Jim Bob

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Jim Bob
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Jim Bob performing at The Garage, 2010
Background information
Born
James Robert Morrison
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Years active1978–present
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Formerly of
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James Robert Morrison, [1] known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author. He was lead singer of 1990s indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. [2] Writing both as J.B. Morrison [3] and under the name Jim Bob, he has written six novels, two volumes of memoir and published a lyric collection.

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Biography

The album Pop Up Jim Bob was released on Cherry Red Records in August 2020, peaking on the official UK album chart at number 26. Jim Bob's 13th solo album, Who Do We Hate Today, was released on Cherry Red Records on 20 August 2021 and reached 34 in the UK album charts, his second top-40 solo LP. His 14th solo album, Thanks For Reaching Out was released on Cherry Red Records in June 2023 and peaked at number 9 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [4]

Morrison released his autobiography, Goodnight Jim Bob: On the Road with Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, in 2004. [5] His debut novel, Storage Stories, which took six years to write, was released [6] on the day of a UK general election, 6 May 2010, by Ten Forty Books.

Solo discography

All releases credited as Jim Bob unless otherwise stated. See Carter USM and Jamie Wednesday for those bands' discographies.

Albums
TitleYearPeak
UK albums [4] 		Peak
UK Ind [4]
Goodnight Jim Bob2003
Angelstrike2004
School2006
A Humpty Dumpty Thing2007
Goffam2009
What I Think About When I Think About You [7] 2013
Jim Bob Sings Again2016
National Treasure (Live At The Shepherd's Bush Empire)2018
Pop Up Jim Bob2020265
Who Do We Hate Today2021344
The Essential202214
Thanks for Reaching Out [8] 2023949
Stick20253
Automatic20255

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Goodnight Jim Bob... on the road". Drowned in Sound. 2 February 2003. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Jim Bob Biography". Allmusic . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "J.B. Morrison". Pan Macmillan. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "JIM BOB Hits". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Jarvis, Toby (23 July 2004). "Book Review: Jim Bob - Goodnight Jimbob: On The Road With Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drowned in Sound.
  6. ↑ Britcher, Chris (25 May 2012). "Carter USM's Jim Bob on reunions, money and an artistic dilemma". Kentnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Male, Howard (1 November 2013). "CD review: Jim Bob, What I Think About… (The Ten Forty Sound)". Independent.
  8. ↑ Roy, David (30 June 2023). "Noise Annoys: Rory Nellis & Philip Watts d'Alton, Neil Brogan, Problem Patterns and Jim Bob". The Irish News . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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