The lone exception is the Utah quartet The Used, who are as famous for frontman Bert McCracken’s erratic behavior as they are for anything they ever wrote. Their set was wildly inconsistent, but it sprang to life when the group previewed songs from its forthcoming album, “Lies for the Liars.” Part rumination on mortality, part bitter kiss-off to former friends My Chemical Romance (McCracken sneered “It ain’t no ‘Black Parade,’” a reference to that group’s last album), the material had a darkness and a danger the rest of the night desperately lacked. “Liar! Liar!” McCracken seethed over one new song’s white-hot, corkscrewing riff. It seemed he’d uncovered the secret to a convincing performance: You have to find your motivation.
“MusicEmo tour: Screams without substance”, Newsday