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Avril lavigne lights out12/2/2023 ![]() If Jack Black’s band reject Dewey Finn could wrangle a bunch of rowdy fourth-grade kids into a burgeoning rock band, surely four enthusiastic high schoolers in Australia’s capital city could have a hack at it? Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. In fact, she was actually committed to the cello when Ryan first convinced her cohorts they could form a band during a sleepover in which the teen friends were watching Richard Linklater’s School of Rock. Unlike van Boxsel who had been playing drums since childhood, McKahey was not a child prodigy on the guitar. It had been a while, I was out of practice, and it was fun getting back into it.” “We had to hire one for a couple of days to get it all done. “I play cello all through the album, there’s so much cello on it! It was really fun, especially on Never Saw It Coming,” she recalls. Not only was she elemental in songwriting and the thrilling guitar parts, she also played cello throughout the album. McKahey’s fingerprints are all over I Love You. “The whole time we’ve been touring, I’d get exhausted by the time I was home, and I couldn’t do anything because I was too burnt out to write any songs.” Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers performing in 2022. It will be a relief, she admits, to have energy for this. The silver lining is that McKahey can dedicate her energies to songwriting and she will continue to be fundamental to the band, playing on all recordings and being strongly engaged in creating new music. Obviously, there’s a lot of processing to do, but it wasn’t a choice, and you just get on with it.” ![]() It’s a big adjustment after touring for so many years, but it’s completely out of my control. If I can’t physically tour, then I can’t. Scarlett performing with Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers at Groovin the Moo 2019.
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