The Used

Hailing from Orem, Utah (a Mormon-saturated landscape), the Used (led by frontman Bert McCracken) have surmounted homelessness, substance abuse and Stepford-like surroundings to create compelling, diverse rock on their self-titled 2002 debut album for Reprise Records. Recorded in LA at the home studio of producer John Feldmann and at London's legendary Olympic Studios (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin), it contains a collection of anthems and ballads that defy categorization. While the Used are in their element performing on stage, Orem and neighboring Provo, consisting mainly of devout Mormons, is far from a live music mecca. When the Used managed to land a gig at one of the scant venues, their show so rattled the club owners that they weren't invited back. "Everywhere we played, people wouldn't let us back because the way we play, I don't know...we kinda...I think it would frighten some people," drummer Steineckert explains. "It's just us goin' off, and it's too much, the puke and the fuckin' blood and things like that."

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	Hailing from Orem, Utah (a Mormon-saturated landscape), the Used (led by frontman Bert McCracken) have surmounted homelessness, substance abuse and Stepford-like surroundings to create compelling, diverse rock on their self-titled 2002 debut album for Reprise Records. Recorded in LA at the home studio of producer John Feldmann and at London's legendary Olympic Studios (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin), it contains a collection of anthems and ballads that defy categorization. While the Used are in their element performing on stage, Orem and neighboring Provo, consisting mainly of devout Mormons, is far from a live music mecca. When the Used managed to land a gig at one of the scant venues, their show so rattled the club owners that they weren't invited back. "Everywhere we played, people wouldn't let us back because the way we play, I don't know...we kinda...I think it would frighten some people," drummer Steineckert explains. "It's just us goin' off, and it's too much, the puke and the fuckin' blood and things like that."