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...vers Cuomo]] and brother of [[Kevin Ridel]]. He was a guitarist in [[Avant Garde]].
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...hael Stanton''' is a Texan born musician and was the guitarist for [[Avant Garde]].
...m, Cuomo convinced Stanton to move to Connecticut to join his band [[Avant Garde]].
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...ef><ref>[[Introduction to Myself]]</ref> The band comprised of most of the members of Fury, with the addition of guitar Adam Orth and vocalist Matt Hayes.<ref
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Ridel was the lead singer of [[Avant Garde]] (later Zoom), a progressive heavy metal band also featuring Rivers Cuomo,
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===Avant Garde and Zoom===
...cut. Started while they were still in high school, the band recruited more members and eventually moved to Los Angeles to try to make it big. The band later c
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...igh''' is a band fronted by musician [[Kevin Ridel]] (of the bands [[Avant Garde]] and [[AM Radio]]).
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...geles-based rock band that featured [[Justin Fisher]] (formerly of [[Avant Garde]] and later of [[Psoma]]), [[Adam Orth]] (later of [[Neighborly]]), childho
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...ttempting a metal/funk/hip-hop hybrid band next, as the inclusion of Avant Garde vocalist [[Kevin Ridel]] was a red flag to Pat, a sign that the band would
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This page aims to list '''all concerts performed by [[Weezer]] band members prior to their time in Weezer'''.
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Back then, the teenager known as Peter Kitz was in the metal band [[Avant Garde]] and a [[Kiss]] tribute band before that called [[Fury]].
When Avant Garde broke up, Kitz reverted to the name Rivers Cuomo, and his second L.A. band,
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...tations, as well as "solo" works and projects and collaborations involving members of weezer. In cases when a band member is no longer with the band, his effo
==Avant Garde==
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...s Cuomo]], [[Justin Fisher]], [[Kevin Ridel]] and other members of [[Avant Garde]], who would arrive in spring of [[1989]]. Rivers moved to Los Angeles unde
...ck Wilson during the summer and fall of 1990 in [[Bush]], other future Wax members were feeling out the scene as well, but no bands came of it until a new arr
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...ok and vinyl package were first made available for purchase exclusively to members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]] on [[March 16]], [[2024]]<ref name="wfc">Lisa Eu
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...m the adolescent years of [[Rivers Cuomo]], and bands that featured future members of Weezer.
By [[1986]], Cuomo had already formed his next band, [[Avant Garde]]. In winter of that year, Cuomo had recorded another tape, featuring the e
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...st of their metal band, the [[Avant Garde]]. After a few shows, two of the Avant Gardists tired of the squalor of sharing a one-room apartment and moved bac
The other members of Weezer are all smart guys with side projects. Guitarist [[Brian Bell]] l
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...store for its label. Earlier this year, a letter personally signed by all members, on Weezer letterhead, was sent to radio stations and press. It read:
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| associated_acts = [[Weezer]]<br>[[Avant Garde]]<br>[[Zoom]]<br>[[Fury]]<br>[[Warlock]]<br>[[Homie]]<br>[[Goat Punishment]
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Another metal band, called [[Avant Garde]], followed. ("It was anything but," quips Rivers.) Kenneth Holton, who tau
"We just kind of sucked," admits Avant Garde guitarist [[Kevin Ridel]]. "We were trying to be the kings of our instrumen
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