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Thursday, 17 October 2013

JUMP INCORPORATED



Jump Incorporated was formed in 1985 in Sydney by Geoff Gray on bass guitar and vocals, Martin Sinkovic on drums and vocals, his sister Nada Sinkovic on keyboards and vocals and Mark Woods on lead guitar and vocals. The group evolved from a school-based band Moving Parts formed in 1978, which included Gray, Martin and Woods – all from Camden High School – as a dance pop group. In the following year, Nada joined but it disbanded in 1980. The band reconvened in 1983 but name confusion with a rival Australian group, Moving Pictures, resulted in another change to the Sirens before they settled for Jump Incorporated as a rock band.

The group signed to Mushroom Records and Mark Opitz produced the firt single, "Sex and Fame", which was issued in January 1986. The Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane described its sonation as "mixed heavy guitars, anthemic choruses and glam-rock sleaze over a throbbing disco beat". It peaked at #32 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart. At the 1987 ARIA Music Awards Opitz won Producer of the Year for "Sex and Fame" and four other releases, while Wright won Engineer of the Year for his work on that single.

Jump Incorporated's only studio album, 'Push Push One Day Too Far', appeared in 1986 and was also produced by Opitz. Three singles were released from it, "Never Needed You More" (September 1986), "Turn It On" (April 1987) and "Jagged" (June 1987). The line-up was augmented in late 1986 by Lee Borkman on keyboards and Finbar O'Hanlen on lead guitar. The band continued for a year before disbanding.  

Members

Mark Woods (vocals/guitar), Geoff Gray (bass), Martin Sincovic (drums), Nada Sincovic (keyboards), Finbar O'Hanlon (guitar), Lee Borkman (keyboards)




SINGLES
''Sex And Fame (#32) / Baby Switchblade'' 1986 Mushroom 
''Never Needed You More / Guns For Love'' 1986 Mushroom 
''Turn It On / Make Me Scream'' 1987 Mushroom 
''Jagged / Midnight Action'' 1987 Mushroom 

ALBUMS
'Push Push One Day Too Far' 1986 Mushroom




References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_Incorporated

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/


4 comments:

  1. for me the b-side baby switchblade is even better. i had put it onto a cassette but daughter overwrote all the songs.. with out telling me..
    would appreciate if you could send me a mp3 of it.. many thanks

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    1. Maybe you can use a baby switchblade on the next person who does that ? I do not encourage pain in any way and thoughts never hurt anyone.

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  2. hi - this band jump inc was on channel 2 this week at end of videos playlist

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  3. While Sex & Fame was a great song, I can't help but think Sigue Sigue Sputnik was Jump Incorporateds' blueprint.

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