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Weezer's wings came from a combination of the imaginative indie pop sentiments of the band's main songwriter, [[Rivers Cuomo]], 23, a clever wordsmith and skilled tunesmith with an endearing touch of poignancy, as well as the hilarious, eye-catching [[MTV]] hit videos for the singles "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and "[[Buddy Holly]]," directed by hot property [[Spike Jonze]] (Beastie Boys' "Sabotage") While life for Weezer grows continually weirder, the band's genesis was actually quite pedestrian. Cuomo, Sharp and drummer [[Patrick Wilson]] shared an apartment for a year, unt9l Sharp had enough of L.A. and moved up to San Francisco. "Pat and Rivers' third band, which is this band, needed a bass player. They already had [guitarist] [[Brian Bell]]," Sharp recalls "At the exact time they asked me to be in the band, I decided, 'OK, I want to be in a band that rips off the [[Pixies]]. And they called me and I was like, 'HEY!!'" | Weezer's wings came from a combination of the imaginative indie pop sentiments of the band's main songwriter, [[Rivers Cuomo]], 23, a clever wordsmith and skilled tunesmith with an endearing touch of poignancy, as well as the hilarious, eye-catching [[MTV]] hit videos for the singles "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and "[[Buddy Holly]]," directed by hot property [[Spike Jonze]] (Beastie Boys' "Sabotage") While life for Weezer grows continually weirder, the band's genesis was actually quite pedestrian. Cuomo, Sharp and drummer [[Patrick Wilson]] shared an apartment for a year, unt9l Sharp had enough of L.A. and moved up to San Francisco. "Pat and Rivers' third band, which is this band, needed a bass player. They already had [guitarist] [[Brian Bell]]," Sharp recalls "At the exact time they asked me to be in the band, I decided, 'OK, I want to be in a band that rips off the [[Pixies]]. And they called me and I was like, 'HEY!!'" | ||
They spent nine months practising and didn't play a single show until they had [[ | They spent nine months practising and didn't play a single show until they had [[50 Song Project|50 songs]]. "They were all over the map," says Sharp. "None of us knew what we were doing. But the more we played, certain songs would get knocked away." Sharp, Wilson and Bell all have bands or recording projects outside Weezer a good thing, considering Cuomo got all the attention when Weezer started making headlines. "He certainly deserves it," Sharp says. "But everybody started asking us; 'So what's it like to work with Rivers?' For a couple of months it was kind of weird. But then we realized we could go off and do our own creative things." | ||
Further weirdness ensued when Ric Ocasek ([[The Cars]]) signed on as producer of their debut. "He came to a rehearsal two days after we sent him [[The Real Demo|a tape]]," Sharp relates. "He made everyone weak at the knees and nervous. At that point we hadn't been used to being around anyone semi-famous or famous. I don't think we were too relaxed until maybe a week into it. Then after a while, you realize he's funny as hell. He's so low key. He's really dry." | Further weirdness ensued when Ric Ocasek ([[The Cars]]) signed on as producer of their debut. "He came to a rehearsal two days after we sent him [[The Real Demo|a tape]]," Sharp relates. "He made everyone weak at the knees and nervous. At that point we hadn't been used to being around anyone semi-famous or famous. I don't think we were too relaxed until maybe a week into it. Then after a while, you realize he's funny as hell. He's so low key. He's really dry." | ||