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When are their birthdays?
Matt Sharp: 09/22/69 Rivers Cuomo: 06/13/70 Pat Wilson: 02/01/69 Brian Bell: 12.09.68
Who is Jason Cropper?
'Jason Cropper was an original member of weezer. in the earliest incarnation he played acoustic guitar and lent backup vocals. one of the best things about jason is his smile that seems a permanent part of his face. when weezer used to have to actually 'flyer' for a show, long before the days of sold-out pre-ticketed shows, jason would be somewhere at every show in town with a smile and a flyer. jason was replaced by brian bell while weezer was in new york recording their album. jason returned to los angeles and released a daughter, kiefer rain, instead of an album. one of our most glamorous moments was at jason's wedding on the beach at malibu. we felt like we were on the set of a melrose place wedding, it was beautiful.' - mykel & carli
Who are Mykel & Carli?
'we moved to hollywood together in 1989 as parents planned another family move. carli converted mykel to seeing live music and since then we have spent most of our nights standing too close to thumping speakers and becoming the "jaded-scenesters" that we are. while in hollywood we saw literally thousands of bands, some good and some not so good. It didn't take long to make a list of favorites and meet the people involved. 07.09.92 we were at club dump [johnny depp bought the place, called it the viper Room, river phoenix died there] to see a good band crux [no longer a band]. at someone's suggesion we stuck around to see the next band, weezer. we were impressed and put them on the mental-list of bands to go see again. the following night we were at a birthday party for our friend bryan ray. bryan is the bass player in a band called black market flowers, the first band to write a song called "mykel & carli". at the party we recognized the guy with long hair sitting alone by the refrigerator. it was rivers, from weezer, and he had his eyes for the birthday cake we had brought. we told him we has enjoyed his band the night before, he seemed amazed that we had liked it so much. the three of us sat on the couch and talked about music, food and growing up - we had wierd names and hippie parents in common. rivers told us when the next weezer show was and we remained anti-socially on that couch wondering how long it had taken some of the people there to get dressed. we made sure he got a piece of the cake and visited until his ride was ready to go. we continued going to weezer shows [60 at last count] whenever we could. We met the rest of the band and provided a spectator's viewpoint and sideline reviews, whether they wanted to hear it or not. we made cookies and road trips. the band got better and the audience grew. weezer signed with geffen and was actually going to release an album! they asked us if we would send lyrics for them so they could include the picture of the garage inside the cover. not knowing what we were in for we agreed, "of course, anything for you guys." after all, rivers had written a sweet song for us called "mykel & carli". just sending lyrics wasn't enough. stuffing envelopes isn't much fun and we wanted to share what we knew about them with other people who care about them. so the "fanclub" began. At the end of february we moved out of hollywood. we left some good friends to come to portland, oregon but it's nice to have a garage to spread the weezer stuff out in and some time to keep up with all the mail. somethimes we miss seeing weezer and it's members all the time. however, it's fun to have some people to jump up and down to see the band happy.' - mykel and carli allen.
What was up with Rivers' leg?
Rivers had an operation, it was to stretch out his right leg that has always been shorter that the other. they broke his leg and then attatched a brace that streched his leg a little bit at a time. during the process he said, "it hurts but it will be worth it." a few weeks ago [more than a few weeks ago now] rivers bumped it and had to go to the hospital. some tour dates had to be cancelled... sorry if one of them was yours!
I must know nothing about weezer. who is on the cover of the first album?
from left to right: Patrick Wilson (drums) Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar) Matt Sharp (bass, vocals) Brian Bell (vocals, guitar)
Who's on those posters in the garage? (inside s|t album)
poster on left: the cover of the judas priest album called british steel. the album came out in 1980 but the band has been together since 1969. poster on right: carlos cavazo and kevin dubrow from the l.a. band "quiet riot".
What is the joke about the album cover?
There is no real joke about the album cover. apparently, chris robinson of the black crowes was misquoted in rolling stone magazine. he refered the the band weezer's cover as a joke, when he actually meant the band ween.
What is a Pinkerton?
Pinkerton is a character in a play called madame butterfly, which is rivers favorite opera. There was a litle bit of controversy when the album was released. there is an old corporation called pinkerton [as in pinkerton detective agency] who felt weezer was unlawfully using thier name so they sued them. they managed to halt sales for day. the case has since been settled with weezer, of course, winning. |
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