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===Weezer===
===Weezer===
{{Brian Bell quote|Hi Weezer. Please enjoy this fine recording, compliments of Radioshack and Brian Bell. I hope to see you in New York soon.<br>Thank you,<br>—Brian|<ref>Weezer Fan Club "[[Vault Dive]]" #2, 2 August 2020. Archived on ''YouTube''. (01:19:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnRhSaDXMs</ref>}}
{{Brian Bell quote|Hi Weezer. Please enjoy this fine recording, compliments of Radioshack and Brian Bell. I hope to see you in New York soon.<br>Thank you,<br>—Brian|<ref>Weezer Fan Club "[[Vault Dive]]" #2, 2 August 2020. Archived on ''YouTube''. (01:19:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnRhSaDXMs</ref>}}
One night in the late summer of 1993, while driving home, Bell decided once-and-for-all to quit Carnival Art{{citation needed}}. When he got home he found on his answering machine a message from Weezer bassist [[Matt Sharp]]. Sharp [[Hammerhead|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?'"<ref>https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Drafts:Knoxville_News-Sentinel_interview_with_Brian_Bell_-_July_23,_1995</ref>
One night in the late summer of 1993, while driving home, Bell decided once-and-for-all to quit Carnival Art{{citation needed}}. When he got home he found on his answering machine a message from Weezer bassist [[Matt Sharp]]. Sharp [[Hammerhead|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?'"<ref>[[Knoxville_News-Sentinel_interview_with_Brian_Bell_-_July_23,_1995]]</ref>


Bell then joined [[Weezer]] in 1993 during the recording of ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]'', replacing [[Jason Cropper]].  Since then he has remained a member of Weezer. Besides doing backup vocals and playing rhythm guitar and lead guitar on the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' classics "[[El Scorcho]]" and "[[Why Bother?]]", as well as on [[Van Weezer]], Bell takes on many of the multi-instrumental duties during live shows.  When songs call for the use of a keyboard or harmonica, Bell often plays them.
Bell then joined [[Weezer]] in 1993 during the recording of ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]'', replacing [[Jason Cropper]].  Since then he has remained a member of Weezer. Besides doing backup vocals and playing rhythm guitar and lead guitar on the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' classics "[[El Scorcho]]" and "[[Why Bother?]]", as well as on [[Van Weezer]], Bell takes on many of the multi-instrumental duties during live shows.  When songs call for the use of a keyboard or harmonica, Bell often plays them.