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The Used formed 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 it's named to "Dumb Luck". 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 change its name to "Used" when Bert came into the line up. At that point in time, Drummer Steineckert sent The Used songs to producer John Feldman from the punk group Goldfinger. After he heard "A Box Full of Sharp Objects" he called them in for a demo. In 2001, The Used finished the demo and he got The Used signed to Reprise Records all within a few months of meeting The Used. During 2001, the band underwent another name change, as it was discovered a Boston band had already taken the name "Used". It was then changed to "The Used", since then The Used have released three studio albums, two of which ("The Used", "In Love And Death") have gone platinum.

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