Talk:The Used

The Used is not emo or screamo or hardcore or post-hardcore or punk or any derivative therein. Do not call them such. If you are confused on these genres, go to their entries.

in what way are they not emotionally driven? what genre would you put them in?

Last.fm defines The Used as emo/screamo/punk, so the article should stay as it is.--Vanguard 18:39, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Emo does not mean "Emotionaly Charged". All Music is emotionaly charged, emo is a term given to hardcore punk bands who played in minors and had lyrics that were more emotive then traditional hardcore.

Um...question. What exactly is emo? Everyone has a different perception and many people where I live are called emo. What does it mean? TearAwayTheFunerealDress 16:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Used isnt emo, theyre as emo as bands like good charlotte are punk. Reiver 02:48, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No more fan kiddies remarks please.

They are emo

Musie Genre

I didn't understand the first comment on this subject, so I'm asking as well. Under what genre do The Used go?

No clue whatsoever. I guess it is whatever you wish them to be. TearAwayTheFunerealDress 15:18, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Umm...is The Used punk? I don't quite know if they're hardcore either, they sound like pure emo really and any of the emo subgenres.--4.252.66.73 02:48, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Insomniak[reply]

Yea they do. They don't sound hardcore (unless they scream....which still doesn't sound hardcore)...they are NOT punk! They sound emo to me. TearAwayTheFunerealDress 16:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Used are a mainstream rock band, nothing more, nothing less. Like someone said at the top of this page, read the wikipedia articles of the genres you're discussing! That's what they're here for! Alexforcefive 20:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I have to contemplate on that, The Used don't ring a bell when the word mainstream is mentioned,but they're definitely not underground though; isn't there something between the two? Apparently not in this case, but pop-rock is an awful vague and inaccurate term for the description. They are emo, but punk is so inaccurate to the point that it's considered vandalism. Digressing, pop-rock is vague, considering how the user above is depicting it. Pop meant popular, which they are sort of, and rock is just music with guitars--horrible description.

They are Alternitive rock... suck it up emo fags.

They are not emo.

^^I think you're in denial.They are emo, they're just a classic case of emo. And how are emos hardcores?

Added boilerplate cleanup tag

I've added the boilerplate cleanup tag. The "biography" section of this article is very poorly conceived. It needs to be rewritten badly. Wlmaltby3 09:26, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well then go ahead and rewrite it.

This page also needs to be revised for POV by someone who doesn't care about The Used. Also, there are plenty of bands that sound like The Used; think My Chemical Romance, Hawthorne Heights, Story of the Year, etc. Ham Dinner 05:07, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

They are rock, in a general sence. They are not emo. Dasboard Confessional is emo. The Used is just a specific type of rock.

Cleanup

I just cleaned this article up and removed a LOT of NPOV shit from it. Compare it in the history to see what I removed. Is this article a copyvio from somewhere? The band website or a press release or something? The marketspeak suggests so. I googled it but all I could see was stuff stolen from here.

Also if someone could find sources for all the quotes, that would be great. Alexforcefive 20:58, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

conflicted dates

In the info box it says they got together in 2001, but in the bio paragraph it says they got together in 1996. Which is it? Spuddy 17 17:58, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They got together in 2001, whoever said 1996 is confusing The Used with Jeph and Branden's previous band, Strange Itch, which formed in 1996. The members havent even all known each other since 1996. Reiver 18:01, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

I suggest that if the genre is disputed e.g. My Chemical Romance confusion are they poprock?emo? punk? emo-punk? emopoprock?

Just put it under rock. No one can argue with that...pop rock is reserved for bands like GC and Simple Plan, and then emoists(my word) get mad if you label stuff emo when it isn't and then there are the bands who try to play everything. Rock says it all. Candy, unregistered

Rhapsody puts them under

Alternative/Punk > Grunge > Post-Grunge > The Used

That sound about right to me...

Genre

Post-grunge, third-wave emo and pop-rock are all appropriate.

And it's not the emo fans who get upset at calling them emo, it's the fans of the Used who know that the term "emo" has become an insult, and wish to distance them from it. Just like Slipknot and nu-metal. But most kids who listen to My Chemical Romance, The Used, Hawthorne Heights Story of the Year, etc. consider themselves and the bands they like "emo", and the Used are definitely big in the current popular "emo" scene. Also: Please use "modern rock" instead of "rock", it's more accurate and still acceptable by all. --Switch 15:24, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Genre confusion

I'm not so sure pop punk is a suitable genre for the band. They don't sound like other bands that are considered to be pop punk, like Good Charlotte or Simple Plan. (Those are the two most prominent examples I could think of.) They're more along the lines of post-hardcore, but not quite. I'm not sure what I'd classify them as, but I don't think I'd classify them as pop punk. —Wlmaltby3 08:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, one might consider the fact that pop punk bands don't...well, they don't scream in their music. If they do, it's never prominent. The Used employ screaming in almost every song; some songs, screaming is the most prominent form of vocals. —Wlmaltby3 08:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good Charlotte and Simple Plan are not definitively representative of pop-punk. In fact, as far as I know, they are not even called such on their articles. Please read the Pop Punk article. --Switch 12:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who the hell said they are pop/rock in the infobox? Have u ever heard Good charlotte use screaming vocals. Exactly. The Used sound NOTHING like pop rock. I cna see the point with the emo debate but whatever they are they are not pop rock. And can someone plase change it to just Rock not Modern Rock as that article is a bit rubbish.