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'''Homie''' was a side project of [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers Cuomo]]. The project has officially released just one song, "[[American Girls]]", for the soundtrack of the [[1998]] film ''[[Meet the Deedles Soundtrack|Meet the Deedles]]''. For this recording, Cuomo was joined by [[Greg Brown]] member of Cake, [[Matt Sharp]] (formerly of Weezer, lead singer of [[the Rentals]]), [[Adam Orth]] of [[Shufflepuck]] and [[Yuval Gabay]] of Soul Coughing. The band also performed shows and recorded studio material with a variety of different musicians. | '''Homie''' was a side project of [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers Cuomo]]. The project has officially released just one song, "[[American Girls]]", for the soundtrack of the [[1998]] film ''[[Meet the Deedles Soundtrack|Meet the Deedles]]''. For this recording, Cuomo was joined by [[Greg Brown]] member of Cake, [[Matt Sharp]] (formerly of Weezer, lead singer of [[the Rentals]]), [[Adam Orth]] of [[Shufflepuck]] and [[Yuval Gabay]] of Soul Coughing. The band also performed shows and recorded studio material with a variety of different musicians. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Homie project began during Weezer's hiatus in late [[1997]], following the release of ''[[Pinkerton]]''. The project was | The Homie project began during Weezer's hiatus in late [[1997]], following the release of ''[[Pinkerton]]''. The project was composed of songs Cuomo wrote that he felt weren't right for Weezer, including songs written in his early 20s, songs written concurrently with ''Pinkerton'', and new songs. Commenting on the song "[[American Girls]]" in [[Riverpedia archive - 09/01/2020|a Riverpedia entry]] in [[2020]], Cuomo said, "I wrote it at the same time as I wrote Pinkerton. If a song was lighthearted, I put it in the Homie pile. If it was darkhearted, I put it in the Pinkerton pile. Having both piles allowed me to write whatever I was feeling without having to worry if it was too dark or too light." | ||
Weezer fans sometimes erroneously apply the Homie moniker to a totally different Cuomo-led group of Boston-area musicians that played several shows while Rivers took time off from Harvard. This group (sometimes informally referred to as the "[[Rivers Cuomo Band]]") was not Homie, but were played under the guise of "solo" shows, and the material played at these shows were songs Rivers had written for the third Weezer album at the time. The material played at Homie shows were exclusive to the Homie project and are assumed to have been intended for the Homie album which was worked on in 1997 and 1998. | Weezer fans sometimes erroneously apply the Homie moniker to a totally different Cuomo-led group of Boston-area musicians that played several shows while Rivers took time off from Harvard. This group (sometimes informally referred to as the "[[Rivers Cuomo Band]]") was not Homie, but were played under the guise of "solo" shows, and the material played at these shows were songs Rivers had written for the third Weezer album at the time. The material played at Homie shows were exclusive to the Homie project and are assumed to have been intended for the Homie album which was worked on in 1997 and 1998. | ||