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The Used formed in 1994 under the name Strange Itch, the band consisted of Jeph Howard, Branden Steineckert, Joel Pack, and Matt Brown. The band put out one album in 1998 and lasted until Quinn Allman took over the guitar in 1999 and at this point Strange Itch changed its name to Dumb Luck [1]. In 2000, an EP called the The Naked Truth was released. Not long after the release, there was another line up change as Howard moved to bass and Bert McCracken took over the vocals. Dumb Luck was short-lived and the band changed its name to Used when Bert came into the line up. [2] At that point in time, Drummer Steineckert sent their songs to producer John Feldman from the punk group Goldfinger.
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After auditioning a song called "Time Won't Let Me", a Cleveland area group called The Starfires was signed by Capitol Records, but the label insisted that the band take a new name. Guitarist Tom King had been forced to abandon Pama Records, the label for which the Starfires had cut a dozen tunes and was owned by his uncle, who then accused his nephew of being an "outsider" to the family.
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Turbonegro's support band from the last German dates in May are going to release their fantastic new album "Acid Blues" on Bitzcore (LP/CD) on June 15th. The limited CD version comes as a Digipak and has one bonus song as well as a multimedia track. Check new songs and video here: www.myspace.com/boozed
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The band originally called themselves the M&B 5, because they wanted to perform in a Birmingham brewery called 'Mitchell's Bottlery.' The building had a big 'MB'. When that didn't work, they changed names, using one member's favorite song, Duke Ellington's 'Mood Indigo'.
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One of the very first things you'll want to do to help with your band's unification and bonding is to come up with an appropriate name. If possible, try to avoid naming the band after a single member—stay away from things like the Henry Rollins Band or Alvin Lee & Ten Years After. Naturally, if your band leader is running the show and writing all of the songs, you're gonna have a helluva time convincing him otherwise.
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The band locked in early after a few quieter, more contemplative songs, with Sheff saying, "Let's play some dance tunes" before the band lept into what seemed planned as the high-energy part of the set. Thing is, it never left that plateau, despite the changing dynamics as the evening progressed. The set was mostly built on songs from the last two LPs, and it was transcendent.
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