Member Since: 7/20/2006 
Band Website: useful2.com 
Band Members: Chris Spyrides - Vocals & Guitars 
Featuring: 
USEFUL 2004-2008 
http://www.myspace.com/usefuluk 
Joe Scannell - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Guitars & Harmonica 
Josh Coulcher - Lead Guitar 
John Gleeson - Drums 
Sam Pikesley - Percussion 
SUBWAY ARCHITECT 2000/2004 
MJ - Samplers, Drum Machine etc. 
SMART FRUIT 1997-1999 
Joe Scannell - Guitar 
Mark Cottrell - Guitar 
Peter Casey - Bass 
John Gleeson - Drums 
EVER 1996-1997 
Joe Scannell - Guitars 
Marcus - Bass 
Sam Pikesley - Drums 
THE NORMALS 1996 
Gareth Davies - Piano, Keyboards & Vocals 
Richard Dearman - Piano, Keyboards & Vocals 
John Gleeson - Keyboards & Vocals 
MJ - Vocals 
WORMHOLE 1994-1995 
Joe Scannell - Guitars 
Pete Casey - Bass 
John Gleeson - Drums 
THE BAND I'M IN 1994/1996 
KING SIZE 1993-1994 
Joe Scannell - Guitars 
Eoghan Clifford - Bass 
MOMMA'S SPLIFF 1992-1993 
Joe Scannell - Guitars 
Alan Cutter - Bass 
Sam Pikesley - Drums 
Nick Keeling - Piano & Keyboards 
Collis Newton - Backing Vocals 
 
Influences: Siddhartha Gautama, Socrates, Robin Hood, Digenis Akritas, Wat Tyler, Christopher Marlowe, Guy Fawkes, Caravaggio, Gurdjieff, Nikos Kazantzakis, Aldous Huxley, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Hitchcock, George Orwell, Salvador Dali, Billy Wilder, Orson Welles, Isaac Asimov, Stanley Kubrick, Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter, Peter Cook, Richard Pryor, Terry Gilliam, Douglas Adams, Lars von Trier, Bill Hicks, Chris Morris, Monty Python, Ernest Cline. 
Sounds Like: Beck, Bevis Frond, Blur, Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, Boo Radleys, David Bowie, Billy Bragg, Byrds, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Happy Mondays, The Kinks, John Lennon, Love, Nirvana, The Pixies, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Ride, S*M*A*S*H, The Smiths, Spiritualized, Cat Stevens, Stone Roses, Super Furry Animals, Verve, The Waterboys. 
Type of Label: None