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==Breakup== | ==Breakup== | ||
Not long after the performance (or possibly the second performance, if it in fact happened) at the Coconut Teazser, Chapman quit the band.<ref>Hiatt, Brian. ''The Strange Birth and Near Death of Weezer.'' Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2019, https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/weezer-blue-album-25th-anniversary-877089/</ref> Patrick recalls: "All I remember is Scottie saying that she was "holding us back", which is probably the nicest way of saying "you guys are dorks"." | |||
In desperation, Patrick and Rivers took out a classified ad in the Recycler classified ad paper, seeking a bass player, and | In desperation, Patrick and Rivers took out a classified ad in the Recycler classified ad paper, seeking a bass player, and received one applicant, a Japanese girl named Yuki. However the vibe didnt work out, and she didnt continue on with the band. They got no other responses to the ad before the band fell apart. Patrick: "I don't remember it "ending" so much as Rivers and everyone moving to the Westside and [us moving on to the] 60 Wrong Sausages attempt. [with Jason, who had just then arrived in LA via Pat Finn]". Rivers was continuing his studies at SMC, and Patrick continued working at various strange jobs including at California Tan in Westwood, where he and Matt had worked for a while. | ||
Later, after Pat and Patrick's defunct band [[Bush]] had re-formed as [[60 Wrong Sausages]] with Jason Cropper, Rivers agreed to join it, contributing not only several new songs he had made post-Fuzz, but also his entire Fuzz repertoire | Later in the summer of 1991, after Pat and Patrick's defunct band [[Bush]] had re-formed as [[60 Wrong Sausages]] with Jason Cropper, Rivers agreed to join it, contributing not only several new songs he had made post-Fuzz, but also his entire Fuzz repertoire including "[[The Answer Man]]" and "[[I Will Not Cross Over]]" <ref name="rechist2">[[Recording History - Page 2|Weezer Recording History - Page 2]]</ref>. Patrick and Pat were extremely stoked to be able to play those songs. After 60 Wrong Sausages' dissolution, all of the Fuzz tunes in fact carried over again, to the earliest months of weezer's existence as well. | ||
Scottie Chapman moved away from music entirely, and in later years became a cast member for the television show [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters Mythbusters]. | Scottie Chapman moved away from music entirely, and in later years became a cast member for the television show [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters Mythbusters]. | ||