biography - press - stage plot.pdf - electronic press kit - press photos.zip If nothing else, pop music should be joyous. Nobody knows that better than Seattle, Washington's premier party rock super group, United State of Electronica aka U.S.E. Since 2002, U.S.E has forced critical and populous audiences alike into fits of euphoric dancing with their life-affirming, rock-based interpretation of electronica. Whether dominating frenzied clubs with Ted Leo, Junior Senior and Death Cab For Cutie, or globally storming clubs and festivals in Tokyo and Osaka, U.S.E proffers the kind of four-on-the-floor beats and unbridled enthusiasm that put likeminded revelers Andrew W.K., Prince, Underworld and Daft Punk on the map. U.S.E has hit upon a raw pop concoction all their own. "U.S.E rocks a house party like it's a stadium, and rocks a stadium like it's a house party," guitarist Jason Holstrom explains. Indeed, the band crushes audience/performer barriers through their celebratory take on nightlife anthems. Not only are the performers soaking wet by the end of the first song, but the audience, who traditionally run wild on stage when stricken by the beat, are saturated in blissful sweat due to the heat and energy emanating off the boards. From drummer Jon e. Rock's lyrical assassinations, to Peter Sali and Holstrom's dueling rock guitars, Noah Star Weaver's huge vocoder hooks, Amanda Okonek and Carly Jean Nicklaus' sultry, rum-soaked voices, Derek Chan laying down the fundamental on bass, and an incessant four-on-the-floor thumping from the drum machine, U.S.E annihilates the line between on and off-stage party, bringing euphoric moxie at each and every show. U.S.E was born in fun after several members jokingly posed as an imaginary electronic band from Mannheim, Germany at a Seattle nightclub, but the septet got serious very quickly after they realized they'd concocted fierce dance gems that made their enraptured audience move. In step with the true organic spirit that still drives U.S.E's positive philosophy, the band self-released three songs in hand-spray painted packaging in 2002 before dropping their full-length on self-run label Mannheim Worldwide. Almost 1 year later, local label Sonic Boom reissued it nationally along with European distribution and a bonus live/remix EP meeting the requests and prescience of those across the states and other reaches of the world. In the meantime, Japanese label Sideout Records got the overseas hysteria rolling by releasing the full-length and a remix EP to mass fervor across the country of the rising sun. This year, Seattle’s boys and girls of rhythm have been relentlessly hitting the great roads of the states, tour after incessant tour, and continue writing and recording their sophomore LP, due to ambush countries in the spring/summer of ’06. If you want to throw inhibitions and hindrance out the escape hatch come join the U.S.E lovecorp when they touch down at a venue near you. You’ll be smiling and shaking it the next morning when the alarm reminds you that the previous night was one of the most enjoyable and diverting times you’ve had since you first learned to dance.