Draft:Weezer Recording Chronology: Pre-1991: Difference between revisions
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== 1987- | == 1987-1989 == | ||
=== Avant Garde demo, 1987 === | === Avant Garde demo, 1987 === | ||
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=== Avant Garde demo, 1988 === | === Avant Garde demo, 1988 === | ||
{{Hatnote|For the tape's tracklist, see [[The Purple Demo]].}} | {{Hatnote|For the tape's tracklist, see [[The Purple Demo]].}} | ||
[[Image:Avantgarde-purpletape-jcard.jpg|J-card|thumb| | [[Image:Avantgarde-purpletape-jcard.jpg|J-card|thumb|150px|right]] | ||
[[Image:AG Purple Demo.jpg|Cassette tape|thumb| | [[Image:AG Purple Demo.jpg|Cassette tape|thumb|150px|right]] | ||
Avant Garde's second demo, known as ''[[The Purple Demo]]'', was recorded from [[July 3]] to [[July 16]], [[1988]] at Trod Nossel Studios in Wallingford, Connecticut, and was pressed on black shelled cassettes with purple label stickers on one side. Probably less than 50 copies of this demo exist. | Avant Garde's second demo, known as ''[[The Purple Demo]]'', was recorded from [[July 3]] to [[July 16]], [[1988]] at Trod Nossel Studios in Wallingford, Connecticut, and was pressed on black shelled cassettes with purple label stickers on one side. Probably less than 50 copies of this demo exist. | ||
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa||||[[July 3]]-[[July 16]], [[1988]]|Trod Nossel Studios, Wallingford, CT|||Edited version of above recording}} | {{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa||||[[July 3]]-[[July 16]], [[1988]]|Trod Nossel Studios, Wallingford, CT|||Edited version of above recording}} | ||
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=== Four Trackin' w/ Mike, 1989 === | |||
In January [[1989]], Cuomo and Stanton recorded a 4-track demo of the two writing guitar riffs. | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Mike Stanton]]||01 01.mp3|January [[1989]]||0:26|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Mike Stanton]]||02 02.mp3|January [[1989]]||0:28|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Mike Stanton]]||03 03.mp3|January [[1989]]||0:33|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|}} | |||
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Tracks 4 through 7 are unknown. | |||
=== ''Somethin' Different!'', 1989 === | === ''Somethin' Different!'', 1989 === | ||
{{Hatnote|For the tape's tracklist, see [[Somethin' Different!]].}} | {{Hatnote|For the tape's tracklist, see [[Somethin' Different!]].}} | ||
[[Image:Somethingdifferentcoverart.jpg|J-card|thumb| | [[Image:Somethingdifferentcoverart.jpg|J-card|thumb|150px|right]] | ||
Avant Garde's third demo, known as ''[[Somethin' Different!]]'', was recorded from January to February [[1989]] at Trod Nossel Studios in Wallingford, Connecticut. The tape was professionally duped and featured the songs and info printed directly onto the clear cassette, as well as a black and white J-card that had portrait photos of the whole band. At least 50 copies of this demo exist. | Avant Garde's third demo, known as ''[[Somethin' Different!]]'', was recorded from January to February [[1989]] at Trod Nossel Studios in Wallingford, Connecticut. The tape was professionally duped and featured the songs and info printed directly onto the clear cassette, as well as a black and white J-card that had portrait photos of the whole band. At least 50 copies of this demo exist. | ||
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*"[[You Play, You Pay]]" | *"[[You Play, You Pay]]" | ||
=== The Clique, summer/fall 1989 === | |||
[[Image:IceButterflyCover.png|thumb|150px|Maxi-single cover]] | |||
[[The Clique]] was a band formed by [[Matt Sharp]] in 1989. It came to fruition after someone who claimed to work at NBC came to Sharp's workplace and told him that they were working on a made-for-TV movie about [[Wikipedia:Nancy Kerrigan|Nancy Kerrigan]] called "Ice Butterfly: The Nancy Kerrigan Story." Sharp explained that he was a musician, and so he was commissioned to write the movie's theme song. The Clique consisted of Sharp on lead vocals and bass, [[Hurshel Burton]] on guitars, and [[Keith Harris]] on drums. The group recorded one song, eponymously titled "[[Ice Butterfly]]", in the summer or fall of 1989, and released it as a maxi-single cassette in [[1990]]. | |||
=== Cherokee Riffs, 1989 === | |||
''Cherokee Riffs'' (named after Cuomo's apartment at [[1825 Cherokee Ave.]]) was the name given to a set of 4-track demos containing some of Cuomo's first attempts at writing his own music. | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Peter No No No No No]]|01 Peter No No No No No - Samples an.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|4:33|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Funky HR-16 Plus Bass Jam]]|02 Funky Hr-16 plus Bass Jam.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|4:26|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Fuzzy Guitar-Random Riffing]]|03 Fuzzy Guitar-Random Riffing.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|9:32|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[More Fuzzy Riffage]]|04 More Fuzzy Riffage.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|3:14|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[I'm Watchin' You]]|05 I'm Watchin You-acoustic.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|1:13|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo, acoustic}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[I Don't Want No Woman]]|06 I Don't Want No Woman-acoustic.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|5:19|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo, acoustic}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||07 Phone Call Interruption.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|2:15|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[I Don't Want No Woman]]|08 I Don't Want No Woman-Continued.mp3|[[1989]]|[[1825 Cherokee Ave.]], Hollywood, CA|2:21|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|4-track demo, acoustic}} | |||
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== 1990-1991 == | |||
=== Zoom demo, 1990 === | === Zoom demo, 1990 === | ||
By | By 1990, the members of Avant Garde had moved to Los Angeles, California and renamed their band to [[Zoom]]. The lone demo tape under this name was recorded in late 1989 or early 1990 in Los Angeles, and featured the songs and info printed directly onto the cassette. At least 50 copies of this demo exist. | ||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Zoom]]|[[Power Talk]]||Late [[1989]]/early [[1990]]|?, Los Angeles, CA|4:18|''[[Zoom (demo)]]''|}} | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Zoom]]|[[Power Talk]]||Late [[1989]]/early [[1990]]|?, Los Angeles, CA|4:18|''[[Zoom (demo)]]''|}} | ||