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{{Interview headline subtitle|Bonus Time|David Daley|CMJ|May [[1999]]|Don't tell ex-[[Weezer]] [[Matt Sharp]] that fame's clock is ticking on his [[Rentals]] | {{Interview headline subtitle|Bonus Time|David Daley|CMJ|May [[1999]]|Don't tell ex-[[Weezer]] [[Matt Sharp]] that fame's clock is ticking on his [[Rentals]] | ||
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Late night, Barcelona. Sometime in [[1995]]. Again in [[1996]]. And also throughout '[[1997|97]] and '[[1998|98]]. The stringy-haired, tousled American wandering between parties with a glass of wine in one hand and a tape recorder in the other is the Rentals' Matt Sharp, carousing the countryside, capturing the celebratory Spanish spirit. | '''Late night, Barcelona. Sometime in [[1995]]. Again in [[1996]]. And also throughout '[[1997|97]] and '[[1998|98]]. The stringy-haired, tousled American wandering between parties with a glass of wine in one hand and a tape recorder in the other is the Rentals' Matt Sharp, carousing the countryside, capturing the celebratory Spanish spirit.''' | ||
And why not? Sharp struck gold with the Rentals '95 debut, [[Return Of The Rentals]], and suddenly the Weezer sideman lost the geeky tag and started hanging with new pals like Blur's [[Damon Albarn]] and Elastica's Justine Frischmann. Sharp left Weezer with some bitterness after '96's [[Pinkerton]]. It's not easy to go back to being the bassist when you have a hit single about being friends with Paulina Porizkova. | And why not? Sharp struck gold with the Rentals '95 debut, [[Return Of The Rentals]], and suddenly the Weezer sideman lost the geeky tag and started hanging with new pals like Blur's [[Damon Albarn]] and Elastica's Justine Frischmann. Sharp left Weezer with some bitterness after '96's [[Pinkerton]]. It's not easy to go back to being the bassist when you have a hit single about being friends with Paulina Porizkova. | ||
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"It was good just to sit down and work with him. I think we'll continue to do stuff," says Sharp, who lived in Cuomo's Boston apartment while mixing Seven More Minutes. "He's a really great guy, and it was really easy to write with him - maybe because we're not bandmates anymore." No dissension here. On Seven More Minutes, everybody drinks together. | "It was good just to sit down and work with him. I think we'll continue to do stuff," says Sharp, who lived in Cuomo's Boston apartment while mixing Seven More Minutes. "He's a really great guy, and it was really easy to write with him - maybe because we're not bandmates anymore." No dissension here. On Seven More Minutes, everybody drinks together. | ||
'''"GETTING BY" BY THE RENTALS APPEARS ON THIS MONTH'S CD.'''|}} | == '''"GETTING BY" BY THE RENTALS APPEARS ON THIS MONTH'S CD.''' ==|}} | ||
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