Kinetic the Blog: We feel USED and love it!!!

By Lucia M

According to Bert Mc Craken, lead singer of the U.S. band The Used, 11.06.09 Friday night inside the House of Blues and in front of 1,300 fans “Houston ---- did it!.” Coming out of a small town in Utah, The Used has been the American rock band to follow since; their debut album “The Used” raised them to fame in June of 2002. Now 4 albums, and even though their original drummer recently left them, this emo-punk-alternative rock band has managed to remain strong, fact that was proven in their concert when their fans went basically nuts with every single song; they played oldies and nuevecitas like “The Taste of Ink” “Buried Myself Alive” “Blood On My Hands“ “On My Own” the last one in Acoustic… yes guys, these hardcore machos can pull out an acoustic guitar and still be awesome! Every single person sang, jumped, mashed and ran against each other the whole time, it was bananas! We will definitely go back and see them when they fulfill their promise of coming back!!
Two smaller bands opened up for them, the punk band “Brand A” http://www.myspace.com/drivea from Los Angeles, California; whose influences are some of our favorite punk bands “Green Day” “The Misfits” “MXPX” and whose singer Bruno decided to crowd surf during one the song “Can’t Sleep It Off” while the audience flicked them off at their request.
“The Almost” the rock band from Florida built and made by Under oath drummer Aaron Gillespie, now promoting their sophomore album “Monster Monster” is a Christian band, that was able to hype the Houston crowd just like “Drive A” minus the cursing and flicking of.. que monos!
All in all, this was a concert that anyone fan or not, would have love to be in; I personally not until a month or two liked their music and their show is a must see for any rockero. Next time they come, make sure you check them out you really do not want to miss them!

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