Abdoujaparov are a punk band formed on 19 October 1998 by ex-Carter USM guitarist Les Carter (aka Fruitbat).
A compilation CD featuring tracks from the first 3 EPs was released by Pop Gun in Australia.
[2] Les and guitarist Richy Crockford have also recorded and toured under the name iDou, which consists of the two playing guitars over a backing track supplied by an iPod Shuffle.
[4] and Les and Richy wrote the music featured in the Xbox live arcade game TotemBall.
The band is named after a professional cyclist Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, from Uzbekistan.