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 *''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
 ==Overview==
-In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube<ref>Weezerpedia "2011-01-18RRC" ''YouTube''. Originally uploaded by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q1520Ml-pM ''Wayback Machine'' mirror: https://archive.org/details/2011-01-riverscuomo/2011-01-18RRC.flv</ref> of himself and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio, wherein a short snippet of a guitar riff could be heard, as well as a text-to-speech voice saying "...an old rock band, the Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at [[focus groups]] in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' corroborated that Cuomo was working on a song titled "Rock and Roll Cockroach," ostensibly for a (later debunked) "[[sea opera]]" concept album. The concept of a fictional band named the Roaches eventually became the concept for [[the Astronauts]] from the ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' narrative.
+In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube<ref>Weezerpedia "2011-01-18RRC" ''YouTube''. Originally uploaded by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q1520Ml-pM Archive.org mirror: https://archive.org/details/2011-01-riverscuomo/2011-01-18RRC.flv</ref> of himself and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio, wherein a short snippet of a guitar riff could be heard, as well as a text-to-speech voice saying "...an old rock band, the Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at [[focus groups]] in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' corroborated that Cuomo was working on a song titled "Rock and Roll Cockroach," ostensibly for a (later debunked) "[[sea opera]]" concept album. The concept of a fictional band named the Roaches eventually became the concept for [[the Astronauts]] from the ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' narrative.
 "Only a Cockroach" was, ultimately, repurposed as the [[Weezer]] song "[[Beginning of the End]]," from the band's [[2020]] album ''[[Van Weezer]]''. In November [[2020]], multiple demos of "Cockroach" were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''.