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Alternative & Pop Punk Music artist from los angeles. New songs free to stream or download, with purchase options starting at $1. Add to your playlist now.

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USELESS

Power punk trio/quartet thats will make you rock and maybe even laugh at the same time.

4 songs
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Harm To Culture Harm To Culture

Original Useless Song Recorded live @ Benny's sisters pad in Highland Park in Oct. 1995. Mike Ahmanson wrote the lyrics while the band collaborated on the music.

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Get Down Get Down

Benny Seigel(guitar,voc),Mike V(drums),Andy Rivera(guitar,voc) and Paul Reyes(bass)perform their love song of the millenium. Right to the point once again benny proves to be a true poet.

Punk

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Rubber Road Rubber Road

Dead Tree song written by Benny and Tony.(I suggested the lengthening of the bridge.)Remember to pack that wille kiddies!

Pop Punk

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Beer Goggles Beer Goggles

Pop Punk

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Formed in 1995 from the ashes of early 90s punk bands Dead Tree, Blade World, and Weedwhore. Useless is a band that refuses to die, even pushing up dirt as we speak. Auditioning drummers or bass players for the next arduous adventure into the Southern California music scene. In 1995, Benny Siegel (guitar and vocals), Mike Villalobos (drums), and Mike Amundson (bass and lead vocal), original members of Useless, started jamming at Mike Vs pad in Eagle Rock Ca. With only original song parts but no complete songs, Benny and Mike A taught Mike V. what was to become Stop Wait Please Dont. After learning some Dead Tree covers and an odd Blade World tune here and there, Useless started to build their catalog of fun and powerful pop punk songs. They also created a reputation for a spontaneous and super-charged live show. Useless has had membership in double figures over the years. Usually performing as a trio, they have been known to employ as many as 10 people on the stage once. One thing remaining a constant in Useless is the duo of Benny and Mike V. Benny takes the songwriting duties while Mike V handles the job of arrangements and musical direction. USELESS DATES AND FACTS 7/95- Useless is born at Mike Vs pad in Eagle Rock. 8/95- Useless Plays its first gig somewhere in Hollywood. 10/95- Useless Records its first demo in Eagle Rock. It contains the songs Stop Wait Please Dont, Rubber Road, Short Blast, Pink Luger, and Batman and clocks in at about 20 minutes. 10/31/95- Useless plays a backyard b-day party opening up for the Hippos. Mike A. tells the mostly high school age crowd well, I was playing punk rock while most of you guys were still shitting your diapers. He wasnt kidding. Mike was close to 40 at the time. 12/95- Mike V and Benny Take time out from Useless to record Bennys song Small at Loyola-Marymount University. Benny has Ally sing and Tom Schelly play bass. 12/30/95- 1/3/96- Useless record their second demo, once again at Mike Vs pad. This one is much Longer at about 12 songs and 50 minutes. It contains all the songs from the first demo plus, Eleanor Braun, Another One, Harm To Culture Freebie, Start, and Geritol Enema 2/96- Useless plays a noontime gig to a big crowd outside the KXLU radio station at Loyola-Marymount University. Mike V wears a tie and is introduced as Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick by Mike A, who is a little too intoxicated. Benny wears a shirt that reads fuck corporate coffee! and the Dean wont let us continue until Benny removes the shirt and Mike A stops cussing! 2/96- Mike A leaves Useless. He goes on to join the seeds.Useeless disbands for the 1st time. 3/96- Andy Rivera replaces Mike A. on bass. Mike V takes on vocal duties along with Benny. 4/96- 7/96- Useless plays first of many gigs with local teen punkers Incomplete 7/96- Useless records another demo to show off new lineup of Benny, Mike and Andy. It contains Short Blast, Shovelin Shit, Beer Goggles, Wasted Rubber Road and Stop Wait, Please, Dont 8/96- Andy leaves Useless for reasons unknown. 11/96- Paul Reyes of Rustic Souls replaces Andy as bassist. Play local gigs with teen punkers Incomplete. 12/96- Andy rejoins Useless for one gig at Leos B-day party. ?/1997- Paul Reyes leaves Useless and is replaced by Paul Saenz. Paul plays drums while Mike V takes over the bass duties. 7/97 Useless plays gig with Dave Drive(of the Gears) and Ralph Lopez Band "Heavy Jumbo" at the Eagles Hall. Mike V is on crutches and way too many painkillers. One of the best Useless gigs to date. 12/97-Useless with Paul Saenz plays yet another Leo Matilla B-day party. Andy Kush gets pulled over for dui and Mike v and Paul have to walk home with bass in hand from Pasadena. 12/97-Paul Saenz leaves Useless for unknown reasons. Paul Reyes rejoins band. 1/98- Useless Sits in for My Head at the last minute to open up for Mike Watt. The Thick Boys also open. 4/98- Andy Rivera rejoins Useless making them a quartet. They record yet another demo with both Andy and Paul. Songs include "Negativity", "Beer Goggles"(with Dale Deaguerro on back ups), "Wasted","Stop,Wait,Please,Don't",Rubber Road", Say What You Want, and others. 5/98- Useless plays as quartet at Bennys B-day party. 7/98-Useless plays backyard punk fest booked by John Goranson. One kid breaks their leg during Useless set. 12/98- Another Leo b-day party. This time without Andy, Who has moved to Vegas. Captain Zero and Gremory open up. 4/1999- Mike Vs B-day Party features every member of Useless except Mike A. (who was invited). 1999- A few gigs for Useless in 99. One highlight is with Mike Watt and Stephen Perkins Banyan and the Tijuana Bibles at Mr. Ts. Paul Reyes also leaves the band again. 2000- George and Maurice joins the band making it a quartet for the second time. 12/31/2000- Andy rejoins Useless for one gig at Kevin Alvarez's Pad and do a 10 song set 2001- Useless(with George and Maurice) plays its last show to date at a bar in Maywood. They open for the Eyelashes 2001- Useless (now Benny, Mike and Maurice) record a demo. It contains Walking Blind, Say What You Want, Indulgence, and Instrumental. 2002- Useless is shelved Benny and Mike play in N.O.S. 4/2004 Useless is looking for musicians to audition. Gig Dates to be announced. 6/2005 Useless is currently trying to convince Sean Antillion( Gears,Wierdos) to join Useless. We jammed once and it went good so we'll see! Until then Mike V is occasionally filling in playing bass for L.A. legends "The Gears" who have Sean on drums and original members Axxel G. Reese and Kidd Spike. 1/2006 Zach Cottrell of Vinson Massif joins Useless on drums. 1/2006 Zach Cottrell is dismissed as drummer due to conflicting schedules. 1/2006 Shawn Antillion joins USELESS. Shows scheduled for Feb-April. 2/17/2006 USELESS plays first gig in 5 years at a gig in Palm Desert W/ x-useless bassists band Cakecutter and Greg Saenz's band Vega, along with The Hellions. 3/2006 USELESS plays gig at an Art Gallery in Highland Park. Truck Stop Girl f/ Sean Antillion and Zander Schloss. 4/15/2006 Useless opens up for the Gears at Mr 's Bowl. The sirens, the scrid Hunters, and The hellions also perform. 4/2006 USELESS is talking to Original member Mike A about rejoining the band. Stay tuned.....
Band/artist history
Useless#1 1995-96 Mike Amundson-Bass,Lead Voc Benny Seigel-Guitar,Voc Mike V-Drums Songs played: ANOTHER ONE DAY AFTER DAY ELANOR BRAUN FREEBIE GERITOL ENEMA GET DOWN HARM TO CULTURE NEGATIVITY PINK LUGER RUBBER ROAD SAY WHAT? SHORT BLAST SHOVELIN SHIT S.W.P.D. VACANCY OF THE CRANIUM COVER SONGS BATMAN LITTLE MAN W/ A GUN Useless#2 1996-97 Benny-Guitar,Voc Mike V-Drums,Lead Voc Andy Rivera-Bass Useless#3 1997 Benny-Guitar,Voc Mike V-Drums,Lead Voc Paul Reyes-Bass Useless#4 1997 Benny-Guitar,Lead Voc Mike V-Bass,Voc Paul Saenz-Drums Useless#5 1998-99 Benny-Guitar,Voc Mike V-Drums,Lead Voc Andy-Guitar Paul Reyes-Bass Useless#6a 2000 Benny-Guitar,Voc Mike V-Drums,Lead Voc Paul Reyes-Bass Useless#6b (12/31/00) Benny-Guitar ,Voc Mike V-Drums Andy Rivera-Bass Useless #7 2001 Benny-Guitar,Lead Voc Mike V-Drums George Diaz-Bass Useless#8 2001 Benny-Guitar,Lead Voc Mike V-Drums Voc George Diaz-Bass Maurice Fitzmaurice-Keys Useless#9(studio only) 2001 Benny-Guitar,Lead Voc Mike V-Bass,Drums Maurice Fitzmaurice-Keys USELESS #10 2005 BENNY SIEGEL - GUITAR MIKE V -BASS,VOCALS SEAN ANTILLION - DRUMS Useless (special b-day party band 1998) Benny Seigel-Guitar,Voc Mike V-Drums,Bass,Lead Voc Paul Reyes-Bass Paul Saenz-Drums Jed Unrot-Congas George Diaz-Guitar Andy Rivera-Gutar Mike Pell-Bass Jon Abbinante-Drums Special guests who have played with Useless. Greg Saenz-Drums Adam Seigel-Guitar Chris from Magic Maggot Mando from Captain Zero(drummer) Kevin Alvarez-Voc Daniel Ruiz-Voc
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Live shows are what we live for!
Your musical influences
The Who,Benny Seigel,The Gears
What equipment do you use?
basses guitars and drums, duh
los angeles, USA
ID 25462
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Comments (4)
Oh Yeah, F U TD
hey V, thanks for the mention, but that gig was all on Ben, and the kid sprung a main veign behind his knee...remember the medi-vac on seen?
time for a suit & tye
Maybe useless for anything but a good party but you guys are great and have awesome energy. Check out my project if you so desire.
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