The Used is set to release a new album on April 1st. The record, Imaginary Enemy, will be the band’s sixth studio full length. It comes in on the heels of 2012’s Vulnerable, which sold 32,000 copies in its first week, and 2013’s The Ocean of the Sky EP. Imaginary Enemy is available for pre-order here. Check out the tracklist and cover art below. Imaginary Enemy Tracklist: 01. Revolution 02. Cry 03. El-Oh-Vee-Ee 04. A Song to Stifle Imperial Progression 05. Generation Throwaway 06. Make Believe 07. Evolution 08. Imaginary Enemy 09. Kenna Song 10. Force without Violence 11. Overdose
Bert and Quinn from The Used took a trip to The Gunz Show studios in Manhattan and spoke with me about their new album, Vulnerable, and just some good old Used memories.
The Used is proud to announce that its fourth album, Artwork, will be released on Sept. 1. Produced by Matt Squire, Artwork is a raw collection of 11 songs that not so delicately teeter between aggressively discordant and charmingly hooky. The first single, “Blood On My Hands,” premiered June 30; it sold over 5,000 copies in the first day and shot to No. 9 on the iTunes Alternative Chart. “‘Blood on my Hands’ sums up everything about The Used,” guitarist Quinn Allmann said. The single is confined chaos, brutally thrashing one moment and proffering a pop-driven, sing-along chorus the next.… Read more »
idobi Radio would like to apologize to The Used and all their fans. Technical glitches prevented DJ Rossstar from broadcasting last night. Lies for the Liars is in stores now. Be sure to pick up the album. Also, be sure to catch the band on tour with Army of Me and Straylight Run. 04/02/08 – Las Cruces, NM – NMSU Recreation Center,New Mexico State University 04/03/08 – Pueblo, CO – Massari Arena, CSU Pueblo 04/05/08 – Columbia, MO – Hearnes Center Field House, Columbia University 04/06/08 – Champaign, IL – Foellinger Auditorium, University of Illinois 04/07/08 – Columbus, OH –… Read more »
Sometimes, being a fish out of water offers a more comprehensive view of the outside world. For the past two years, the Used’s frontman, Bert McCracken, has been living in Los Angeles, and while he hasn’t exactly been enamored with the city of artifice and entertainment, he has found the environment creatively inspiring. “I’ve had a good look at how people think in comparison to almost the whole rest of the world and it’s so ridiculous, it’s given me tons of song ideas,” the Utah native said. “I don’t even feel like a fish out of water here, I feel… Read more »
Burbank, CA – Making their presence known town by town and through a barrage of sold-out shows on the Taste Of Chaos tour, The Used and My Chemical Romance have decided to release a studio version of the Queen/David Bowie classic “Under Pressure” that the bands had been performing together every night. The track (recorded by Howard Benson and mixed by John Feldman) will go on sale through all digital retailers on Tuesday, April 12. “Under Pressure” had been the highlight of Taste Of Chaos, closing each date, and the reaction to the performances was overwhelmingly positive. “It was very… Read more »
My Chemical Romance Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and Bert McCracken of The Used have taken time out of the Taste Of Chaos tour to record a cover of the Bowie-Queen classic, “Under Pressure.” The song will be a part of Linkin Park ‘s Music For Relief charity to benefit last year’s tsunami victims. No release date has been set yet. Way told MTV.com they have teamed up to play the song live during some shows to let people know that it exists. As for other MCR news, Way says they started working on a follow up to Three… Read more »
When dealing with tortured Utah scream-pop kewpies The Used, it’s all too easy to smirk at the appropriateness of their name or at singer Bert McCracken ‘s tryst with Kelly Osborne (or, for that matter, his name in particular). But then, it’s fair game when the band is, in the midst of their umpteenth interview of the day, ordered to sign hundreds of posters and CD booklets to promote their latest emo goldmine, In Love And Death. “It’s just stuff you have to do,” says mussed blond guitarist Quinn Allman, absently scribbling his John Hancock on yet another insert. “There… Read more »
