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During this same time, Wilson and Cuomo began writing songs with the intentions of forming a new, as-of-yet unnamed music project. This was dubbed [[The 50 Song Project]], although such goal was never reached. From November 1991 to February 1992, the two had recorded twenty-seven songs for this project, and Jason Cropper had contributed two songs of his own. Songs such as "[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]," "[[My Name is Jonas]]" and [[Undone (The Sweater Song)]]" were written during this time. Much of the Cuomo-penned songs were compiled into a singular demo tape that was given the name ''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'', a nickname that his father had given Cuomo as a child due to his regular asthma-induced wheezing.<ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_2#December_1991-January_1992:_.22The_50_Song_Project.22</ref> | During this same time, Wilson and Cuomo began writing songs with the intentions of forming a new, as-of-yet unnamed music project. This was dubbed [[The 50 Song Project]], although such goal was never reached. From November 1991 to February 1992, the two had recorded twenty-seven songs for this project, and Jason Cropper had contributed two songs of his own. Songs such as "[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]," "[[My Name is Jonas]]" and [[Undone (The Sweater Song)]]" were written during this time. Much of the Cuomo-penned songs were compiled into a singular demo tape that was given the name ''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'', a nickname that his father had given Cuomo as a child due to his regular asthma-induced wheezing.<ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_2#December_1991-January_1992:_.22The_50_Song_Project.22</ref> | ||
On February 14, Cuomo, Wilson, and Cropper recruited Matt Sharp and began | On February 14, Cuomo, Wilson, and Cropper recruited Matt Sharp and began practicing songs from their 50 Song Project at a TK Productions rehearsal studio in West Los Angeles. The band rehearsed for three days in a row, with a lineup of Wilson on drums, Cuomo on electric guitar, Cropper on acoustic guitar, and Sharp on bass. The third day of practice, February 16, was recorded by band friend [[Karl Koch]], with this performance of "[[I Can't Forget the Way]]" being informally recognized as the first Weezer song.<ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Historic_event:_02/14/1992</ref> | ||
During this early period, the band had yet to decide on a name. The February 16 rehearsal tape was labelled with several possible band names such as "Hummingbird," "Outhouse," "The Big Jones" and even "[[Fuzz]]," the name of a previous band that featured both Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson.<ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_3#2.2F15.2F92_:_weezer_rehearses_together_for_the_first_time</ref> | During this early period, the band had yet to decide on a name. The February 16 rehearsal tape was labelled with several possible band names such as "Hummingbird," "Outhouse," "The Big Jones" and even "[[Fuzz]]," the name of a previous band that featured both Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson.<ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_3#2.2F15.2F92_:_weezer_rehearses_together_for_the_first_time</ref> | ||