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Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
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London, United Kingdom (1987 – 1998, 2007 – present)
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - aka Carter USM - spent most of their performing live (1987-1998) as two guys and a drum machine and a handful of pop culture samples. The style is somewhere between The Clash and Pet Shop Boys with punning and lyrics about Britain in the 90s. A journalist once quipped that Carter lyrics were cribbed from the London A-Z book of maps.
While remaining punky and independent in spirit, Carter USM signed to Chrysalis/EMI in order to crossover to the pop charts.
Carter USM were Jim Bob (James Robert Morrison) on vocals and Fruitbat (Leslie Carter - aka Fruity) on Guitar. Carter USM quit writing new material when it “stopped becoming fun”, but Jim and Fruity have played shows together for charity concerts. Both are still active in music.
Fruitbat has released solo material using the name Abdoujaparov; named after his favourite cyclist. Currently he releases albums using the name iDou.
Jim Bob is releasing solo material as well with his band called Jim’s Super Stereoworld and has also released material just using the artist name Jim Bob.
In 2007, Carter reunited for two “farewell” gigs. The first show announced - taking place on 2 November 2007 at London’s Brixton Academy with support from Sultans of Ping - sold out in five days with little advertising except word of mouth. This sell-out prompted another concert to be arranged, taking place at Glasgow Barrowlands on October 20, 2007.
While remaining punky and independent in spirit, Carter USM signed to Chrysalis/EMI in order to crossover to the pop charts.
Carter USM were Jim Bob (James Robert Morrison) on vocals and Fruitbat (Leslie Carter - aka Fruity) on Guitar. Carter USM quit writing new material when it “stopped becoming fun”, but Jim and Fruity have played shows together for charity concerts. Both are still active in music.
Fruitbat has released solo material using the name Abdoujaparov; named after his favourite cyclist. Currently he releases albums using the name iDou.
Jim Bob is releasing solo material as well with his band called Jim’s Super Stereoworld and has also released material just using the artist name Jim Bob.
In 2007, Carter reunited for two “farewell” gigs. The first show announced - taking place on 2 November 2007 at London’s Brixton Academy with support from Sultans of Ping - sold out in five days with little advertising except word of mouth. This sell-out prompted another concert to be arranged, taking place at Glasgow Barrowlands on October 20, 2007.
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Surfin' USM
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A Prince in a Pauper's Grave
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Shoutbox
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1ndevelopment wrote:
big day out in melbourne 1994. rain and beachballs and bouncing
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k-audio wrote:
saw them on the 6/7/92 Stuttgart Longhorn Germany must have been the LOVE ALBUM tour. great show! anybody going to one of the shows in london in NOVEMBER?
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RedRage wrote:
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weebly wrote:
Saw them live at The Hummingbird in Birmingham in the early 90's - excellent!
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CraggyThriller wrote:
I saw Jim Bob play acoustic in Portsmouth a few years ago. Was awesome!
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Spendlove wrote:
King George Hall, Blackburn. If you were there, you were there!
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vabiros wrote:
I wish my dad had taken me to see them when I was 12. They came to Greece some times in the 90's but I was blind (or deaf)back then and listened to heavy metal
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CaptureTheCat wrote:
One of the best sounds on the album
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wornxthin wrote:
My dad took me to see them for the first time when I was 12. From collecting the vinyl and tapes, wearing the longsleeves CONSTANTLY, blaring them out in my dads van-Carter have been a huge part of me growing up. Untouchable.
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zorosta wrote:
You Fat Bastard You Fat Bastard You Fat Bastard etc
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zorosta wrote:
They were the first band I ever saw live! And I fucking loved it!
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PabloVirgo wrote:
sheer glorious teenage late 80s/early 90s nostalgia!! love em.
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MauroNausmann wrote:
this rocks!
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OgluBoglu wrote:
I got knocked out at that Brixton gig when the mosh collapsed. It was bananas.
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scaffman007 wrote:
one of best classic good tune
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benjaminbates wrote:
impossible for them to comprehend how important they have been for a lot of us growing up in the 90s. thanks for everything JimBob&Fruitbat! (still sad about the time one of my flatmates broke that x-mas 7" they sent out once, *sigh)
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Charlotte_A wrote:
LISTEN THE REALLY ROCK MASH-UP KING ! ! ! ! ! > > http://www.02l.net/projects/music_set/ganz_de_ville/blue_channel ... or LAST.FM's version> http://www.lastfm.it/music/Ganz+De+Ville/_/Blue+Channel
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oetsch wrote:
the best forever...
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BettysBops wrote:
Ahhhh Brixton. It was TOO GOOD
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itslindy wrote:
I'll second that! Fantastic. Happy Birthday Jim Bob :)
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JIM BOB SELLS OUT
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Hello everyone,
I hope you are all lovely well and wise.
It’s only a few weeks now to Jim Bob’s special mini tour. As you may
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