Jim Fry is a visual artist, evergreen pop conceptualist and strategist with the glam-shock combo Earl Brutus (1994 – 2005) post-millennial pop-modernists The Pre New (both with ex-World of Twister Gordon King) and in 2020 joined forces with fellow snarkitect and accomplice in pop-culture deconstruction Luke Haines (The Auteurs/Black Box Recorder/Baader Meinhof) on the radio play Test Driving the New Prius.