• AOL
  • MAIL
    • Main
    • News
    • Features
      • The Hit List
      • Spinner Interview
      • Potent Quotables
      • Guest Blogger
      • You Oughta Know
    • Songs
      • MP3 of the Day
      • Listening Party
      • What's That Song?
      • Northern Exposure
    • Videos
      • The Interface
      • Video of the Day
    • SXSW
    • Send Us Feedback

    Spinner Exclusives

    • The Interface - Live Performances
    • Mp3 of the day
    • Free Radio 30,000+Stations

    Features

    • Best Opening Lyrics
    • Cinema Music Geeks
    • College Songs
    • Sad Songs
    • School Songs

    Hot Categories

    • Between the Notes(16)
    • Northern Exposure(39)

    All Categories

    • A Day in the Life(2)
    • All About Jazz(55)
    • Around the World(164)
    • Book Club(76)
    • Celebrity Doppelganger(16)
    • Clash of the Cover Songs(48)
    • Coming Out Stories(20)
    • Concerts and Tours(5061)
    • Count Five(68)
    • Exclusive(3762)
    • Free MP3 Download of the Day(1110)
    • Grammy Awards(87)
    • Guest Blogger(96)
    • Holy Hell(779)
    • I Fought the Law(48)
    • I Freakin' Love This Song(239)
    • Listen Up!(7)
    • Movies(259)
    • Music Appreciation(79)
    • New Music(444)
    • New Releases(135)
    • News(7480)
    • Picture Book(3)
    • Politics as Usual(37)
    • Pop Culture(48)
    • Potent Quotables(749)
    • Q + A(32)
    • Quizzes & Trivia(3)
    • R.I.P.(264)
    • Road Report(25)
    • Rock Almanac(366)
    • Rock Hall(35)
    • RPM(25)
    • Spinner Essay(9)
    • Spinner Says(7)
    • Spinner Interview(137)
    • Television(127)
    • The Chum Bucket(737)
    • The Hit List(1210)
    • Twisted Tales(154)
    • Video(1216)
    • Video of the Day(853)
    • What's That Song?(99)

    F--ed Up Guitarist Joins Jonas Brothers Onstage in 'Camp Rock II'

    • Posted on Jan 15th 2010 2:30PM by Jenny Charlesworth
    • Comments (2)
    Email This
    F---ed Up guitarist Ben Cook has a side-gig none of us knew about. On top of playing alongside Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham in their award-winning hardcore band, flexing his "cave pop" muscle in Toronto duo the Bitters and slaving away on solo project Young Governor, Cook has joined the Jonas Brothers' backing band. Er, sorta.

    "I randomly landed an extra job on their Disney movie ['Camp Rock II: The Final Jam'] last summer," Cook tells Spinner. "Music has really led me to strange and far places all over the world and I've met some psychotic characters. But never would I have thought I would be the backing drummer in a Jonas Brothers movie," he says with a smirk.

    "I don't even play the drums!"

    The surreal experience, consisting of long hours behind a drum kit atop a revolving stage lit up by pyrotechnics, will be described in full detail on an upcoming Young Governor record, according to the Toronto musician, who lists the acting job as "one of the funniest things" he's ever done.

    The showbiz-inspired ditty also pays tribute to Cook's extra agent. "It's loosely based on a lady that I've never really met but basically puts money into my bank account," Cook explains. "The Jonas Brothers are all over the layout too. The cover is Nick Jonas with my eyes photoshopped over top."

    While a punk rocker doesn't sound like a likely ally for a pack of squeaky-clean pop-tarts, Cook developed quite the appreciation for the famous siblings after working on their flick. "Everyone on set was always super happy and always hugging, it was really disgusting. But the Jonas Brothers were actually these chilled-back guys that didn't really care about all that stuff," he says

    As for the big extravaganza Cook had envisioned to relive his special time with faux-bandmates Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas, well, let's just say the whole affair is sounding a bit more subdued than he'd originally pictured.

    "I just heard that it's going straight to video," Cook says, sadly. "That really botches my plans to go to a movie theater and check it out."
    • Filed under: News, Exclusive, Holy Hell, Movies, Canada
    • Print Email This

    Reader Comments(1 of 1)

    vote downvote upReportNeutral

    ramanat 3-12-2010

    i love this poeple

    Reply
    vote downvote upReportNeutral

    Stefanyat 3-19-2010

    Where i can find more about Ben Cook ? Is he really smoke????? Waiting for the reply on my email.. thx u

    TS.Indonesia

    Reply

    Add your comments

    • New Users
    • Returning Users
    • AOL/AIM Screenname

    If you are posting a comment for the first time, please enter your name and email address in the fields above. Your name will be displayed with your comment. Your email address will never be displayed.

    Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Off-topic, promotional or otherwise inappropriateinappropriate comments will be removed.

    When you enter your name and email address for the first time, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, as well as a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

    Follow US

    Facebook
    Twitter
    RSS
    • Contact Us
    • Send News Tips
    • Advertise with Us

    Listen to Full CDs

    • Jenny and Johnny, 'I'm Having Fun...'
    • Neon Indian, 'Psychic Chasms...'
    • The Weepies, 'Be My Thrill'
    • Film School, 'Fission'
    • Shonen Knife, 'Free Time'
    • All Spinner Full CDs

    Relevant Posts

    • Top Rock Codas: All's Well That Ends Well (16 days ago - 79 Comments)
    • Polaris Prize Short List Names Tegan and Sara, Owen Pallett, Shad, Broken Social Scene (59 days ago - 1 Comment)

    Northern Exposure

    Our weekly MP3 column brings you the best new songs by Canadian up-and-comers, from Braids to Flashlight Radio

    Download Free MP3s

    Concert Listings

    Who's hitting the road, Jack?

    • Paul McCartney
    • The Black Keys
    • Joanna Newsom
    • Crystal Castles
    • Arcade Fire

    Free Radio

    Choose from 30,000+ free radio stations from all over the world on SHOUTcast.

    Listen Now

    Sessions

    Damon Albarn and friends bring their 'Plastic Beach' party to the Sessions studio

    Watch Gorillaz Live

    Also on AOL

    Quick Links

    • 20 Best Hip Hop Albums
    • 9 in '09: Ones to Watch
    • Best Album Covers Ever
    • Best Opening Lyrics
    • Madonna: Unretouched
    • The Best of SXSW 2009
    • Worst. Songs. Ever.

    Also on AOL Music

    • AOL Sessions
    • The BoomBox
    • Music News
    • Music Videos
    • Musica Latina
    • New Music Releases
    • Online Radio
    • PopEater
    • Song Lyrics
    • Spinner Poland
    • Spinner Spain
    • Tour Tracker

    Blogs on AOL

    • Asylum
    • Autoblog
    • BloggingStocks
    • Cinematical
    • DownloadSquad
    • Endgadget
    • Joystiq
    • JSYK
    • Lemondrop
    • Styledash
    • TMZ
    • TUAW
    • TVSquad

    More on AOL

    • AOL Video
    • Black Voices
    • Breaking News
    • Pixcetera
    • Singles
    • The Topics You Love
    • Wallet Pop
    • Winamp Media Player

    More on AOL

    • Celebrity Gossip
    • Free Games
    • Horoscopes
    • Mapquest
    • Money
    • Movies
    • Radio
    • Television

    Help Links

    • Advertise With Us
    • Mail
    • Privacy Policy
    • Search
    • Terms of Service
    • Trademarks
    • Advertise With Us
    • Help
    • Privacy Policy
    • Shopping
    • Terms of Service

    Download and listen to free music, internet radio and MP3s; or watch free music videos, concerts and live performances. Use the music search function and read the music blog to find information on new, established and indie rock recording artists. Get free music downloads on the MP3 blog and more on Spinner Canada.