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WHEN [[Weezer|WEEZER]] ENTERED New York's Electric Ladyland to record their stellar [[Geffen Records|DGC]] [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|debut]], they stumbled into a real-life time warp. The studio, which was built by Jimi Hendrix and used by such rock legends as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and [[Kiss]], has not changed much since the late Sixties. "They haven't remodeled, so it's really authentic - like weird murals on the wall and stuff," says Weezer lead singer/guitarist and principal songwriter [[Rivers Cuomo]], "Every time I went to the bathroom, I'd think, 'Man, this is a toilet that [[Ace Frehley]] took a crap on!'" | WHEN [[Weezer|WEEZER]] ENTERED New York's Electric Ladyland to record their stellar [[Geffen Records|DGC]] [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|debut]], they stumbled into a real-life time warp. The studio, which was built by Jimi Hendrix and used by such rock legends as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and [[Kiss]], has not changed much since the late Sixties. "They haven't remodeled, so it's really authentic - like weird murals on the wall and stuff," says Weezer lead singer/guitarist and principal songwriter [[Rivers Cuomo]], "Every time I went to the bathroom, I'd think, 'Man, this is a toilet that [[Ace Frehley]] took a crap on!'" | ||
While Rivers is currently a card-carrying citizen of the Alternative Nation, the 23-year-old Connecticut native grew up on the stuffed crotch metal of the early Eighties. "Back when I was like 13 or 14 - so I forgive myself - | While Rivers is currently a card-carrying citizen of the Alternative Nation, the 23-year-old Connecticut native grew up on the stuffed crotch metal of the early Eighties. "Back when I was like 13 or 14 - so I forgive myself - I was super into Quiet Riot and Mötley Crüe. And, of course, I was into Kiss, but that was really early on. I pretty much learned how to play guitar by learning their songs off the record and stuff - and from guitar magazines too," Cuomo says. | ||
Since moving to L.A. - with a [[Avant Garde|metal band]] - a few years ago, Cuomo has made a concerted effort to shed the shred chops he'd worked so hard to develop in favor of more restrained post-punk crunchings: "It was a major conscious decision to stop playing that way. My whole value system changed about [[Pre-1991|five years ago]] when I went from being 'Metal Guy,' practising all the time and trying to be good technically, to just trying to play something simple and melodic. Hopefully, over the years, it will sound more natural. It also helps to get a guitar that's really hard to play, and to use big fat strings." Appropriately, the Weezer frontman plays a battered, mongrel Strat that [[Jason Cropper|a friend of his]] threw together for him. | Since moving to L.A. - with a [[Avant Garde|metal band]] - a few years ago, Cuomo has made a concerted effort to shed the shred chops he'd worked so hard to develop in favor of more restrained post-punk crunchings: "It was a major conscious decision to stop playing that way. My whole value system changed about [[Pre-1991|five years ago]] when I went from being 'Metal Guy,' practising all the time and trying to be good technically, to just trying to play something simple and melodic. Hopefully, over the years, it will sound more natural. It also helps to get a guitar that's really hard to play, and to use big fat strings." Appropriately, the Weezer frontman plays a battered, mongrel Strat that [[Jason Cropper|a friend of his]] threw together for him. | ||