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| | Cuomo met [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|Kyoko Ito]] in [[1997]] at one of his solo concerts in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref>"Kyoko" ''Riverpedia''. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko</ref> The two married on [[June 18]], [[2006]].<ref>Weezer.com archived on Archive.org, July 1 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060701010316/http://weezer.com/</ref> The pair have two children. |
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| ===Comeback and SS2K===
| | Cuomo has been a vegetarian since childhood.<ref>''The Bad Penny''. https://thebadpennyblog.com/2010/09/17/weezers-rivers-cuomo-in-2002-i-think-i-had-a-falling-out-with-the-fans/</ref> |
| With all of his new material recorded in [[1999]], all of Weezer recorded demos and headed right into the Warped tour, and which would eventually lead up to the Summer Songs of 2000 tour (or Ss2K for short). In an interview with Yahoo!, Rivers stated if they weren't on the tour he would "still be in my room wanting to play music."After the tour was over, Rivers had build a new home-studio, which he and the band used to record [[The Christmas CD]] (after which Rivers had his braces removed) and what would become [[The Green Album]].
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| ===The Green Album and return to success===
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| With all his new material and tons of demos recorded, Rivers and all of Weezer headed back into the studio to record [[The Green Album]]. Rivers had written over 75 new songs for the album and was as he said a "struggle" to narrow it down to only 20 songs, which would have to be then marked only to 10.
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| ===Meditation===
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| In February 2003, taking the advice of producer [[Rick Rubin]], Rivers became involved in a form of meditation called [[Vipassana]], and later that year, began a vow of celibacy. His intention was to find balance in his life. He now frequently takes Vipassana 10 day courses every few months.
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| ===Unfinished album with Matt Sharp===
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| Cuomo sought out reconciliation with both [[Mikey Welsh]] and [[Matt Sharp]] as a result of this meditation practice, and began collaborating on new music with the latter. Sharp [[Note to Fans from Matt Sharp - August 4, 2004|reported]] that the pair worked on 15-16 songs throughout the month of February in 2004, and Cuomo joined Sharp on stage at [[Matt Sharp concert: 02/12/2004|one of his solo shows]] that same month. Sharp announced that the pair was beginning work on [[Matt Sharp / Rivers Cuomo album|a new record]] at the performance, but that album has never surfaced.
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| ===Marriage, parenthood and peace===
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| Cuomo married [[Kyoko Ito]] on [[June 18]], [[2006]], a woman he had known since the fall of 1997. He proposed to her in Tokyo shortly before Christmas of 2005. The wedding was held at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu and was attended by over a hundred people, including six of the seven members who played in Weezer ([[Mikey Welsh]] being the only no show) as well as notables [[Justin Fisher]], [[Kevin Ridel]] and Rick Rubin. The couple has a daughter, Mia, who was born in May of 2007 and a son named Leo who was born in 2011. Mia has played piano live with her father on a few occasions, such as Weezer Cruise II, adding the accompanying piano to Perfect Situation.
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| ==Relationship with fans==
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| In 2009 in a BBC interview, Rivers said "The older fans – their tastes get frozen in time and they’re not able to evolve with the band. We’ve found again and again through our career that we’ve had to shed some fans like a snake sheds its skin, just so that we can stay vital." This was posted on [[Allthingsweezer]] and angered many fans there.
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| ===Posting on fan forums and social media===
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| Rivers Cuomo has had a very unique relationship with his fan base. Beginning in the early ''Maladroit'' recording era, Rivers would post on several Weezer fan message boards, including the official Web site board and the "[[Rivers Correspondence Board]]" under the name Ace, which was inspired by [[Ace Frehley]] of the band [[Kiss]]. Rivers would ask for the fans' advice, treating them as a producer, often exchanging emails through [[Karl Koch]], and eventually posting on boards himself. Some of the correspondence boardies were even invited backstage during tours to play foosball with him. Some of the relationships with the fans pushed Cuomo's temper causing him to once refer to them as "little bitches", Cuomo being upset with the fans' demands for an older sounding Weezer rather than letting the band explore new sounds. Cuomo had also been known for posting on the official Weezer.com message board under the handles RiversCuomo and [[Riverpedia_archive_-_09/13/2020#Green_Album.2C_Wagner.2C_Mozart|Zarathustra]].
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| His Instagram and Snapchat accounts have been known to post content that fans have sent them, and he has also been known to reply to conversations. In 2020, Rivers interacted with fans on his own website through 'Riverchat' which evolved to the “River’s Neighborhood” Discord server which he is frequently on while practicing his piano.
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| ===Tweets===
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| Rivers is known for his random, stream-of-thought tweets. Fans of Weezer and Rivers alike share an interest and love for these out of the blue tweets. Some fan favorites include the "PJ Tips" Incident where Rivers tweeted on the 12th April 2012 "Recording all day with weezer. Jacked up on pj tips." which was followed by a tweet reading: "Thanks, autocorrect, for changing my "PG Tips" to "PJ Tips" and making me look like a complete dweeb."
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| As of 2013 Rivers has slowed down his stream of consciousness tweets as he focuses more on his coding and Weezer related content.
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| ===Playing with fans live===
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| Starting on the [[Foozer]] tour in late 2005, Rivers Cuomo would invite fans onto the stage to play [[Undone - The Sweater Song]] on acoustic guitar. After the performance, fans were allowed to keep the guitars they played.
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| In 2008, coinciding with the release of Weezer's new self titled album, [[Weezer (The Red Album)]], Rivers and Weezer announced a Nissan Live Sets performance in which fans were allowed to bring any instrument of their choice and perform in a Hootenanny with the band.
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| ===Let's Write a Sawng===
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| In March 2008 Cuomo started a video series on YouTube called "[[Let's Write a Sawng]]." Through the majority of 2008, Rivers exchanged videos with fans online to write a new song called "Turnin' Turnin'". The project resulted in the song "[[Turning Up The Radio]]," which appeared on the 2010 rarities album ''[[Death to False Metal]]''.
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| ===Mister River's Neighborhood===
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| =Discography=
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| {{Main|Rivers Cuomo discography}} | | {{Main|Rivers Cuomo discography}} |
| ==As a band member== | | ===As a band member=== |
| ===With Weezer=== | | ====with Weezer==== |
| *''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' (1994) | | *''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' (1994) |
| *''[[Pinkerton]]'' (1996) | | *''[[Pinkerton]]'' (1996) |
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| <small>This discography lists only Weezer's albums. For more detail, please see the [[Weezer discography]]</small> | | <small>This discography lists only Weezer's albums. For more detail, please see the [[Weezer discography]]</small> |
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| ===With Homie=== | | ====with Homie==== |
| *1998 - ''[[Meet the Deedles Soundtrack]]'' ("[[American Girls]]") | | *1998 - ''[[Meet the Deedles Soundtrack]]'' ("[[American Girls]]") |
| ===With Scott & Rivers=== | | ====With Scott & Rivers==== |
| *2013 - ''[[スコット と リバース (Scott & Rivers)|スコット と リバース]]'' (''Scott & Rivers'') | | *2013 - ''[[スコット と リバース (Scott & Rivers)|スコット と リバース]]'' (''Scott & Rivers'') |
| *2017 - ''[[ニマイメ]]'' (''Naimaime'') | | *2017 - ''[[ニマイメ]]'' (''Naimaime'') |
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| ==As a solo artist== | | ===as a solo artist=== |
| ===Album releases=== | | ====Album releases==== |
| *''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) | | *''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007) |
| *''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) | | *''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2008) |
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| ===Solo singles=== | | ====Solo singles==== |
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| ==List of bands== | | ===List of bands=== |
| * [[Fury]] (1984) | | * [[Fury]] (1984) |
| | * [[Warlock]] |
| * [[Avant Garde]] (1985) | | * [[Avant Garde]] (1985) |
| * [[Zoom]] (Avant Garde renamed, 1989) | | * [[Zoom]] (Avant Garde renamed, 1989) |
