Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

[1] It is composed of vocalist and guitarist Ashley Buchholz (aka Ash Boo-Schultz) and turntablist/hype man Jason "Human Kebab" Parsons.

USS hails from the Greater Toronto Area, Buchholz being from the city of Markham and Parsons from the adjacent town of Stouffville.

[1][2] The band then parted ways to pursue different avenues; Parsons travelled to Alberta to work on an oil pipeline and Buchholz went to the US on a pilgrimage.

A friend of Parsons' later called him to say that Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge had begun playing their first single, "Hollowpoint Sniper Hyperbole".

[6] For the recording, the duo teamed up with Matthew Von Wagner (Crystal Castles, Alpha Galates) for production and engineering, while Chris Davies and Charles Topping 'aided musically'.

During their performance, the duo lit up the stage with a high-energy set, complete with handstands and full-size cardboard cutouts of Barack Obama and Albert Einstein.

That evening, on impulse, Human Kebab played DJ to Canadian hip hop artist Maestro Fresh Wes.

The countries that participated were Canada, United States, the UK, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Ireland, Lebanon, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and Venezuela.

[18] It was also on the Nintendo Wii and 3DS version soundtrack to Need for Speed: The Run, released by EA Black Box and Firebrand Games in November 2011.

We're working with Tawgs Salter, who's done records with Lights, The Midway State, and Josh Groban, and he's been helping us define what the new USS is, from a songwriting perspective.

We're free to be quirky, acoustic, singer-songwriter, electronic turntable-based music, but in a bigger sounding format that has global aspirations.

By the end of summer 2011, the second single from Approved—"Yo Hello Hooray (Everyday)"—had begun receiving regular rotation on Canadian rock radio stations.

The band flew to London to perform in Trafalgar Square for Canada Day International alongside Canadian rock icons The Tragically Hip plus Jann Arden, The Sheepdogs, and Arkells.

They were given the opportunity to handpick the lineup, which included artists such as MS MR, Said the Whale, Bear Hands, Wildlife, Dear Rouge, and more.

[32] In 2015, the duo was nominated for a Juno for Breakthrough Group of the Year[33] and 102.1 The Edge's Casby Award for Favourite New Song for Shipwreck.

[35][36] On October 26, 2020, the band announced via Twitter that their upcoming album, Einsteins of Consciousness, would be their last,[37] and posted a message saying goodbye to their fans and promising one final tour when it's appropriate to do so.