"Sheriff Fatman" is a single by
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as Carter USM or simply Carter) were an English indie rock band formed in 1987 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les " Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style ...
, released in 1989, and featuring on the album ''
101 Damnations''. The track is probably their best-known original composition.
NME rates Sheriff Fatman as No 1 in their list of Carter USM songs
/ref> The lyrics rail against slum landlords and their intimidatory tactics used against tenants, and include references to Nicholas van Hoogstraten (referred to as "Nicholas van what's his face") and Peter Rachman, as well as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie
Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...
. "Sheriff Fatman" featured on the influential 1990 Madchester
Madchester was a musical and cultural scene that developed in the English city of Manchester in the late 1980s, closely associated with the indie dance scene. Indie-dance (sometimes referred to as indie-rave) saw artists merging indie musi ...
compilation album '' Happy Daze''.
Track listings
*CD USMCD1 12" VINYL ABB100T
#"Sheriff Fatman"
#"R.S.P.C.E."
#"Twin Tub With Guitar"
#"Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 wh ...
)
Charts
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Lyrics and chords
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1989 singles
1989 songs
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine songs
Songs about landlords