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Useless Brother

About Me

This diverse group of talented musicians has an uncanny knack of creating highly listenable tracks with spinal-puppet grooves and catchy hooks.
Grounded in rock and alternative - but partial to power pop and funk - Useless Brother's music appeals to a broad range of listeners around its sophisticated core fan base. With well-crafted tracks and insanely fun live shows, Useless Brother never disappoints. UB's music is featured in the hit romantic comedy, Eden Court.
Debut EP available on iTunes and other on-line services as well as www.CDbaby.com/uselessbrother and IndieRhythm.com. Check out Jamendo!!

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Member Since: 11/26/2005
Band Website: www.uselessbrother.com
Band Members: Arik Jenkins - Vocals and Guitars
Pat Ryan - Drums
Harlan Knuth - Bass and Vocals
Dave Peterson - Guitars and Vocals

Influences: Ice cream and apple pie - not necessarily in that order.
Sounds Like: Useless Brother
Record Label: Trusty Martian Music, LLC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Sneak peak!!!

We've been hard at work rehearsing the new tunes.  We've scheduled a show in Rockford for the homies to see what they think and work-out the kinks!! 
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 15:52:00 GMT

Mastering

Putting the finishing touches on the new songs for the new release. After we get them mastered we have to figure out how best to release them and get the word out. Hope you all can help.
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:54:00 GMT

Tweet Tweet!!!

We're twittering now. Still getting use to it but it's kind of fun!!!www.twitter.com/uselessbrotherHope our friends at MySpace don't get mad about telling you this on their site. Don't delete us!!! ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:13:00 GMT

Label Shoppin'

Well ... our sophomore release is far enough along that today we started the process of shopping for a partner that might help us further expose the music and distribute it. The music biz is undergoi...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:59:00 GMT

Recording Update

It's colder than *$%*! in Chicago now so it's a good time to be inside working on the next record. It's coming along. Always takes longer and costs more... HA!
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:01:00 GMT

Rockford or Chicago ?????

3 of the 4 guys in the band are originally from Rockford, IL where they grew-up within a 4-block area. In reality, the band IS from Rockford. However, 2 of the band members live in Chicago now. So ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:54:00 GMT

HOB - Post Script

Thanx to everyone who came out on short notice. We had a great time and hope you did too!! Let's do it again!!
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:48:00 GMT

House of Blues

House of Blues kindly invited the band to join the bill for a Holiday Party on Friday, December 26th!!! It WILL be lots of fun so come on out!! Tickets are $12. Doors open at 7:30 pm and the show s...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:49:00 GMT

Still writing and plannin’

Writing and recording is a SLOW process when you're doing it piecemeal - which is what we're doing. Lots of song ideas!! Just not enough BIG blocks of time to work through them all.Keep checking bac...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:00 GMT

2009 Tour

We've been working with our friend Jill at Paperwork Media to put together a 25-venue Midwestern tour starting in the spring of next year. The UBros will have lots of new music to share with our frie...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:02:00 GMT