Carter U.S.M. - Sheriff Fatman

[@danielbrown1366]

90's - we ventured out with mates mid-week mixed with those older than us, laughed and smoked, bought cigs from pull-out drawers, Johnny's in Ferrari boxes, smoked at our tables, went to work the following day... soon is Friday, Saturday and Sunday... then look up because we had quiz on Tuesday, pool on Wenesday, music quiz on Thursday and then....... Friday, Saturday and Sunday.... repeat....... 90's, what a great time to be alive😂

[@SuperChrisDub]

Pretty much the same as me. Clubbing flu On Monday, then suicide Tuesday so pub after work was a permanent fixture. come Friday, serotonin was replenished enough to do it all again. Ah,those really were the days.

[@ghostdemon7936]

Good times!

[@joedent3323]

@@danielbrown1366 you truly were a double-doirty bastaad.

[@marcbriggs7726]

I lost my Brother a few weeks back, he was 49. He used to love Carter ❤ Guys, never suffer in silence. There's always help out there and so many people willing to help if only you let them. You are never. And I'll repeat that, you are never alone. Look after yourselves and party like its the 90's still! 😎

[@rascalw.492]

;) Nice words bud.. ty. Hope you are ok mate.

[@marcbriggs7726]

@@rascalw.492 thank you for asking fella, getting there 👍

[@rascalw.492]

@@marcbriggs7726 Been going throgh it myself as of late bud so yea.. ya words resonated m8. Stay strong yea ;) 💪

[@jagomae.]

Same , much love n time , no words more than that what you’ve said ✨💕

[@marcbriggs7726]

@@rascalw.492 100% mate, thank you for taking the time out to send a reply! Things do get easier 🙂

[@csperry2802]

This is the second of my three funeral songs.

[@nathanbennett1711]

Same!! White man in Hammersmith is first. What is yours?

[@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor]

What's the others?

[@prasiet1]

@@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor Going underground The Jam One Metallica. Time to say goodbye Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman

[@csperry2802]

@@nathanbennett1711 It's cheesy, but I very much want to come in to Meatloaf.

[@csperry2802]

@@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor Number one is Meatloaf, Bat Out Of Hell. Three is Ozzy Osbourne, No More Tears.

[@adz68]

This takes me back to 89 what a year that was accciìiiiddddd 🙂🙂🙂

[@nickunderwood6175]

🎉

[@jacquelineturtle9516]

50 this year and I can’t live without certain tunes from my childhood soundtrack!

[@postiepaul]

I’m effing 70 and this always makes me smile.

[@wayneharper3866]

50 next year myself

[@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor]

Just turned 40 and it was a sore one. But hey ho

[@richardneedham13]

Got nicked trying to rob the cassette single in Tower records Piccadilly Circus in '91! Good old days ;)

[@sicks6six]

today you and 50 of your mates would go in and take all the cassettes and walk out like you owned the place, times have changed a tad,

[@waxeater112]

i grew up in a rented house, our landlord was a prick and would have suprise visits to our house cos he thought my ma was doin drugs bc she was mentally ill, and everytime he left she'd blast this song and we'd dance around our tiny moldy living room, miss those days

[@waxeater112]

he then evicted us cos my ma lost her job n couldnt pay rent

[@LeoHodges]

@@waxeater112that’s a shame, the landlord sounds like a bastard.

[@Vengerthefellhound]

Jesus man, talk about painting a picture. Sounds a bit like my upbringing

[@joedent3323]

Thats fucking Grim.

[@Dubliner812]

❤

[@poppymeowmeow52]

One of the most underrated bands ever. Simply brilliant!

[@sethsergent9896]

100%

[@AfterBurner369]

The best band in the world …… ever 👏👏

[@jock2109]

Saw these Newcastle 1995 supported by These Animal Men #class

[@RighteousBrother]

I think they're rated about right.

[@leekidman6128]

Hang on didn’t I say that at the time? I’ll check my diary 📔

[@misha-jz4yx]

Never gets old this song, and sadly as relevant as it's ever been

[@MikeDavidson-hi6nm]

I literally only seen this song like maybe twice and I'm American Amd after being homeless now I can relate a bit I read about who the songs about 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@Sarah-bell]

Oh bring back Carter and my youth, ♥

[@simonhunter3430]

i never really knew carter in my youth, give or take one or two singles. wish i had

[@wolflair3329]

Carter's a possibility but your youth, that's a tough one.

[@Sarah-bell]

@@wolflair3329. ha ha so true but I still remember every word that's something well past 30 something

[@mainadonaldson]

Some of the best semi-live pogo fests IN HISTORY!

[@Peter.Charles]

They’re back.

[@shauntaylor9251]

There wasn't any other band like Carter USM about , there never will be either

[@dietmarrosner3676]

Habe ich in den 90 ziger Jahren mehrmals live erlebt! Party Leute!!!

[@JRA73]

I haven't heard this tune for an age, brilliant! 😎

[@davidwallace4665]

Jim bob was a masterfull song writer and although he got great success but could have been bigger but was only on TOTP very seldom and same with the Radio to a few of his big hits. I was 15 when i came accoss Carter and im 45 now. For me he never wrote a bad song and i also was a member of Carters fan group. So underestimated this Band in everyway possible.

[@RavenWillliams]

My childhood is filled with memories of my dad showing me incredible songs like this, and being from the village EMF come from im obviously a huge fan of this as well 2024 rolls on, I’m 20 in a few months and I’m now dedicated to sorting myself out.

[@bombus2660]

Don't do that mate! 😂

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Cinderford was a town when I lived around there :)

[@westonhuffman7908]

Wonderful 1989 classic!

[@CizzReal]

I'm so glad my dad showed me bands like this growing up

[@I_am_Lisa-Liza]

I used to dance with these two at the Venue New Cross in the 80's. Happy memories!

[@thecamerastoreguy1233]

Carter at the old New cross Venue, are amongst the best gigs I ever went to, really miss those days.😊

[@simonoreilly3090]

I drove a band from the Venue to Lewisham/Catford area in my taxi after a gig, and memory fails me but it was definitely either these guys or Ned's Atomic Dustbin. The stand-out feature was that they were playing their instruments in the back with the windows down! Anyone know which band lived in southeast London in 1990/1991?

[@petemillis4666]

I was born in Leigh on Sea and I'm chuffed to bits that Carter used this for Lyon C

[@Peteroranje]

So damn good still today.

[@williamhenderson8608]

When you come up with a line like more aliases than Klaus Barbie the master butcher of Leigh on Sea take the rest of the day off and go to the pub it ain't getting any better

[@byronstead4498]

No, finish off the song with some of the greatest lyrics of all times. Then go to the pub

[@nevilleneville6518]

Took me about 5 years before I "got" the Butcher of Leigh on Sea part.....fantastic lyric.

[@oddballsok]

not Leigh on Sea but Lyon C(entral), Klaus B.

[@darrengadd5050]

@@nevilleneville6518 i don’t get it,only recently discovered this song

[@nevilleneville6518]

@@darrengadd5050 So, Klaus Barbie was a nazi war criminal nicknamed "The Butcher of Lyon." After WW2 he was protected and employed by American and German intelligence services as an anti-communist agent. As Sherriff Fatman has a number of false identities, he has "more aliases than Klaus Barbie." Leigh-on-Sea is a British seaside town where Fatman operates, the "Butcher of Leigh on Sea" being a play on words for the Butcher of Lyon.

[@davymaclean8481]

Listening to this on the juke box in the NAAFI at JLR Regt RCT/RAOC in 1991 at the age of 16 and now wondering where the fuck the time/years have gone and why I have an HGV medical next month as I'm then 45 to those of us rapidly approaching middle age I salute you!

[@darrenhitchin8299]

ex Welsh Guards here but i left around when you joined.........I lost the same years brother

[@davymaclean8481]

@@darrenhitchin8299 Sadly time and tide wait for no man but those of us that stood up and signed on the dotted line will always be epic!

[@darrenhitchin8299]

@@davymaclean8481 and the many MANY memories we have of our time brother

[@0Shiznit0]

Same I'm now 45 with 6 kids in full time employment but sometimes wonder how I survived the 90s best times of my life

[@danielpearson9432]

I was a JL R Sigs at AAC Harrogate when this came out I feel you brother where the fuck did the years go!!

[@NicHills]

Bought this back in the day and still know all the lyrics.... takes me back to my mosh pit days... CARTER FOREVER!!!

[@johnbarker8305]

A fun poppy dance hit with a genuine social message! Wow!

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

John Barker Carter USM are missed 😭

[@MoggieW-cf5hk]

This was first song I heard that made me appreciate the intelligence of some lyrics

[@marcia7115]

Saw them at Market Tavern in Kidderminster in 91ish loved them since. Whenever I move house I open the windows and blast this at Gas Mark 9. No reason I just fuckin love this song.✌️ by😊

[@antonynoon5325]

Takes me back to when I was 15.. must have drove my mum mental constantly playing this on the tape deck

[@bradleyclarke4432]

The razor sharp lyrics of a great rapper delivered through a new age punk sound Go buy a van live in it where that oversized knitted jumper from red cross and crank this one up, good stuff

[@louiseoliver3453]

As I am looking for a new place to rent this song seems more relevant than ever

[@domijean8023]

Saw them at a YMCA gig in Essex. Bought their tshirt "101 Damnations" with lots of black spots on it. Even got recognized in Greece zakynthos ! 🤣🤣❤

[@johnwinton2209]

I had never heard of this until I did a tour of the Falklands in the services. Someone put it on their workout tape and ... wow! What a tune. I am a huge music lover and I still get a thrill when I hear this, and I am over 60.

[@johnny5805]

You're still younger than the members of Carter 🙂

[@absstevens7464]

Wow, as you kill for Queen and country you listen to this!

[@karlbarker2912]

bass and a drum machine.... and some poetry..... its all you need :)

[@NowInAus]

Social poetry. Pure gold

[@simonhunter3430]

i'm just discovering carter USM. Lucky me :)

[@heathmellor3635]

I saw CUSM 3 times in Leeds n I can close my eyes n I'm there believe me they were fantastic Heath

[@lordbungle6235]

As an old fart from back in the day, it's frightening how much of this is still relevant.

[@syrusbark]

What a tune. Fucking memories make me cry for these days

[@RichardQuadling]

Welcome to the club. I think there should be a law that stops bands from retiring.

[@mattiemclean9882]

They were fucking great times for sure. The NME would champion bands like this and with good reason. 1988 to 1994 were golden years

[@syrusbark]

@@mattiemclean9882 wish I could go back to those days

[@jamestracey5958]

As Liamo says we only get to do it once, man I was one lucky bastard I fucking ripped the head off of the nineties

[@scottde-walden2760]

Same here. This sort of stuff reminds me of mountain biking when it was cool and drinking K cider in the woods with my mates ,hunting magic mushrooms and just laughing all day with not a care in the world ❤️ The secret is to do these things now still with the same mates you had back then 💪🏽❤️💪🏽

[@marywinnifred9242]

They played this every night in my local Indie club and each time I'd thoroughly enjoy the lyrics. Fantastic.

[@sambunting9127]

Ashamed to say I’d never heard this until recently! And when I’m listening to it I’m saying in my head “this might be the greatest song ever” haha.

[@purplewoodencustard]

Takes me straight back to a time and place that will forever be etched in my mind, and how amazing that through music for a split second it can be revisited and the whole experience of that era burns bright once more. Brilliant song brilliant times

[@stephenfarmer8693]

The Limbs……..always a great night out,top band,top tunes.What a time to be going to gigs

[@SlySgaile]

Still remember my dad showing them to me somewhat 20+ years ago. Stumbled over them randomly again and now i at least understand the lyrics :'D

[@bikespip]

Pure political poetry, try and get a hard copy of the words, it reads like poetry, first class word’s of its day and today, not much changes, Flash him a smile and he will take your teeth as a deposit…. im 56 and remember this from way back, and to be honest the words can be now...I give you sheriff fat man.....

[@AfterBurner369]

Same as that. I'm 59 🙊 First saw them at Glasto '92, probably saw them another 10 times after that. Never been to a bad Carter gig.

[@johnshort5003]

why does words get an apostrophe?

[@jonwhite6144]

@@AfterBurner369 I'm sure they played in the day on the pyramid stage

[@jonwhite6144]

Definitely more Sheriff Fat Men, around, lol

[@shandywarhol4444]

I dont know much about Carter, but had this on a compilation tape.... It reminds me of my grandma dying.... Not as bad as you may think, coz from my grandma dying, of lung xancer, i then remember my brilliant grandma. Thanks Carter, and god bless... Kx

[@nickunderwood6175]

🎉

[@ronmckenzie2096]

What a tune..... good to be alive! x

[@grandmasterofdisasterfoodi2882]

Discovered carter USM today !!!!

[@jacobsfoodreview]

I was at the Madness live show that Carter talk so fondly about hahaha........the early 80s were epic...

[@danielglenn941]

So many memories of their gigs 😅

[@glennchaisty4179]

1st band I saw live. Straw donkey tour early 90’s then was lucky enough to get “who’s the daddy now tour” there 1st of many comeback tours. I hope one day they will get together again the youth of the generation needs these guys

[@craigfoulkes]

Bought post historic monsters from a second hand record shop and loved it. Many years later I get into ferocious dog and find that Les was playing in the band. Love both bands. What a joy.

[@jrmarcus]

I saw them open for EMF at Aragon Ballroom in Chicago almost 30 years ago.

[@bombus2660]

God Bless the early 90s

[@taracharlton7763]

My first job as an 18 yr old was working in the local jobcentre. Back in the day when u lined up with yr UB40 card to sign on. So many references in this song to the terms we used. NFA's were no fixed aboders, the Prince of Wales Enterprise Allowance Scheme was the latest initiative and we signed up many people to it. Job was shite, but by god the music of the era was amazeballs. Happy Days! 🤪 x

[@DD-ev2dt]

Remember seeing Carter @ Reading Festival back in early 90s classic gig "Sheriff fatman" classic 👌.

[@stuartgiles9541]

Remembering their Reading appearance. Bank of monitors, and massive sound. A great gig. RIP John Fat Beast.

[@davidsterckx7358]

I love this song. My late brother sneered at the vocal delivery.

[@JohnChellew-hn9yb]

Not often a week goes by without me getting sheriff fatmans baseline and the old "moving up on second base" lines stuck in my head !!!!! I love the unstoppable sex machine 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ekgill]

Saw Carter at Canterbury Uni back in the day, top band.

[@chris.fyourman2648]

This is a very important song, as well as being superb

[@simongrist4871]

This was always one of my Friday night going out tunes...brilliant

[@stephentowers9209]

Big Yes Yes, ain't listened to Carter for a while and just like every time they still give me a tingle Nice

[@revolutiondjs101]

Desperately trying to find the first 3 albums on vinyl. Had my 30 Something CD signed by everyone after a concert in Hollywood. My mate jumped up on stage, sang to this chorus quickly and dove off over me to a parting sea of bodies and hit the floor hard as Fruitbat shook his head with a look of "you plunker" on his face. Brilliant

[@rorycruickshank1390]

I was right at the front with a friend when the rush to the front started, and protected him from getting crushed. Fruitbat noticed and gave us beers.

[@seebarry4068]

I remember buying 30 something just cos I liked the cover. Great album.

[@campbellgraham1979]

I’ve took a gamble on many an album based purely on the artwork. Something the digital generation will just never understand.

[@jorobinson8835]

Such a fantastic song, that brings back amazing memories of me and my sister dancing to this like nutters

[@artfuldodger2740]

from Brighton, and yeah, i met Nick once or twice. joke pretend gangster. gj Carter

[@fuktifinoy]

Nick who ??? 🤣

[@stephentowers9209]

Quality track and band, really amazing how music takes you back, Carter really does put me right back in the mix love it

[@chriss1587]

I remember seeing Carter USM at the Bletchley Counterpoint and counted a massive 9 people at the front of the stage, good times!

[@rodrigoundaa]

When i was a teen, I found their blue CD... and in that era people say that if you put a cd in the frezeer for a night it would sound better.... till today it sounds great!!!

[@philipptailor8457]

Summer 91 at a beach campsite somewhere in south of france, the sun was shining endlessly,, the smell of pine trees and grass in the salty atlantic air, we spent the days building walls out of empty bottles and the warm nights under a bright starry sky listening to the almighty sound mixed from waves and „30 Something“…

[@garethb4540]

Every time I hear this I know I’m where I want to be. Listening, dancing, doing something good/bad. Love them.

[@AndiesJourneys]

This song always reminds me of an ex boyfriend who I met at a Carter USM gig back in the 90s.

[@rickywatkins3238]

This was the era for great live bands Carter USM, Echobelly, Shed 7, Gene & Many more

[@rûdemodmen]

懐かしい。初来日LIVE観に行った。

[@markhowards420]

I know this song so well I don’t need to play it anymore. But I still do 😁❤️👌

[@nathanbennett1711]

Beautiful! Its all I can say ❤️

[@panchowheeler4122]

ooohh,,, bring back the 90s,,,, we were there ,,we knew what we were all about,,,, gd times,,,all day every day

[@shandywarhol4444]

This is an awesome track.... Lyrical genius.... Just so under-rated, and truly great.... All the best songs are IMO. Kxxxx

[@Liofa73]

Classic 90s Anthem...

[@grahamfuray2106]

1001 damnations...best album ever....me thinx..or is it you ?

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

61 AND MY DAUGHTER RANDOMLY MENTIONED THIS BANGER TODAY.

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

A COMMENT ON BRITAIN THAT ALL PARTIES MADE GOOD ON

[@wayneharper3866]

From northern Ireland so feeling your pain but also your heart,

[@matthewdixon9101]

How has this so few views? saw them in Hull back in the day.

[@Wotaboutyee]

Just found this group like this wee song of theirs

[@trexncome3768]

This song brings me right back to 1997!

[@dellablair8514]

Saw Carter at the Event in Brighton back in 1991, very happy memories of that gig with my friend and I daring one another to stage dive off the balcony into the crowd below...crazy times.

[@MichaelDavidson-p1f]

Lol some those blokes just did a leap of faith in the crowd looks like they did it all unscripted love it!!!!

[@beebsblue]

Anyone listening to this in 2021?

[@johnwinton2209]

No... 2022!

[@in5linesofcodeorless552]

No 2023

[@steveturnbull7869]

2024

[@bradleyclarke4432]

Our household of 7 cool heads renting rooms in an HMO Newquay Cornwall have just been issued with a Section 21 eviction order and have 2 months to get out 04/03/2022 as landlord SFM sold the property for development! this tune sums it all up! Its on repeat as i pack my bags

[@TheAverageGuy12]

Ladies and Gentlemen please stand Carter USM just dropped by.

[@cerealkiller4248]

Loved Carter ❤️😎👍

[@pinkpolly88]

Was chatting with some adults in their mid-30s yesterday - they'd never heard of Carter or Sheriff Fatman! What are kids today being taught?!

[@terencemeikle534]

Here's hoping they'll investigate this great band after talking with you. 👍

[@pinkpolly88]

@@terencemeikle534 - I've sent links!

[@alannevin2490]

This song reminds me of when I worked at The Marquee club in the early nineties...I feel old! Great tune though!

[@chris.fyourman2648]

I would swap 3 Carter songs for U2s entire back catalogue. Fantastic band who captured a time and burned bright.

[@db0800]

I wouldn't give you the steam off my piss for any U2 record.

[@frankcairney5523]

I'd swap U2's entire back catalogue for a haemhorroid operation and feel I'd made a profit LOL. But you're right: Carter were excellent!

[@stephenhawkins7594]

Bono is a richard head or plays at being a bell end .but sum of there songs are pure class.its no deal from me ..I'll raise you black Grape Kelly's heroes or big audio dynamite medicine show

[@sammiddleton6619]

Song randomly popped into my head today, no idea why but glad it did

[@elcal9600]

Does anyone know if this was filmed at Reading Uni early 90's? I think I was there...

[@timburke-gaffney5817]

It was indeed, was there too

[@oldpondfrog788]

🦧

[@jarma6075]

Anyone ever figure out who Nicholas can whatshisface is ?

[@terencemeikle534]

van Hoogstraten. Property tycoon. Well worth a look on Wikipedia: he's a fascinating man.

[@lukepollard2202]

Jacob van whats his face❤

[@Levantine68]

Club Boot, Northumbria Students Union unforgettable xxx

[@ΜακαλαΣοσοπου]

Τρομερές βραδιές στα live στο Ρόδον..

[@warszawa7157]

Sheriff Fatman was Nicholas van Hoogstraten

[@gantzdevries5321]

Technically it came out at the end of the 80s !! But definitely has a 90s feel