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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Galactus
| Name    = Galactus
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Theyeastmaster-cover.jpeg
| Type    = demo
| Type    = demo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Album    = Yeastmaster Pt. 2
| Album    = Alone V: Before Weezer
| Released =  
| Released = [[2020]]
| Recorded = Summer 1991
| Recorded = Summer [[1991]]
| Length  =  
| Length  =  
| Label    =  
| Label    =  
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| COR#    =  
| COR#    =  
| Producer = Weezer
| Producer = Weezer
| Status  = unreleased
| Status  = Partial clip
| RC's last song  = "[[Hello Men and Boys]]"<br>(RC# 83)  
| RC's last song  = "[[Hello Men and Boys]]"<br>(RC# 83)  
| This RC song    = "Galactus"<br>(RC# 84)  
| This RC song    = "Galactus"<br>(RC# 84)  
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| Live debut  =
| Live debut  =
}}
}}
'''Galactus''' is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1991]]. A seventeen-second clip of the song was released as part of the digital compilation Alone IV: Before Weezer. Previously, a scan of the lyrics had been uploaded by Cuomo. The song is, presumably, inspired by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactus Marvel Comics character of the same name]. According to the [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_2| Recording History], the song was recorded to 8-track in the Summer of 1991 while Cuomo was living near the [[1711 Stoner Avenue|Stoner Ave. apartment]] as part of the "[[The Yeastmaster|Yeastmaster Pt. 2]]" demo tape. Reportedly, Cuomo later destroyed the master.
"'''Galactus'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1991]].
 
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
"Galactus" was recorded by Rivers Cuomo to 8-track in the summer of [[1991]] while living at [[2914 Urban Ave.]] in West Los Angeles.<ref>[[Recording History - Page 2|Weezer Recording History - Page 2]]</ref> Cuomo purportedly later destroyed the master. The song's title is, presumably, inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Galactus|Marvel Comics character of the same name]]. Cuomo uploaded a [[:File:84-Galactus.jpg|scan]] of his original handwritten lyrics to [[riverscuomo.com|his personal website]] in the early 2000s. A 17-second partial clip from Cuomo's demo tape, ''[[The Yeastmaster]]'', was released in [[2020]] as part of the demo compilation ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''.
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Galactus|02 Galactus.MP3|Summer [[1991]]|[[2914 Urban Ave.]], Los Angeles, CA|0:17|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|}}
{{Known recordings footer}}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
[[Image:84-Galactus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Lyrics for "Galactus"]]
[[Image:84-Galactus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Lyrics for "Galactus"]]
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Young man went down to the river
Young man went down to the river
Looked me up and said to me, yeah</poem>
Looked me up and said to me, yeah</poem>
 
==See also==
==See Also==
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
{{References list}}
 
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone V: Before Weezer]]
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]