The Used

By Adam Marshall

How the band formed

• The band formed in 2001,

where two of the 4 members

decided to create a band. The

band had no lead singer, and

decided to hold auditions in

Brendon, a former member of

the band. The auditions did

not go so well, and they ended

up not using anyone form that

audition. They then met up

with a singer called Bert

McCracken. They officially

formed in 2001.

Living like a star...

ø The band had many

problems through out

their career. These

included regular drug use,

poverty and

homelessness. They

ended up having to

panhandle for change just

to stay alive, and many of

these problems

influenced their music.

The “Used”

ø The name came to

them due to the idea

that their friends

claimed they felt

"used" when they lost

contact between the

band members

because the band

became more involved

with each other.

Rise to fame

ø The band recorded their first

album “Demos

from the Basement”, and got in

contact with a producer called

John Feldmann who tried to get

the band signed with a record

company. They eventually

signed with “Reprise Records”, a

record company linked with

Warnerbrosrecords, a very

famous worldwide known record

label known for various genres

of music. It was here that The

Used started to get noticed.

Discography

ø The Used have 4 studio

recorded albums, that

range from alternative

rock, to rock, to screamo

and to emo in genre

characteristics.

The Used

ø Released: June 25, 2002

ø Singles: A Box Full of Sharp

Objects, The Taste of Ink,

Buried Myself Alive and Blue

and Yellow

ø Music Videos: Buried myself

alive, The taste of ink, Blue

and Yellow

In Love and Death

ø Released: September 28, 2004

ø Singles: Take It Away, All That

I've Got, I Caught Fire and

Under Pressure

ø Music Videos: Take it away, I

caught fire, All that ive got

Lies for the Liars

ø Released: May 22, 2007

ø Singles: The Bird and the

Worm, Liar Liar (Burn in Hell),

Pretty Handsome Awkward and

Paralyzed

ø Music Videos: Pretty handsome

awkward, The bird and the

worm, Paralysed

Shallow Believer

ø Released: February 19, 2008

ø This album was actually a

digital AP (Extended Play).

Artwork

ø Released: August 31, 2009

ø Singles: Blood on My Hands

ø Music Videos: Blood on my

Hands (This is the one we will

be remaking)