired the songs on your new record?

The songs have always been inspired by he same thing — love, life and loss of both of them. What He Means? is the first song that directly speaks about peace and about how no God would ever ordain the killing of an innocent person. It’s as relevant now as it was since we were claiming land “in the name of God and country.”

Does the country you are in affect your songwriting?

No. These issues are very universal, so what piece of dust we’re on bears little relevance.

If your American fans were to visit your homeland, what’s the first thing they should do in South Africa?

First of all, they should hang with us. There’s nothing like seeing a place through the eyes of locals. Once that rule is firmly in place, we would gently guide them around the charming beauties of our country — game parks, traditional food and, of course, our fine women. [They are] arguably some of the most impressive specimens know to kind man.

Do you guys perform any rituals before live shows?

In Mexico it may be a ritual, but for us, it’s just a pre-stage warm-up tequila.

Which artist has been your favorite to play with so far?

U2 were by far the most humble group of legends we had the honor of touring with. The Counting Crows chaps are not afraid of participating in pre- and post-aforementioned rituals

What’s your goal career-wise for the next year?

We would like to start touring even more extensively based on the response people have once they get to hear the music.

Awesome, so you can catch Just Jinjer at the Paul Cluver Forest Amphitheatre this weekend.

Tickets are R290, unreserved.

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