->''"Call me a traitor for changing my mind''
-> ''Call me a criminal if thinking's a crime''
-> ''Call me an animal, it's hard to define''
-> ''I don't care what you say I came to defy."''

The Used are an American rock band from Orem, Utah that formed in 2001.

They are known for having a highly versatile sound that has been said to fall under many genres, tones and moods, often switching over the course of a single song. While {{Post Hardcore}} and {{Alternative Rock}} are perhaps the best fitting, the terms "{{emo}}" and "PostPunk" tend to get thrown into the mix, despite the band's neglect to consider themselves by those genres. Says frontman Bert [=McCracken=], "We're a rock band. That's all we've ever been."
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!!Members:
* Robert "Bert" [=McCracken=] - lead vocals, piano
* Joey Bradford - lead guitar, backing vocals (since 2018, following Justin Shekoski's tenure AND Quinn Allman's departure in 2015)
* Jeph Howard - bass guitar, backing vocals.
* Dan Whitesides - drums, percussion (since 2006, as a replacement for former member Branden Steineckert).
!!Discography:
!!!Studio Albums:
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum The Used]]'' (2002)
* ''In Love and Death'' (2004)
* ''Lies for the Liars'' (2007)
* ''Artwork'' (2009)
* ''Vulnerable'' (2012)
* ''Imaginary Enemy'' (2014)
* ''The Canyon'' (2017)
* ''Heartwork'' (2020)
* ''Toxic Positivity'' (2023)
!!!Other Albums:
* ''Maybe Memories'' (2003) - compilation of live songs from their debut, demos, and unreleased material.
* ''Berth'' (2007) - live album.
* ''Shallow Believer'' (2008) - EP consisting of B-sides from their first three albums.
* ''The Ocean of the Sky'' (2013) - Includes the cynical punk song "Iddy Biddy" and the fast-paced ear worm "Quixotica".
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!!Tropes featured by The Used:
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Leave the ''lies to the liars''" is repeated multiple times in "Hospital".
* AnimatedMusicVideo: Portions of the one produced for "All That I've Got".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: One of their signatures.
* ClusterFBomb: "Liar Liar (Burn in Hell)". Considering that it's about {{Pedophile Priest}}s, it's justified.
** Subverted in the bonus track-like thing at the end of "Force Without Violence", where Bert lists more creative, articulate things to say, including "treacherous, hideous, ridiculous phallus" and "hyper-banal intellectual syphilis".
* CoverVersion: Music/{{Queen}} and Music/DavidBowie's "Under Pressure", with help from Music/MyChemicalRomance.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Everyone but Quinn.
* EpicRocking: "Men Are All the Same", which clocks in just under six minutes, considering the band mostly performs songs around three minutes in length.
** Their ''The Ocean of the Sky'' EP provides greater examples in "Tethys" and the title track, which clock in at eight/twenty minutes respectively.
** To a slightly lesser extent, a couple songs from ''The Canyon'' clock in a little over the 5-minute mark, such as "Upper Falls" and "Over and Over Again".
* {{Fanservice}}: The occasional make-out session between Bert and Quinn during live shows.
* GriefSong: "Hard to Say".
* HoYay: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Again, Bert and Quinn.
* HiddenTrack: A 30 second remix at the end of "Smother Me" from ''Lies for the Liars'', preceded by two minutes of silence.
* LastNoteNightmare: Everybody sing it with me: It's getting, it's getting, it's getting kinda hectic!
* LeavingTheNestSong: "The Taste of Ink" takes the perspective of someone who recently has broken out of their old life and, with renewed energy, swears that they will make the most out of the rest of their life: "So here I am, alive at last, and I'll savor every moment of this."
* LighterAndSofter: Despite featuring plenty of topical sociopolitical themes, ''Imaginary Enemy'' is this musically.
* LoveIsADrug: "Overdose" says this directly.
* LyricalDissonance: Largely avoided. They really make a point of being direct with the attitude of their songs.
** There are several examples of the trope played straight, though, such as "The Ripper", featuring sad lyrics about how people don't live for the moment (the titular ripper being time itself) sung to a happy tune. "Cut Up Angels" is another shining example of a jaunty tune carrying lyrics about an extremely dysfunction relationship.
* MetalScream: Used in some of their harder tunes.
--> I found a box of sharp objects, what a beautiful ''[[MetalScream THING]]!!!!!!!''
* MinisculeRocking:
* MoodWhiplash: "Earthquake", a softer song, is placed between the nightmare-fuel-filled "The Bird and the Worm" and fast, catchy "Hospital" on ''Lies for the Liars''.
** The same album has another example - the angry "Liar Liar (Burn in Hell)" is placed between the two gentlest songs on the record, "Find a Way" and "Smother Me".
* MrFanservice: Depending on who you ask, any member of the band applies.
* NonAppearingTitle: Rarely. "Noise and Kisses" is an example.
* OdeToIntoxication: "Sound Effects and Overdramatics" is partly about crystal meth, but is far from an ode. Bert has had troubles with addiction in his past, although he's been clean for several years now.
* PrecisionFStrike: Featured in "Hands and Faces", "The Taste of Ink", "All That I've Got" and "I'm a Fake", among others.
* ReligionIsWrong: A subject of several of their songs, especially atheist anthem "On the Cross".
* ReligionRantSong: And how.
* SelfTitledAlbum: Their debut.
* ShoutOut: The music video for "All That I've Got" has the band wear garb with a slight [[Film/AClockworkOrange Clockwork Orange]] influence.
** ''Heartwork'' includes tracks called "Literature/ParadiseLost, a poem by John Milton", "[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]] (Literature/InfiniteJest)", and "Literature/GravitysRainbow".
* TakeThat: Many fans insist "Pretty Handsome Awkward" is one toward Gerard Way of Music/MyChemicalRomance. All the band has said, however, was that it's about "someone with short blonde hair" (which Gerard had at the time of the song's release).
** Finally [[https://twitter.com/dllutedspells/status/1155477091590258689?s=21 confirmed]] as of July 2019 to be about Gerard Way.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Jeph in the "Pretty Handsome Awkward" music video.
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