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Koch lived with a growing cast of characters at 1711 Stoner Avenue, and worked a warehouse job at REI in Torrance, CA (he and Pat Finn both found jobs there, and commuted for their roughly 30 hour a week schedules). Over the course of summer 1991, Koch witnessed the coalescing of Wilson, Finn, Jason Cropper, and Rivers into [[Sixty Wrong Sausages]], who ended up having one show around Thanksgiving 1991 in Petaluma, CA, before breaking up. Over the winter of 1991-1992 the band that would become Weezer was born from demos and discussions of Wilson, Rivers and Cropper. Koch was very excited by the new early weezer songs and stepped in ready to help and document the band as he had with the short lived Sausages. Meanwhile the Stoner Apartment took on more and more people, including Bob Hnilo, Von Lono, and Takashi Hasegawa, a great guy from Japan that Rivers and Pat Finn met via Kyokushin Karate lessons in Burbank, CA. With 7 people sharing the $800 rent, they each paid $120 for several squalor filled months. In addition, an annoying girl from Holland named Antionique was somehow allowed to stay there for several weeks in the summer of 1991, as well as a several month long stay by Jesse Humphreys, a Northern California guy who Pat Finn had met through Jason Cropper. | Koch lived with a growing cast of characters at 1711 Stoner Avenue, and worked a warehouse job at REI in Torrance, CA (he and Pat Finn both found jobs there, and commuted for their roughly 30 hour a week schedules). Over the course of summer 1991, Koch witnessed the coalescing of Wilson, Finn, Jason Cropper, and Rivers into [[Sixty Wrong Sausages]], who ended up having one show around Thanksgiving 1991 in Petaluma, CA, before breaking up. Over the winter of 1991-1992 the band that would become Weezer was born from demos and discussions of Wilson, Rivers and Cropper. Koch was very excited by the new early weezer songs and stepped in ready to help and document the band as he had with the short lived Sausages. Meanwhile the Stoner Apartment took on more and more people, including Bob Hnilo, Von Lono, and Takashi Hasegawa, a great guy from Japan that Rivers and Pat Finn met via Kyokushin Karate lessons in Burbank, CA. With 7 people sharing the $800 rent, they each paid $120 for several squalor filled months. In addition, an annoying girl from Holland named Antionique was somehow allowed to stay there for several weeks in the summer of 1991, as well as a several month long stay by Jesse Humphreys, a Northern California guy who Pat Finn had met through Jason Cropper. | ||
In March 1992, while Rivers, Matt and Justin Fisher moved into 2226 Amherst Avenue (home of "The Garage" rehearsal space, The Kitchen Tapes demos, and the Say It Aint So music video), Koch, Pat Finn and Takashi Hasegawa moved into The Fuller-Martel Plaza apartment complex on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, next door to the apartment that housed their friends in Wax (as well as future jackass members PJ Clapp (Johnny Knoxville), Handsome Jack, and Loomis). This apartment was known as The Blue Diamond Terrace. There Koch took a second job as a clerk in the nearby Wherehouse music and video store, at the corner of Sunset Blvd and La Brea Avenue. At that job he allowed dangerous gang members to shoplift Rodney O / Joe Cooley and Dr Dre cassingles in order to preserve his own safety, and watched with amusement as opportunistic thieves constantly grabbed karaoke machines and ran out the door with them, causing the store manager to chase after them screaming bloody murder. He also met Catherine O'Hara, Ice Cube, Henry Rollins, and Brad Pitt there, all of whom came in as customers. Brad Pitt bought the Lynyrd Skynyrd box set, claiming his last copy had been stolen at a recent party. Koch did not know who it was until he saw "Bradley Pitt" on Pitt's check, about which he was required to call a bank to get cleared due to store policy, leading to an awkward moment. | In March 1992, while Rivers, Matt and Justin Fisher moved into 2226 Amherst Avenue (home of "The Garage" rehearsal space, The Kitchen Tapes demos, and the Say It Aint So music video), Koch, Pat Finn and Takashi Hasegawa moved into The Fuller-Martel Plaza apartment complex on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, next door to the apartment that housed their friends in Wax (as well as future jackass members PJ Clapp (Johnny Knoxville), Handsome Jack, and Loomis). This apartment was known as The Blue Diamond Terrace. There, Koch took a second job as a clerk in the nearby Wherehouse music and video store, at the corner of Sunset Blvd and La Brea Avenue. At that job he allowed dangerous gang members to shoplift Rodney O / Joe Cooley and Dr Dre cassingles in order to preserve his own safety, and watched with amusement as opportunistic thieves constantly grabbed karaoke machines and ran out the door with them, causing the store manager to chase after them screaming bloody murder. He also met Catherine O'Hara, Ice Cube, Henry Rollins, and Brad Pitt there, all of whom came in as customers. Brad Pitt bought the Lynyrd Skynyrd box set, claiming his last copy had been stolen at a recent party. Koch did not know who it was until he saw "Bradley Pitt" on Pitt's check, about which he was required to call a bank to get cleared due to store policy, leading to an awkward moment. | ||
At the Fuller apartment, which lasted from march 1992 till August 1993, Koch lived with Finn and Hasegawa, but they added a 4th roommate in an illegal loft that Koch built into the dining room area. The 4th roommate was Pat Finn's little brother Brendan, then Darrin Pfieffer (later of Goldfinger and CFNY.FM in Toronto), then Finn and | At the Fuller apartment, which lasted from march 1992 till August 1993, Koch lived with Finn and Hasegawa, but they added a 4th roommate in an illegal loft that Koch built into the dining room area. The 4th roommate was Pat Finn's little brother Brendan, then Darrin Pfieffer (later of Goldfinger and CFNY.FM in Toronto), then Finn and Koch's best friend John Drenning, and finally Patrick Wilson with his then girlfriend (future wife) Jennifer Wright. As Weezer progressed and eventually locked in a record deal, both Finn and Drenning elected to move out of L.A., Hasegawa got another apartment, and Koch went to New York with Weezer to help out with the making of what would later be known as The Blue Album. The Fuller Martel apartment was no more. | ||
After the Blue Album was made Koch moved into an apartment in Van Nuys with Rivers (and later Kevin Ridel) from January - May 1994. They moved in right when the 1994 Northridge Earthquake struck, but strangely their cheap apartment was undamaged and rated safe, and they simply had to endure as the power, water, gas and phone slowly got turned on over their first week in the new place, as well as long lines at the nearby damaged supermarkets. In this time period his role was cemented as guitar and backline tech, van driver, and general assistant for weezer. In May, Rivers completed his semester studying music at LAVC (across the street from the apartment), the Blue Album was finally released, and weezer hit the road at last. | After the Blue Album was made Koch moved into an apartment in Van Nuys with Rivers (and later Kevin Ridel) from January - May 1994. They moved in right when the 1994 Northridge Earthquake struck, but strangely their cheap apartment was undamaged and rated safe, and they simply had to endure as the power, water, gas and phone slowly got turned on over their first week in the new place, as well as long lines at the nearby damaged supermarkets. In this time period his role was cemented as guitar and backline tech, van driver, and general assistant for weezer. In May, Rivers completed his semester studying music at LAVC (across the street from the apartment), the Blue Album was finally released, and weezer hit the road at last. | ||
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Koch appears in Weezer's [[2006]] music video for "[[Perfect Situation]]" as well as the [[1995]] video for "[[Say It Ain't So]]." He is also credited as being 'Karl Koch' in the Pinkerton credits and for 'Rack Jobber' and 'photography' in ''[[The Red Album]]'' credits. | Koch appears in Weezer's [[2006]] music video for "[[Perfect Situation]]" as well as the [[1995]] video for "[[Say It Ain't So]]." He is also credited as being 'Karl Koch' in the Pinkerton credits and for 'Rack Jobber' and 'photography' in ''[[The Red Album]]'' credits. | ||
Koch has done guest spots on a handful of Weezer tracks, and was to play the role of M1 the robot on the scrapped ''Songs from the Black Hole'' album. | Koch has done guest spots on a handful of [[Weezer]] tracks, and was to play the role of M1 the robot on the scrapped ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' album. | ||
Koch's authority on all things Weezer has caused the fan base to coin the term "[[Karlification]]", a clever take on 'clarification'. Whenever the fans hear rumors or are unsure about certain 'facts' about the band, they will often email Koch or request his presence at message boards to clear the air. | Koch's authority on all things [[Weezer]] has caused the fan base to coin the term "[[Karlification]]", a clever take on 'clarification'. Whenever the fans hear rumors or are unsure about certain 'facts' about the band, they will often email Koch or request his presence at message boards to clear the air. | ||
===Favorite Weezer songs=== | ===Favorite Weezer songs=== | ||
'''Released''' | '''Released''' | ||
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Koch's primary musical outlet is Karlophone, a hip-hop/rock/sample project. To date, two Karlophone albums have been released. Koch and Wilson also collaborated on the mysterious side-project [[Southern Fried Swing]]. | Koch's primary musical outlet is Karlophone, a hip-hop/rock/sample project. To date, two Karlophone albums have been released. Koch and Wilson also collaborated on the mysterious side-project [[Southern Fried Swing]]. | ||
"If you think about my songs in terms of structure, they're kind of like pop songs...I want parts: A B, here's the bridge, back to A." Koch has expressed that he has a hard time working with other people, but has sometimes collaborated with Pat Wilson for Karlophone projects. | "If you think about my songs in terms of structure, they're kind of like pop songs...I want parts: A B, here's the bridge, back to A." Koch has expressed that he has a hard time working with other people, but has sometimes collaborated with [[Pat Wilson]] for Karlophone projects. | ||
In addition to collaborating with Patrick for Karlophone, Southern Fried Swing is an on-going project between the two. Although several demos have been recorded for Southern Fried Swing, only one album has been released. | In addition to collaborating with Patrick for Karlophone, Southern Fried Swing is an on-going project between the two. Although several demos have been recorded for Southern Fried Swing, only one album has been released. | ||