Friday, January 18, 2008
The Used is a rock band from Orem, Utah.
Present Day and Future Plans
Band Members
Bert McCracken - Lead Vocals, Piano
Quinn Allman - Guitar, Backup Vocals
Jeph Howard - Bass, Backup Vocals
Dan Whitesides - Drums Current Members
Greg Bester - Touring Guitarist - Played with the band on tour in early 2000s but has returned to his native country.
Branden Steineckert - Drums, Backup Vocals - Branden was kicked out of the band in the summer of 2006.
Dean Butterworth - Drums - Dean recorded the drums for Lies for the Liars after Branden was kicked out.
Ashton Johnson - Bass - Played with the band when they were called Dumb Luck (1999-2000).
Matt Brown - Guitar - Played with band when they were called Strange Itch (1994-1998).
Joel Pack - Bass - Played with band when the were called Strange Itch (1994-1998). Former Members
In September 12, 2006 it was announced that Steineckert was no longer the drummer of the Used. The Used expressed that they needed to move forward without him but owed him a great deal of gratitude for all his hard work over the years. All the same, they wished him the best for his future endeavours. Later that year, it was announced drummer Dan Whitesides from the New Transit Direction replaced Branden Steineckert. Branden has since joined Rancid to replace former drummer Brett Reed.
Discography
These are the other band names that The Used went by, they changed the name of the band each time there was a major line-up change.
Strange Itch (1994-1998) [1]
Dumb Luck (1999-2000) [2] [3]
Used (2001)
The Used (2001-present)