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Nearly a year later, on June 25, 1993, Weezer signed to [[Geffen Records]]. In early August, the day before the band departed for New York City to start recording what would become the Blue Album, they threw a huge party at the Amherst house (this was not the first nor the last such party, but it was the biggest and the craziest).  When Geffen A&R rep Todd Sullivan's assistant Denise MacDonald arrived the next morning to fly the band out to New York, she found several passed out party-goers on the lawn and throughout the house.  Also, during the night, the only toilet in the house was smashed.

===Legacy===

The Amherst House is considered by fans to be one of the most important (if not the most important) place(s) in Weezer history.  It is featured prominently in the "[[Say It Ain't So]]" music video, which shows extensive shots of the garage, the kitchen and the backyard.  During the ''[[Video Capture Device]]'' commentary, [[Karl Koch]] gives extensive directions on how to find the house.

Around 2005 the current residents of the house were told they had to move out, as the interior of the house was to get a complete renovation. This spelled the end of The Garage as it was known. One final blow out party was organized by Justin Fisher, who had moved out years earlier when he got married but still had close connections to its current residents who were being evicted. At the party, weezer fans cut off pieces of the famous, ugly, ineffective soundproofing used carpeting that had lined the walls and ceiling of the Garage for nearly 15 years, to keep as mementos.

In 2008, Weezer drove around Los Angeles with their friend from these early years, Jackass' Johnny Knoxville to promote their new album.  While driving around, the band returned back to the Amherst house and discussed some of its history. The exterior was unchanged but they did not go inside, so the fate of the houses and garages interior remains cloudy.

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