Demos From The Basement (2001) - The Used torrent

Couldn't find a full copy of this on TPB so here it is.



Album: Demos From The Basement

Artist: (The} Used

Track listing:

1 Maybe Memories Demo
2 The Taste of Ink Demo
3 Say Days Ago Demo
4 Poetic Tragedy Demo
5 A Box Full of Sharp Objects Demo
6 Just a Little Demo
7 It Could Be a Good Excuse Demo
8 Zero Mechanism Demo
9 Greener With the Scenery Demo
10 Pieces Mended Demo




The Used was founded in January 2001 with the recruitment of members Branden Steineckert, Quinn Allman and Jeph Howard. They had music already prepared, but did not have lyrics and required a vocalist. They held auditions at Howard's residence, but the band was not satisfied with any of the vocalists, describing the auditions as "terrible". Allman then asked Bert McCracken if he was interested in joining the band. McCracken was impressed with the material the band had created. After being given music that the band had written, McCracken wrote the lyrics to what would become "Maybe Memories" and returned the next day to record a demo version of the song. McCracken was then officially confirmed as being the band's vocalist. Throughout all of this, the band members suffered from poverty, homelessness, and substance abuse, panhandling for change in order to buy food. The members decided upon the name "Used" after friends claimed they felt "used" when contact with the band members waned as they became more engrossed in the project.

The Used continued to write songs together and recorded a demo album in drummer Steineckert's bedroom titled Demos from the Basement. Steineckert sent their songs to producer John Feldmann from the ska group Goldfinger. On hearing the song "A Box Full of Sharp Objects", Feldman helped The Used find a record label. Feldmann flew the band to Los Angeles, taking them out of their home state for the first time in their lives. They played for various record executives, but received little interest. Eventually, after sending copies of their demo to many record companies, they began to receive offers. With many labels at The Used's choice, they decided to sign to Reprise Records in late 2001.