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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Weezer’s missing years

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Weezer first appeared with their “blue” album in 1994 and followed it up with the Pinkerton record in 1996. Then

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Rivers Cuomo’s leg

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Orthopedic Surgery, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Weezer released their debut album–the so-called “blue” album–in May 1994. A bunch of hit singles later, the band disappeared for

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Music News 

Here are the release dates for Weezer’s “four seasons” albums

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Rivers Cuomo, SZNS, Weezer

Last year, Weezer started hinting that there would be four new albums in 2022, each corresponding to the various seasons.

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Gadgets 

Weezer now has its own streaming service. It’s called “Weezify,” of course.

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Rivers Cuomo, Streaming, Weezer, Weezify

When he’s not working on new Weezer material, frontman Rivers Cuomo has been learning the finer points of computer coding.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Naming Weezer

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ktichen Tape, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Weezer was officially formed on Valentine’s Day in 1992 and immediately faced a critical problem: What were they going to

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Recommended Music 

Billy Talent has released a single with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Talent, Crisis of Faith, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

If you ask the guys in Billy Talent about their all-time favourite albums, they will point to Weezer’s blue album.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Rivers Cuomo’s childhood

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is an interesting dude—and no wonder. First, why is he called “Rivers?” Because he was born in

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Rivers Cuomo’s leg

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was born with his left leg 44 millimeters leg shorter than the other, something he had

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WTF? 

Following up on a weird conspiracy theory: Is Rivers Cuomo really Kurt Cobain?

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Conspiracy, Kurt Cobain, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Late in 2020, I did an Ongoing History of New Music program on great musical conspiracies. One of them involved

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Music News 

Weezer is working on an album inspired by…Weezer

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Weezer is at it again. After releasing the OK Human album last month and with the metal album, Van Weezer,

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Music News Television 

ICYMI: Saturday Night Live’s “You call yourself a Weezer fan?” skit

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Matt Damon, Rivers Cuomo, Saturday Night Live, Weezer

Saturday Night Live ended 2018 strong with an episode hosted by always likeable Matt Damon. Later in the show was

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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