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==Other creative pursuits== | ==Other creative pursuits== | ||
===Collaborations with other artists=== | |||
{{Main|Rivers Cuomo discography#Other contributions}} | |||
Cuomo has collaborated with numerous other artists as both a songwriter and singer. Cuomo co-wrote [[the Rentals]] song "[[My Head Is in the Sun]]" with Rentals frontman (and former Weezer bassist) [[Matt Sharp]]. Cuomo wrote lyrics for the song "[[Stupid Girl]]," the most successful single by [[Wikipedia:Cold (band)|Cold]] and the only one to crack the ''Billboard Hot 100''. Cuomo also co-wrote and sang on the song "[[I Suck]]" from the debut album by [[Wikipedia:Mark Ronson|Mark Ronson]]. | |||
Before re-recording it as a Weezer song, Cuomo offered the song "[[Love Is the Answer]]" to American rock band [[Wikipedia:Sugar Ray|Sugar Ray]] for their [[2009]] album ''[[Wikipedia:Music for Cougars|Music for Cougars]]''. The same year, Cuomo collaborated on the song "[[Pick U Up]]" with singer [[Wikipedia:Adam Lambert|Adam Lambert]]. | |||
Cuomo's song "[[Magic]]," co-written with [[Dr. Luke]] and [[Wikipedia:B.o.B|B.o.B]] and performed by the latter, peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard Hot 100''. | |||
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Cuomo met [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|Kyoko Ito]] in [[1997]] at one of his solo concerts<!--I'm not sure it's ever been 100% confirmed which show he met her at.--> in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref>"Kyoko" ''Riverpedia''. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko</ref> The two married on [[June 18]], [[2006]].<ref name="rivwedding">Weezer.com archived on Archive.org, July 1 2006: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060701010316/http://weezer.com/]</ref> The pair have two children. | Cuomo met [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|Kyoko Ito]] in [[1997]] at one of his solo concerts<!--I'm not sure it's ever been 100% confirmed which show he met her at.--> in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref>"Kyoko" ''Riverpedia''. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko</ref> The two married on [[June 18]], [[2006]].<ref name="rivwedding">Weezer.com archived on Archive.org, July 1 2006: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060701010316/http://weezer.com/]</ref> The pair have two children. | ||
===Beliefs=== | ===Beliefs=== | ||
Cuomo has been a vegetarian since childhood.<ref>"[https://thebadpennyblog.com/2010/09/17/weezers-rivers-cuomo-in-2002-i-think-i-had-a-falling-out-with-the-fans/ Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo In 2002: ‘I Think I Had A Falling Out With The Fans’" ''The Bad Penny''.</ref><ref name="latimesspreadsheet">Wood, Mikael. "[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rivers-cuomo-weezer-teal-album-black-album-20190222-story.html Being Rivers Cuomo: Why Weezer’s frontman put his life into a spreadsheet]" 22 February 2019. ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> | Cuomo has been a vegetarian since childhood.<ref>"[https://thebadpennyblog.com/2010/09/17/weezers-rivers-cuomo-in-2002-i-think-i-had-a-falling-out-with-the-fans/ Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo In 2002: ‘I Think I Had A Falling Out With The Fans’" ''The Bad Penny''.</ref><ref name="latimesspreadsheet">Wood, Mikael. "[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rivers-cuomo-weezer-teal-album-black-album-20190222-story.html Being Rivers Cuomo: Why Weezer’s frontman put his life into a spreadsheet]" 22 February 2019. ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> Cuomo has considered himself an atheist throughout his life.<ref name="whativebeenupto" /> Though he practices Vipassana, a Buddhist form of meditation, he does not consider himself a Buddhist,<ref name="yogamag" /> and does not publicly ascribe to any particular religion. He lent financial support to the 2007 film ''The Dhamma Brothers'' about a prison meditation program in Alabama.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224182903/http://www.frizzylogic.org/fl/2007/07/11/the-dhamma-brothers/ The Dhamma Brothers]" ''FrizzyLogic'' 11 July 2007. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''</ref> | ||
On [[November 1]], [[2019]], Cuomo performed songs at Yangapalooza!, a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate [[Wikipedia:Andrew Yang|Andrew Yang]]. Cuomo did not explicitly endorse Yang.<ref>Hogan, Mark and Bloom, Madison. "[https://pitchfork.com/news/heres-what-happened-during-rivers-cuomos-yangapalooza-set/ Here’s What Happened During Rivers Cuomo’s Set at the Andrew Yang Rally in Iowa]" ''Pitchfork''. 1 November 2019.</ref> | |||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
{{Main|Rivers Cuomo discography}} | {{Main|Rivers Cuomo discography}} | ||