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[ROCK] I can hear hundreds of local emo fans asking the same question in unison, and the answer is yes, the Used is still a band, and they have been, continuously, since 2001. It’s just, since 2004’s In Love and Death, they just kind of fell off the radar for most alternative rock fans. Maybe it’s because their fans moved on to indie rock while they moved away from their emocore roots into a more radio-friendly hard rock sound at the wrong time, but if you have been paying attention to the four-piece band from Orem, Utah you probably noticed their move from long-time label Reprise Records to Hopeless Records. With that move the band has become more political. Their latest record, 2014’s Imaginary Enemy, features songs with titles like “Revolution,” “Force Without Violence,” and “A Song to Stifle Imperial Progression (A Work in Progress),” marking a motion to mature with their audience. The Used come to the Rapids Theatre on Wednesday, April 22. For rock fans in Buffalo, the big draw of this show is the Used’s tour support, Every Time I Die. The Buffalo hardcore band caused a series of minor riots during their string of Christmas shows at the end of the year. The pit should be just as disorderly when they take the stage at the Rapids on Wednesday. Marmozets and the Eeries open the show.