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-'''Brian Lane Bell''' (born [[December 9]], 1968, Iowa City, Iowa) is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for [[Weezer]]. He has played both lead and rhythm for the band over the years, and, though all four band members contribute vocal parts to Weezer records, Bell's harmonies are often the centrally featured second voice part behind [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Bell has had songwriting credits on a handful of Weezer songs, spanning four albums, including "[[L.A. Girlz]]," "[[Thought I Knew]]," and "[[Endless Bummer]]." The band has recorded and played live several more of Bell's songs, but never officially released them. Bell has also sang lead on a number of Weezer's earlier-career songs during live shows.
+'''Brian Lane Bell''' (born [[December 9]], 1968, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American musician and singer/songwriter, best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist for [[Weezer]]. He has also fronted the rock bands [[the Relationship]] and [[Space Twins]].
-Bell joined Weezer in [[1993]] following the departure of founding member [[Jason Cropper]]. While the first Weezer lineup had consisted of a relatively close-knit group of friends, Bell had only met the band in passing at shared live shows, and was hired to replace Cropper toward the end of the recording sessions for the band's debut, ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''.
+Bell, who previously played bass guitar for the band [[Carnival Art]], joined Weezer in [[1993]], during production of the band's [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|eponymous debut album]], following the departure of founding member [[Jason Cropper]]. Bell has occasionally sung lead vocals on Weezer tracks, and is a credited songwriter on several songs, including "[[L.A. Girlz]]" and "[[Thought I Knew]]."
+==Early life==
+[[Image:Brianbell1987.jpg|left|thumb|120px|Brian Bell's senior photo, 1987]]Brian Bell was born in Iowa City, Iowa to parents Tom Bell, a geography professor at the University of Tennessee,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150120060437/https://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-thomas-l-bell/ Dr. Thomas L. Bell | Department of Geography], The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Archived by Wayback Machine from [https://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-thomas-l-bell/ the original].</ref> and Linda Menasco, an elementary school assistant principal.<ref name="riversedge">Luerssen, John D. Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story. 2004. ECW Press</ref> He was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He first gravitated to music at the age of four when his parents took him to an Elvis Presley concert at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Soon after, Bell became obsessed with his father's record collection, playing them constantly. At a young age, Bell asked his mother to let him take piano lessons, refusing to let him take guitar lessons until high school because she "wouldn't believe that he would practice."<ref name="riversedge" /> Eventually, during his freshman year in high school, his parents allowed him to take guitar lessons from Knoxville musician Ben Bolt. Bell first performed with brothers [[Glenn Maloof|Glenn]] and [[Tim Maloof]] (later of [[Space Twins]]) during this time, playing in a group called [[the Blue Shrooms]].<ref>Beyond, Chris. "[http://www.peepshowmenagerie.com/nofimagazine/spatwint.htm NO-FI 'MAGAZINE' interview with Space Twins]" 1998.</ref><ref>[[Karl's Corner - Spring 1997]]</ref>
-In addition to his duties in Weezer, he also has fronted two bands of his own: [[Space Twins]], (c. 1993 - c. 2004), and [[The Relationship]] (2006 - 2017). These groups have collectively released four LP's and five singles.
+==Carnival Art==
-==Biography==
-===Early life===
-[[Image:Brianbell1987.jpg|left|thumb|120px|Brian Bell's senior photo, 1987]]Brian Bell was born in Iowa City, Iowa to parents Tom Bell, a geography professor at the University of Tennessee, and Linda Menasco, an elementary school assistant principal.  He was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He first gravitated to music at the age of four when his parents took him to an Elvis Presley concert at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.  Soon after, Bell became obsessed with his father's record collection, playing them constantly.  At a young age, Bell asked his mother to let him take piano lessons, refusing to let him take guitar lessons until high school because she "wouldn't believe that he would practice."  Eventually, during his freshman year in high school, his parents allowed him to take guitar lessons from Knoxville musician Ben Bolt. Bell first performed with [[Glenn Maloof|Glenn]] and [[Tim Maloof]] during this time, playing in a group called [[the Blue Shrooms]].<ref>[[Karl's Corner - Spring 1997]]</ref>
-===Carnival Art===
 At the age of eighteen, Bell moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled at the Guitar Institute of Technology.  Soon he became a  member of [[Carnival Art]], a fledgling alt rock unit who had already released an indie album in 1989.  After Bell joined as the bass player, the group released two more albums, two EPs, and several singles through 1993.  Unfortunately, the band had extremely small record sales and were eventually dropped by label [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]].