The Used Riff Zeppelin On New CD

Since the release of their last album, "In Love And Death," two years ago, it's been fairly quiet on the Used front. But there are increasing signs of life, including the release of a DVD, billing on the Taste of Chaos tour and a new album due in stores early next year, reports Jessica Robertson of AOL Music Blog.

Guitarist Quinn Allman has trickled out some more information about the band's forthcoming third effort, telling Guitar World magazine that the first single will be the song "Handsome Awkward."

"[The song] sounds like Aerosmith got into a fight with somebody," Allman said in the January issue. "It sounds like Steven Tyler's gonna have a seizure. It's definitely blues-y and based off a really good guitar riff. Definitely a heavier, riffier Zeppelin kind of style."

The band re-teamed with producer John Feldmann for the as-yet-untitled effort. "The record is brand new, a couple of great songs, a couple of heavy songs," frontman Bert McCracken told AOL. "We've been hiding away for a while, but we're pretty stoked."

Comments

[x_rox]

Ah that sounds good

[ibanez_player]

Sweet The Used are my fav. Band YAY for hometown Heros lol

[DrunkidCatholic]

well dont look at interviews about them then. do something better with your time than slagging of people more succesful than you

[boxcarblink94]

Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

[King ofKumbucha]

Why is there a pic of Corey Taylor on this lol.

[Aaron-Maiden]

boxcarblink94 wrote:

Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

Yeah, the title doesn't even make sense.

[haloburgers]

Aaron-Maiden wrote:

boxcarblink94 wrote:

Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

Yeah, the title doesn't even make sense.

Totally agree. UG pulls this kind of crap all the time by printing misleading article titles.

[ElephantMan4563]

^ Your right I thought it had something to do with Led Zeppelin

[Lost_Rose]

cant wait will be well good

[Xeus]

boxcarblink94 wrote:

Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

UG article titles are always well misleading

[[O]uT|aW]

misleading? i thought it was more of "HUH"?

it had absolutely no meaning..

interesting news though..

[scarryman199]

omg i cant wait for this new album that sounds so sic a blusy classic rock meets screamo it is going to be insane the used are my favorite band you know i will be first in line to buy the cd and dvd does any one know if it will be a cd and dvd or will the dvd be seperate

[fafinaf]

I thought they stole a riff from led zeppelin. damn

[Komon]

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

[samuwel]

Komon wrote:

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

i like sporks : they're so ingenious!

[Rufiothebandito]

couldnt have said it better myself Komon, If they intend to take up a more "Zeppelin-esque" sound theyll fall on their face, they couldnt pull it off.

[Komon]

Great guy, that samuwel guy.

[selloutpunx]

because i'm sure you know the band and their capabilities oh so well.

john feldmann should probably be producing your cd right now.

[erotic sweaters]

Komon wrote:

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

I agree, I really wish it still took talent for a musician to get famous. There are so many amazing guitar players, but they get no recognition while these jerks have people adoring them for a couple power chords and a bunch of whining.

[Chris311]

hahahaha

[scarryman199]

Komon :
I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters

[NaivexLi]

boxcarblink94 wrote:

Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

I did.
I thought it was saying that The Used were using a Led Zepplin riff.

I was about to shoot up the street over it.


Not that I hate the used (I own two of their albums... well, both I guess if they only have two...)
but I dont think anyone should try to use someone elses stuff, the way this article made me think they were.

But they're not, so hey good for them.
I wish them the best of luck (not that they need it, but still)

[Stairmaster54]

i weep for the future of music.

[GeekStinkBreath]

I'm not saying the Used is anywhere comparable to Zeppelin, nor should they try. Not saying they are the greatest band ever or anything, but they don't suck. Bert, when he wants to, can actually sin very well, though most just know him for his screaming. Quinn, the guitarists, while he may not play the hardest things in the world, he is a pretty good, and creative guitarist. If you actually listened to them, you notice that. No its not Megadeath, or Trivium, or Metallica or Steve Vai or anything, but he is creative in his own right. The bassit (I dont know who their new one is, but their old one is solid, no John Paul Jones or anything though.

These guys are good at what they do, and if you don't like the genre, you don't like the genre. I don't like country, but I know the genre has some talented bands, and musicians, it just isn't my taste.

You guys should try being a little more open minded once and awhile, it wouldn't kill you.

[punkrockjoe]

Totally agree. UG pulls this kind of crap all the time by printing misleading article titles

Lol yea this is very true but I think they can only put a certain number of words in so they cut em.

[GeekStinkBreath]

sing*

checked

[matthew_z31]

NaivexLi wrote:

boxcarblink94 wrote:

I thought it was saying that The Used were using a Led Zepplin riff.

I was about to shoot up the street over it.


Not that I hate the used (I own two of their albums... well, both I guess if they only have two...)
but I dont think anyone should try to use someone elses stuff, the way this article made me think they were.

But they're not, so hey good for them.
I wish them the best of luck (not that they need it, but still)

Well, you better go shoot up the streets over Led Zeppelin themselves...those guys were notorious for stealing stuff...and I mean stealing...they never cited anyone but themselves till they were sued. Don't believe me? Good do some digging around...you'll find the truth.

[MuffinMan]

erotic sweaters wrote:

Komon wrote:

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

I agree, I really wish it still took talent for a musician to get famous. There are so many amazing guitar players, but they get no recognition while these jerks have people adoring them for a couple power chords and a bunch of whining.

When did it ever take talent to get famous?

[Guitar_Guy00001]

Komon wrote:

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

I dont like the Used.... but after that, I want to see them pull off something great and inspiring just to see you wrong :P

[PunkRocka182]

THE USED RULE!!!!!

[Guitar_Guy00001]

scarryman199 wrote:

Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters

punctuation is your friend

[mattwilham]

haha wow..i find it funny that scarryman199 didn't use one single period or comma in his rant. anyway, i still don't think the used can top "maybe memories". "in love and death" attracted all the little preps and emo kids that worship h.i.m. at least thats how it was at my school. sorry if i offended anyone that likes h.i.m. hopefully this album will blow "in love and death" out of the water.

[latinosuperstud]

taste of ink is what attracted the preppy kids to them in my opinion... but anyway i love the used, and hope this album is good like the others

[vainhero]

booo, some crappy, vocal, palm mute, power chord, band copies the heavy metal kings led zeppelin.

when will people stop listening to alternative?

[pastfatalaties]

fafinaf wrote:

I thought they stole a riff from led zeppelin. damn

haha that would be an interesting controversy

[metalkills]

nothing will ever be as good as it used to be

get over it crybabies

on a side note, i find it hilarious that some of you rip on the Used for whining in their music, while, at the same time, youre whining about it on a message board. you bunch of hypocritical bastards.

[stumaster18]

YES. CANT WAIT. its gonna be ****ing amazing. also cant wait to hear the new single!

[mushroom2]

The song is supposedly wrote about a certain blond haired individual *cough* gerrard way *cough* and when bert was asked if gerrard will be pissed when he hears it he said "he'll have wished he had wrote it himself"

[screamokid]

awesome
great band
cant wait to see them on taste of chaos

[dann_blood]

Never really liked them. If they want to take a Zeppelin riff they can, itll just make their shithouse music sound better.

[SURFraptor7]

Who wants to bet it'll sound nothing like Zep? lol

[daver869]

fafinaf wrote:

I thought they stole a riff from led zeppelin. damn

me too.

checked

[-[NiL]-]

I might like this new album. I wasn't into a lot of bands until they changed their sound, like A7X or MCR. Maybe they can pull of a classic rock sound...

[rhoadsnpagefan7]

i agree with the quote:"I agree, I really wish it still took talent for a musician to get famous. There are so many amazing guitar players, but they get no recognition while these jerks have people adoring them for a couple power chords and a bunch of whining."
i love zeppelin and h8 the used, so if you combine the used scremin over a zeppelinish riff-wont be good

[lithium500]

"I agree, I really wish it still took talent for a musician to get famous. There are so many amazing guitar players, but they get no recognition while these jerks have people adoring them for a couple power chords and a bunch of whining."

While I don't like The Used, you people are forgetting that Led Zeppelin used plenty of power chords aswell.

Music is not about being complicated. Musix is about expression of anything, like your love for LOTR, and having fun while doing it.

[Clarkinator]

I liked The Used first CD, I normally don't listen to bands that scream but I found the first CD refreshing and catchy and enjoyed it. Didn't care too much for the second CD (In love and death) to me the Used are better simplified and just rockin out.

Komon: Your not as cool and witty as you think you are.

[TiredOfSex]

scarryman199 wrote:

when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does

why would you want to scream for an hour like an idiot? thats not talent, thats being an idiot

[whitebluesboy]

mushroom2 wrote:

The song is supposedly wrote about a certain blond haired individual *cough* gerrard way *cough* and when bert was asked if gerrard will be pissed when he hears it he said "he'll have wished he had wrote it himself"

Thats because Bert is a douche bag and steals the royalties for songs that are for ****ing Tsunami and Hurricane victims. The Used suck, screamo sucks, direct plagarism sucks, but little fan boys who idolize and worship they're favorite emo band's frontman are probably the people who suck the most.

[urassisgrass]

a band like the used should never compare themselves to aerosmith or led zepplin....enough said

[Briteless]

scarryman199 wrote:

Komon :
I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”


Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters

I personally took the time to "get into" the Used for a while. I couldn't, there is absolutely no creativity whatsoever in their musical style. It really pisses me off when people like you say "oh, just because their music doesn't have 30 different chords you don't like it", it just has to be good music. And if a guy "screaming" (which needs no vocal talent whatsoever) about how his ex ripped his heart out makes you feel good, you have ****ing issues. Serious ****ing issues. Thus, all of the Used fans are ****ing psycho 12 year olds with issues.

[cannster]

Komon wrote:

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

Kickass man, I totally agree, these guys are awful. They fit right in with all the shitty bands that think they can make music nowadays. These no-talent wankers are terrible...I wish people could look past all this trendy shit and listen to real music like Sabbath, Zeppelin, GNR, Van Halen, KISS, and the like.

[Gibson0726]

while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used.

hahahaa now that's ****in funny...yet true

[shhaannt]

i didnt read the whole articale but thused (a horrible band) covering or making a song similar to led zepplin (THE BEST BAND!) sound horrible/bad/discusting

[tool101]

Briteless said: And if a guy "screaming" (which needs no vocal talent whatsoever)
are you ****ing ignorant, why dont you try to scream for 2 hours and then the next day have a fragment of your voice left. TO ALL WHO THINK THEY TOOK ZEPPELIN RIFFS:THEY DIDNT, CANT YOU READ. and i agree that not all music has to be very complicated, and this is coming from a kid who likes tool, slayer, and other metal etc.

[sether]

you cant have a titled with zeppelin in it unless its about led zeppelin and the used dont even compare so yea

[sether]

oh and theoritical even is led zeppelin used power chords they still wrote in differnt modes(Kashmir) and more technical then the used is regardless of power chords.

[vanceboy]

i can't wait...their stuff is catchy, though not the most intricet...i think i spelt that wrong. Anyway, sounds like they're heading in an interesting direction.

[bonoisawanker]

shhaannt wrote:

i didnt read the whole articale but thused (a horrible band) covering or making a song similar to led zepplin (THE BEST BAND!) sound horrible/bad/discusting

way to spell zeppelin right lol
and tool101 is a tool...

[_TheWorst]

I wouldn't have read this unless I had thought this was about Led Zeppelin.

/bitterness

[axeslinger0u812]

Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters

wow. anyone else's head hurt reading that. I remember the days of comma's and periods. and what crack are you smoking? dude, the beatles used a crapload of chords. many of which I would be suprised if people knew them today. I don't even like the beatles but they were not just three chord heroes, chief.

And Bert does moan and whine in the songs. hello. he doesn't scream the whole time, and when he's nice screaming (which I do appreciate, he has a good live scream) he is whining and moaning. wtf. he has a naturally whiny voice, and listen to 'on my own' or whatever that song was called...that is MOANING. and some type of grunting. not screaming.

[scarfacesuit]

haloburgers wrote:

Aaron-Maiden wrote:

boxcarblink94 wrote:

Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

Yeah, the title doesn't even make sense.

Totally agree. UG pulls this kind of crap all the time by printing misleading article titles.

..it was quite a let down. you know? you expect a nice decent length article about them covering a zeppelin song, or borrowing a riff or something, but it ends up being a brief article about the band going in a new direction...

although i am glad to hear they're moving away from screamo/emo crap.

[jsatch87]

the used being compared to zeppelin is blasphemy

[slayer7666]

boxcarblink94 :
Anyone else think the article title was very misleading?

i sure do

[slayer7666]

jsatch87 :
the used being compared to zeppelin is blasphemy

also true

[lwnovember]

a couple of great songs, a couple of heavy songs??
wtf bert... lol they should all be great songs

[adslam3]

i love to see people get angry at opinions and express their views like absolute cavemen. UG users continue to entertain me job well done!

[misirlou]

sooo....jimmy page on estrogen?

[rcbotox]

erotic sweaters wrote:

I agree, I really wish it still took talent for a musician to get famous. There are so many amazing guitar players, but they get no recognition while these jerks have people adoring them for a couple power chords and a bunch of whining.

That's bullshit. Sure they aren't the greatest band in the world, but have you tried playing one of their songs by ear recently? Not that easy. It's definitely more than just a few power chords. You're being a hypocrite. You are bitching at people for saying they like them and then you go and bash them. That's so ****ing annoying. You need to keep your negative opinions (pardon my hypocracy) to yourself. No one cares.

[HeavyLedMetal]

Correction to all of you who say Led Zeppelin(ROCK ON!) stole songs.Led Zeppelin for one didn't still the songs, Robert Plant took lyrics from other songs without the other band members knowing.If you want proof, look at any interviews with Jimmy Page regarding this topic.I know my Zeppelin shit.Hardcore fan since the day I was BORN(exactly 14 years, 4 months, and 19 days ago).So SHUT YOUR MOUTH ABOUT THE LED!Also, I've never even heard a Used song and hate scream metal but love all other rock.I wouldn't even have read this arcticle if I didn't think they were going to cover a Zeppelin riff in one of their songs.SCREAMING INTO A MIC IS RETARDED.I don't care how hard it is.At least Robert Plant and the aforementioned Steven Tyler SANG, and were exceptional at it. Peace Out.

[Sittinduck]

HeavyLedMetal wrote:

Correction to all of you who say Led Zeppelin(ROCK ON!) stole songs.Led Zeppelin for one didn't still the songs, Robert Plant took lyrics from other songs without the other band members knowing.If you want proof, look at any interviews with Jimmy Page regarding this topic.I know my Zeppelin shit.Hardcore fan since the day I was BORN(exactly 14 years, 4 months, and 19 days ago).So SHUT YOUR MOUTH ABOUT THE LED!Also, I've never even heard a Used song and hate scream metal but love all other rock.I wouldn't even have read this arcticle if I didn't think they were going to cover a Zeppelin riff in one of their songs.SCREAMING INTO A MIC IS RETARDED.I don't care how hard it is.At least Robert Plant and the aforementioned Steven Tyler SANG, and were exceptional at it. Peace Out.

lol okay

[TrivGtr187]

The fact that The Used and the name of a band that has become a musical legend were used in the same sentence is blasphemy. The fact that UG put Zeppelin next to garbage makes me want to buried alive lol. I liked the used's first album but they'll never even DREAM of being as great.

[\m/(--_--)\m/]

But come on people, no band will ever be as good as Zeppelin was.

[fcolbert]

HeavyLedMetal is right about the rest of Zeppelin not knowing that some of the lyrics were from other songs. From what I have heard of the Used they arn't musically knowlegable and when they say that the song sounds like Zeppelin it means the guitar player will take his money (from little girls buying his CD's) and buy a Gibson EDS-1275, play it in the video for this song, of course not playing the 12 string (he wouldnt know how to first off and second it would probably hurt his fingers) thusly making them, in their minds, better than Zep.

[GeekStinkBreath]

Ignorance truly is bliss I guess, right guys?

[theataris_dan]

Wow, I'm getting annoyed at all these former-emo bands who are now trying their hand with more classic rock, "heavier" riffs. ie. MCR, they used to be emo but mysteriously must have taken 28 anti-depressants each and they somehow recovered from that phase and now play "rock/metal" as it says on their Myspace page.

Sure.

Now The Used are doing the same. An Aerosmith-esque bluesy riff?

Go back to your crappy riffs and lyrics about melting in girls' arms, and leave the "heavier bluesy riffs" for bands that didn't start on the emo-bandwagon and now want to get off.

Calm down with the flamming guys.

Checked.

[7_seven_7]

Komon wrote:

I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

i spose you think your the big high and mighty saying stuff like, 'while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork'. umm yea.. that totally makes sense. i'm not sticking up for the used, i don't even like them much. I'm sticking up for music and if 12yr old girls hav posters of bert above their bed.. why should you care? and i can almost guarantee that 12yr old girls aren't the used's only audience .. seeing that their now bringing out a third studio album.

[7_seven_7]

scarryman199 wrote:

Komon :
I know the Used are the probably the trendiest band out there. Every 12 year old girl has a poster of Bert McCracken hanging over there Beauty and the Beast inspired, "princess bed." And as a result, most of you are going to either wet your, “big boy pants,” or talk shit to me posing as an Oxford scholar, or a guitar playing Eminem. Either way, when will you stop looking up to these guys as musically inspired geniuses? Every song is a progression of near identical sequence while Bert moans into the microphone as if he is some type of mongoloid walrus being gutted with K.F.C. spork. Let Radio Disney cover interviews on the Used. Why smear this kind of filth on such a prestigious site? Don’t answer that, because unless you are telling me you are boycotting them, I don’t care. I know, however, some of you are going to try and lay the “verbal smack-down,” on me for my views. To that I say, “Whatever helps you sleep at night little britches.”

what he said.
Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters

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shit that comment didn't work hahah.. i mean:

Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters

what he said.

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HeavyLedMetal wrote:

Correction to all of you who say Led Zeppelin(ROCK ON!) stole songs.Led Zeppelin for one didn't still the songs, Robert Plant took lyrics from other songs without the other band members knowing.If you want proof, look at any interviews with Jimmy Page regarding this topic.I know my Zeppelin shit.Hardcore fan since the day I was BORN(exactly 14 years, 4 months, and 19 days ago).So SHUT YOUR MOUTH ABOUT THE LED!Also, I've never even heard a Used song and hate scream metal but love all other rock.I wouldn't even have read this arcticle if I didn't think they were going to cover a Zeppelin riff in one of their songs.SCREAMING INTO A MIC IS RETARDED.I don't care how hard it is.At least Robert Plant and the aforementioned Steven Tyler SANG, and were exceptional at it. Peace Out.

funny, you don't like metal? yet your name is: HeavyLedMetal..


lol

[7_seven_7]

The fact that The Used and the name of a band that has become a musical legend were used in the same sentence is blasphemy.

please.. give me a break. you are so.. so sad.

you bash emo's for worshipping bert.. yet here you elevating led zeppelin to god. YES i do love led zeppelin YES i do believe they are legends.. but seriously, bit much... hmm?

[Komon]

Ok who ever said that all music had to be extreamly complicated the beatles when they first started off only used a coupple of chords but people still say they are great just because busic dosnt have 30 different chords and arpegios and stuff like dream theater music is suposed to make you feel an emotion if a band can get that emotion out through a coupple of chords then great and if another band can get that same emotion out with 30 chords then more power to them but dont talk shit about music because it is simple and then when you say he moans it is called screaming and i bet you couldnt scream for an hour and still sing like he does so dont say shit about them because your just making your self sound like an ignorant closed minded music lissener music is music if it makes you feel good thats all that matters


wow. anyone else's head hurt reading that. I remember the days of comma's and periods. and what crack are you smoking? dude, the beatles used a crapload of chords. many of which I would be suprised if people knew them today. I don't even like the beatles but they were not just three chord heroes, chief.

And Bert does moan and whine in the songs. hello. he doesn't scream the whole time, and when he's nice screaming (which I do appreciate, he has a good live scream) he is whining and moaning. wtf. he has a naturally whiny voice, and listen to 'on my own' or whatever that song was called...that is MOANING. and some type of grunting. not screaming.

Thank you, and good night!

[drummerdude92]

damn i thought theyd ripped a zeppelin song off =(

[tanguyen]

Bashing bands for not being Led Zeppelin eh guys?

[smb]

Damn lazy UG editors - the headline doesn't make any sense! Led Zep own you all.

[Synectics]

UG, please quit with the misleading aritcle titles.

Komon, couldn't have said it better myself.

Something about simple, repeating melodies, whiny vocals, and bad beats just seems.. I dunno... "boy-band" to me. >.>

its wonderful to see such tolerance and open-mindedness...

calm it down guys.

checked.

[atticus1129]

what dvd!?!can anyone tell me anything about it???