Brian Bell: Difference between revisions

After completing high school at Bearden High School in 1986, Bell decided not to pursue higher education feeling it would be a "waste of money."  At the age of eighteen, Bell moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled at the Guitar Institute of Technology.  In 1991 he became a founding member of [[Carnival Art]], which released two official albums and an EP with Bell playing bass.  Unfortunately, the band had extremely small record sales and were eventually dropped by label Beggars Banquet.  It was around the time Carnival Art was disintegrating Bell became acquainted with the members of [[Weezer]], "They started playing on the scene, and I instantly saw something unique in them. I didn't necessarily want to be in their band. They were for some reason, were in with the wrong crowd and playing at the wrong venues. I wanted to help them out any way I could and I wanted to play a show with them."  Bell particularly found himself amazed at [[Say It Ain't So]] expressing surprise that songs like that were still being written.  One night in the late summer of 1993, while driving home Bell decided once-and-for-all to quit Carnival Art. When he got home he found on his answering machine a message from Weezer bassist [[Matt Sharp]]. Sharp called again the next day, "Matt was just beating around the bush, and [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers]] took the phone from him and said, 'Do you wanna join our band?'"