Heydon, and Venom Brown on drums (ex-Massive Appendage), Tim Henwood on guitar and Anthony Ragg on bass guitar (ex-Kings of the Sun). They released three singles and an album, Happy Man, in 1994 and followed with Son of Happy Man EP in 1995. Of their singles, "Time Bomb", was voted No. 20 on Triple J Hottest 100 list for 1994. 1996-present: Solo Career Barker's solo career started with the album 1996 album Damn Mermaids!. His backing band were Lincoln Jones on bass guitar and Craig Whitelock on drums. In 1997, Barker branched into acting roles, including minor appearances in TV series Blue Heelers and Pizza, and appearing in a role in feature film Amy, alongside Rachel Griffiths, produced by David Parker and Nadia Tass. He also penned and performed songs for its soundtrack, which included work by Ed Kuepper, Lamb and Philip Judd, (ex-Split Enz). Barker released his second solo album, Annie Get Your Guru in 1999. In 2001 Barker released, Returned Service; acoustic tracks culled from live performances in Adelaide and Melbourne. Australian music journalist Ed Nimmervoll observed "[he] can stand in front of an audience with his acoustic guitar and simply perform song after song, songs from his past or recent songs. No need for all the industry trappings... Songs about real life, things he's done, seen and thought, stripped back versions of songs you'll be familiar with ('Miles to Go', 'Time Bomb', 'Imogen'), and rarer songs." He had signed to Croxton Records, an imprint co-founded by former Weddings Parties Anything front man, Mick Thomas. Barker became popular in Brazil, and released Sanctuary – Best of there in 2002. In 2003, he released Backyard Six, featuring a musical response to the Bali bombings, "Plait Your Hair". In 2005 Barker re-did his earlier songs as part of the Liberation Blue Acoustic Series on C-sides. In addition to his own recording and touring commitments, Barker has produced young Adelaide rock act Southpaw. Barker has written tracks, recorded and performed with Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors), Paul Kelly, and You Am I front man, Tim Rogers. Matt Heydon of the Reptiles went on to Jimmy Barnes' band, Marc Scully later joined Ratcat, and Tim Henwood of Barker later joined the Superjesus and the Androids. Barker toured with Rogers, including to the United Kingdom and Europe; he toured in Jimmy Barnes' band for the New Zealand leg of the In the Heat