― Tom, Thursday, 9 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― cw, Thursday, 9 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― WESSEX, Sunday, 12 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― David Sim, Monday, 13 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
PS Hi Mark, in case you ever read this!
― alex thomson, Tuesday, 14 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― fulya, Tuesday, 26 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Captain Adams, Friday, 29 December 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Boyflea, Tuesday, 9 January 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― John McGhee, Tuesday, 9 January 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
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― o.munoz, Thursday, 18 January 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Carl horton, Saturday, 20 January 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 7 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Harry McIntyre, Wednesday, 28 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
horrible vile sing a long indie wank, indie karoake for the worst type of student twats.
their disgusting fans with long sleeve white shirts, with blue jeans jeans and doctor martin boots, dancing like pricks whenever their wanky tunes were played... what a horrid sight in the lasy year of my uni days in 1991.
i lumped carterusm in win the crappy indie Neds Atomic Dustbin, except I called them Neds Automatic in the Dustbin. Both bands shared the same risible fan bases, and pathetic approach to music, crappy guitars with no depth or texture over simpleton lyrics sung in annoying vocal styles.
Count me in with Neil Kulkarni, Jonathan Selzer and Simon Reynolds for giving them a good kicking. CarterUSM music utter shite indie band at the very worst.
Why did anyone need them?
― DJ Martian, Wednesday, 28 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Patrick, Wednesday, 28 March 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
cheers.
― dave, Monday, 9 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
x0x0
― NoRMaN FaY, Saturday, 14 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
NO! I've got it! They were funny, and also easy to imitate.
― Doctor Bob, Monday, 16 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Leigh, Monday, 4 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The lyrics were marvellous, the play on words even better.
If you couldnt get on to them, its not our problem FUCKWITS.
― al warner, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i must admit, for a while it all seemed like charming nonsense, and i even went to see them live in 1991, but after a while it got to be like sitting in a pub with one of those people who just spout an endless stream of quotes from the fast show and monty python.
they think they're really funny. they're really really not.
and then they hire a drummer and expect to be taken seriously? hello? you've been making us wish for someone with a big gun to come and put us out of our misery for the last three years and now you want us to reevaluate you as serious artists? "piss off" we said, and do you know what? piss off they did.
at least the sultans of ping had the decency to disappear without any fuss.
― kevan, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― stu, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gB, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(sorry if this posts twice - got an error.)
― Dave225, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― macca, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Some people are far too cynical, and just associate them with bad student indie discos. Fucking snobs.
It may sound crude, it might even not be very "textured", but the songs are simple brilliance.
― Phil H, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 24 August 2002 22:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 24 August 2002 22:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 24 August 2002 22:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 24 August 2002 22:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 24 August 2002 22:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
only living boy in new cross + their cover of rent have been two of my favourite drunken karaoke moments of the year, so classic.
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 8 September 2003 08:08 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.iludicrous.co.uk/
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 8 September 2003 08:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 8 September 2003 10:23 (twenty years ago) link
I read about a band in South East 23I thought it was me I thought it was meRiding around on a 68 busI thought it was us, I thought it was usI phoned Steve Lamacq and said who do you meanHe said Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
[...]
And if we came up with such tortuous rhymesWe'd be Carter the Unstoppable Sex Mashyne
:)
― OleM (OleM), Monday, 8 September 2003 11:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 8 September 2003 11:38 (twenty years ago) link
― pASHMINA (Pashmina), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leon Jones Reynolds (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:26 (eighteen years ago) link
naar-na-NAAR-na-na-na-naar-na-NAAR ... o god
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
"ONE TWO THREE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD..."
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, i was there at this. The YFB was going on all day. DeLaSoul were brilliant in response..
Trugoy: "You fat what? Yeah? Well, you can all kiss my BIG! FAT! ASSS!!!"
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 16 December 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― dogbottomley, Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zora (Zora), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zora (Zora), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2005 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
CLASSIC
― Dan Durling, Friday, 30 December 2005 05:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 30 December 2005 07:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Durling, Friday, 30 December 2005 08:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Friday, 30 December 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
― byebyepride, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
― ailsa, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
― ailsa, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
― ailsa, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
― ailsa, Monday, 14 May 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
― energy flash gordon, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 10:04 (sixteen years ago) link
― ledge, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:09 (sixteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:10 (sixteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:14 (sixteen years ago) link
― ledge, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link
― Alan, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
― 696, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:30 (sixteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:31 (sixteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:46 (sixteen years ago) link
― 696, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:53 (sixteen years ago) link
― energy flash gordon, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 08:54 (sixteen years ago) link
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 09:41 (sixteen years ago) link
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 11:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Falling back in love w/these dudes thx to video streaming service. The only living boy in new cross is really fucking great.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 3 August 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
Goddamnit I just choked up a little listening to it again
― click here to start exploding (ledge), Saturday, 3 August 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
The summary of Reading 91 upthread makes me wish I could have been there :(
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 3 August 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
The first and only time I ever crowdsurfed was to Carter, at one of their reunion gigs. I was over 30 at the time. It was a beautiful moment.
― click here to start exploding (ledge), Saturday, 3 August 2013 12:45 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I'm on a YouTube binge tonight, haven't listened to them in forever. They sound really contemporary, at least if your reference points are M.I.A. and Sleigh Bells.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 18 November 2013 03:46 (ten years ago) link
Carter USM In Session with Steve Lamacq
On Friday 7 November 2014, Carter USM will be playing their final ever radio session before calling it a day, at the legendary Maida Vale Studios for the Steve Lamacq Show. We have 108 pairs of tickets for this exclusive event. You can register for tickets at any time until Friday 24 October at 7pm. Anyone attending this show under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult 18 years or older.
You can register for tickets at any time until Friday 24 October at 7pm.
Anyone attending this show under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult 18 years or older.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Once the registration period has closed successful applicants will receive one of the final pairs of tickets to see Carter USM. All other shows on Carter USM's final tour have sold out, so this really is the final opportunity to see the band. Anyone lucky enough to attend is invited and encouraged to wear their old band T-shirt to see the show! Date: Friday 7 November Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London Doors open: 5.30pm
To enter the random draw, visit : http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/carter_usm_7nov14
― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
These guys - such an early 90's anomaly
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 17 April 2015 08:57 (nine years ago) link
Their best stuff can be pretty devastating for all its archness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Lv0wAvCHM
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 17 April 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
still shite
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:02 (nine years ago) link
I still wonder why "all their songs are about politics" was a bad thing. was it because pretty much every cunt who used to slag them off for that is now a centrist dad at best?
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 7 October 2023 03:22 (six months ago) link
stunned that they weren't a barenaked ladies side project
i mean, you chose that band name and now you're the kind of band that chose that name
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 November 2023 04:51 (four months ago) link