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[[Image:ATWBanner2017.png|400px|right|thumb|The banner of All Things Weezer as of 2017.]] | [[Image:ATWBanner2017.png|400px|right|thumb|The banner of All Things Weezer as of 2017.]] | ||
'''All Things Weezer''' (formerly known as '''Albumsix''') is the name of a [[Weezer]] fan website started by users kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor. | '''All Things Weezer''' (formerly known as '''Albumsix''') is the name of a [[Weezer]] fan website started by users kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Fake album=== | ===Fake album=== | ||
Albumsix.com, as the page was originally known, started off as a single home page with a mysterious image reading "Album Six, Coming Soon", which linked to the official Weezer website. Shortly after it began to gain steam, [[Karl Koch]] posted in [[Karl's Corner]] that he "honestly had no idea" what it was about. Later, Albumsix broke the news of ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' almost immediately after [[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo]] himself had, leading many to first get their news of the album from Albumsix and not Cuomo's MySpace page. Albumsix went on to post a fictitious teaser for the then confirmed sixth Weezer album, calling it ''[[Tout Ensemble]]''. Large music media publishers like ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' took note of the fake album and began running news stories on it, confirming it as fact | Albumsix.com, as the page was originally known, started off as a single home page with a mysterious image reading "Album Six, Coming Soon", which linked to the official Weezer website. Shortly after it began to gain steam, [[Karl Koch]] posted in [[Karl's Corner]] that he "honestly had no idea" what it was about. Later, Albumsix broke the news of ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' almost immediately after [[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo]] himself had, leading many to first get their news of the album from Albumsix and not Cuomo's MySpace page. Albumsix went on to post a fictitious teaser for the then confirmed sixth Weezer album, calling it ''[[Tout Ensemble]]''. Large music media publishers like ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' took note of the fake album and began running news stories on it, confirming it as fact <ref name="punknews.22">''Punk News''. November 27, 2007. "Weezer untitles album, unsets release date". Retrieved from https://www.punknews.org/article/26647/weezer-untitles-album-unsets-release-date.</ref>. Following naming the album, the website posted a false release date for ''Tout Ensemble'' of [[April 22]], [[2008]]. | ||
Finally, Cuomo and Koch alerted news outlets that Weezer was in no way affiliated with Albumsix.com and that Weezer's new album was not called ''Tout Ensemble''. Albumsix.com changed the homepage to a letter admitting that they had made everything up. Said Cuomo in an official statement: | Finally, Cuomo and Koch alerted news outlets that Weezer was in no way affiliated with Albumsix.com and that Weezer's new album was not called ''Tout Ensemble''. Albumsix.com changed the homepage to a letter admitting that they had made everything up. Said Cuomo in an official statement: | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|Please note that Weezer and [[Geffen Records]] have no affiliation with www.albumsix.com. The new Weezer record is not called "Tout Ensemble" and there is no official release date yet for the album. Remember, when its on Weezer.com, its for sure. (Though I will say, "well played", to the authors of that site.)|''Punk News''<ref name=punknews" />}} | |||
===Forums=== | ===Forums=== | ||
[[Image:Atw screenshot.JPG| | [[Image:Atw screenshot.JPG|350x|right|thumb|A former All Things Weezer banner, made by Headcheese.]] | ||
After ''Tout Ensemble'' proved to be a hoax, Albumsix.com was revamped into a forum. Soon, the original creators kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor teamed up with Weerez.com to make albumsix the Official [[Weerez.com]] forums. The forums grew rapidly and were, over the years, visited by some Weezer-associated people, such as [[Karl Koch]] (under the username "[[Karlophone|karlophone]]") and [[Pat Wilson]] (under the username "[[Franklin Mint|thefranklinmint]]"). In the fall of 2009, the name of the website was changed to "All Things Weezer". | After ''Tout Ensemble'' proved to be a hoax, Albumsix.com was revamped into a forum. Soon, the original creators kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor teamed up with Weerez.com to make albumsix the Official [[Weerez.com]] forums. The forums grew rapidly and were, over the years, visited by some Weezer-associated people, such as [[Karl Koch]] (under the username "[[Karlophone|karlophone]]") and [[Pat Wilson]] (under the username "[[Franklin Mint|thefranklinmint]]"). In the fall of 2009, the name of the website was changed to "All Things Weezer". | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of | *[[List of Weezer websites]] | ||
* ''[[Tout Ensemble]]'' | *''[[Tout Ensemble]]'' | ||
* [[ | *[[:Category:Albumsix]] | ||
* [[ | *[[List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums]] | ||
==References== | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://allthingsweezer.com/ All Things Weezer | *[http://allthingsweezer.com/ All Things Weezer forums] | ||
[[Category:Albumsix]] | [[Category:Albumsix]] | ||
[[Category:Fandom]] | [[Category:Fandom]] | ||
[[Category:Websites]] | [[Category:Websites]] | ||
[[Category:Featured article]] | [[Category:Featured article]] | ||