Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (frequently shortened to Carter USM) were an English indie rock band formed in 1988 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style of power pop, fusing samples, sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n' roll guitars and off-beat wordplay-loaded lyrics. They reached the height of their fame in 1992. Over the following years the band took on new members, topping out as a six-piece, but struggled to regain their earlier popularity. They initially split up in 1998 after releasing seven albums.
History
Starting out: 1987–1990
Based in Lambeth in South London, England, Fruitbat and Jim Bob originally played in an indie band called Jamie Wednesday, which released two singles - "Vote For Love" and "We Three Kings of Orient Aren't". Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine was formed in 1987, when Fruitbat and Jim Bob were the only band members to turn up for a charity gig at the London Astoria, and went on stage to perform as a duo with backing tapes. The debut single "A Sheltered Life" was released later in 1988 on the Big Cat label, but it was not until the second single "Sheriff Fatman" in 1989 that the band began to receive recognition. The song was written about a South London slumlord and was followed by the album 101 Damnations – a critical account of life south of the River Thames, full of black humour, cynicism, wordplay and puns. The album went straight to the top of the indie charts.
Sex-machine
A sex machine, also known as a fucking machine, is a mechanical device used to simulate human sexual intercourse. It is a more sophisticated version of the vibrator.
Devices can be penetrative or extractive. A typical penetrative machine works by the transfer of rotational or reciprocating force from a motor to a directional motion on a shaft, which is tipped by a dildo. A hand-held modified reciprocating saw device is sometimes called a fucksaw and a hand-held modified drill motor rotating device is sometimes called a drilldo. An extractive device works like a milking machine and can be attached to the penis, breast, or other body part.
History and use
The vibrator was originally invented for the treatment of hysteria in Victorian women through medical orgasm induced by clitoral massage. These early mechanical devices were much larger and more powerful than the modern vibrators and were first used by physicians and became popular in bath houses in Europe and the US towards the beginning of the 20th century. More compact, electrically powered versions later briefly appeared as health aids in department store catalogs.
Sex machine
Sex Machine may refer to:
See also
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a funk song recorded by James Brown with Bobby Byrd on backing vocals. Released as a two-part single in 1970, it was a no. 2 R&B hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Analysis
"Sex Machine" was one of the first songs Brown recorded with his new band, The J.B.'s, and it plays to their distinctive strengths. In comparison with Brown's 1960s solo funk hits such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", the band's inexperienced horn section plays a relatively minor part. Instead, the song centers on the insistent riff played by brothers Bootsy and Catfish Collins on bass and guitar and Jabo Starks on drums, along with the call and response interplay between Brown and Byrd's vocals, which consist mostly of exhortations to "get up / stay on the scene / like a sex machine". It is harmonically static, aside from a move to the subdominant on the bridge.
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
ALBUMS
- Live In Paris 1991 (Paris Sera Toujours Carter) released: 2012
- The Drum Machine Years, Volume 2 released: 2010
- The Drum Machine Years: Volume 1: 1990-1991 released: 2009
- You Fat Bastard (The Anthology) released: 2007
- Brixton Mortars released: 2004
- Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere released: 2000
- Live! released: 2000
- Starry Eyed and Bollock Naked (A Collection of B-Sides) released: 1998
- I Blame the Government released: 1998
- Sessions released: 1998
- A World Without Dave released: 1997
- Worry Bomb released: 1995
- Post Historic Monsters released: 1993
- 1992 The Love Album released: 1992
- Handbuilt by Perverts released: 1991
- 101 Damnations released: 1991
- 30 Something released: 1991
- BBC Live in Concert 1991-94 released:
- 1991-11-07: Wham Bam!: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK released:
- Straw Donkey... The Singles released:
Live In Paris 1991 (Paris Sera Toujours Carter)
Released 2012- Surfin' USM
- My Second to Last Will and Testament
- 24 Minutes to Tulse Hill
- Rubbish
- Re-Educating Rita
- Say It With Flowers
- Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
- Sheriff Fatman
- A Prince in a Pauper's Grave
- Sealed With a Glasgow Kiss
- Shoppers' Paradise
- Bloodsport for All
- A Perfect Day to Drop the Bomb
- Alternate Alf Garnett
- Bedsitter
- R.S.P.C.E.
- Rent
- Billy's Smart Circus
- G.I. Blues
The Drum Machine Years, Volume 2
Released 2010- Million Years B.C.
- The Music That Nobody Likes
- Mid Day Crisis
- Cheer Up It Might Never Happen
- Stuff the Jubilee!
- A Bachelor for Bayden Powell
- Spoilsports Personality of the Year
- Suicide Isnt Painless
- Being Here
- Evil
- Sing Fat Lady Sing
- Travis
- Lean on Me and I Wont Fall Over
- Lenny and Terence
- Under the Thumb and Over the Moon
- Interlude 1
- Interlude 2
- 1993
- Is Wrestling Fixed?
- The Only Living Boy in New Cross
- Suppose You Gave a Funeral and Nobody Came
- England
- Do Re Me So Far So Good
- Look Mum No Hands!
- While You Were Out
- Skywest and Crooked
- The Impossible Dream
- A Nation of Shoplifter
- Panic
- Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
- This Is How Is Feels
- After the Watershed
You Fat Bastard (The Anthology)
Released 2007- Surfin' USM
- Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill
- After the Watershed (Early Learning the Hard Way)
- Rent
- Shoppers' Paradise
- Midnight on the Murder Mile
- The Young Offender's Mum
- Always the Bridesmaid Never the Bride
- Lenny and Terrence
- Let's Get Tattoos
- Johnny Cash
- England
- Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
- R.S.P.C.E.
- A Prince in a Pauper's Grave
- This Is How It Feels
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Everything
- Falling on a Bruise
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
Released 2000- Sheriff Fatman
- Rubbish
- After the Watershed
- Surfin' USM
- Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
- Shopper's Paradise
- Billy Smart's Circus
- Bloodsport for All
- The Only Living Boy in New Cross
- Suppose You Gave a Funeral and Nobody Came
- Do Re Mi So Far So Good
- Stuff the Jubilee
- A Bachelor for Baden Powell
- Sing Fat Lady Sing
- Lean on Me, I Won't Fall Over
- Let's Get Tattoos
- Airplane Food
- Senile Delinquent
- God, St. Peter and the Guardian Angel
- The Young Offender's Mum
Live!
Released 2000- 24 Minutes from Tulse Hill (Norwich Waterfront 26/4/92)
- Rubbish (Norwich Waterfront 26/4/92)
- Do Re Me (So Far So Good) (Norwich Waterfront 26/4/92)
- Anytime Anyplace Anywhere (Norwich Waterfront 26/4/92)
- A Prince in a Paupers Grave (Norwich Waterfront 26/4/92)
- A Perfect Day To Drop The Bomb (Glastonbury Festival 26/6/92)
- Say It With Flowers (XFM 13/6/93)
- Rent (XFM 13/6/93)
- Cheer Up, It Might Never Happen (Portsmouth Guildhall 19/10/93)
- The Taking of Peckham 123 (Portsmouth Guildhall 19/10/93)
- Lenny and Terence (Portsmouth Guildhall 19/10/93)
- Suicide Isn't Painless (Portsmouth Guildhall 19/10/93)
- Growing Old Disgracefully
- Elvis Lives And CarterBreakAmerica
- Airplane Food
- Let's Get Tatoos
- The Model
Starry Eyed and Bollock Naked (A Collection of B-Sides)
Released 1998- Is This the Only Way to Get Through to You?
- Granny Farming in the UK
- R.S.P.C.E
- Twin Tub With Guitar
- Alternative Alf Garnett
- Re Educating Rita
- 2001: A Clockwork Orange
- The 90's Revival
- A Nation of Shoplifters
- Watching the Big Apple Turn Over
- Turn On, Tune In and Switch Off
- When Thesauruses Ruled the Earth
- Bring on the Girls!
- Always the Bridesmaid Never the Bride
- Her Song
- Commercial Fucking Suicide
- Stuff the Jubilee! (1977)
- Glam Rock Cops
Worry Bomb
Released 1995- Cheap 'n' Cheesy
- Airplane Food / Airplane Fast Food
- The Young Offender's Mum
- Gas (man)
- The Life and Soul of the Party Dies
- My Defeatist Attitude
- Worry Bomb
- Senile Delinquent
- Me and Mr. Jones
- Let's Get Tattoos
- Going Straight
- God, Saint Peter and the Guardian Angel
- The Only Looney Left in Town
- Ceasefire
Post Historic Monsters
Released 1993- 2 Million Years B.C.
- The Music That Nobody Likes
- Mid Day Crisis
- Cheer Up, It Might Never Happen
- Stuff The Jubille!
- A Bachelor For Baden Powell
- Spoilsports Personality Of The Year
- Suicide Isn't Painless
- Being Here
- Evil
- Commercial Fucking Suicide Part 1
- Sing Fat Lady Sing
- Travis
- Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over
- Lenny And Terence (Sexy Daytime Radio Mix)
- Under The Thumb And Over The Moon
BBC Live in Concert 1991-94
- Intro - Jon Beast (1991.11.07 Kilburn National)
- Surfin' Usm (1991.11.07 Kilburn National)
- Midnight on the Murder Mile (1991.11.07 Kilburn National)
- Sheriff Fatman (1991.01.19 Wembley Arena)
- The 90s Revival (1991.11.07 Kilburn National)
- This Is How It Feels (1991.11.07 Kilburn National)
- Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill (1992.06.26 Glastonbury)
- Good Grief Charlie Brown (1992.06.26 Glastonbury)
- Look Mum, No Hands! (1992.06.26 Glastonbury)
- While You Were Out (1992.06.26 Glastonbury)
- A Prince in a Paupers Grave (1992.06.26 Glastonbury)
- After the Watershed (1992.06.26 Glastonbury)
- Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (1992.04.26 Norwich Sound City)
- Another Brick in the Wall (1992.04.26 Norwich Sound City)
- Lean on Me I Won't Fall Over (1994.12.01 Reading University)
- Bring on the Girls (1992.04.26 Norwich Sound City)
- The Music That Nobody Likes (1994.12.01 Reading University)
- The Only Living Boy in New Cross (1994.12.01 Reading University)
- Rubbish (1994.12.01 Reading University)
- The Young Offender's Mum (1994.12.01 Reading University)
- Commercial Fucking Suicide Part 1 (1994.07.15 Phoenix Festival)
- Everybody's Happy Nowadays (1994.07.15 Phoenix Festival)
1991-11-07: Wham Bam!: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK
- Surfin' USM
- Midnight on the Murder Mile
- Rubbish
- Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
- My Second to Last Will and Testament
- Re-educating Rita
- Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
- Say It With Flowers
- A Prince in a Pauper's Grave
- Sheriff Fatman
- After the Watershed
- Shoppers' Paradise
- The 90's Revival
- Bloodsport for All
- This Is How It Feels
- A Perfect Day to Drop the Bomb
Straw Donkey... The Singles
- A Sheltered Life
- Sheriff Fatman
- Rubbish
- Anytime Anyplace Anywhere
- Bloodsport for All
- After the Watershed (Early Learning the Hard Way)
- The Only Living Boy in New Cross
- Do Re Me So Far So Good
- The Impossible Dream
- Lean on Me I Won't Fall Over
- Lenny and Terence
- Glam Rock Cops
- Let's Get Tattoos
- The Young Offender's Mum
- Airplane Food
- Born on the 5th of November
Suppose You Gave A Funeral And Nobody Came
Shit face, rat turd, ass lickin' son of a bitch
Go ahead you fucking sadist
Pucker up and kiss the babies
Kiss 'em till they die of rabies
Get your tits out for the ladies
Summoned home from Barcelona
Another day, another donor
Two submissions or a coma
Gutterpressville, Arizona
Follow that ambulance
And when that ambulance stops
Take every photo opportunity
That knocks
Because you're popular you're beautiful
The whole world knows your name
But suppose you gave a funeral
And nobody came
Here's the church
Here's the steeple
Open the doors
Where's all the people?
Light up the sky with sub-standard fireworks
Release the pitbull doves of peace
I've changed my mind about the mindless violence
I'm happy doing porridge
With the knowledge that at least
You may be popular and you're beautiful
The whole world knows your name
But today you gave a funeral
And nobody came
Here's the church
Here's the steeple
Open the doors
