Sponge

As the founding guitarist of the band Sponge, Mike Cross is credited as cowriter on much of the band’s early music, including the top ten radio hit “Have You Seen Mary”, (which appeared in the soundtrack for Chasing Amy), “My Purity”, (which appeared in the soundtrack for Marvin’s Room), and “Plowed”, a #5 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks list. “Plowed” still appears in numerous movie and television soundtracks including most recently “Chasing Mavericks” and “Gray’s Anatomy”. The band toured extensively headlining shows in the US and in Europe supporting “A” list artists such as Alice In Chains, KISS and Soundgarden. Mike also appeared on the late night talk show circuit including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Conan O’Brien Show and the Jon Stewart Show.