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was born. Jim Bob and Les Carter had known each other since the late 1970s, when their bands The
Ballpoints (featuring Jim on vocals) and Dead Clergy (Les on bass and vocals) used to rehearse at the same studio behind Streatham station. When The Ballpoints' bassist quit at the end of 1980, Carter
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