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Rock and roll bandBirth Date :
February 14, 1992Birth Place :
Los Angeles, California, USAClaim to fame :
Album "Weezer (Blue Album)" (1994)
Weezer's 'If You're Wondering If I Want You To' Music Video
October 23, 2009 01:10:10Weezer create a Weezerville in a music video for their new single "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To." Directed by Marc Webb, the same man who helmed movie "500 Days of Summer", it revolves around the members of the band living a normal life until a beautiful lady played by Odette Yustman comes to the town and callously kills all of them, leaving only frontman Rivers Cuomo alive.
"Marc Webb has created a kind of '50s small town for us to live in," Cuomo told MTV, "And basically it's just populated by the four members of Weezer. So we're just hanging out, driving around, filling up our trucks with gasoline. Basically being guys, and that's what Weezerville is like."
Weezer Will Duet With Lil Wayne on 'Can't Stop Partying'
September 29, 2009 04:09:59Weezer are confirmed to collaborate with rap mogul Lil Wayne in their new single called "Can't Stop Partying". The song is co-written by the band's frontman Rivers Cuomo with the help from Jermaine Dupri.
" ... It's time to do something totally different. So I reached out to some friends of mine in different genres: Jermaine Dupri, for example, king of R&B, I wrote a song with him called 'Can't Stop Partying'," Rivers told MTV. "It was a real challenge for me, taking his ideas, which are very slick, R&B party [ideas], and giving it some kind of edge, some darkness, making it work with rock, making it work with Weezer."
Weezer's New Album 'Raditude' to Arrive on October 27
August 19, 2009 04:08:23Weezer recently posted a message on their website, giving updates about their new album. It was confirmed that the record is entitled "Raditude" and will be put out for purchase in America on October 27.
The first single from the album is "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To". The track was leaked earlier this month. Due to the leak, it was sent to U.S. radios sooner than its original plan. Commenting on that matter, the band wrote, "[It] has landed at radio - sooner than originally announced, but c'mon - whats wrong with sooner?"
Video Premiere: Weezer's 'Troublemaker'
October 07, 2008 12:10:38Weezer have premiered the music video of their latest single "Troublemaker" on Yahoo! Music for the exclusive 24 hours of run. Not only new in its entirety, the video also sets some new records on the Guinness Book of World Records.
If the last time they presented YouTube sensations for "Pork and Beans" music video, they are now recruiting lots of people to add up the value for a record. The shooting that was conducted in August at Los Angeles' The Forum was witnessed by Guinness official Stuart Claxton who was to certify the accomplishments.
Weezer to Jam With Fans on Hootenanny Tour
June 05, 2008 03:06:30Alternative rock band Weezer are set to give a special and rare treatment for their fans on their upcoming tour. Speaking to MTV, the band reveal that they will ask their devotees to jam with them live on stage at the band's Hootenanny Tour.
Confirming the news, the rockers frontman Rivers Cuomo said, "We're going to go on a tour. It's called the Hootenanny Tour, and it's coming to your town in June. We're gonna bring ourselves and invite a bunch of Weezer fans down to bring their instruments and, uh, jam with us. I don't know, 100, 200 people, whatever. Everyone come down and bring an instrument - whatever you can play - and we'll jam out on our songs." Meanwhile, the tour itself is being held to promote Weezer's new album "Weezer (Red Album)", which has been outed on June 3.
Video Premiere: Weezer's 'Pork And Beans'
May 24, 2008 09:05:32Getting close for the release date of their upcoming album "Weezer (Red Album)", Weezer has just premiered the music video for their new single from the set, titled "Pork & Beans" on May 23. The new clip, which was shot by director Mathew Cullen, is a unique one as it features lots of spoofs from popular YouTube videos.
Beside that, on the video Mathew also taps some popular celebrities of YouTube community such as Tay "Chocolate Rain" Zonday, Chris "Save Britney" Cooper, Miss Teen USA contestant Lauren Caitlin to appear on it. Another famous names that was also being featured on the clip is Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Weezer Push Up 'Weezer (Red Album)' Release Date
May 14, 2008 11:05:52If some musicians recently have decided to push back the release date of their albums, Weezer do just the opposite thing. The band have announced that they will push up their upcoming album "Weezer (Red Album)" three weeks earlier from its previous schedule.
The new set which was actually planned to due on June 24, will now has June 3 as its release date. This decision reportedly was ignited by the success of the first single "Pork and Beans" from the upcoming LP. The song became the #1 song on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock chart.
Weezer's Another Self-Titled Album Release Date Set
April 02, 2008 11:04:48Previously thought only a hoax in celebration of April Fool's day (April 1), Weezer confirms that their new album will be titled "Weezer" for the third time. To differentiate the new set with the two others, this forthcoming release will be referred to as "Weezer (Red Album)".
The publicist also confirmed that the Geffen album will be released on June 17. The first single, according to a report on RollingStone.com, is in most probability "Pork and Beans", a title that is not in match with frontman River Cuomo's description. He wrote on the band's website that the single is "one word, starts with a T, ends with an R and contains twelve letters."
Weezer Nearly Done With 6th Album and to Drop Single
March 15, 2008 10:03:11On the band's official site, Weezer's frontman River Cuomo posted a message, announcing that they are close to wrapping up their sixth album. The album which would be the rock act's first in 3 years and the follow up to the 2005's "Make Believe", is not yet titled but will be released around June.
"Hey Weezer punks," the post that was put up on March 11 read. "We have one song left to mix and then it's on to mastering. We should be all done very soon. Then we chill for a minute. The album will be out in June so with any luck you will hear a new Weezer song on the radio soon."
Weezer Sets Release Date for 'Tout Ensemble'
November 22, 2007 03:11:52The new album from Grammy-winning rock band Weezer has started to take shape. The band have decided to name the sixth studio album 'Tout Ensemble' which will be released on April 22, 2008 via Geffen.
In a report by Billboard, bassist Scott Shrine revealed that he was so "excited" about this project and that their fans can actually "have something to look forward to". He said, "The entire band has accomplished some of its most challenging goals as a group and as individuals. It's all coming together on this album."
Weezer Coming Out of Closed Door with New Set
June 27, 2007 02:06:31
Weezer is jolted back to life with recent posting by Rivers Cuomo. The band's frontman wrote in the official website that a number of songs are being cooked in the studio.
Cuomo announced, "Hey Party-People, Weezer is just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July. This will be the final recording session for our sixth album which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having good times. Love, R-Dawg."
Weezer Sued Miller Brewing Co.
October 03, 2006 04:10:58
Rock group Weezer filed a lawsuit, Friday September 29th, against Miller Brewing Co., accusing the Milwaukee-based institution of using the name 'Weezer' in several ads that ran in Rolling Stone magazine in 2004. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, also names Miller's advertising agency and the production company that laid out the ads as defendants.
The band members, Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson, claim Miller used the Weezer name in the ads without their permission. Further the suit mentions the ads feature endorsements by other bands and musical acts with whom Weezer "do not wish to be associated with in any advertisement." Worse, the ads were reportedly "grossly misleading and deceptive" and they have been "damaged in an amount ... believed to be in the millions of dollars."
Weezer Is "Done"?
July 14, 2006 03:07:36
The indefinite hiatus of rock band Weezer seems to turn into a permanent split, as the band's frontman Rivers Cuomo stated to MTV recently "Really, for the moment, we are done. And I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."
Denied band tension as the reason for any split, Cuomo instead suggesting that it was all because there was no need for another Weezer album.
Weezer Is Taking Hiatus
January 06, 2006 12:01:28Successfully completed their promotional task on album "Make Believe," and following frontman Rivers Cuomo plans to graduate from Harvard University in June with a degree in English, music group Weezer is taking a hiatus of undetermined length. Despite such fact, the group's Geffen Records label is planning to release an as-yet-untitled live Weezer DVD sometime this year.
As said in Weezer's official Web site (http://www.weezer.com), the set will center on a seven-camera concert shoot and will also feature behind-the-scenes footage which was captured last month during a tour through Japan.
