The used got together in a majorly religious community, overcame drugs and homelessness, and landed a major record deal. In 2002, kelly and bert mccracken, got matching tattoos of tiny heart on their respective pinky fingers. Bert mccracken bio, facts, family famous birthdays. What does the rest of 2016 have in store for you and the rest of the used. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. They monumentally shake up the australian emoscene. The used look back for two shows in philadelphia may 5, 2016 at 8. Fifteen years after penning the lyrics to maybe memories the used frontman bert mccracken is living his dream of making music and playing it on the road.
Bert mccracken, lead singer and songwriter of the used, talks to us about losing his first love to a drug overdose and how it lead to depression, selfmedicating, having suicidal thoughts, and how writing music was, and continues to be, therapeutic for him. It gives a clear explanation of one of the most powerful tools of the qualitative researcher. The useds bert mccracken, through a haze of sole remaining vice hysteria. I sat down with the legend himself, bert mccracken to chat about how much the used have changed the lives of so many. The used interview beers with the band bert mccracken. In a revealing, no holds barred interview, bert opened up about sobriety, survival and the scars left by grief. The first is that, like you said, they got into a fight and bert said that gerard changed. I think theres been a stigma surrounding marijuana that has to end and will end with the obvious. Now that the used are no longer using, life is unreal. The long interview provides a systematic guide to the theory and methods of the long qualitative interview or intensive interviewing. I feel like thats kind of a basic must with art, is to reflect actuality.
Bert mccracken, electric factory, interview, michael cerio, the used. Read the latest bert mccracken news and view bert mccracken pictures and video from our team of local insiders on. Many celebrities prefer to get married in secret to be able to sell the exclusive to some implies of communication. Everyone knows the famous quote never judge a book by its cover. Mccracken was born in provo, utah and grew up in orem, utah, and was raised in a mormon family. Front man bert mccracken looks like a typical angsty musician covered in tattoos and singing about broken heart and things that piss him off, while the rest of the band provide the musical platform to excel his screams with heavy. Allison mccracken, real men dont sing by victor szabo on april 17, 2016 allison mccrackens real men dont sing. This statement couldnt be more validated than when you look at american band the used. Check out our interview with bert mccracken and jeph howard of. Legendary american alternative emo band, the used are coming to australia to tour their incredibly successful full album shows for their 2002 debut selftitled album and 2004s in love and death. The group consists of vocalist bert mccracken, bassist jeph howard, drummer dan whitesides, and guitarist joey bradford the group signed to reprise records and rose to fame in june 2002 after releasing their selftitled debut album. He has been the minister of foreign affairs of the netherlands since 17 october 2014. At home in sydney, bert gave us a call to talk about the useds upcoming appearance at the good.
Koenders studied political science and international relations. Why arent gerard way and bert mccracken friends anymore. The used, day 1 at rock am ring at nuerburgring adenau, germany 01. The useds bert mccracken discusses why his musics stayed. Another is that bert was indulging in drinking and doing drugs and gerard had sobered up, and no longer wanted to be friends with him because of that. Now that the used are no longer using, life is unreal mtv. They followed up with their second album, in love and death, in september 2004 and. The useds bert mccracken philosophizes on the past, present and future. Former the used lead guitarist sues exbandmates two years. We interviewed used frontman bert mccracken about the rock bands extraordinary new studio album the canyon, an 80minute epic inspired by. Bert mccracken was born on february 25, 1982 in orem, utah, usa as robert edward mccracken. Also, watch an exclusive instudio video featuring interviews with the band. While no official announcement has been made, altpress have spoken to people.
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The used is an american rock band from orem, utah that formed in january 2001. Bert mccracken of the used performs at forum kentish town on february 2016 in london, england. If you think youve gone back in time to 2001, its okay. Bert koenders 2016 albert gerard bert koenders is a dutch politician and diplomat.
He has been married to alison mccracken since july 25, 2008. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. How have you avoided disbanding the used and still kept the music fresh after all these years. The used front man bert mccracken has a lot to say. Were in 2016 and one of the bands who narrated those angsty, feel fueled teen years. Bert mccracken celebrity biography, zodiac sign and. Bert mccracken travels a lot, so it is very hard to sustain stable relationships.
Robert edward mccracken born february 25, 1982 is the lead singer and songwriter of the american rock band the used. The used is a rock band from orem, utah, united states. People born on february 25 fall under the zodiac sign of pisces, the fish. I was so excited to pick berts brain about the record and how he is a new father to a baby girl. Last week at sxsw i got to catch up with the front man of the used, bert mccracken.
Bert mccracken of the used by troy culpan i think playing the songs is the opportunity to get to hash out the emotion that was originally recorded in the song but its incredible how the lyrics and the true deeper, feeling, meaning of a song kind of transcends through time if you let it. We interviewed used frontman bert mccracken about the rock bands. Written by michael cerio leave a comment posted in interviews, music, videos tagged with bert mccracken, electric factory, interview, michael cerio, philadelphia, the used april 14, 2016 interview. Bert mccracken and kelly osbourne partners, partnership. Crooning in american culture duke 2015 outlines croonings history from its origins in minstrelsy through its development as the microphone sound most associated with white recording artists. Bert mccrackens new cannabis product has a perfect. In a new interview, bert mccracken has revealed that the used are set to headline the take action tour this january. Ive had the pleasure of hearing the new record, imaginary enemy, which comes out april 1 via hopeless records. In part 1 of our interview with bert, the singer went in depth about. Myspace sat down with bert mccracken, the vocalist of the used, to talk about taste of chaos, the quartets first couple of albums, and some advice to his younger self. For the best experience on please consider upgrading to one of the following. Bert mccracken is a famous american singersongwriter, who was born on february 25, 1982. The used biography bert mccracken taste of ink kelly. Back in 2016, mccracken spoke about his thoughts on weed in an interview with fuse.