Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine: Brixton Mortars (Snapper)
Alex Ogg, Snapper CD, February 2004
CARTER THE Unstoppable Sex Machine combined the talents of Fruitbat (Leslie Carter) and Jim Bob (erm, Jim Morrison), both well-versed in the vaguaries and disappointments of underachieving band-hood from their early teenage years. By the time they became newsworthy, they had already turned 30 and could boast former careers as failed children's entertainers, warehousemen and civil servants.
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