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The band was active and practicing as early as February 1991,<ref name="rechist1" /> and a five-song demo tape was recorded on March 9.<ref name="rechist1" /> Fuzz' repertoire was likely more than 5 songs, but not many more, and it is unclear what beyond the 5 demoed songs was developed to viability. | The band was active and practicing as early as February 1991,<ref name="rechist1" /> and a five-song demo tape was recorded on March 9.<ref name="rechist1" /> Fuzz' repertoire was likely more than 5 songs, but not many more, and it is unclear what beyond the 5 demoed songs was developed to viability. | ||
Pat Finn was making frequent commutes down to Los Angeles in early 1991 from the Bay area, watched Fuzz practice several times, and recalls going to at least one | Pat Finn was making frequent commutes down to Los Angeles in early 1991 from the Bay area, watched Fuzz practice several times, and recalls going to at least one show. "I remember sitting on Rivers' Randall amp (that he sold me, that I still have), at the Coconut Teaszer [as Fuzz played]. Rivers wore the bucket hat and that brown and orange striped pullover. It was powerful, but not many folks were there unfortunately. Typical "non-prime night Teaszer crowd". But I was not going to miss that show! I had to drive down from Petaluma in my Escort that was missing a window." | ||
Patrick Wilson recalls that as far as he can remember, they only played the Coconut Teaszer show, and that it happened after they made their 3/1/91 demo tape, which places it sometime after March 9, but before the bands dissolution which would have been sometime by April, and certainly before May. "People liked it, [we played] maybe 5-6 songs?" | |||
==Breakup== | ==Breakup== | ||
After the performance at the Coconut Teazser [date to be determined | After the performance at the Coconut Teazser [date to be determined], Chapman quit the band.<ref>Hiatt, Brian. ''The Strange Birth and Near Death of Weezer.'' Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2019, https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/weezer-blue-album-25th-anniversary-877089/</ref> Patrick recalls: "All I remember is Scottie saying that she was "holding us back", which is probably the nicest way of saying "you guys are dorks"." | ||
In desperation, Patrick and Rivers took out a classified ad in the Recycler classified ad paper, seeking a bass player, and recieved one applicant, a Japanese girl named Yuki. However the vibe didnt work out, and she didnt continue on with the band. They got no other responses to the ad before the band fell apart. Patrick: "I don't remember is "ending" so much as Rivers and everyone moving to the Westside and [us moving on to the] 60 Wrong Sausages attempt. [with Jason, who had just then arrived in LA via Pat Finn]". Rivers was continuing his studies at SMC, and Patrick continued working at various strange jobs including at California Tan in Westwood, where he and Matt had worked for a while. | |||
Later, after Pat and Patrick's defunct band [[Bush]] had re-formed as [[60 Wrong Sausages]] with Jason Cropper, Rivers agreed to join it, contributing not only several new songs he had made post-Fuzz, but also his entire Fuzz repertoire including "[[The Answer Man]]" and "[[I Will Not Cross Over]]" <ref name="rechist2">[[Recording History - Page 2|Weezer Recording History - Page 2]]</ref>. Patrick and Pat were extremely stoked to be able to play those songs. After 60 Wrong Sausages' dissolution, all of the Fuzz tunes in fact carried over again, to the earliest months of weezer's existence as well. | Later, after Pat and Patrick's defunct band [[Bush]] had re-formed as [[60 Wrong Sausages]] with Jason Cropper, Rivers agreed to join it, contributing not only several new songs he had made post-Fuzz, but also his entire Fuzz repertoire including "[[The Answer Man]]" and "[[I Will Not Cross Over]]" <ref name="rechist2">[[Recording History - Page 2|Weezer Recording History - Page 2]]</ref>. Patrick and Pat were extremely stoked to be able to play those songs. After 60 Wrong Sausages' dissolution, all of the Fuzz tunes in fact carried over again, to the earliest months of weezer's existence as well. | ||
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==Demo== | ==Demo== | ||
On March 9, 1991, Fuzz rented out rehearsal space | On March 9, 1991, Fuzz used their rented out rehearsal space to record a five song demo onto Cuomo's 8-track tape. | ||
Wilson: "We rehearsed way the f*ck out in the Valley, and that's [also] where we recorded the demo." | |||
All five tracks had been previously rehearsed by the band. It is unknown if the tracklist order is accurate.<ref name="rechist1" /> | |||
# "[[The Answer Man]]" | # "[[The Answer Man]]" | ||