For the band's debut album 'Del Musico Del Mismo Nombre', Snarski utilised the services of Mandy Pearson (vocals, percussion), Barry Turnbull (bass), Mark Dawson (drums), Kathy Wemyss (trumpet) Jason Kain (guitar), Kenny Davis Jr (keyboards) and Richard Armstrong (keyboards). The album was released in August 1989 on the Waterfront label (available only on vinyl) to critical acclaim, although it was re-released on CD in 1993. The main influence on the album was songwriter Snarski's trip to Spain, thus the title which when translated means "From the Musical of the Same Name". The band recorded the album in four days on a budget of $1000. The lush romanticism of the songs had critics searching for superlatives. Writing in Rolling Stone, reviewer Jon Casimir called the album one of the minor masterpieces of 1989. As Casimir put it, the band took inspiration for its 'self-styled urban Romantic Cabaret' from German writers such as Brecht and Weill, as well as Tom Waits. To promote the record they toured nationally twice, playing successful shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Rather than capitalise on such acclaim however, Snarski chose to take a break, spending two years travelling in Spain and the USA.
Snarksi revived The Jackson Code in 1992 and recorded a new album, 'Strange Cargo'. Snarksi was joined in the recording studio by Pearson, Turnbull and Dawson, together with string, brass and 'hand-clap' sections. 'Strange Cargo' was released on the Citadel label in August 1992. 1993 also saw the band sign to RooArt and produce one of that years finest, 'Draggin' The River'. The album was released in December 1993. The band's last studio album was 'The Things You Need', which was released in September 1995. After touring with American crime writer James Ellroy in 1996, Snarksi left Australia for Europe finally settling in Madrid. 'There was this one afternoon where I'd dropped everyone off and I was carting this amp up the stairs of - what's that theatre we played in St Kilda? I just put it down and decided, I've had enough of this.'
The Jackson Code's retrospective album of 1998, 'The Second Greatest Story Ever Told', a two disc compilation album (the first disc consists of tracks from the four studio albums and the second disc is full of rarities) was released in September 1998. In 2003 'Del Musical Del Mismo Nombre' was re-issued on a CD format by Citadel Records. In June 2006 Snarski travelled to Belgium to sing with a specially reformed Triffids lineup for 'An Evening with the Triffids' – an exhibition and show in remembrance of lead singer David McComb.
Members
Mark Snarski (vocals), Kathy Wemyss (trumpet, vocals), Mark Dawson (drums), Jason Kain (guitar), Kenny Davis Jr (piano, hammond organ, accordion), Barry Turnbull (bass), Mandy Pearson (vocals, percussion)
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_Code
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