Career
He also appeared in the Football League for Carlisle United, Preston North End, Plymouth Argyle and Northampton Town before retiring from professional football at the age of 29 to take up a career in music A product of the youth system at Nottingham Forest, McGregor made a number of first team appearances, although he did not quite manage to cement a regular spot in the line-up. Whilst at the club McGregor also sang with Britpop band Merc, although the group did not have any success.
Falling out of favour at Forest, McGregor spent spells on loan at Carlisle United and Preston North End before completing a permanent move to Plymouth Argyle in 1999.
McGregor enjoyed a rich vein of form at Argyle and was the club"s top scorer in the 1999–2000 season, hitting 16 goals in all competitions, including two hat-tricks. The following season, however, the goals dried up and he moved on a free to Northampton Town for a spell that was blighted by injury.
Making his final appearance for the Cobblers as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Oldham in March 2003, McGregor left the game at the end of the 2002-2003 season. Whilst a player with Nottingham Forest, he was part of a Britpop band called Merc, who played a gig at Rock City in Nottingham which was meant to be attended by Alan McGee, however he failed to turn up.
Shortly after in 2007, Karl Januskevicius (Motorcycle Boy) joined Ulterior full-time on synthesizer helping to develop the band"s sound.
They were asked to support The Horrors at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 at The London Astoria. Ulterior followed up their hype with the collectable European Parliament entitled 15, a limited edition 12" vinyl released in three different colours: white, cream and neon orange. 2008 saw Januskevicius move onto bass guitar as the band"s direction further evolved.
Januskevicius was replaced by Michael Ellis (Mickey).
Ulterior have featured in printed press such as NME, Stool Pigeon, Vice Magazine and Artrocker. They have worked with Zlaya Hadzic, a Bosnian born music producer based at Amsterdam"s famous Studio 150.
Hadzic has recorded and mixed for Sonic Youth and Tortoise.
