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'''Homie''' | '''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== | |||
The Homie project began during Weezer's hiatus in late [[1997]], following the release of ''[[Pinkerton]]''. The project was comprised 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 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 | The song "[[Wanda (You're My Only Love)]]", although originally written as a Weezer song for the 1995 film ''[[Angus]]'', is considered to be a Homie song, as it was played during the Homie shows. "Wanda" was later released on ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. | ||
According to Cuomo's blog{{Citation needed}}, master tapes of recording sessions made during the Homie-era exist, but are largely unfinished, with only drum tracks put down. Bootlegs of their live shows have been available online since 1997 and played a small role in Weezer's resurgence following their second album, ''[[Pinkerton]]''. | |||
According to Cuomo's blog, master tapes of recording sessions made during the Homie-era exist, but are largely unfinished, with only drum tracks put down. Bootlegs of their live shows have been available online since 1997 and played a small role in Weezer's resurgence following their second album, ''[[Pinkerton]]''. | |||
In a December 2010 interview with RXP 101.9 FM Rivers revealed that while the album was indeed recorded at Fort Apache, the studio has since closed down. This means it is unlikely that the album will see the light of day as the master recordings were left in the studio and Rivers never "went back" to retrieve them. During a "Nerd Night" in September 2011, Rivers stated that the Homie recordings were all destroyed. He did however say that he planned to eventually release a version of "[[Hey M'Darlin']]" which he recorded when he was 20 years old. | In a December 2010 interview with RXP 101.9 FM Rivers revealed that while the album was indeed recorded at Fort Apache, the studio has since closed down. This means it is unlikely that the album will see the light of day as the master recordings were left in the studio and Rivers never "went back" to retrieve them. During a "Nerd Night" in September 2011, Rivers stated that the Homie recordings were all destroyed. He did however say that he planned to eventually release a version of "[[Hey M'Darlin']]" which he recorded when he was 20 years old. | ||