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[[Weezer]]'s first concert took place on [[March 19]], [[1992]], at the rock and roll nightclub [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raji%27s Raji's] in central Hollywood.
{{Template:Infobox Concert
| Name        = Weezer concert: 03/19/1992
| Artist      = Weezer
| Tour        = [[Pre-Blue Album club dates]]
| Venue      = [[Raji's]]
| Location    = Los Angeles, CA
| Date        = [[March 19]], [[1992]]
| Associated album    = None
| Supporting acts    = [[Dogstar]]<br>[[Annapurna]]
| Guests      = None
| Attendance  = 20-25<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Historic_event:_03/19/1992]</ref>
| Last show  =
| This show  = '''03/19/1992 -<br>Los Angeles, CA (Raji's)'''
| Next show  = [[Weezer concert: 03/30/1992|03/30/1992 -<br>Los Angeles, CA (Whisky a Go Go)]]
}}
[[Weezer]] performed at [[Raji's]] in Los Angeles, CA on [[March 19]], [[1992]] as part of their [[pre-Blue Album club dates]]. [[Annapurna]] opened the show, followed by headliners [[Dogstar]], and Weezer closed the night. This was Weezer's first concert.
==Overview==
===Background===
The show came together under unorthodox circumstances, with the band only securing their performance slot hours before they were slated to play. Not having planned to perform that day, [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Matt Sharp]], and [[Justin Fisher]] spent the beginning of the day moving into a new home at 2226 Amherst Avenue in West Los Angeles. This house, which would become known as "[[The Amherst House]]," was the eventual filming location for the "[[Say it Ain't So]]" music video.
===Booking===
Dogstar only booked the show on the morning of the performance, creating a "a sudden need for some opening acts to try and beef up the draw."<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Historic_event:_03/19/1992]</ref>. Led by [[Matt Sharp]] and [[Rivers Cuomo]], the still-unnamed Weezer was "doggedly" searching out opportunities to play, and managed to get on the phone with the Raji's staff the afternoon of the 19th. They were offered a spot on the bill for the show that night and accepted, leading to another urgent decision point: naming the band. As Koch [[Historic event: 03/19/1992|explained]] in a post on Weezer's social media:
{{Karlify|...a major brainstorming session ensued. In the end, [[Rivers]] stuck with his (until that moment unheard by the other band members) "weezer" suggestion, and while nobody but Rivers knew what it meant at the time, they couldn't quite come up with something that sounded more distinctive. One name that got shot down that night was "This Niblet", as well as "The Leafy Green Reefer Machine".}}
The band spent the rest of the day leading up to the show recruiting people to come watch. They reportedly got 17 friends to attend, including members of the band [[Wax]]<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Historic_event:_03/19/1992]</ref>.
==Performance==
Much of the audience thinned out before Weezer's set, as they come to see the headliner Dogstar. The band delivered a performance that Koch described as "totally chaotic," with Cuomo "[falling] right off the stage several times during the set in the middle of guitar solos."<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Historic_event:_03/19/1992]</ref> Cuomo and Wilson traded instruments at least once, with Wilson singing lead to close out the show. This would mark Wilson's last live lead vocal performance with the band until the [[Make Believe Tour|''Make Believe'' Tour]] in [[2005]]{{citation needed}}.
==Setlist==
Koch documented part of the band's setlist that night, but has not confirmed the order of the songs. The following five tracks are known to have been performed.
{{Setlist
|extra_column    = Writer(s)
| title1          = [[I Can't Forget the Way]]
| extra1          = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| title2          = [[Undone - The Sweater Song]]
| extra2          = Cuomo
| title3          = [[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]
| extra3          = Cuomo, [[Patrick Wilson]]
| title4          = [[The Biggest Animal]]
| extra4          = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| title5          = [[M.E.]]
| extra5          = [[Gary Numan]]
| note5          = Lead vocals and guitar by Wilson, drums by Cuomo
}}


Despite not having a recorded demo or even a name for the band yet, [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Matt Sharp]] aggressively searched for venues to play. As of the morning of March 19, the band still was not named. The band managed to secure a gig at Raji's in Hollywood, as actor Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar had set up a show for that day and the venue was in sudden need of additional acts. Unable to think of a more distinctive name, the band settled on Cuomo's suggestion of "Weezer". The band Annapurna opened, followed by Dogstar, with Weezer closing out the set.
Three additional songs were "possibly/likely" played, according to Koch<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Historic_event:_03/19/1992]</ref>:
==Setlist==
{{Setlist
The exact setlist is unknown, but the following songs are known to have been performed:
|extra_column    = Writer(s)
*"[[I Can't Forget the Way]]"
| title1          = [[Mega Man]]
*"[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]"
| extra1          = Wilson
*"[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]"
| note1          = Wilson on lead vocals
*"[[The Biggest Animal]]"
| title2          = [[Spiderbitch]]
*"[[M.E.]]" (Gary Numan cover, [[Pat Wilson]] on vocals)
| extra2          = Cuomo
| title3          = [[Colmusheen]]
| extra3          = Cuomo
}}
 
==Personnel==
* [[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, drums on "M.E."
* [[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion, lead vocals and guitar on "M.E."
* [[Jason Cropper]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
* [[Matt Sharp]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
===Misc===
* [[Karl Koch]] - Roadie, historian
* ''Unknown'' - lighting
* ''Unknown'' - sound


Additional songs that may have been performed include:
*"[[Mega Man]]" (Pat on vocals)
*"[[Spiderbitch]]"
*"[[Colmusheen]]"
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Historic event: 03/19/1992]]
*[[Historic event: 03/19/1992]]
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