Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including Jamie Wednesday, who were performing between 1984 and 1987.

When The Ballpoints' bassist quit at the end of 1980, Carter joined the band, who than went on to play several gigs under the name Peter Pan's Playground.

A single from the album, "Battling The Bottle", was released with Jim Bob's re-working of the children's song "The Wheels on the Bus" on the B-side.

Jim Bob's next solo record, Goffam, was a semi-concept album about a city in the grip of crime, deserted by its superheroes.

as part of the shows The Return of 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People for two nights at the Bloomsbury Theatre and at Hammersmith Apollo.

His debut novel Storage Stories was released [2] on the day of a UK general election, 6 May 2010, by Ten Forty Books.

The double novel A Godawful Small Affair and Harvey King Unboxes His Family, written under the name J.B. Morrison, was published by Cherry Red Books in March 2020.

Entering the official UK album chart at number 26, it was Jim Bob's first top-30 LP since Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.

Jim Bob's 9th book ‘Where Songs Come From – The Lyrics and Origin Stories of 150 Solo and Carter USM Songs’, in which Jim Bob attempts to explain where his lyrics come from, how they got here, and maybe even why, is published by Cherry Red Books in October 2024.