The Jackson Code

The Jackson Code were an Australian rock, country and folk band, which formed in Perth in 1988¹. The original line-up was Kenny Davis Jr on accordion and keyboards; Jason Kain on guitar (ex-Wet Taxis, Chad's Tree), Mark Snarski on guitar and vocals (ex-Chad's Tree) and Kathy Wemyss on vocals and trumpet (ex-Wet Taxis, Chad's Tree). The group released four studio albums Del Musical Del Mismo Nombre (1989¹), Strange Cargo (1992¹), Draggin' the River (1993) and The Things You Need (1995¹) before disbanding in 1996.

The Jackson Code were an Australian rock, country and folk band, which formed in Perth in 1988. The original line-up was Kenny Davis Jr on accordion and keyboards; Jason Kain on guitar (ex-Wet Taxis, Chad's Tree), Mark Snarski on guitar and vocals (ex-Chad's Tree) and Kathy Wemyss on vocals and trumpet (ex-Wet Taxis, Chad's Tree). The group released four studio albums Del Musical Del Mismo Nombre (1989), Strange Cargo (1992), Draggin' the River (1993) and The Things You Need (1995) before disbanding in 1996. ==Biography== ===1992–1996: Citadel and Ra Records=== Snarski revived the Jackson Code in 1992 to record their second studio album, Strange Cargo. Davis Jnr, Kain, Snarski and Wemyss were joined in the studio by Dawson, Pearson and Turnbull, together with string, brass and hand-clap sections. Strange Cargo was released on Citadel Records in August 1992. It had been recorded and mixed within one week. The Canberra Times Rebecca Lang praised Wemyss' "riveting" vocals on "Trap the Light" and "Lucifer's Polka" and Snarski's lyrics "dubbed 'aural film noir,'>" Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane noticed Snarski's "melodramatic vignettes, detailing a range of emotions and shady characters. The music ranged from rock to pop to country to jazz to European folk." At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 it was nominated for Best Independent Release. The band signed to RooArt in 1993 and released one of that years' finest albums, Draggin' the River in December. Music journalist Ed Nimmervoll reviewed it, "Snarski invented a dark, brooding, menacing world for his songs to live in, and each song was like a little snapshot or movie captured in that world." At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 it was also nominated for Best Independent Release. The band's fourth and last studio album The Things You Need was released in September 1995. McFarlane described the latter two albums, "vivid splashes of literary colour amid a world of grunge and techno." The group issued four non-charting singles during 1993 to 1995. After touring with American crime writer James Ellroy in 1996, Snarski left Australia for Europe eventually 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.' ==Members== Mark Snarski - vocals, electric & acoustic guitar Kathy Wemyss - vocals, trumpet, castanets Mark Dawson (aka Bongo Fury) - drums Jason Kain - electric & acoustic guitar Kenny Davis Jr - piano, hammond organ, accordion Barry Turnbull - electric & acoustic bass Mandy Pearson - vocals, percussion ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== ===Compilation albums=== ===Singles=== "Who's Watching Who?" - Ra (September 1993) "Poison Berries" - Ra (January 1993) "Bring Yourself Home to Me" - Ra (January 1994) "The Things You Need" - Ra (July 1995) ==Awards and nominations== ===ARIA Music Awards=== The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987. ! |- | 1993 | Strange Cargo | rowspan="2"| Best Independent Release | | rowspan="2"| |- | 1994 | Dragging the River | |- ==References==

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