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Weezer recorded their debut album with producer Ric Ocasek at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. [8] Cropper was fired during recording, as Cuomo and Sharp felt he was threatening the band chemistry. He was replaced by Brian Bell. [5] Weezer's self-titled debut album, also known as the "Blue Album", was released in May 1994. [9]
Pinkerton is the second studio album by the American rock band Weezer, released on September 24, 1996, by DGC Records.The guitarist and vocalist Rivers Cuomo wrote most of Pinkerton while studying at Harvard University, after abandoning plans for a rock opera, Songs from the Black Hole.
Weezer has been described as a fusion of "chart-angled hook-craft" with "roaring" guitar distortion, confessional lyrics and "unashamedly vibrant" melodies.Andy Price of Guitar.com observed that the album's sound and aesthetic were "distinctly non-alternative", stating that the band instead "took their style cues from the DIY slackers of the lo-fi indie scene, albeit with a broader audience in ...
Self-consciously nerdy in an era of scuzzy post-grunge bluster, 1994's crisp and witty "Weezer" — soon to be known as the Blue Album because of its cover (and the fact that the band kept naming ...
Weezer's self-titled debut studio album, often referred to as The Blue Album, was released in May 1994 through DGC Records. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 and spawning the singles " Undone – The Sweater Song " and " Buddy Holly ", both of which were responsible for launching Weezer into ...
IN 2002, RIVERS Cuomo audaciously called Bob Dylan a “bad influence” on popular music. The Weezer frontman was referring to how the Bard flipped rock ‘n’ roll—initially a form of simple ...
Hurley is the eighth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on September 10, 2010.It is Weezer's only album released by Epitaph Records.The album was produced by Rivers Cuomo and Shawn Everett, and, similar to their previous album Raditude, features songs co-written with songwriters outside of the band.
Rivers Cuomo (/ ˈ k w oʊ m oʊ / KWOH-moh; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer.Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in several Buddhist communities in the northeastern U.S. until the age of 10 when his family settled in Connecticut.