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"text": "Weezer is an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1992, they have released eight full length albums, six EPs, and a DVD. Their latest album, Hurley, was released on September 14th, 2010. They have sold over 9 million records in the United States to date. Weezer formed in Los Angeles, California by Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp, and Jason Cropper, who was later replaced by Brian Bell. Five weeks after forming, they had their first gig, opening for Dogstar at Raji's Bar and Ribshack on Hollywood Boulevard. Weezer began playing clubs to small audiences around L.A. and recording home-demos. Soon the band began to receive attention from various A&R reps, and were signed on June 26, 1993 by Todd Sullivan, an A&R rep from Geffen Records. The band was signed onto the DGC label (which later became Interscope). Creating \"The Blue Album\" (1993-1994) The self-titled debut, Weezer, commonly referred to as The Blue Album, was released May 10, 1994. \"Undone - The Sweater Song\", \"Buddy Holly\" and \"Say It Ain't So\" were released as singles. The album was produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek. During the recording of the Blue Album, Jason Cropper left the band to take care of his future wife, who was pregnant with their first child. Jason was replaced by Brian Bell, a then bassist from a band called Carnival Art. \"Undone - The Sweater Song\" was released as the first single. Spike Jonze directed the music video for the track. In a single unbroken take, it featured Weezer performing the song on a sound stage with various amusing studio antics, including a pack of dogs swarming the set. Jonze also later directed the band's second video, \"Buddy Holly\". The video featured footage of the television sitcom Happy Days spliced with the band performing in a remade \"Arnold's Diner\", a setting from the series. The video had heavy rotation on MTV, and went on to win Jonze and the band four MTV Video Music Awards, including Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Music Video, and two Billboard Music Video Awards. This video was also included as a bonus on the Microsoft Windows 95 CD. The success of the video arguably pushed the band into the mainstream spotlight. The video for Weezer's third single, \"Say It Ain't So,\" was directed by Sophie Muller. It featured the bandmates playing hacky sack and performing in the band's original rehearsal space in California. A photo of what the band calls the \"Garage\" is featured on the inside cover of the album. The Blue Album is currently certified 3 times platinum, making it Weezer's all-time best seller. It was re-released and repackaged in 2004 as a Deluxe Edition, which included a second disc of b-sides along with other previously unreleased rarities. Killer Record: Pinkerton(1995-1997) In late December 1994, Weezer took a break from touring for the Christmas holidays. Cuomo traveled back east to his home state of Connecticut, and using an eight-track recorder, he began piecing together demo material for Weezer's next album. Cuomo's original concept for Weezer's sophomore effort was to be a space-themed rock opera, Songs from the Black Hole. The album was intended to feature songs that flowed together seamlessly, and ended with a special coda that briefly revisited the major musical elements of the piece. The band began demoing and working on Cuomo's concept through intermittent recording sessions in the spring and summer of 1995. Ultimately, the Songs from the Black Hole album concept was dropped. The album would instead feature some old tunes from before their first album (which had briefly been incorporated into the space-opera) as well as some new ones written while Cuomo was at Harvard. After the multi-platinum success of their debut album, Weezer's sophomore album was finally released on September 24, 1996. Pinkerton, which peaked at #19 in the U.S. upon its release, didn't sell as many copies as its predecessor, probably due to its darker, more abrasive nature. Pinkerton was labeled \"one of the worst albums of 1996\" by a Rolling Stone reader poll. Eventually, the album grew into a cult classic, and is viewed by some as Weezer's greatest album. In fact, in 2004, the magazine changed their rating to a 5-star rating and inducted it into The Rolling Stone Hall Of Fame. This article can be found in the Reviews sections of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time issue. Three singles were taken from the album: \"El Scorcho\", \"The Good Life\" and \"Pink Triangle\". The video for \"El Scorcho\" featured the band inside a darkened room, sitting in a circle, that would be lit differently throughout parts of the song; it was directed by Mark Romanek. The video for \"The Good Life\" was directed by the team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (though no known video was made for \"Pink Triangle\"). However, the singles did not receive as much airtime as the singles from their debut album. The title of the album comes from the character Lieutenant Pinkerton in Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly. The entire album is heavily influenced by the opera's story line. Madame Butterfly is mentioned under her real name, Cio-Cio San, in \"El Scorcho.\" The song \"Butterfly\" is written from Pinkerton's point of view at the end of the opera. The album's title was the source of a legal challenge. Pinkerton Securities of Encino, Calif., filed a temporary restraining order against the band and its Geffen record label for copyright infringement two days before the album was to be released on September 24, 1996. A judge ruled against the security company and the album was finally released. Weezer completed their touring for Pinkerton in the summer of 1997. The members of the band took a break, with drummer Patrick Wilson returning to his home in Portland, Oregon to work on his side project, The Special Goodness, Matt Sharp left to complete the follow-up album for his group The Rentals, and Brian Bell went to work on his group, Space Twins. Rivers Cuomo returned to Boston, Massachusetts, but dropped out of Harvard to focus on songwriting. He eventually went into seclusion. He painted his walls black, disconnected his phone, and didn't communicate with anyone. Later, he formed a solo group, The Rivers Cuomo Band. Cuomo used the group to try out unreleased material, including possible new songs for the next Weezer album. The band played their first show at T.T. the Bear's on October 8, 1997. Future Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was part of the solo band's lineup. The Boston songs were later abandoned and not used on the next Weezer album, but live recordings of the Boston shows are openly traded on the internet. In February of 1998, Rivers left Boston and Harvard academia behind and returned to Los Angeles. Pat Wilson and Brian Bell joined Cuomo in L.A. to start work on the next album. Matt Sharp did not rejoin the band and officially left the group in April of 1998. The group decided on Mikey Welsh as Sharp's replacement. Weezer continued rehearsal and cut demos until the fall of 1998. Frustration and creative disagreements led to a decline in rehearsals, and in late fall of 1998, drummer Pat Wilson left for his home in Portland pending renewed productivity from Cuomo. The band would not reunite until April of 2000, when the Fuji Festival in Japan offered Weezer a high-paying gig to play in August 2000. The festival served as a catalyst for Weezer's productivity, and from April to May, 2000, the band rehearsed and demoed new songs in Los Angeles. The band returned to live shows in June 2000, but without the Weezer name. Instead the shows featured the group's first use of the pseudonym Goat Punishment. On June 23, 2000, the band, now back under the Weezer name, joined the Warped Tour for eight planned dates. Weezer was received well at the festival, leading the band to book more tour dates for the summer. SS2K - The Summer Sessions (2000) In the summer of 2000, Weezer (now consisting of Rivers Cuomo, Mikey Welsh, Pat Wilson, and Brian Bell) went on tour. Weezer's setlist consisted of 14 new songs that fans have labeled the Summer Songs of 2000 (commonly abbreviated, SS2K). When 13 of these songs did not appear on Weezer's next album, fans of the songs started a petition demanding the release of studio demos. Eventually, mp3s were made available on the band's official website for download. Three SS2K songs, \"Hash Pipe\", \"Dope Nose\" and \"Slob,\" have appeared on studio albums (\"Hash Pipe\" on the Green Album and \"Dope Nose\" and \"Slob\" appearing on Maladroit). Green Album & Maladroit (2001-2003) Eventually, the band went back into the studio to produce a third album. Weezer (2001) chose to repeat the self-titled name of their first release. This album quickly became known as The Green Album due to its distinctive bright green coloring. Shortly after the release of The Green Album, Weezer went on another American tour. They attracted a new generation of fans thanks to heavy MTV rotation for the videos of their hit singles \"Hash Pipe\" and \"Island in the Sun.\" The video for \"Hash Pipe,\" directed by Marcos Siega featured sumo wrestlers and was nominated for Best Rock Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost out to Limp Bizkit's \"Rollin.\" Two videos were recorded for \"Island in the Sun.\" Marcos Siega directed the first, which focused on a Mexican wedding, and Spike Jonze directed the second, which involved Weezer with animals in a wildlife reserve. Their video for \"Photograph\" was shot and put together by Weezer friend and unofficial \"5th member\" Karl Koch. As reported on August 16th, 2001, by MTV, bassist Mikey Welsh was checked into a psychiatric hospital. His whereabouts were previously unknown, as he mysteriously went missing before their second filming of the \"Island in the Sun\" music video, featuring the band with various animals. Weezer was prompted to find a temporary replacement for Welsh. Through a mutual friend, Cuomo received Scott Shriner's number and asked if he was interested to fill in for Welsh. Shriner, at first believing it was a prank phone call, accepted. Much to the ire of their recording label, Weezer decided to forgo the industry-preferred waiting period of 2 to 3 years between albums and began recording demos for their fourth album. The band took an experimental approach for the recording process by allowing fans to download the demos from their official website in return for feedback. After the release of the album, the band subsequently stated that the process was somewhat of a failure, as the fans did not supply them with cohesive constructive advice. Only the song \"Slob\" was included on the album due to general fan advice. The fourth album, Maladroit, was released in 2002 with Scott Shriner replacing Mikey Welsh on the bass. The album served as a harder-edged version of their trademark catchy pop-influenced music. Although met with generally positive critical reviews (including making many \"Best of '02\" lists), its sales were not as strong as The Green Album and remains their worst-selling album to date. Two singles were released from the album. The \"Dope Nose\" music video featured a Japanese motorcycle gang, and was put into regular rotation. The music video for \"Keep Fishin'\" combined Weezer with The Muppets, and had heavy rotation on MTV. Both videos were directed by Marcos Siega. As soon as Maladroit had wrapped up, the band immediately began work on their fifth album, recording numerous demos between tours for Maladroit (often recording as many as 24 songs in a day). These songs were eventually scrapped, and Weezer took a break after the release of two albums in quick succession. Make Believe (2003-2005) In March of 2004, Weezer released their first DVD. Titled Video Capture Device, the DVD contains all of their then-current music videos. It also included live concerts and homemade movies. The DVD was certified \"gold\" on November 8, 2004. From December 2003 to the summer and early fall of 2004, the members of Weezer recorded a large amount of material intended for a new album to be released in the spring of 2005 with producer Rick Rubin. The band's early recording efforts became available to the public through the band's website. The demos, entitled the Album Five Demos (or album 4.5), were a big hit with fans but only one song, \"Hold Me\", would be included on the finished album. That album, entitled Make Believe, was released on May 10, 2005. The album was very well received by the public. However, long-time Weezer fans often consider it as a decline from their earlier albums, and has received mixed reviews. The album's first single, \"Beverly Hills,\" became a hit in the U.S. and worldwide, staying on the charts for several months after its release. The video for \"Beverly Hills\", directed by Marcos Siega, featured the band and a select choice of fans interacting with Playboy Bunnies and Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. It became the first Weezer song to hit #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the first ever Grammy nomination for the band. The video for the song was also nominated for Best Rock Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. During the \"Make Believe\" tour of 2005, Cuomo allowed other members of the band to step into the spotlight of certain songs: * Brian Bell: \"Getchoo\" and \"Why Bother?\" (from Pinkerton), \"Smile\" (from \"The Green Album\"), and \"Keep Fishin'\" (from Maladroit) * Scott Shriner: \"Fall Together\", and \"Dope Nose\", and \"In the Garage\" (from \"The Blue Album\") * Patrick Wilson: \"Photograph\" (from \"The Green Album\"), \"Song 2\" (Blur cover, whilst playing lead guitar) In late August 2005, Weezer performed with the rock band The Pixies, which was one of Rivers' influences, at Summerfest and other dates. From September 8 to October 28, 2005, Weezer set out on a tour with the Foo Fighters, which, to many, was simply called Foozer. The Foozer tour was awarded \"Most Creative Tour Package\" at The 17th Annual Concert Industry Awards. On December 13th, 2005, Winter Weezerland EP was released on iTunes. The EP was essentially a re-release of the 2000 Weezer christmas CD which featured \"The Christmas Song\" and \"Christmas Celebration\". Also, in late 2005 the band released the second single off Make Believe, called \"We Are All on Drugs\" (for family-oriented purposes, some releases of the song were renamed \"We Are All in Love\"), and the music video was directed by Justin Francis. It didn't do well as a single, and many weezer fans hated it. In early 2006, it was announced that Make Believe was certified platinum, and \"Beverly Hills\" was the second most popular download on iTunes for 2005. Also in early 2006, Make Believe's third single, \"Perfect Situation\", spent four weeks in a row at the #1 spot on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, a personal record for Weezer. The Perfect Situation video starred Elisha Cuthbert and was directed by Marc Webb. The only other Weezer track to hit #1 was \"Beverly Hills,\" for one week. \"This is Such a Pity\" is the band's fourth single from the album, but no music video was made for its release. The Future (2006-) As of January, 2006, Bell and Wilson are set to portray Velvet Underground members Lou Reed and John Cale in Factory Girl, an upcoming film about the life of Andy Warhol cohort Edie Sedgwick. Rivers Cuomo announced a new song called \"Piece of the Pie\" while onstage during the band's October 7th, 2005 show in Detroit (but did not perform it). Cuomo has mentioned other song ideas recently, dropping titles and ideas such as \"East Coast or West Coast,\" \"Pig\" and new songs with lyrics he described as \"bloggy\". Rivers has commented on his myspace blog that his recent comments to mtv.com were 'misquoted' and said that what he meant \"was that the soccer song, \"Our Time will Come\", certainly won't be on a Weezer album.\" and said \"The rest of the songs, though, are definite contenders for a Weezer record.\" A strong hint that the band are in fact only on a break and that a sixth album is on the card. In late 2006, Brian Bell began work on a new project called The Relationship which fans can follow on the band's myspace page. Pat Wilson told Keifer Wells and Martin Michalek in a radio interview for Andover High School that he and Scott Shriner had been creating songs together and are trying to get Rivers to sing for when the band has jam sessions. Pat has also been creating a few Special Goodness songs, but said little more on the subject. Fans can currently follow the news of the band at Rivers Cuomo's myspace page and the official Weezer website. Weezer's sixth studio album will be released on June 3, 2008, just over three years after their latest release, Make Believe. Rick Rubin produced the album[30] and Rich Costey provided the mixing[31] for what Weezer fans are calling \"Album Six\".[32] The record is being described as \"experimental\", and according to Cuomo, includes longer and non-traditional songs, TR-808 drum machines, synthesizers, Southern rap, baroque counterpoint, and band members other than Cuomo writing, singing, and switching instruments.[33] Lead singer Rivers Cuomo released a demo-compilation album entitled Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo on December 18, 2007. The album contains demos of Cuomo's that span from 1992 to 2007, including songs from Weezer's abandoned second album, Songs from the Black Hole. Also included in Alone is a song intended for Weezer's upcoming 6th studio album, entitled \"This is the Way\". The booklet of Alone tells of the band wanting the song for the album, but ultimately choosing \"an epic, 6-minute, symphonic type of art song\" entitled \"Daydreamer\" instead. Weezer's \"Weezer\" (also referred to as \"The Red Album\") was released in June 2008. Rick Rubin produced the album and Rich Costey mixed it. The record is being described as \"experimental\", and according to Cuomo, includes longer and non-traditional songs, TR-808 drum machines, synthesizers, Southern rap, baroque counterpoint, and band members other than Cuomo writing, singing, and switching instruments. Pat Wilson said that the album cost about a million dollars to make, contrasting it with the $150,000 budget of \"The Blue Album\". The album's singles were produced by Jacknife Lee. Its lead single, \"Pork and Beans\", topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts for 11 weeks, and its music video won a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. The album's second single, \"Troublemaker\", debuted at #39 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at #2. In October 2008, the group announced that the third single would be \"The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)\". In 2009, the band announced their next album, \"Raditude\", would be released on November 3, 2009, where it debuted as the seventh best-selling album of the week on the Billboard 200 chart. The band scheduled tour dates in December 2009 extending into early 2010 to coincide with the new album's release. On December 6, 2009, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was injured when his tour bus crashed in upstate New York due to black ice. Cuomo suffered three broken ribs, and his assistant broke two ribs. His wife, baby daughter, and their nanny were also on the bus; however, they escaped injury. Weezer cancelled tour dates the following day. The band resumed touring on January 20, 2010. In December 2009, it was revealed that the band was no longer with Geffen Records. The band stated that they would still release new material, but they are unsure of the means, whether it be self-released, released online, or getting signed by another label. Eventually, the band was signed to the independent label Epitaph. The album \"Hurley\" was released in September 2010 through Epitaph Records. The name comes from the character Hugo \"Hurley\" Reyes from the television show \"Lost\". Jorge Garcia, the actor who portrayed Hurley, stated that being featured on the album cover is \"one of the biggest honors of [his] career.\" Weezer used internet streaming service YouTube as a way to promote the album. Weezer loaned itself to 15 amateur online video producers, \"going along with whatever plans the creator could execute in about 30 minutes.\" They have used many of the popular channels to promote themselves, such as Barely Political, Ray William Johnson and Fred Figglehorn. The Gregory Brothers solicited musical and vocal contributions from the band on one of its compositions built around speeches by Rep. Charles Rangel and President Barack Obama. Weezer calls the promotion \"The YouTube Invasion\" On November 2, 2010, Weezer released another studio album called \"Death to False Metal\". This album was composed of newly re-recorded versions of unused recordings spanning the band's career. On October 9, 2011, the band announced on their website that former bassist Mikey Welsh had died. 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Additionally, a deluxe release of their 1996 album Pinkerton and a compilation of rare and previously unreleased songs titled Death to False Metal were released on November 2, 2010. \n\nHistory:\n\nFormation and debut album (1992-1995):\nWeezer, consisting of Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp, and Jason Cropper, formed in 1992, had their first practice on February 14 of that year, and their first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar shortly thereafter. Weezer signed with Geffen Records on June 25, 1993 and recorded their debut album with producer Ric Ocasek at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. During the recording, guitarist Jason Cropper left the band and was replaced by Brian Bell. The band released Weezer (also referred to as \"The Blue Album\") in May 1994. The record label originally did not wish to release a single, to see what sales could be generated by word-of-mouth alone. Soon after the release of Weezer, DJ Marco Collins of the Seattle radio station The End started playing \"Undone - The Sweater Song\", leading Geffen to release \"Undone - The Sweater Song\" as the first official single. The music video was directed by Spike Jonze. Filmed in an unbroken take, it featured Weezer performing on a sound stage with little action, bar a pack of dogs swarming the set. The video became an instant hit on MTV. Spike Jonze also directed the band's second video, for \"Buddy Holly\". The video featured footage from the television sitcom Happy Days spliced with the band performing in a remade \"Arnold's Drive-In\", a familiar setting from the series. The video achieved heavy rotation on MTV and went on to win Jonze and the band four MTV Video Music Awards, including Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Music Video, and two Billboard Music Video Awards. The clip was also featured on the companion CD for the Microsoft Windows 95 computer operating system. A third single, \"Say It Ain't So\", followed. Weezer is certified triple platinum in the United States, making it Weezer's all-time best seller. It is certified double platinum in Canada. \n\nPinkerton (1996-1997):\nIn late December 1994, Weezer took a break from touring for the Christmas holidays. Cuomo traveled back east to his home state of Connecticut, and using an eight-track recorder, he began piecing together demo material for Weezer's next album. The original concept for Weezer's second album was to be a space-themed rock opera, Songs from the Black Hole. The album was intended to feature songs that flowed together seamlessly and end with a special coda that briefly revisited the major musical elements of the piece. The band began demoing and working on Cuomo's concept through intermittent recording sessions in the spring and summer of 1995. Ultimately, the Songs from the Black Hole album concept was dropped. The album would instead feature songs composed before the band's first album (which had briefly been incorporated into the space opera) as well as some new ones written while Cuomo was at Harvard. Weezer's second album, Pinkerton, was released on September 24, 1996. Three singles were taken from the album: \"El Scorcho\", \"The Good Life\", and \"Pink Triangle\". The album's title sparked a legal challenge. Pinkerton Securities of Encino, Calif., filed a temporary injunction against the band and its Geffen record label for trademark infringement two days before the album was to be released on September 24, 1996. A judge ruled for Weezer, and the album was finally released. This injunction caused Geffen to hold back some of the initial advertising and promotion for the album, possibly contributing to the album's slow initial sales. Due to initial weak sales (it peaked at #19 in the U.S.), the album was, at first, viewed as a commercial failure, especially when viewed in light of the multi-platinum success of their debut album. The album failed to gain traction in the mainstream music world, perhaps due to its darker, more abrasive sound.Pinkerton was labeled \"one of the worst albums of 1996\" by a Rolling Stone reader poll. However, word of mouth kept the trickle of sales going and eventually the record achieved cult status. In the book The '90s (2010), Rolling Stone ranked Pinkerton number 48 in the 100 Best Albums of the Nineties. \n\nOn hiatus (1997-2000):\nWeezer completed their touring for Pinkerton in the summer of 1997. The members of the band took a break, with drummer Patrick Wilson returning to his home in Portland, Oregon to work on his side project, The Special Goodness; Matt Sharp left to complete the follow-up album for his group The Rentals; and Brian Bell went to work on his group, Space Twins. Rivers Cuomo returned to Boston, Massachusetts, but took a break from Harvard to focus on songwriting. Cuomo gathered Boston-area musicians and rehearsed new material, including possible songs for the next Weezer album. The group, referred to by fans as the Rivers Cuomo Band, had several different lineups and played several shows at local clubs, including their first show at T.T. the Bear's on October 8, 1997. Future Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was a constant of the group's evolving lineups. Pat Wilson eventually flew to Boston to sit in on drums. The Boston songs were later abandoned and not used on the next Weezer album, but live recordings of the Boston shows are openly traded on the internet. In February 1998, Rivers left Boston and returned to Los Angeles. Pat Wilson and Brian Bell joined Cuomo in Los Angeles to start work on the next album. Matt Sharp did not rejoin the band and officially left the group in April 1998. The group decided on Mikey Welsh as Sharp's replacement. Weezer continued rehearsing and cut demos until the fall of 1998. Frustration and creative disagreements led to a decline in rehearsals, and in late fall of 1998, drummer Pat Wilson left for his home in Portland pending renewed productivity from Cuomo. In November 1998, the band (with a substitute drummer) played two club shows in California under the name Goat Punishment. The shows consisted entirely of Nirvana and Oasis cover songs, respectively. In the months following, Rivers Cuomo went into a period of admitted depression, painting the walls of his home black and putting \"fiberglass insulation all over the windows and then black sheets of fiberglass so that no light could get through. The band would not reunite until April 2000, when the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan offered Weezer a high-paying gig to play in August 2000. The festival served as a catalyst for Weezer's productivity, and from April to May 2000, the band rehearsed and demoed new songs in Los Angeles. The band returned to live shows in June 2000, playing small unpromoted concerts under the pseudonym Goat Punishment. In June 2001, the band joined the Warped Tour for eight dates. \n\nRenewed popularity and The Green Album (2000-2001):\nIn the summer of 2001, Weezer (now consisting of Rivers Cuomo, Mikey Welsh, Pat Wilson, and Brian Bell) went on tour (including dates on the popular Vans Warped Tour). Weezer's set-list consisted of 14 new songs that fans have labeled the Summer Songs of 2000 (commonly abbreviated, SS2K). When 13 of these songs did not appear on Weezer's next album, fans of the songs started a petition demanding the release of studio versions. Eventually, the band went back into the studio to produce a third album. They chose the title, Weezer (2001), to repeat the self-titled name of their first release. This album quickly became known as \"The Green Album\" due to its distinctive bright green coloring. Shortly after the release of the album, Weezer went on another American tour. They attracted a new generation of fans thanks to heavy MTV rotation for the videos of their hit singles \"Hash Pipe\" and \"Island in the Sun\". As reported on August 16, 2001, by MTV, bassist Mikey Welsh was checked into a psychiatric hospital. His whereabouts were previously unknown, as he mysteriously went missing before the filming of the second video for \"Island in the Sun\". Weezer was prompted to find a temporary replacement for Welsh. Through a mutual friend, Cuomo received Scott Shriner's number and asked if he was interested in filling in for Welsh. Shriner accepted the invitation. \n\nMaladroit (2002-2003):\nThe band took an experimental approach for the recording process of their fourth album by allowing fans to download demos from their official website in return for feedback. After the release of the album, the band said that this process was something of a failure, as the fans did not supply them with coherent, constructive advice. Cuomo eventually delegated song selection for the album to the band's original A&R rep, Todd Sullivan, saying that Weezer fans chose the \"wackest songs.\" Only the song \"Slob\" was included on the album due to general fan advice. The recording was also done without input from Weezer's record label, Interscope. Cuomo had what he then described as a \"massive falling out\" with the label. In early 2002, well before the official release of the album, the label sent out a letter to radio stations requesting the song be pulled until an official, sanctioned single was released. Interscope also briefly shut down Weezer's audio/video download webpage, removing all the MP3 demos. Online Weezer fans staged a brief protest, with several websites proclaiming \"Free Maladroit\". In April 2002, former bassist Matt Sharp sued the band, alleging, among several accusations, that he was owed money for cowriting several Weezer songs. The suit was later settled out of court. The fourth album, Maladroit, was released on May 14, 2002, only one year after its predecessor. The album served as a harder-edged version of the band's trademark catchy pop-influenced music, and was replete with busy 1980s-style guitar solos. Although met with generally positive critical reviews, its sales were not as strong as those for \"The Green Album\". Two singles were released from the album. The music video for \"Dope Nose\" featured an obscure Japanese motorcycle gang, and was put into regular rotation. The music video for \"Keep Fishin'\" combined Weezer with The Muppets, and had heavy rotation on MTV. Both videos were directed by Marcos Siega. As soon as Maladroit had wrapped up, the band immediately began work on their fifth album, recording numerous demos between tours (often recording as many as 24 songs in a day). These songs were eventually scrapped, and Weezer took a break after the release of two albums in quick succession. During this break, Bell and Wilson released LPs from their respective side projects Space Twins and The Special Goodness. Weezer released their much-delayed first DVD on March 23, 2004. The Video Capture Device DVD chronicles the band from its beginnings through Maladroit's Enlightenment Tour. Compiled by Karl Koch, the DVD features home video footage, music videos, commercials, rehearsals, concert performances, television performances, and band commentary. The DVD was certified \"gold\" on November 8, 2004. \n\nMake Believe (2003-2006):\nFrom December 2003 to the fall of 2004, the members of Weezer recorded a large amount of material intended for a new album to be released in the spring of 2005 with producer Rick Rubin. The band's early recording efforts became available to the public through the band's website. The demos were a big hit, but none of the songs recorded at this time were included on the finished album. That album, titled Make Believe, was released on May 10, 2005. Despite commercial success, Make Believe got a mixed reception from critics, receiving an average score of 52 on review collator Metacritic. Although some reviews, such as AMG's, compared it favorably to Pinkerton, others, among them Pitchfork Media's score of 0.4 out of 10, panned the album as predictable and lyrically poor. The album's first single, \"Beverly Hills\", became a hit in the U.S. and worldwide, staying on the charts for several months after its release. It became the first Weezer song to hit #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. \"Beverly Hills\" was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the first ever Grammy nomination for the band. The video was also nominated for Best Rock Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. The second single off Make Believe was \"We Are All on Drugs\". MTV refused to play the song, so Weezer re-recorded the lyrics by replacing \"on drugs\" with \"in love\" and renaming the song \"We Are All in Love\". In early 2006, it was announced that Make Believe was certified platinum, and \"Beverly Hills\" was the second most popular song download on iTunes for 2005, finishing just behind \"Hollaback Girl\" by Gwen Stefani.Make Believe's third single, \"Perfect Situation\", spent four weeks in a row at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. \"This Is Such a Pity\" was the band's fourth single from the album, but no music video was made for its release. The Make Believe tour also found the band using additional instruments onstage, adding piano, synthesizers, pseudophones, and guitarist Bobby Schneck. The band has announced the possible release of a live DVD composed of footage from the 2005 Japan tour. It will consist of a two-day, seven-camera shoot of the shows in Japan, plus material that will be drawn from various behind-the-scenes footage. The DVD was announced in late 2005, but in a 2006 update on the band's Web site, Karl Koch noted it was \"apparently edited, but has been put on hold for now.\" \n\nThe Red Album (2007-2008):\nWeezer's Weezer (also referred to as \"The Red Album\") was released in June 2008. Rick Rubin produced the album and Rich Costey mixed it. The record is being described as \"experimental\", and according to Cuomo, includes longer and non-traditional songs, TR-808 drum machines, synthesizers, Southern rap, baroque counterpoint, and band members other than Cuomo writing, singing, and switching instruments. Pat Wilson said that the album cost about a million dollars to make, contrasting it with the $150,000 budget of \"The Blue Album\". The album's singles were produced by Jacknife Lee. Its lead single, \"Pork and Beans\", topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts for 11 weeks, and its music video won a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. The album's second single, \"Troublemaker\", debuted at #39 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at #2. In October 2008, the group announced that the third single would be \"The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)\". On May 30, 2008, the Toledo Free Press revealed in an interview with Scott Shriner that Weezer would be unveiling the \"Hootenanny Tour\", in which fans would be invited to bring their own instruments to play along with the band. Said Shriner: \"They can bring whatever they want... oboes, keyboards, drums, violins, and play the songs with us as opposed to us performing for them.\" The band performed five dates in Japan at the beginning of September and then embarked on what was dubbed the 'Troublemaker' tour, consisting of 21 dates around North America, including two in Canada. Angels and Airwaves and Tokyo Police Club joined them as support at each show and Brian Bell's 'other' band The Relationship also performed at a handful of dates. Shortly before the encore at each show, the band would bring on fans with various instruments and perform Island in the Sun and Beverly Hills with them. At a show in Austin, after Tokyo Police Club had played their set, Rivers was wheeled out in a box and mimed to a recording of rare Weezer demo, 'My Brain', dressed in pajamas and with puppets on his hands, before being wheeled off again. This bizarre event later surfaced as the climax to a promo video for Cuomo's second demo album, Alone 2. Rivers Cuomo also wrote a song with pop duo Aly & AJ, and was very pleased with the way the girls worked. It is unknown if the song will be made public on an album. On December 4, iOS developer Tapulous released the game Christmas With Weezer, featuring gameplay similar to Tap Tap Revenge and six Christmas carols performed by the band. A digital EP featuring the songs, titled \"Christmas with Weezer\", was also released on December 16, 2008. \n\nRaditude (2009-2010):\nWeezer toured with Blink-182 in 2009, including an August 30 stop at the Virgin Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Drummer Josh Freese joined Weezer on a temporary basis to play drums on the Blink-182/Weezer tour while Pat Wilson switched to guitar. Wilson said in an interview for Yahoo! Music that Cuomo wanted \"to be active and more free on stage and him having guitar on was an impediment.\" Freese stated he was a Weezer fan and did not want to pass up the opportunity to play with them. Raditude's album artwork was revealed on September 11, featuring a National Geographic contest-winning photograph of a jumping dog named Sidney. The record's release was pushed to November 3, 2009, where it debuted as the seventh best-selling album of the week on the Billboard 200 chart. The band scheduled tour dates in December 2009 extending into early 2010 to coincide with the new album's release. On December 6, 2009, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was injured when his tour bus crashed in upstate New York due to black ice. Cuomo suffered three broken ribs, and his assistant broke two ribs. His wife, baby daughter, and their nanny were also on the bus; however, they escaped injury. Weezer cancelled tour dates the following day. The band resumed touring on January 20, 2010. In December 2009, it was revealed that the band was no longer with Geffen Records. The band stated that they would still release new material, but they are unsure of the means, whether it be self-released, released online, or getting signed by another label. Eventually, the band was signed to the independent label Epitaph. The band also recorded a cover of \"I'm a Believer\" for the movie Shrek Forever After. Weezer co-headlined The Bamboozle in May, 2010, and performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee in June. In August, 2010, Weezer performed at the Reading and Leeds Festival, and performed at the Voodoo Experience festiva in New Orleans, LA in October 2010. On June 11, 2010, the band released a new single, \"Represent\". The song is said to be an \"unofficial US anthem\" to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. \n\nHurley and Death to False Metal (2010-present):\nThe album Hurley was released in September 2010 through Epitaph Records. The name comes from the character Hugo \"Hurley\" Reyes from the television show Lost. Jorge Garcia, the actor who portrayed Hurley, stated that being featured on the album cover is \"one of the biggest honors of his career.\" Weezer used internet streaming service YouTube as a way to promote the album. Weezer loaned itself to 15 amateur online video producers, \"going along with whatever plans the creator could execute in about 30 minutes.\" They have used many of the popular channels to promote themselves, such as Barely Political, Ray William Johnson and Fred Figglehorn. The Gregory Brothers solicited musical and vocal contributions from the band on one of its compositions built around speeches by Rep. Charles Rangel and President Barack Obama. Weezer calls the promotion \"The YouTube Invasion\". In November 2010, Weezer released a compilation album composed of re-recorded versions of unused recordings spanning various years, Death to False Metal. On the same day a deluxe version of Pinkerton, which includes \"25 demos, outtakes and live tracks\" was also released. A third volume of Rivers Cuomo's solo Alone series, titled The Pinkerton Years is also planned for release. They also contributed a cover of The Cars' \"You Might Think\" for the Disney-Pixar film Cars 2. On October 8, 2011 former bassist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago, Illinois hotel room. Weezer performed in Chicago the very next day, and dedicated the concert to Welsh (Welsh was supposed to be a surprise guest at that concert). The band began working on their tenth studio album in September 2010 with the intent of a 2011 release although the year ended without seeing a release. The band headlined a four-day rock-themed Carnival Cruise from Miami to Cozumel that set sail on January 19, 2012. In May 2012, drummer Patrick Wilson released his fourth studio album with side-project, The Special Goodness, entitled Natural. \n\nMusical style and influences:\nWhile Weezer are most commonly an alternative rock and power pop band, they have also been associated with other genres, such as pop punk,emo and indie rock. Many modern bands, such as Dinosaur Pile-Up,Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Fall of Troy list Weezer as an influence. Weezer themselves have listed several influences, among them KISS (with direct references in the song \"In the Garage\"), Nirvana (who were their labelmates at DGC for a very brief time before Kurt Cobain's death), Pixies (especially early on in their career), Sonic Youth, Oasis, and Wax. Early Weezer demos, such as \"Paperface\", have very obvious musical ties to the Pixies and Nirvana. Also, the song \"Susanne\" originally contained the lyrics, \"Even Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose\", before being changed to \"Even Izzy, Slash, and Axl Rose\" after Cobain's death. There is also a direct reference to Nevermind in \"Heart Songs\", a track found on The Red Album. As a side project, Weezer also briefly played Nirvana and Oasis covers under the stage moniker \"Goat Punishment\". In 1998, Weezer covered \"Velouria\" by the Pixies for a Pixies tribute album, and in 2005 briefly got to tour with their idols for a few dates. Green Day has also been said to be an influence (there is a direct lyric about Green Day in the song \"El Scorcho\"), and it has been acknowledged that the two bands are friends and enjoy each other's music. Weezer contributed the song \"Worry Rock\" to A Different Shade of Green: Tribute to Green Day. Rivers Cuomo also covered \"Brain Stew\" in a 2009 AOL Sessions set. \n\nSolo work:\nLead singer Rivers Cuomo released a demo-compilation album titled Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo on December 18, 2007. The album contains demos of Cuomo's that span from 1992 to 2007, including songs from Weezer's abandoned second album, Songs from the Black Hole. Brian Bell has been working on a solo project called The Relationship, and did not write any songs for Raditude in order to save more material for his solo work. Cuomo's second demo album, Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, was released on November 25, 2008. The album includes further tracks from the scrapped Songs from the Black Hole, early versions of songs later released as full-band demos, amongst various other demo tracks. Many members of Weezer have bands of their own. Brian Bell has collaborated with Space Twins and The Relationship, Mikey Welsh was in Juliana Hatfield, The Kickovers, Heretix, Jocobono, Slower and Left Nut. 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"name": "Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Black Keys Headlining Austin City Limits | Billboard.com",
"url": "http://www.billboard.com/news/red-hot-chili-peppers-neil-young-and-crazy-1007117552.story",
"summary": "Horse, the Black Keys, Jack White, Florence + the Machine and the Avett Brothers atop the bill. The annual Texas festival will span Oct. 12-14 in Zilker Park. Other acts set for the diverse fest include newcomers such as Gotye and the Alabama Shakes as well as veteran performers such as the Roots, <span>Weezer</span> and Asleep at the Wheel, which will mark its 11th straight appearance at ACL. Below, the full 2012 Austin City Limits lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers Neil Young and Crazy Horse The Black Keys Jack White Florence + The Machine The Avett Brothers Iggy & The Stooges AVICII BASSNECTAR The Roots The Shins <span>Weezer</span> Gotye The Civil Wars M83 Tegan and Sara Childish Gambino Two Door Cinema Club Thievery Corporation The Afghan Whigs Crystal Castles Andrew Bird Gary Clark Jr. Metric Band of Skulls Esperanza Spalding Alabama Shakes Delta Spirit M. Ward Randy Rogers Band Die Antwoord Rufus Wainwright NEEDTOBREATHE Big Gigantic Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Steve Earle The War On Drugs Umphrey's McGee Barrington Levy Old 97's Punch Brothers Bombay Bicycle Club A-Trak Trampled By Turtles Patterson Hood Michael Kiwanuka Big K.R.I.T. Oberhofer POLICA Tennis Zola Jesus Stars Kimbra Black Lips Los Campesinos!",
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"name": "Neil Young, Jack White, Black Keys To Headline ACL Festival",
"url": "http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/05/neil-young-jack-white-black-keys-to-headline-acl-festival/",
"summary": "Trampled By Turtles Wheeler Brothers Florence + The Machine Patterson Hood The Relatives The Avett Brothers Michael Kiwanuka Space Capone Iggy & The Stooges Big K.R.I.T. The Staves AVICII Oberhofer Native Run BASSNECTAR POLICA Nikki Lane The Roots Tennis Quiet Company The Shins Zola Jesus Infantree <span>Weezer</span> Stars Wild Child Gotye Kimbra La Vida Bohème The Civil Wars Black Lips The Eastern Sea M83 Los Campesinos! The Dunwells Tegan and Sara Jovanotti Kenny Vaughan Trio Childish Gambino Ben Howard Justin Jones Two Door Cinema Club Ruthie Foster Sonámbulo Thievery Corporation Freelance Whales Royal",
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"name": "It's The End Of The Week As We Know It: First Album You Owned",
"url": "http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/its_the_end_of_the_week_as_we_know_it_first_album_you_owned.html",
"summary": "my Matchbox on, I'd cycle through the hits, but I'd end up skipping over the second half of the record. Now that I think about it, I kind of assumed that every album was like that; there would be a handful of good songs but many of them would be so-so and unmemorable. It probably wasn't until I heard <span>Weezer</span>'s \"Blue Album\" or Pink Floyd's \"Dark Side Of The Moon\" years later that I understood that albums could actually be amazing from start to finish. Ah yes, the early days of a rock education. So anyway, those are just a few stories of a young, naive exposure to rock music. I'm sure you all have great stories as well.",
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"name": "Velvet Revolver Guitarist Starts Animated Band",
"url": "http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/velvet_revolver_guitarist_starts_animated_band.html",
"summary": "Tweet According to Blabbermouth.net, Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner has launched an \"animated\" rock band called PusherJones, featuring \"The Simpsons\" creative director Dave Warren, singer Frankie Perez (Camp Freddy, Scars On Broadway), bassist Scott Shriner (<span>Weezer</span>) and drummer Joey Castillo (Queens Of The Stone Age). The group's first single, \"Count Me Out\", will be released on May 1. The song, which is included on \"Avengers Assemble\", a 14-track compilation of music from and inspired by the film \"Marvel's The Avengers\", is currently available for streaming at RollingStone.com.",
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"name": "Queens Of The Stone Age, Velvet Revolver, Scars On Broadway, Etc. Members Form Animated Band PusherJones",
"url": "http://www.theprp.com/2012/04/17/news/queens-of-the-stone-age-velvet-revolver-scars-on-broadway-etc-members-form-animated-band-pusherjones/",
"summary": "Members of Queens Of The Stone Age, Velvet Revolver, <span>Weezer</span> and Scars On Broadway have teamed up for a new animated band dubbed \"PusherJones. The group have joined forces with \"The Simpsons\" creative director Dave Warren to flesh out their animated persona and feature the following lineup: Vocals - Frankie Perez (Scars On Broadway/Camp Freddy) Guitars - Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver) Bass - Scott Shriner (<span>Weezer</span>) Drums - Joey Castillo (Queens Of The Stone Age) The groups first single \"Count Me Out\" will appear on the upcoming \"Avengers\" soundtrack and can also be streamed over at Rollingstone.com.",
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"name": "New Two Door Cinema Club album 'almost done'",
"url": "http://www.gigwise.com/news/72051/New-Two-Door-Cinema-Club-album-almost-done",
"summary": "two weeks. The band said: 'Lots of people asking about the new album. It's almost done! We're working on the 10th track at the moment. 2 more weeks and it'll be done!!' Two Door Cinema Club are working with Jacknife Lee on their new album. Lee has previously worked with rock and roll greats such as REM, U2 and <span>Weezer</span>. Earlier this year, the band worked with Lady Gaga on tracks for her next album. Lead singer Alex Trimble told The Sun: \"She said we only had a week. That's not a lot of time, especially as we were on tour, but I couldn't turn down such an incredible opportunity. So we worked every single day and night",
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"name": "Quick Hits: Mumford & Sons, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Unplugged, 12 Stones, The Walkmen, Bunbury Music Festival, Full Metal Jackie, Allman Bros. Band",
"url": "http://fmqb.com/article.asp?id=2425618",
"summary": "Brooklyn Academy of Music, and in July, the band will support Florence + The Machine on their North American tour.A new music festival is coming to Cincinnati this summer from July 13-15. The inaugural Bunbury Music Festival will take place at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove in Cincinnati, with <span>Weezer</span>, Death Cab For Cutie, Guided By Voices and Jane's Addiction topping the lineup. They'll be joined by Dan Deacon, Manchester Orchestra, RJD2, Jukebox the Ghost, Ra Ra Riot, Grouplove, The Airborne Toxic Event, Minus the Bear, Maps & Atlases, Foxy Shazam and more. Details are available at www.bunburyfestival.com.Full",
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"name": "All-American Rejects experience growing pains on 'Kids'",
"url": "http://news.yahoo.com/american-rejects-experience-growing-pains-kids-214623065.html",
"summary": "sedate effort. The first three tracks are terrific, though, and if you only listened that far, you'd expect to be in for a real rock gem, before all the sleepiness sets in. \"Someday's Gone\" opens the proceedings with an assaultive guitar blast and emo pleadings right out of the <span>Weezer</span> songbook. The single, \"Beekeeper's Daughter,\" throws a horn section into the mix and achieves a nice balance between the old insolence and something fresher, with assistance from producer Greg Wells (Adele, Katy Perry, One Republic). \"Fast and Slow,\" easily the album's most fun selection, locks into an irresistibly",
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"name": "Titus Andronicus Release Free Mixtape | Prefix",
"url": "http://www.prefixmag.com/news/titus-andronicus-release-free-mixtape/63309/",
"summary": "demos for 'The Monitor,' recorded by Sarim Al-Rawi at the Graetzer residence, 6/2009 12. Four Score...Four track demo for live violin arrangement, recorded at home13. ...And Seven (Remix) 'The Monitor' outtake, recorded by Patrick on four track at Marcata Recording, summer 200914. El Scorcho (<span>Weezer</span>)15. Interlude16. Undone [The Sweater Song] (<span>Weezer</span>)From the Vice Halloween Party 2009, recorded by NYC Taper17. I Fought The Law (Bobby Fueller)Rehearsal for OWS benefit at Shea Stadium, 11/201118. Riot Squad (Cock Sparrer)Live at that very benefit, recorded by Adam 'Bomb' Reich 19. Hot Pockets",
"date_found": "2012-03-19T13:49:05",
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"name": "Download Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol 1",
"url": "http://stereogum.com/979191/download-titus-andronicus-llc-mixtape-vol-1/mp3s/",
"summary": "realized that this wasn't the most efficient way to get new music out into the world, so they've posted the entire mixtape for free download on their mixtape. Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol 1 includes a ton of demos, outtakes, and early recordings, as well as covers of songs from bands like the Velvet Underground, the Replacments, <span>Weezer</span>, Television Personalities, and Thin Lizzy -- the last of which was recorded live not even two weeks ago. You'll also find new single \"Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape With The Flood Of Detritus\" on the tape. Download it here. [Photo by Linda Flores @ Beauty Bar]",
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"name": "HIM Frontman: 'I Want To Recapture Some Sense Of Mystique'",
"url": "http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/him_frontman_i_want_to_recapture_some_sense_of_mystique.html",
"summary": "of.\" HIM's discography on Sire includes the 2005 album \"Dark Light\", which was certified gold in the U.S. for sales in excess of 500,000 copies. Follow-up releases \"Venus Doom\" (2007) and \"Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice\" charted both in the U.S. and Europe. \"Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice\" sold 26,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 25 on The Billboard 200 chart. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, the CD was produced by Matt Squire (Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Saosin) and mixed by Neal Avron (Linkin Park, <span>Weezer</span>, Fall Out Boy).",
"date_found": "2012-03-02T12:49:04",
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"date_posted": "2012-03-02T00:00:00"
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"name": "Brendon Small's Galaktikon To Release Debut In April",
"url": "http://www.theprp.com/2012/02/20/news/brendon-smalls-galaktikon-to-release-debut-in-april/",
"summary": "Season 4 premiere of METALOCALYPSE. Coming off of the second DETHKLOK album which was heavier and darker than the first, BRENDON SMALL's GALAKTIKON searches for melody (in the vocal) and finds inspirations in modern black metal, Queen, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins and <span>Weezer</span>. No influence is unwelcome on this project. Brendon Small paired with DETHKLOK drummer (legendary metal drummer) Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Fear Factory) and DETHKLOK bassist Bryan Beller (Dethklok, Steve Vai, Mike Keneally band) and DETHKLOK engineer and mixer Ulrich Wild.",
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"name": "All aboard the Weezer cruise: an extensive report",
"url": "http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/feb/06/weezer-cruise",
"summary": "All aboard the <span>Weezer</span> cruise: an extensive report ... Across the sea ... the <span>Weezer</span> ship sets sail. Photograph: Wendy Fonarow One of the things I love about a destination festival is that it takes you away from your everyday life. And a music cruise takes the destination festival to a whole new level. When I grew up, it seemed that a cruise was something you did when you retired. The sort of trip you went on when you were afraid to fly or when you'd decided pajama jeans were the best clothing option. I knew at some point cruises had mutated into family vacations, or moving spring breaks with drunken sexual shenanigans, but nothing could prepare me for the awesomeness of the <span>Weezer</span> Cruise. The cruise departed from Miami for a four-night jaunt to Cozumel and back. It featured <span>Weezer</span>, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, the Antlers, Yuck, Free Energy and others. As well as music, there were activities and theme nights: ugly sweaters, 80s prom, and moustaches. You could try beer tasting with Boom Bip or watch the belly flop contest judged by the Antlers, attend a Q&A with <span>Weezer</span>, or do yoga with Star of Ozma. <span>Weezer</span> are fortunate to have a wide audience demographic. Cruises are expensive and many people can't get work off in January, but despite this there was an incredibly diverse",
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"name": "Talk Talk Toasted by Members of Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Weezer Through Book and Tribute Album",
"url": "http://exclaim.ca/News/talk_talk_toasted_by_members_of_arcade_fire_broken_social_scene_weezer_through_book_tribute_album",
"summary": "Talk Talk Toasted by Members of Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, <span>Weezer</span> Through Book and Tribute Album ... years. The limited-edition item will also include hand-written lyric sheets from the group, not to mention 80 written pieces by some notables that were affected by the band's music. Some of the contributors include Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, late Pink Floyd member Richard Wright, <span>Weezer</span>'s Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater, Wild Beasts' Tom Fleming, Orbital's Paul Hartnoll, Karl Hyde of Underworld, former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder, Elbow's Guy Garvey, James Lavelle of UNKLE, and former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle. A release date has yet to be unveiled, but ... doesn't lock you into buying a copy). A tribute album also called Spirit of Talk Talk will arrive on May 28 through UK imprint Fierce Panda, and it will feature some of the same contributors as the book. Richard Reed Parry delivers a version of \"I Believe in You,\" Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and <span>Weezer</span>'s Patrick Wilson team up with Do Make Say Think for a take on \"New Grass,\" while Alan Wilder gets together with My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden to do \"Dum Dum Girl.\" A full tracklisting is still forthcoming, but other artists set to appear include Jason Lytle, White Lies, Joan As Police Woman, S. Carey,",
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"name": "Video Premiere: JEFF the Brotherhood&#039;s Beachy &#039;Bummer&#039;",
"url": "http://www.spin.com/articles/video-premiere-jeff-brotherhoods-beachy-bummer",
"summary": "the Brotherhood's latest long-player, We Are the Champions, and it becomes clear that Jesse and Jamin Orral had beach life on the brain (see: \"Ripper,\" \"Shredder,\" \"Mellow Out\") for a fair share of the writing and recording process. Or at least that's how it looks after drinking in the below clip for <span>Weezer</span>-fied album cut \"Bummer,\" shot on location on Oahu during the Nashville duo's tour of the islands in December (courtesy of Volcom). Just a couple of Tennessee bros hanging out on fishing boats and surfboards, chilling in jeeps and tropical lagoons, taking five every now and then to catch a gecko or",
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