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PATRICK WILSON
Author: [who?] (Modern Drummer)
Published: January 2011
- Weezer's multitasker is all about making adjustments and looking at the big picture.
"Our live show is the bomb," says Patrick Wilson of Weezer, which has been conducting short but potent mini tours behind its latest chunk of pop-rock gold, Hurley. "I'm so pleased with our performances. They've become super-fun...they feel important to me, actually."
For the past year and a half, Wilson's primary live role as a guitarist with Weezer means he's ceded the drum throne to Josh Freese for most of the band's set. "I love playing with Josh every night," Wilson says. "And when I do play the drums live, having him there kind of kicks me in the ass."
The ultimate team player, Wilson is even open to sharing drum time on Hurley with singer Rivers Cuomo. ("Pretty much any time you hear a four-on-the-floor kick drum, that's him playing.") It's not like Patrick has anything to worry about, after all-his stamp is easily detected on cuts like "Unspoken," where his joyous, active slamming makes the song's second half one of the more emotionally satisfying moments on the album.
And truth be told, Wilson's self-worth isn't completely tied to Weezer. His own band, the Special Goodness, has been a creative outlet for the past decade, allowing him to fully express himself as a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Wilson isn't beyond admitting when he's gotten in too deep in terms of ruling his own destiny, however. "I have a Logic setup at home, and I have a bunch of good outboard effects," he says. "But it's extraordinarily taxing to put every hat on. That's why on my next record I'm going to work with other people. If you're doing something that's rock based, you should really have someone else recording you-unless you're extremely disciplined, which I am not. It's just really hard when you have all these competing agendas within yourself."
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