1993

This article is about the year. For the Salamander album, see 1993 (album).

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January

• January 13 - Rivers Cuomo and Karl Koch return to Los Angeles after the Christmas break.
• January 14 - Matt Sharp returns, and Weezer rehearses at the Amherst House in the afternoon.
• January 15 - Weezer has an instrumental rehearsal at the Amherst House, which takes up the entire day.
• January 19 - Weezer performs an acoustic set at Genghis Cohen in Los Angeles, CA.
• January 21 - Weezer performs at the Central for the venue's "Club Dump" in West Hollywood, CA.
• January 29 - Weezer performs at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica, CA.

February

• February 1 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA.
• February 2 - Weezer meet with Brian Long of Caroline Records.
• February 4 - Weezer meet with record producer Joe Chiccarelli. This meeting would be important to the bands approach to getting signed.
• February 5 - Weezer meet with Wayne Issak of A&M Records, as well as Bob Biggs and Randy Kaye of Slash Records.
• February 8 - Tapes are dropped off to Al Clay and Steve Haigler, likely to make a pressing of The Real Demo.
• February 9 - Weezer meet with legal management personnel Eric Greenspan and Michael Goldsmith.
• February 10 - Weezer meet with Barry Kobrin and Cliff Cultreri of Relativity Records.
• February 11 - Weezer meet with Joe Regis about Interscope Records and Restless Records.
• February 17 - Weezer meet with Mark Brown of 4AD, and drop a tape (likely The Real Demo) off to lawyer Jill Berliner.
• February 19 - Matt Sharp meets with lawyer Jamie Young, who would later become Weezer's first lawyer.
• February 20 - Weezer performs at Music Machine in Los Angeles, CA.
• February 22 - Weezer performs an acoustic set at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles, CA. Before the show, they meet with Craig Aaronson of Geffen Records.
• February 23 - Weezer meet with Rosemary Carol.
• February 24 - Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp meet with Duncan Hutchinson of Caroline Records.
• February 25 - Weezer performs at Al's Bar in Los Angeles, CA. Before the show, they meet with Rosemary Carol again.
• February 26 - Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp meet with Bob Biggs of Slash Records again. Later, the two also meet with Jamie Young.

March

• March 3 - Weezer performs at the English Acid in West Hollywood, CA.
• March 9 - Weezer performs in-store at Rhino Records in Los Angeles, CA.
• March 13 - Weezer performs at Bogarts in Long Beach, CA.
• March 15 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA.
• March 21 - Weezer performs at Gaslight in Los Angeles, CA.
• March 25 - Weezer performs at Club Dump in West Hollywood, CA.
• March 29 - Weezer performs an acoustic set at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles, CA.

April

• April 7 - Weezer performs at the English Acid in West Hollywood, CA.
• April 15 - Weezer records Jamie during a session at Loyola Marymount University.
• April 16 - Weezer performs at the Coconut Teaszer in Los Angeles, CA.
• April 22 - Weezer performs at Al's Bar in Los Angeles, CA.
• April 29 - Weezer performs at Club Dumb in West Hollywood, CA. "Jamie" is played live for the first time.

May

• May 10 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA.
• May 20 - Weezer performs at Club Dumb in West Hollywood, CA.
• May 24 - Weezer lands a high-profile gig at the L.A. venue Jabberjaw opening for Sloan, then signed to DGC records.
• May 27 - Weezer performs at Al's Bar in Los Angeles, CA.
• May 30 - Weezer performs at Gaslight in Los Angeles, CA.

June

• June 1 - Weezer performs in-store at Rhino Records in Los Angeles, CA.
• June 7 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA.
• June 25 - Weezer signs with Geffen Records.

July

• July 1 - Weezer's first record company advances were issued.
• July 24 - Weezer has a long vocal rehearsal and rehearses further.
• July 25 - Further vocal rehearsals are held, along with more rehearsing
• July 26 - Rivers Cuomo comes to Cole Rehearsals in Hollywood, CA to write and record demos, then Weezer does a short vocal warm up and practices at Cole late into the night.
• July 27 - Weezer has a long vocal rehearsal and practices further at Cole Rehearsals. This activity extends from today until July 29.
• July 29 - Rivers Cuomo writes and records more demos at Cole Rehearsals, then Weezer does a short vocal warm up and practices further at Cole.
• July 30 - Weezer practices with a vocal coach, then a short vocal warm up and a long practice following it.
• July 31 - Weezer has a long vocal rehearsal and practices further at Cole Rehearsals. Karl Koch and Patrick Wilson leave their apartment, nicknamed The Blue Diamond Terrace.

August

• August 1 - "In the Garage" and "Buddy Holly" are played live for the first time at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, CA. This is the last show with original member Jason Cropper.
• August 2 - Rivers Cuomo writes and records more demos at Cole Rehearsals, then Weezer does a short vocal warmup and practices further at Cole.
• August 3 - Weezer has a long vocal rehearsal and practices at Cole Rehearsals. This extends from today until August 4.
• August 5 - Rivers Cuomo writes and records more demos at Cole Rehearsals, then Weezer does a short vocal warmup and practices further at Cole.
• August 6 - Weezer has its final practice at Cole Rehearsals for the forthcoming Blue Album sessions. Intentions were to rehearse at Cole until August 15, but the band ended up going to New York City early.
• August 7 - A farewell party is held at the Amherst House.
• August 8 - Weezer fly to New York City to record the Blue Album. The band stays in the Gramercy Park hotel while in New York.
• August 9 - Rehearsals for the Blue Album start at S.I.R. Studios in New York, with producer Ric Ocasek.
• August 10 - Rehearsals continue at S.I.R. Studios. Ric Ocasek videotapes this rehearsal, including "Only In Dreams".
• August 11 - Weezer record a demo of the potential songs at S.I.R. Studios on Ocasek's Akai 12-track recorder. "Lullaby for Wayne" and "I Swear It's True" from this session were later released on Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets in 2004.
• August 12 - Rehearsals wrap up at S.I.R. Studios. The band take a break for a few days while gear is sent to Electric Lady Studios and set up by engineer Chris Shaw.
• August 16 - Recording for the Blue Album begins at Electric Lady Studios' Studio A. The basic track for "Undone - The Sweater Song" is recorded. At some point from August 16 to August 21, the basic track for "Only in Dreams" is also recorded.
• August 17 - Recording in Studio A continues, with the basic tracks for "No One Else", "Surf Wax America" and "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here".
• August 18 - The basic tracks for "My Name Is Jonas" and "In the Garage" are recorded in Studio A.
• August 20 - The basic tracks for "Mykel and Carli" and "Say It Ain't So" are recorded in Studio A. The recording of "Mykel and Carli" would later be released on Death to False Metal in 2010.
• August 21 - The basic tracks for "Holiday" and "Buddy Holly" are recorded in Studio A.
• August 23 - Weezer begin recording overdubs on the already recorded tracks in Studio B.
• August 24 - Further overdubs are recorded in Studio B.
• August 25 - Rivers Cuomo overdubs acoustic guitars in Studio A, while other overdubs are recorded in Studio B. These include the organ part on "Holiday".
• August 26 - Overdubs continue in Studio C.
• August 27 - More overdubs are recorded in Studio C, including guitars.
• August 29 - The band take a day off recording, while Karl Koch, Pat Finn and Patrick Wilson attend a show at Wetlands. Finn recalls hearing vocal harmonies for "Holiday" on this day, likely being shown rough mixes of the songs done so far.
• August 31 - Vocals and piano on "Undone - The Sweater Song" are overdubbed in Studio B.

September

• September 4 - Overdubs continue in Studio C.
• September 5 - Overdubs continue in Studio B, where issues with Jason Cropper come to the forefront.
• September 6 - More overdubs are recorded in Studio B, which Jason doesn't attend. Jason likely didn't attend any further sessions.
• September 7 - Overdubs continue from then to September 11 in Studio B.
• September 10 - Karl Koch records a collage of samples for use on "Undone - The Sweater Song".
• September 11 - "Climax guitars" are overdubbed on "Only in Dreams", and the keys are overdubbed on "Buddy Holly".
• September 12 - Jason Cropper leaves Weezer and New York City. Matt Sharp leaves a voice message on guitarist Brian Bell's answering machine, Bell having left Carnival Art shortly before.
• September 13 - Matt calls Brian again, with Rivers Cuomo asking him to join Weezer. Chris Shaw prepares for mixing.
• September 14 - Brian Bell records an audition tape and FedExes it out to New York.
• September 15 - The band listens to the audition tape and Brian is flown out to New York.
• September 16 - Brian Bell arrives in New York. Leaves Cuomo, Beverly Shoenberger, Cuomo's step-father Norm and Pat Finn also arrive in New York.
• September 17 - Brian begins vocal and guitar practice in Electric Lady Studios' Studio B. Further practice takes place from September 17 to September 20.
• September 18 - Chris Shaw continues mixing in Studio B, while Karl Koch, Rivers and his family attend a performance of Les Misérables.
• September 19 - Rivers Cuomo's family leaves New York City.
• September 20 - It's determined that Brian will re-record Jason Cropper's backing vocals for the most part, while Rivers will re-record his guitar parts and some backing vocals.
• September 21 - Re-recording backing vocals begins in Studio B, continuing from then until September 24.
• September 24 - Rivers re-records Jason Cropper's guitar parts entirely in one take.
• September 27 - Mixing continues from then until September 30. Karl, Rivers, and Patrick Wilson attend a screening of Dazed and Confused.
• September 28 - Karl and Rivers attend a performance of Cats

October

• October 1 - Mixing continues at Electric Lady Studios in Studio B, from then until October 8.
• October 7 - Karl Koch and Rivers Cuomo attend a performance of Phantom of the Opera
• October 8 - Mixing wraps up. To celebrate, Ric Ocasek takes the group to a Blue Man Group at Astor Theatre, then a party at his house.
• October 9 - Karl Koch and Patrick Wilson return to Los Angeles.
• October 11 - Mastering begins at Sterling Sound, with George Marino and Rivers. It takes place from then until October 15.
• October 16 - Rivers returns to Los Angeles.
• October 21 - Matt Sharp and Brian Bell return to Los Angeles.
• October 31 - Vocal rehearsals start.

November

• November 1 - Due to rights issues with the samples on "Undone - The Sweater Song", Karl Koch, Matt Sharp and Mykel Allan recorded a new intro section at the Amherst House.
• November 2 - Rivers Cuomo flies back to New York City to re-master "Undone - The Sweater Song" with its new intro section.
• November 3 - The new intro section is added at Sterling Sound, and re-mastered by George Marino and Rivers.
• November 5 - Rivers returns to Los Angeles after a day off in Connecticut.
• November 6 - Daily practices begin at Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles. Daily vocal rehearsals are also held at the house of Kyung-Hee's, a friend of Rivers and the inspiration for "Buddy Holly".
• November 27 - Weezer performs at Al's Bar in Los Angeles, CA. This is the first show with Brian Bell.
• November 28 - Weezer performs at the Gaslight in Los Angeles, CA.
• November 30 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA.

December

• December 1 - Weezer performs at the Gaslight II in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 2 - Weezer performs at On the Rox in West Hollywood, CA.
• December 4 - Weezer performs at the Anti-Club in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 7 - Weezer performs at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica, CA.
• December 8 - Weezer performs at the Gaslight II in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 9 - Weezer performs at Rhino Records in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 9 - Weezer performs at On the Rox in West Hollywood, CA.
• December 10 - Weezer performs at Raji's in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 11 - Weezer performs at the Blue Saloon in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 12 - Weezer performs at the Gaslight in Los Angeles, CA.
• December 13 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA.