Weezer
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Biography
[Edit]As one of the most popular groups to emerge in the post-grunge alternative rock aftermath, Weezer received equal amounts of criticism and praise for their hook-heavy guitar pop. Drawing from the heavy power pop of arena rockers like Cheap Trick and the angular guitar leads of the Pixies, Weezer leavened their melodies with doses of '70s metal learned from bands like Kiss. What truly set the band apart, though, was their geekiness. None of the members of Weezer, especially leader Rivers Cuomo, were conventional rockers: they were kids who holed up in their garage, playing along with their favorite records when they weren't studying or watching TV.
As a result, their music was infused with a quirky sense of humor and an endearing awkwardness that made songs from their debut Weezer (aka the blue album) like "Undone (The Sweater Song)," "Buddy Holly," and "Say It Ain't So" into big modern rock hits during the mid-'90s. All the singles were helped immeasurably by clever videos, which may have made the songs into hits, but they also made many critics believe that the band was a one-hit wonder. Perversely, Cuomo began to feel the same way, and decided that the band would not rely on any visual gimmicks for its second album, 1996's Pinkerton. Simultaneously, Cuomo took control of the band, making it into a vehicle for his songwriting. While the album didn't sell as well as their 1994 eponymous debut, it did earn stronger reviews than its predecessor and paved the way for Weezer's long career. Cuomo's assumption of Weezer's leadership wasn't entirely a surprise, since he had been the band's primary songwriter since its inception in 1993. Raised in Massachusetts, Cuomo moved to Los Angeles to attend college in the late '80s. During high school, he had played with a number of metal bands, but his interests broadened to include alternative and post-punk music upon his move out West. By 1993, he had fused such interests together and formed Weezer with bassist Matt Sharp and drummer Patrick Wilson. Over the course of the next year, the group played in the competitive Los Angeles club scene, eventually landing a deal with DGC during the post-Nirvana alternative signing boom. Three days before Weezer began recording a debut album with producer Ric Ocasek, they added guitarist Brian Bell to the mix. Upon completing the record, Weezer went on hiatus temporarily; Cuomo was studying at Harvard when their eponymous debut record came out. With the support of DGC and a striking, Spike Jonze-directed video, "Undone (The Sweater Song)" became a modern rock hit in the fall of 1994, but what made Weezer a crossover hit was "Buddy Holly." Jonze created an innovative video that spliced the group into old footage from the sitcom Happy Days and the single quickly became a hit, making the album a multi-platinum success as well.
By the time the album's final single, "Say It Ain't So," was released in the summer of 1995, the group had gone on hiatus once again, with Cuomo returning to Harvard. During the time off, Sharp and Wilson formed the new wave revival band the Rentals, who had a hit later that year with "Friends of P." During the hiatus, Cuomo became a recluse, disappearing at Harvard and suffering writer's block. When Weezer reconvened in the spring of 1996 to record their second album, he had written a loose concept album that featured far more introspective material than their debut. Ironically, the band sounded tighter on the resulting album, Pinkerton. Released in the fall to generally strong reviews, the album failed to become a hit, partially because Cuomo did not want the band to record another series of clever videos. Grudgingly, the remainder of the bandmembers contented themselves to be a supporting group for Cuomo, largely because each member had his own solo project scheduled for release within the next year. DGC, however, had the band make one last chance at a hit with "The Good Life," but by the time the single was released, MTV and modern rock radio had withdrawn their support not only of Weezer, but their style of guitar-driven punk-pop in general.
Shortly after the tour in support of Pinkerton was completed in 1997, it appeared as though Weezer had fallen off the face of the planet. Stung by the public's initial reaction to their sophomore effort (Rolling Stone even named Pinkerton the Worst Album of 1996), the band took time off to regroup and plan its next move. Unhappy with the sluggish rate of the reassessment period, Sharp left the group to concentrate more fully on the Rentals, fueling rumors that Weezer had broken up. But a funny thing happened during Weezer's self-imposed exile — while their copycat offspring were falling by the wayside (Nerf Herder, Nada Surf), a whole new generation of emocore enthusiasts discovered Weezer's diamond-in-the-rough sophomore effort for the first time, and their audience grew despite not having a new album in the stores.
Once Weezer's members wrapped up work on their side projects (Bell: Space Twins; Wilson: the Special Goodness), the band recruited former Juliana Hatfield bassist Mikey Welsh to take the place of Sharp and began working on new material. Before they could enter the recording studio to record their third release, however, Weezer tested the waters by landing a spot on the 2000 edition of the Warped Tour, where they were consistently the day's highlight. Hooking up again with the producer of their 1994 debut, Ric Ocasek, Weezer recorded what would be known as "The Green Album" (an informal title given by fans, since it was actually their second self-titled release). The album was an immediate hit, debuting at number four in May 2001 and camping out in the upper reaches of the charts for much of the spring/summer, during which such songs like "Hash Pipe" and "Island in the Sun" became radio and MTV staples, reestablishing Weezer as one of alt-rock's top dogs. During their tour that summer, Welsh fell ill and was replaced by Scott Shriner, also of the band Broken. (Welsh died in Chicago in October 2011 at the age of 40.) That fall and winter, the group busied itself with touring alongside bands like Tenacious D and recording its next album, Maladroit, which arrived a year after The Green Album's release.
Just before Maladroit's release, former bassist Matt Sharp sued Weezer, seeking compensation and songwriting credit for songs such as "Undone (The Sweater Song)," "El Scorcho," and "The Good Life." The band eventually reconciled with Sharp, though he didn't rejoin, and Weezer continued on with the lineup of Cuomo, Bell, Wilson, and Shriner. The limited-edition live EP Lion and the Witch appeared in May 2002, and Maladroit's "Keep Fishin'" was released as a single. Most of 2003 was spent on side projects; Cuomo did some hired-gun songwriting, Bell's band the Space Twins put out End of Imagining, and Wilson's Special Goodness project issued Land Air Sea. Weezer returned to the studio in 2004, working with Rick Rubin on their fifth full-length album. Make Believe appeared in May 2005, prepped by the single "Beverly Hills," and eventually went platinum in multiple countries. Weezer (Red Album) followed in 2008 and featured a more collaborative approach, with several bandmembers contributing songwriting ideas and lead vocals to the tracks. One year later, the band returned with Raditude. Greeted with mixed reviews, Raditude marked Weezer's last album for Universal. They jumped to the indies in 2010, releasing Hurley on Epitaph. The new album was quickly followed by two archival releases: an expanded deluxe edition of Pinkerton and the outtakes collection Death to False Metal.
Weezer took their time to return to the studio, finally re-emerging in the autumn of 2014 with Everything Will Be Alright in the End, a record produced by Ric Ocasek and released on Republic Records. Greeted by generally good reviews, the album debuted at five on the Billboard 200 upon its October 2014 release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Greg Prato, Rovi
Title: A Little Bit Of Love (Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Blues, Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: I Need Some Of That (Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: Weezer (Red Album) (Red Album)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Pop
Title: Hero (Piano) (Maxi-Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: Weezer [Green Album]
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Pop Punk, Pop
Title: Thank God For Girls (Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Indie
Title: Death To False Metal
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Weezer (Red Album) (Red Album Deluxe)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Pop
Title: The End Of The Game (Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: Everything Will Be Alright In the End
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Weezer (Red Album) [Deluxe Edition]
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Can _ T Knock The Hustle (Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: All My Favorite Songs (Live From Hella Mega) (Single)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: Everything Will Be Alright In The End [+digital booklet]
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: SZNZ Summer
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Blues, Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: Weezer
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: BlueGreenRed (CD2)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: BlueGreenRed (CD3)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Blues, Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Title: BlueGreenRed (CD1)
Artist: Weezer
Genre: Alternative Rock, Emo, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Pop Punk, Pop Rock
Collections
Title: Jackass 3D (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: DGC Rarities, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Muppets: The Green Album
Genre: Rock
Title: My Best 10K: Beginner
Genre: Pop
Title: Angus (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Lance Armstrong: Run Longer
Genre: Alternative
Title: Where Is My Mind? - A Tribute to the Pixies
Genre: Pop, Alternative
Title: Disney-Pixar All Time Favorites
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Compact Disc Club - Summer Airplay CD 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Latest And Greatest Rock Bands CD 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The Green Album
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Merry Christmas CD3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop, Classical
Title: Car 2 OST
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Fama Revolution CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 2005 CD1
Title: 100 Hits - Movies (CD4)
Genre: Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Promedio Rojo
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Now That'S What I Call Music! 61 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, House, Rap, Soul, Dance Rock, Club/Dance, Country, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop, Teen Pop
Title: Seriously 90s (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Triple J: Hottest 100, Volume 17
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Pop Rock
Title: 90S Real Personal (CD2)
Title: Teenage Dirtbags (CD2)
Title: Indie Electro Pop June 2013 - Here's To Us
Genre: Indie
Title: Las 500 Mejores Canciones De La Historia (CD25)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Shrek Forever After (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Greatest Guitar Riffs Of All Time 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Jackass 3D (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Essential Christmas Songs 2010 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Lalbum Rock 90s (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Rockabye Baby! Rockabye Baby! (CD1) Good Day
Genre: Rock
Title: Lo Mejor De Los 90 Volumen 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Lo Mejor De Los 90 Volumen 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Y-100: Sonic Sessions, Volume 1
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Y-100: Sonic Sessions, Volume 5
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 5 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 5 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: VH1's 100 Best Songs Of The 90s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Dancefloor, Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Best Songs Of The 90s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: NOW That's What I Call Running 2014 (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Rock & Ballads Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Studio Brussel-Alternative Nation
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Studio Brussel: Alternative Nation
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: We Love The 90 - The Real Party (CD5)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Rock (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Les 60 Ans Du Rock
Title: Teenage Dirtbags 2 (CD1)
Title: Ultra Hit Radio Record 2014 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: ITunes Single Vol. 20
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Accepted (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Greatest Ever Pop Punk (CD2)
Title: Arte Summer Of 90's (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Pop
Title: Billboard Hot Rock Top 100 Songs Of 2014 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Featuring albums
Title: Get Ready Incl Steve Aoki Remixes
Artist: Steve Aoki
Genre: House, Electro, Progressive, Indie
Title: Accepted (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Mallrats (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Watch Dogs (Original Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition) (CD2)
Artist: Brian Reitzell, Peter Connelly
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Tainy
Genre: Pop