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-{{Featured article headline|Avant Garde}}
+{{Featured article headline|Hammerhead}}
-[[Image:Zoom 3.jpg|250px|right]]
+[[Image:Hammerhead1.jpg|150px|right]]
-'''[[Avant Garde]]''' (later known as '''Zoom''') was a progressive heavy metal band from Connecticut. It was [[Weezer]] lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers Cuomo's]] first serious attempt at being a musician.
+'''Hammerhead''' is an Ithorian character from the movie ''[[Star Wars]]'', featured on-screen for less than 5 seconds.
-Cuomo formed Avant Garde in 1985 with a childhood friend of his named [[Justin Fisher]]. Although the two had both just formed another band, [[Fury]], they both agreed they wanted to play a heavier type of music. The two began writing as members drifted in and out. At the time, Cuomo was writing his own guitar parts as well as covering Metallica and [[Fates Warning]]. Eventually, Cuomo and Fisher would call the band Avant Garde. Cuomo has since said, "We were anything but."
+Excerpt from [[Karl Koch]]'s [[The Story of Making the Blue Album]]:<br><br>
+''Back in 1992, [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Matt Sharp]] had made the acquaintance of one [[Brian Bell]], who was then playing with [[Carnival Art]]. Brian expressed his fondness of Weezer and Matt and Rivers told Brian that he rocked. A bond was formed that wasn't tested till almost a year later, when Matt and Rivers cold called Brian up from NYC:''<br><br>
+''"Hi, Brian, it's Matt."''<br>
+''"Oh, hey, how's it going? Are you guys recording?"''<br>
-On [[December 12]], [[December 13|13]] and [[December 18|18]] of 1987, Avant Garde recorded six new songs at Trod Nossel studios in Wallingford, Connecticut. It cost the band $288.37. This first professional demo was known as [[The Purple Demo]] for it's purple label.
+{{Featured article links|Hammerhead}}
-The band moved to Los Angeles together in 1988, and quickly changed their name to Zoom. Despite this new effort, however, the group soon disbanded as the members began pursuing other projects.
-{{Featured article links|Avant Garde}}
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