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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Only a Cockroach | | Name = Only a Cockroach | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg | ||
| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
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| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Released = [[2020]] | | Released = [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = January 2011 | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
}} | }}{{Template:Song lineage:Beginning of the End}} | ||
"'''Only a Cockroach'''" (also known as "'''Rock and Roll Cockroach'''" or simply "'''Cockroach'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song was later reworked into the ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Beginning of the End]]", released in [[2020]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' that same year. | "'''Only a Cockroach'''" (also known as "'''Rock and Roll Cockroach'''" or simply "'''Cockroach'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song was later reworked into the ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Beginning of the End]]", released in [[2020]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' that same year. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube (titled "2011-01-18RRC") depicting him and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio. A short snippet of a guitar riff can be heard, and a text-to-speech voice can be heard saying "...an old rock band, The Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at listening parties/focus groups in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' corroborated that Cuomo was working on a song titled "Rock and Roll Cockroach" for his "[[Sea Opera]]" project, that the concept of a fictional band named The Roaches eventually became the concept of [[The Astronauts]] from the ''EWBAITE'' narrative, and that the song was ultimately repurposed as "[[Beginning of the End]]", released on [[August 14]], [[2020]]. | In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube (titled "2011-01-18RRC") depicting him and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio. A short snippet of a guitar riff can be heard, and a text-to-speech voice can be heard saying "...an old rock band, The Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at listening parties/focus groups in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' corroborated that Cuomo was working on a song titled "Rock and Roll Cockroach" for his "[[Sea Opera]]" project, that the concept of a fictional band named The Roaches eventually became the concept of [[The Astronauts]] from the ''EWBAITE'' narrative, and that the song was ultimately repurposed as "[[Beginning of the End]]", released on [[August 14]], [[2020]]. |