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==History== | ==History== | ||
The RCB | The Rivers Criticism Board was started in early 2002 by three fans (screennames: Asschun, Pickles in my Undies & Queero McGayguy) who were unhappy with the discourse of the main Weezer forums on the official site and other ezboards. The three opened the RCB as a place to air their grievances with the band's then-current output (the ''[[Maladroit]]'' sessions). The board grew in membership after it was hinted that a poster known as "ace" was Rivers. This was soon confirmed when ace posted of his wish to grow a beard days before pictures first surfaced of Rivers with a beard. | ||
With the influx of new members, the ruling triumvirate closed off public access, set up a registration system and banned users for the most trivial of issues, as well as changed the board's official name to Rivers Correspondence Board). After a few weeks, forum founder Pickles had a falling out with the other two and deleted the board. However, the other two started the RCB back up, where it remained until its deletion in 2005, following ''[[Make Believe]]''. | |||
With the influx of new members, the ruling triumvirate closed off public access, set up a registration system and banned users for the most trivial of issues, as well as changed the board's official name to Rivers Correspondence Board). After a few weeks, forum founder Pickles had a falling out with the other two and deleted the board. However, the other two started the RCB back up, where it remained until its deletion in 2005, following [[Make Believe]]. | |||
==Rivers Interacts With The Fans== | ==Rivers Interacts With The Fans== | ||
During his time posting on the RCB, Rivers let fans in on his songwriting frame of mind, and quite often, in a confrontational manner, proclaimed his | During his time posting on the RCB, Rivers let fans in on his songwriting frame of mind, and quite often, in a confrontational manner, proclaimed his preferance for the current and future output of the band over the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' and ''[[Blue Album]]'' material. In one of Rivers' most famous episodes, Rivers called "[[Only in Dreams]]" "GAY!GAY!GAY! [[Disney gay|DISNEYGAY!]]" During this time, Rivers spoke of a desire for fan input on some issues, such as which songs should be on ''Maladroit''. However, he largely ignored the opinion to go back to more personal songwriting, claiming that while he may in the future, for the present, he envisioned writing perfect pop songs. | ||
Despite antagonizing | Despite antagonizing them, Rivers developed a relationship with many of the fans on the board, which led to many meet and greets with board members after the summer 2002 [[Enlightenment Tour]]. Rivers spoke honestly with the fans, such as when he gave his impression of first meeting [[Rick Rubin]] in the summer of 2002, and of his being on a European Tour in 1996 and realizing that ''Pinkerton'' may be a commercial failure before its release. | ||
Rivers | The RCB had a closed culture and its leaders were not open to dissention. Still, as the board where Rivers posted most frequently, as well as the source of many of Rivers' original demos, the RCB served as an important bridge between the fans and the band. Demos that he posted at the board included: | ||
*"[[Hot Tub]]" | *"[[Hot Tub]]" | ||