With a name like Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Top 40 success probably wasn't top of the bands agenda. They were a band for the alternative crowd who formed in the late 80s and made their Top 40 debut in 1991 with "Sheriff Fatman" which was almost 2 years old by that point.
In 1992 they had their most commercially successful year when they topped the album chart with "1992 – The Love Album" and scored their only Top 10 hit to date with "The Only Living Boy In New Cross".
However by the end of the year they found themselves in a position where they were being slated by the critics and their new found success were alienating the purists. Their response in 1993 was the album "Post Historic Monsters" of which this was the 2nd single.
The is a record dissing Lenny Kravitz and Terence Trent D'Arby. Of all the people who's music they could criticise, Lenny Kravtiz and Terence Trent D'Arby seemed a bit of an odd choice. Furthermore it's quite difficult to make out the lyrics of the song.
The album reached a respectable number 5 in the album charts so they clearly still had plenty of people still listening to their music. At the time of writing though, this official video on YouTube has only had 588 views in 4 years.
Several more low charting singles would follow before they called it a day in the late 90s. As with most 90s bands though they have played several reunion gigs over the years.
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