熟悉朋克音樂的朋友一定對Useless ID這個名字不陌生，但恐怕很少有人知道他們并非來自盛產流行朋克的美國，他們是一支純正的以色列樂隊。國籍并不能代表什么，Useless ID用他們的實際行動告訴我們，重要的不是你來自哪里，而是你要往哪里去。 Useless ID成軍于1994年年底，在樂隊成立的初期，他們還主要活躍的在以色列的硬核圈里，他們創立了自己的獨立廠牌Falafel Records（Falafel是樂隊成員最愛的以色列小吃），并且獨立發表了兩張專輯。 直到1996年，Useless ID的四人陣容逐漸形成，他們決定開拓海外市場，并把目標放在了搖滾樂水平最高的美國。他們開始在美國巡演，時間長達半年之久。 這次成功的巡演讓Useless ID迅速崛起，并得到加拿大、歐洲和日本的邀約，此后的兩年之內，他們經歷了五次北美巡演、兩次歐洲巡演以及一次日本巡演。 真正讓Useless ID更上一層樓的里程碑事件發生在1999年，當時樂隊得到美國朋克名團the Ataris的賞識，the Ataris的主唱Kris Roe在看了一次Useless ID的演出之后，決定邀請Useless ID參與和the Ataris合作的split合集《Let It Burn》，這張唱片最終在由老牌朋克樂隊the Vandals主導的朋克名廠Kung Fu Records旗下發表。而其中一首Useless ID的單曲《Too Bad You Don't Get It》更是被NOFX主唱Fat Mike相中，將這首歌收錄在Fat Mike主理的朋克名廠Fat Wreck Chords的合集《Short Music for Short People》之中。 合集《Let It Burn》的成功讓Useless ID順利簽約在Kung Fu Records旗下，并在2001年發表了樂隊的第三張專輯《Bad Story, Happy Ending》，專輯制作人就是the Ataris的主唱Kris Roe。同年，樂隊參加了世界最大規模的朋克巡演——Vans Warped Tour，與Rancid、New Found Glory等名團一同上路。2003年，Useless ID在Kung Fu Records旗下發表了第四張專輯《No Vacation from the World》，這張專輯由朋克名團No Use For A Name的靈魂人物——主唱Tony Sly親自操刀，這也令Useless ID的水準再上一個臺階。 2004年，樂隊的全新單曲《State of Fear》被收錄在年度最具話題的朋克合集《Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2》中。此后，樂隊開始錄制第五張專輯《Redemption》，樂隊請來了傳奇性朋克樂隊the Descendents的主唱Bill Stevenson擔當制作人。結果，《Redemption》成為Useless ID迄今最受歡迎的專輯，它也成為Kung Fu該年度最暢銷的唱片。 2005年，樂隊參與拍攝講述以色列搖滾樂的紀錄片《Jericho's Echo"》。2006年9月，樂隊發表了首張樂隊傳記紀錄片DVD《Ratfaces Home Videos Presents Useless ID》，其中包括了許多樂隊為發表過的現場演出實況。2007年，樂隊巡演的足跡遍布全球，歐洲、日本、北美、澳大利亞等，同臺演出的樂隊包括NOFX、the Offspring、Sum41等等。2008年，樂隊再次進入錄音棚，制作人仍舊是Bill Stevenson，這張命名為《The Lost Broken Bones》的全新專輯，預計將于今年10月在全球發表。 Vocals, Bass: Yotam Ben Horin Guitar: Ishay Berger Guitar: Guy Carmel Drums: Yonatan Harpak We started the band over 10 years ago in Haifa, Israel, and played our first show in a small town near tel aviv in january,1995. We released our first 7' record "room of anger" in 96',and got on a plane over to california to play a show in gilman street. Somehow we ended up playing over 50 shows all over the west coast and since then we've been busy with touring, recording, putting out records and offcourse, drinking. We started our own label and named it after our favorite food:"Falafel records" and later released 2 useless id albums on it. Our good friends The Ataris liked our second self released album so much that they got their (then) record label "Kung Fu Records" to release it as a split record with The Ataris and that helped getting us signed to Kung Fu as well, and so far we have 3 records (of our own) out on Kung Fu records. After releasing our last album for Kung Fu in 2005 (Redemption) we spent a lot of our time on the road and after that, we got busy working on the tunes for our next album . it the mean time we released our first ever DVD (2006) in Jan-Feb 2008 we entered the awesome blasting Room studios again with bill stevenson, (drummer for the Descendents, all, only crime and this other group called Black Flag),and Jason Livermore with the intention of creating the best useless id album we could possibly produce. The result - our new album, "The Lost Broken Bones" is defiantly the one that we feel is our strongest and most enjoyable/dynamic album. it shows many new sides of our long time musical experience and covers a lot of the more serious issues we ever dealt and had to deal with as a band and individuals. We will be releasing the album on multiple record labels,for different territories, all of them rock, all of them are GOOD friends of Useless ID : In Japan-Bullion/u.l.f In the U.S/Canada-Suburban Home Records. In Europe-Rude Records. In Israel -Earsay & Hatav Hashmini. In Australia - The Planet Company - MGM distro' We will be spending alot of the time in 2008-2010 touring over the new album, we hope to see all of you dressed in your best gear at a show. o.k, forget about the gear. SEE YOU AT THE LONG "LOST BROKEN BONES" trip thats ahead of us all." We started the band about 10 years ago in Haifa, Israel, and played our first show in a small town near tel aviv in january,1995. We released our first 7' record "room of anger" in 96',and got on a plane over to california to play a show in gilman street. Somehow we ended up playing over 50 shows all over the west coast and since then we've been busy with touring, recording, putting out records and offcourse, drinking. We started our own label and named it after our favorite food:"Falafel records" and later released 2 useless id albums on it. Our good friends The Ataris liked our second self released album so much that they got their (then) record label "Kung Fu Records" to release it as a split record with The Ataris and that helped getting us signed to Kung Fu as well, and so far we have 3 records (of our own) out on Kung Fu records. There's a new Useless id record! We recorded it a few months back with bill stevenson, drummer for the Descendents, all, only crime and this other group called Black Flag. You can check out one of the songs from our upcoming record on "rock against bush .2", It's called "State of Fear", actually, you can listen to that song here as well as 4 other songs from our new record