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Bert
McCracken

ROBERT 'BERT' McCRACKEN iS THE LEAD SiNGER OF THE PUNK ROCK/EMO BAND, THE USED. BERT WAS BORN iN OREM, UTAH ON FEBRUARY 25,1982 & WAS RAiSED iN A MORMON FAMiLY DURiNG HiS YOUTH. HE WAS iNSPiRED BY MiCHAEL JACKSON TO BECOME A SiNGER AT A YOUNG AGE. HE ALSO WENT TO HiGH SCHOOL WiTH BAND MEMBER QUiNN ALLMAN, BEFORE DROPPiNG OUT. ALSO BEFORE THE UASED, HE PLAYED THE TRUMPET iNA LOCAL BAND iN HiS HOMETOWN. WANTiNG TO SEEK NEW MUSiCAL OPTiONS, FOR A BAND iN HiS HOMETOWN WHO NEEDED A SiNGER [THE USED].AFTER HiS AUDiTiON, QUiNN, JEPH & BRANDEN WERE SO BLOWN AWAY, THAT THEY ASKED HiM TO JOiN. HE WAS SO iNVOLVED, HE HiTCHHiKED TO BAND PRACTiCE. SOON, BERT MOVED OUT OF HiS HOUSE & LiVED WiTH QUiNN & HiS PARENTS FOR AWHiLE, BEFRE THEiR BAND BECAME A HUGE SUCCESS. McCRACKEN WAS PART OF THE STRAiGHT EDGE COMMUNiTY FOR A WEEK [ALTHOUGH HE iS KNOWN TO HAVE SPENT TiME EXPERiMENTiNG WiTH DRUGS & ALCOHOL] & FREQUENTYL HARDCORE SHOWS iN THE UTAH VALLEY AREA. BERT CAN PLAY GUiTAR & HAS JUST RECENTLY REFRAiNED FROM SCREAMiNG AS HE ALMOST HAD TO GET A THROAT OPERATiON. ONE OF HiS FAVORiTE PLACES TO PERFORM iS AUSTRALiA. ON THE 27TH OF MAY, 2003 BERT FELL ON STAGE DURiNG "ON MY OWN" & COULD NOT CONTiNUE SiNGiNG. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSTiTAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WiTH ACUE PANCREATiTiS, A SEVERE iNFLAMATiON OF THE PANCREAS CAUSE BY AUTO DiGESTiON OF THE PANCREATiC TiSSUE BY iTS OWN ENZYMES. SOON AFTER, THE USED BEGAN RECORDiNG THEiR SECOND ALBUM, iN LOVE & DEATH.RANDOM FACTS ABOUT BERT McCRACKEN: *THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE USED. *OTHER SiNGERS THAT HAVE iNFLUENCED HiM ARE, ROBERT SMiTH, MADONNA, ROBERT PLANT, REFUSED DENNiS LYXZEN 7 WALTER SCHREiFELS. *GOOD FRiENDS WiTH MY CHEMiCAL ROMANCE [HAD A FALLiNG OUT] *HiS PARENTS KiCKED HiM OUT OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE HE REBELLED AGAiNST HiS MORMON UPBRiNGiNG. *FORMER GiRLFRiEND KATE, DiED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE WHiLE CARRYiNG THE SiNGER'S CHiLD. BERT PAYS HOMAGE TO KATE iN THE DEDiCATiONS FOR THE ALBUM THE USED, & ALSO iN LOVE & DEATH. *HAD THE SAME CHOiR CLASS AS QUiNN iN HiGH SCHOOL. *BY AGE 17 HE WAS ADDiCTED TO CRYSTAL METH. HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME iT WiTH HiS BANDMATES' SUPPORT. *USED TO DATE KELLY OSBOURNE in THE EARLY 200'S;LATER BROKE UP WiTH HER OVER THE PHONE. *STANDS ABOUT 5' 7" *HE CAN ALSO PLAY THE TRUMPET & PiANO [HEARD iN SOME USED'S SONGS] *DEDiCATED THE SONG "ALL THAT i'VE GOT" TO HiS DOG, DAViD BOWiE, WHEN iT WAS RUN OVER BY A TRUCK. *HAS 3 LiTTLE SiSTERS & 1 LiTTLE BROTHER. *TOOK GYMNASTiCS FOR SEVEN YEARS. Myspace Scroll Box Creator

Quinn
Allman

QUiNN Allman iS THE GUiTARiST FOR THE BAND THE USED. HE GREW UP iN OREM, UTAH. HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 18, 1982 iNTO A MORMON FAMiLY. HE WAS QUiTE REBELLiOUS AS WELL. AT A YOUNG AGE, QUiNN STARTED PLAYiNG in BANDS. HiS FiRST BAND CALLED "HEY SANTOS!". AT AGE 15, HE VECAME A MEMBER OF THE USED, iNFLUENCED BY BANDS SUCH AS FACE TO FACE, GOLDFiNGER, THURSDAY, KENNA, WEEZER, JiMMY EAT WORLD & NEW TRANSiT DiRECTiON. HE iS OPENLY BiSEXUAL & iS ALSO A VEGETARiAN & SUPPORTS PETA. QUiNN HAS BEEN DESCRiBED AS "THE NUTTY KiD WHO EAT'S HiS OWN BOOGERS & DOESN'T WAS HiS HANDS EVER!" & ALL BANDMATES SHARE THE THOUGHT THAT HE iS A VERY COMiCAL iNDiViDUAL. :]. iN LATE 2003, HE WAS ARRESTED OUTSiDE OF HiS OWN TOUR BUS FOR OPPOSiNG AN OFFiCER WHO WAS FORCiNG FANS OFF OF THE PROPERTY. "WHEN HE ARRiVED AT THE JACKSONViLLE JAiL, HE SAiD HE WAS MADE TO STRiP 7 TREATED LiKE A HARDENED CRiMiNAL.."THEY DiDN'T EVEN LET ME MAKE A PHONE CALL.." Myspace Scroll Box Creator

Jeph
Howard

Jepharee Greg Howard Date: January 4, 1979 Age: 28 Sex: Male Location: Toronto, Ontario Plays: bass guitar A little bit about him: He is an only child. He used to work as a cook and a baker before The Used got signed with Reprise Records. He used to have dreadlocks which John Feldman described as looking like "poo". He believes in UFOs He used to be a boy scout. His interests include Japan, Japanese culture & horror films. He drinks over 6-8 cups of green tea daily. It is his favorite kind of tea. He plays a Fender American Deluxe Precision Bass. He has fifteen piercing including a penis piercing, Prince Albert Filled in for 30 Seconds to Mars bassist Matt Wachter on The Tonight Show Myspace Scroll Box Creator

Dan
Whitesides

Date:Unknown-1978 Age:29 Sex:Male Location:Salt Lake City, Utah Dan Whitesides, 27, is the new official drummer of American rock band The Used. He replaced former drummer and founder of the band Branden Steineckert who was kicked out of the band in the summer of 2006. Dan has played with New Transit Direction for about seven years.Dan began playing drums when he was 14. “I remember my dad bought me a drum set one year for Christmas,” he says. And from there, his passion for the drums took off. Dan takes his cues from the greats like John Bonham, Keith Moon, Eddie Shore, and Mitch Mitchell, but he also has a big place in his heart for drummers like Peter Moffett (Wool, Government Issue, Burning Airlines) and Darren Zentek (Kerosene 454). He often signs things "Dan Rules" as opposed to "Dan Whitesides"."I play a little guitar, but that’s just because my whole family plays guitar, and I picked it up from being around them. [I didn’t play it] in any bands or anything like that though. Mainly just drums". Dan was involved with school music briefly. “I took snare drum lessons in seventh grade. I learned how to hold my sticks, learned stick technique. I still do the same warm-ups that the teacher had us do. I still do those to this day. It helped me out and really opened the door to new ideas.” Before joining The Used, Dan Whitesides was the drummer for numerous Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, bands, The New Transit Direction, Mich!gan, Sandkicker, Fale, Adherence, Fahrenheit 451, The Federation, Sprinklerhead, The Kill, The Wolfs, Form of Rocket, and Young Blood, just to name a few. Myspace Scroll Box CreatorTHE USEDWHEN THE USED WERE LOOKiNG FOR A SiNGER, QUiNN REMEMBERED BERT FROM HiGH SCHOOL & WHEN BERT SHOWED UP FOR OPEN AUDiTiONS, THEY GAVE HiM A CD WiTH RECORDED MUSiC ON iT iT. BERT CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY WiTH A COMPLETE VOCAL PART FOR THE SONG, WHiCH WOULD BECOME "MAYBE MEMORiES". THE BAND WELCOMED HiM iMMEDiATELY. THEiR DRUMMER AT THE TiME, BRANDED STEiNECKERT, SENT THEiR MUSiC TO JOHN FELDMANN WHENEVER THEY FiNiSHED A SONG. FELDMANN WAS iNDiFFERENT ABOUT THE MATERiAL UNTiL BRANDEN SENT HiM THE SONG "A BOX FULL OF SHARP OBJECTS", AT WHiCH TiME HE KNEW HE WANTED TO WORK WiTH THE USED. FELDMANN FLEW THEM ALL OUT TO HiS HOUSE TO RECORD THEiR UNOFFiCiAL DEMO. AFTER RELEASiNG THEiRD DEBUT SELF TiTLED ALBUM iN 2002, THE BAND TOURED WiTH GOLDFiNGER, WARPED TOUR & OZZFEST.