Bert McCracken: “The Used made it awful for all the true punk bands, we weren’t afraid of radio or MTV”

In 2018, we caught up with The Used vocalist Bert McCracken in the midst of promoting the band’s ambitious new album The Canyon. In a revealing, no holds barred interview, Bert opened up about sobriety, survival and the scars left by grief. Today we bring you that conversation in full. Enjoy. Bert McCracken is driving from Downtown LA to Orange County. The 36-year-old singer has spent the front end of the summer playing shows on the last ever Warped Tour with his band The Used, a run which ended two days earlier in Nashville. After pulling over at a local nutrition store so that he can chat properly, he explains that the detour to LA on the way home to Sydney, Australia – where he lives with his wife and two young daughters, having migrated from the States six years ago...

SAVE ROCK & ROLL

ロックンロールを救う逆襲の復活作! FOB狂想曲が鳴り響き、ボクたちは再びボクたちの歌を取り戻す! ■2007年リリースのアルバム『インフィニティ・オン・ハイ-星月夜』が全米チャート初登場1位を獲得、日本でもオリコン・チャートで初登場11位を記録するなど、全世界の音楽シーンに強烈なインパクトを与え、夏フェスでも大人気だったフォール・アウト・ボーイが3年ぶりに戻ってくる。 ■新曲となる「My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)」は配信開始してすぐに米英のiTunes で2位になるなどそのパワーを見せつけた。 ■すでにサマーソニック2013に出演決定!! ■〝僕たちがまだキッズだった頃、音楽こそが日常をやり過ごしてくれた唯一の存在だったんだ。だからこそ僕たちはフォール・アウト・ボーイというバンドをはじめたんだ。僕たちは解散していたわけではないからこれは再結成ではないんだ。僕たちは原点に立ちかえり自分たちにとって大切である音楽をつくる必要があったんだ。フォール・アウト・ボーイの未来はここに始まる。ロックンロールを救おう…。” -Fall Out Boy 【収録予定曲】 「My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)」他。

The Dusk in Us

1.A Single Tear 2.Eye of the Quarrel 3.Under Duress 4.Arkhipov Calm 5.I Can Tell You About Pain 6.The Dusk in Us 7.Wildlife 8.Murk & Marrow 9.Trigger 10.Broken By Light 11.Cannibals 12.Thousands of Miles Between Us 13.Reptilian

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