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'''alt.music.weezer''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup usenet newsgroup] (an alternative to message boards, common prior to the 2000s) under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt.*_hierarchy alt.* hierarchy]. The newsgroup's description is "The rock band [[Weezer]] and everything related to them".

==Overview==
[[Weezer]] was first mentioned on usenet in February [[1994]], in a message published to alt.music.alternative.<ref>My name is.... February 17, 1994. "LA club dates". Retrieved from https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.alternative/c/kgfi4ru3n8Q/m/1OzntsS77iAJ.</ref> The first message published to the alt.music.weezer newsgroup was made in March [[1996]] about an unrelated band.<ref>Greg Santos. March 16, 1996. "Rancid Daly City Train". ''alt.music.weezer''. Retrieved from https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.weezer/c/iPLAx_azrkY/m/fzDKd9HdJhoJ.</ref> The first message pertaining to [[Weezer]] was made in April [[1997]].<ref>Steve C. Stadtfeld. April 16, 1997. "Weezer woo". ''alt.music.weezer''. Retrieved from https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.weezer/c/YO_In4KmYZw/m/3fxj6LExbxUJ.</ref>

The newsgroup was a popular hub for online Weezer fan discussion prior to the popularization of message boards. Between [[1997]] and [[2005]], there was a total of just over 15,000 unique threads published, after which usage fell off precipitously. Messages spanned all manners of Weezer-related topics, including discussion of bands related to or similar to Weezer. Occasionally, [[Karl Koch]] and [[Pat Finn]]—who are closely associated with the band—contributed to the newsgroup (under the usernames Karl Koch and Pjfsk8s, respectively).

In [[2001]], Google acquired extensive existing archives of usenet messages spanning numerous decades and made them publicly available through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups Google Groups] platform.<ref>ITworld staff. February 15, 2001. "Google acquires Usenet archive from Deja.com". Retrieved from https://www.computerworld.com/article/2800078/google-acquires-usenet-archive-from-deja-com.html.</ref> Through this still-extant platform, it is possible to access and search an archive of all messages published under the alt.music.weezer newsgroup, as well as post new messages without external newsreader software.

==See also==
*[[weezer.com]]
*[[All Things Weezer]]
*[[List of Weezer websites]]

==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.weezer/about alt.music.weezer archive] on Google Groups

==References==
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