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One extraordinarily uncomfortable and sad meeting later, Jason was heading back to L.A. and his new family, to begin a new path. Meanwhile, Rivers and Matt's "ace in the hole" card was being played. Back in 1992, they had made the acquaintance of one Brian Bell, who was then playing with Carnival Art. Brian expressed his fondness of weezer and Matt and Rivers told Brian that he rocked. A bond was formed that wasn't tested till almost a year later, when Matt and Rivers cold called Brian up from NYC: | One extraordinarily uncomfortable and sad meeting later, Jason was heading back to L.A. and his new family, to begin a new path. Meanwhile, Rivers and Matt's "ace in the hole" card was being played. Back in 1992, they had made the acquaintance of one Brian Bell, who was then playing with Carnival Art. Brian expressed his fondness of weezer and Matt and Rivers told Brian that he rocked. A bond was formed that wasn't tested till almost a year later, when Matt and Rivers cold called Brian up from NYC: | ||
"Hi, Brian, it's Matt."<br> | <blockquote>"Hi, Brian, it's Matt."<br> | ||
"Oh, hey, how's it going? Are you guys recording?"<br> | "Oh, hey, how's it going? Are you guys recording?"<br> | ||
"Yeah...er...so what are you up to these days?"<br> | "Yeah...er...so what are you up to these days?"<br> | ||
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"Do you want to be in Weezer?"<br> | "Do you want to be in Weezer?"<br> | ||
"...wh...hell, yeah!"<br> | "...wh...hell, yeah!"<br> | ||
"Ok, can you send us a tape? Just play and sing some of our songs. Ill have someone at Geffen send our demo tape to you. Fed Ex the tape to us as soon as you can okay? It'll be like your audition."<br> | "Ok, can you send us a tape? Just play and sing some of our songs. Ill have someone at Geffen send our demo tape to you. Fed Ex the tape to us as soon as you can okay? It'll be like your audition."<br></blockquote> | ||
The Star Wars question was deemed essential, as the wrong reaction would brand Brian as someone who didn't "get it". There was a distinct worry at this critical point about having someone who didn't share the generational and suburban culture (or lack thereof) that was the one thing the guys knew they had in common. That connection had always been there with Jason, despite the problems that had developed, and no one wanted to lose that vibe of everyone sorta being on the same page. The main thing of course was if Brian could sing: no one had ever witnessed him doing it. What the guys didn't know was that Brian had been playing and singing in his own band for some months now and was indeed developing a distinct and excellent singing voice. When the tape (dated 9/14/93) arrived 2 days later, it was hastily jammed into the boom-box. Before the first song, a hilariously guessed-at-lyric version of "No One Else" was finished playing, The guys were on the phone with Brian again, arranging his flight to New York. | The Star Wars question was deemed essential, as the wrong reaction would brand Brian as someone who didn't "get it". There was a distinct worry at this critical point about having someone who didn't share the generational and suburban culture (or lack thereof) that was the one thing the guys knew they had in common. That connection had always been there with Jason, despite the problems that had developed, and no one wanted to lose that vibe of everyone sorta being on the same page. The main thing of course was if Brian could sing: no one had ever witnessed him doing it. What the guys didn't know was that Brian had been playing and singing in his own band for some months now and was indeed developing a distinct and excellent singing voice. When the tape (dated 9/14/93) arrived 2 days later, it was hastily jammed into the boom-box. Before the first song, a hilariously guessed-at-lyric version of "No One Else" was finished playing, The guys were on the phone with Brian again, arranging his flight to New York. | ||