Entertainment Weekly article - September 2000: Difference between revisions

{{Interview headline|DOT-COMEBACK|Brian M. Raftery|Entertainment Weekly|September [[2000]]|Whither [[Weezer]]? Five years ago, the LA.-spawned rockers were the alt-nation's token nerds, thanks in part to the power-pop single "[[Buddy Holly]]" and its [[Spike Jonze]]-helmed clip. But after their [[1996]] album, ''[[Pinkerton]]'', tanked, they were written off as a one-album wonder - during which time lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] was still recuperating from leg surgery. Now, in an unlikely comeback story, the reformed band - minus bassist Matt Sharp - has just added five dates to their [[Summer 2000 Tour|sold-out 15-city tour]] (with online scalpers commanding up to $100 a ticket). "There was always this Internet contingent that was rabid about Weezer," says drummer [[Pat Wilson]], "but I didn't know how that would translate in the real world. It seems we're more popular than when we stopped playing." The hiatus, Wilson says, was due to the search for a new bassist (Mikey Welsh) and intraband tensions after the [[Pinkerton Tour|''Pinkerton'' tour]]: "We just hated each other." Things have cooled down enough that Weezer hope to record a [[Weezer (The Green Album)|new CD]] this fall for a spring [[2001]] release, and want to make another video with Jonze. And as for the more out-there musings about how Cuomo spent his downtime? "He definitely was showering," assures Wilson. Weez would hope so.}}