[direwolf74]

hasnt Sam roberts been around longer than jet

Actually, upon doing a little research, it's too close to call. From Amazon.com, their initial releases were both released early 2003 yet I seem to remember seeing Sam perform earlier than that and I thought his album was out already.

So the mystery continues.....

Actually, Sam was the lead singer/guitarist of a band called Northstar before he did the solo thing. From what I know, they released at least one CD independently, but I don't think anything ever came of it. I remember Sam mentioning in an interview that Northstar broke up around '98 or '99. So there's your answer. Personally I think Sam Roberts is a lot more original than Jet and I don't think he sounds anything like them, but maybe that's just me.