Mykel and Carli Allan

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Mykel & Carli with weezer

Relationship with weezer

Mykel and Carli Allan were early friends and supporters of weezer as well as several other, mostly Los Angeles-based, unsigned bands in the early 1990s. After befriending weezer, they were asked to help stuff envelopes full of lyrics and mailing list info for fans who'd written in to the address printed in the Blue Album requesting such info. Their eager help along these lines led to them being the founding members of the Weezer fan club.

For several years from the release of the Blue Album, the twin sisters developed a unique experience for fans, acting as liasons between fans and the band. Fan club get-togethers (sometimes featuring surprise visits from band members) and special mailings to fan club members were the order of the day. One fan even reported that Mykel added his and a friend's names to the guest list at a Pinkerton release show at the Whisky A-Go Go in Hollywood, after learning that the fan club members missed out on buying tickets to the show, as they had sold out quickly. Much like Karl Koch, they were fans of the band who remained very grounded, and never forgot what it was like to be a fan, but who just happened to have a special relationship and duties with the band. As one of them said in an email to a fan club member, they regarded weezer as "friends. They just happened to play music."

Tributes

Several bands have written songs in honor of the sisters Allan, most notably, of course, is weezer's Blue Album-ear B-side, now available on the deluxe edition. Black Market Flowers were the first to write a song called "Mykel and Carli", and later Jimmy Eat World would release the song "Hear You Me".

In late 1997, a tribute album called Hear You Me! A Tribute To Mykel And Carli was released on Vast Records. Featuring songs by many of the sisters' friends and mutual admirers, including weezer, that dog., Black Market Flowers, Ozma, Kara's Flowers (now known as Maroon 5), Shufflepuck, Supersport 2000, and more.

Weezer dedicated The Green Album to their memory.

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