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:::—''[[Kerrang! article - April 27, 2002]]'' | :::—''[[Kerrang! article - April 27, 2002]]'' | ||
Immediately following the release of ''The Green Album'', Weezer fired their management, Atlas/Third Rail Management, and longtime manager [[Pat Magnarella]], leading to a protracted legal battle.<ref>Pollack, Marc, and Simutis, David. "UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: You Need A Scorecard To Keep Track, So We've Provided One" ''Hits Daily Double''. 3 July 2001. https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=274861&title=UNDER-NEW-MANAGEMENT</ref><ref>RIVERS CUOMO, an individual; PAT WILSON, an individual; BRIAN BELL, an individual; and MIKEY WELSH, an individual; collectively and professionally known as “WEEZER” vs. ATLAS/THIRD RAIL MANAGEMENT, INC., a California corporation; and PAT MAGNARELLA, an individual, https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/TAC/2001-21%20Rivers%20Cuomo%20et%20al%20v%20Atlas%20Third%20Rail%20mgmt%20inc.pdf</ref> According to [[Karl Koch]], the firing was a "statement of intent" and [[Rivers Cuomo]] felt that the band didn't need management, and could simply fund their next album with their own money and pay themselves back when the album sold.<ref name="vaultdive1">Weezer Fan Club Vault Dive #1 https:// | Immediately following the release of ''The Green Album'', Weezer fired their management, Atlas/Third Rail Management, and longtime manager [[Pat Magnarella]], leading to a protracted legal battle.<ref>Pollack, Marc, and Simutis, David. "UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: You Need A Scorecard To Keep Track, So We've Provided One" ''Hits Daily Double''. 3 July 2001. https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=274861&title=UNDER-NEW-MANAGEMENT</ref><ref>RIVERS CUOMO, an individual; PAT WILSON, an individual; BRIAN BELL, an individual; and MIKEY WELSH, an individual; collectively and professionally known as “WEEZER” vs. ATLAS/THIRD RAIL MANAGEMENT, INC., a California corporation; and PAT MAGNARELLA, an individual, https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/TAC/2001-21%20Rivers%20Cuomo%20et%20al%20v%20Atlas%20Third%20Rail%20mgmt%20inc.pdf</ref> According to [[Karl Koch]], the firing was a "statement of intent" and [[Rivers Cuomo]] felt that the band didn't need management, and could simply fund their next album with their own money and pay themselves back when the album sold.<ref name="vaultdive1">Weezer Fan Club Vault Dive #1 https://archive.org/details/wfc-vault-dive-1</ref> Within mere weeks of the release of ''Green'', the band began recording wholly new songs, booking recording sessions at [[DC Demos|Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C.]] with the intention of finding potential producers for the band's next album. When performing for the BBC Radio 1 program ''[[BBC Sessions|The Evening Session]]'' on [[June 13]], [[2001]], rather than performing songs to promote ''Green'', the band instead opted to perform exclusively new songs. | ||
Cuomo began recording low-fidelity demos onto an Olympus handheld digital recorder<ref>''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]</ref><ref name="maladroitpreview" /> around July of [[2001]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "The Catalog O' Riffs" 2002. Archived by ''Weezerpedia'': http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html</ref> Said Cuomo in [[2021]], "...this was my nadir, if not as a songwriter/artist/human being, at least in terms of recording quality."<ref name="maladroitpreview">"Maladroit Preview 2021-12-27 14.38.mp3" ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''</ref> | Cuomo began recording low-fidelity demos onto an Olympus handheld digital recorder<ref>''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'', [[Alone II liner notes|liner notes]]</ref><ref name="maladroitpreview" /> around July of [[2001]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "The Catalog O' Riffs" 2002. Archived by ''Weezerpedia'': http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html</ref> Said Cuomo in [[2021]], "...this was my nadir, if not as a songwriter/artist/human being, at least in terms of recording quality."<ref name="maladroitpreview">"Maladroit Preview 2021-12-27 14.38.mp3" ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''</ref> | ||