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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|{{Template:Song lineage:Beginning of the End}}}}
}}{{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]].