the singer for 'The Cogs of Tyme'. At the time, the group were Billy Childish's favourite band. The band played once a month at the Dirty Water Club in London supporting Thee Headcoats. Around this time, Carruthers was approached by Kember, to join his band Spectrum . Carruthers subsequently recorded an EP with Spectrum and The Silver Apples, and played many dates with Spectrum in 1999, most notably on tour supporting the Flaming Lips. Freelovebabies Freelovebabies is the name Carruthers is releasing his solo work under. The band's gigs include The Dream Machine Festival in Bradfield, Essex, in August 2007, The People's Revolutionary Choir single launch in London and The Dream Machine at The Shakespeare, Sheffield, in October 2007. These gigs featured Ricky Maymi from the Brian Jonestown Massacre on guitar, Joe Woolley on guitar, Mel Draisey from The Clientele on keyboards, Steven Beswick on drums, The Koolaid Electric Company's Dave Griffin on bass and Sam Barrett on percussion. Written in Sand was written by Carruthers and the guitarist Kevin Cowen. It was self-recorded and released by Carruthers in 2001. Home Improvement for Condemned Buildings is the second Freelovebabies album, and was released in 2006. It is available through www.willcarruthers.com. It features Jonny Mattock, Kevin Cowen, Mark Refoy, Fiona McCreath, Jon Wald and Adam Fernie. Carruthers is making a return to live music. He describes his life as being "a peculiar balancing act between artistic endeavour and hard labour". The Brian Jonestown Massacre Circa 2008–2010, Carruthers has been playing bass and touring with the psychedelic band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He has featured on their previous two albums, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? and Aufheben. References External links official Myspace page (including photos and a few free tracks) official Spiritualized website 1967 births Living people English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists People educated at Lawrence Sheriff School Spacemen 3 members Spiritualized members