Snake Charmer Smoke and Mirrors Tracks: 1. Worlds Apart 2. Runnin' On Empty 3. Middle of Nowhere 4. Heart on Hold 5. Highway of Love 6. Teaser, Pleaser 7. Like an Arrow 8. Stone Cold 9. Alone Without You 10. Eleanor Rigby Line up: Pete Sandberg - vocals Sven Cirnski - guitars Per Stadin - bass Anders Johansson - drums Guest musician: Jens Johansson - keyboards Record Label / Year of Release: Arctic 1993 Notes: Snake Charmer was founded by ex-Silver Mountain bassist Pär Stadin together with former Madison and Alien vocalist Pete Sandberg. Just prior to forging Snake Charmer, stadin and sandberg had been operational with jam band the coverboys in union with Accept's Jörg Fischer and Yngwie Malmsteen drummer Anders Johansson. The 1993 'Smoke and Mirrors' album, for Arctic records, closed out with a cover version of the Beatles 'Eleanor Rigby'. Jens Johansson featured as guest keyboard player. 1998's 'Backyard Boogaloo', was released only in Japan through the Avalon Marquee label and saw the Yngwie Malmsteen, Street Talk and Glory credited Göran Edman aiding with guest vocals. Guitarist Sven Cirnski left to pursue projects like raise cain and later joined Bad Habit. He was replaced by Rackateer and Erica band man Benny Jansson. Jens Johansson once again donated his keyboard skills. 'Backyard Boogaloo' incorporated the ambitious David Bowie cover version 'Life on Mars'. The German MTM Classix label re-issued 'Backyard Boogaloo' in 2003 with 3 bonus tracks. Unveiled in spring 2006, both Pär Stadin and Anders Johansson featured in Geff, the hard rock construct of singer Göran Edman, noted for a wealth of credits fronting the Yngwie Malmsteen band, Crossfade, Madison, Kharma, Xsavior and Glory amongst others, together with guitarist Ralf Jedestedt. Sven Cirnski contributed session guitar on Overdrive and Locomotive Breath guitarist Janne Stark's November 2006 Mountain of Power tribute collection. In 2006 Jansson joined up with his brother Björn Jansson and former Helloween and Masterplan drummer Uli Kusch to forge Ride the Sky.