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[[Image:ATWBanner2017.png|400px|right|thumb|The current banner of Allthingsweezer as of 2017.]]
[[Image:ATWBanner2017.png|400px|right|thumb|The current banner of Allthingsweezer as of 2017.]]
'''Allthingsweezer''' (formerly known as '''Albumsix''') is the name of a [[Weezer]] fansite started by boardies kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor. Although the website is still around, it doesn't have as much activity as it once had.
'''AllThingsWeezer''' (formerly known as '''Albumsix''') is the name of a [[Weezer]] fan website started by users kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor.
 
==History==
==History==
===Fake album===
===Fake album===
Albumsix.com, as Allthingsweezer was originally known, started off as a single home page with a mysterious image reading "Album Six, Coming Soon", which linked to the official Weezer website.  Shortly after it began to gain steam, [[Karl Koch]] posted in [[Karl's Corner]] that he "honestly had no idea" what it was about.  Later, Albumsix broke the news of ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' almost immediately after [[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo]] himself had, leading many to first get their news of the album from Albumsix and not Cuomo's MySpace page.
Albumsix.com, as the page was originally known, started off as a single home page with a mysterious image reading "Album Six, Coming Soon", which linked to the official Weezer website.  Shortly after it began to gain steam, [[Karl Koch]] posted in [[Karl's Corner]] that he "honestly had no idea" what it was about.  Later, Albumsix broke the news of ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' almost immediately after [[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo]] himself had, leading many to first get their news of the album from Albumsix and not Cuomo's MySpace page. Albumsix went on to post a fictitious teaser for the then confirmed sixth Weezer album, calling it ''[[Tout Ensemble]]''. Large music media publishers like ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' took note of the fake album and began running news stories on it, confirming it as fact [https://www.punknews.org/article/26647/weezer-untitles-album-unsets-release-date]. Following naming the album, the website posted a false release date for ''Tout Ensemble'' of [[April 22]], [[2008]].
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Albumsix went on to post a fictitious teaser for the then confirmed sixth Weezer album.  Albumsix called the album ''[[Tout Ensemble]]''. Large music media publishers like ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' took note of the fake album and began running news stories on it, confirming it as fact. Following naming the album, the website posted a false release date for ''Tout Ensemble'' of [[April 22]], [[2008]].
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Finally, Cuomo and Koch both made posts that Weezer was in no way affiliated with Albumsix.com and that Weezer's new album was not called ''Tout Ensemble''. Albumsix.com changed the homepage to a letter admitting that they had made everything up.
Finally, Cuomo and Koch alerted news outlets that Weezer was in no way affiliated with Albumsix.com and that Weezer's new album was not called ''Tout Ensemble''. Albumsix.com changed the homepage to a letter admitting that they had made everything up. Said Cuomo in an official statement:
 
Please note that Weezer and Geffen Records have no affiliation with www.albumsix.com. The new Weezer record is not called "Tout Ensemble" and there is no official release date yet for the album. Remember, when its on Weezer.com, its for sure. (Though I will say, "well played", to the authors of that site.)
===Forums===
===Forums===
After ''Tout Ensemble'' proved to be a hoax, Albumsix.com was revamped into a forum.  Soon, the original creators kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor teamed up with Weerez.com to make albumsix the Official [[Weerez.com]] forums.  The forums grew very rapidly and were by all members of Weezer (Rivers Cuomo has not been confirmed), and several bits of Weezer information were released there by Koch, who posted under the name [[Karlophone]].  In the fall of 2009, the name of the website was changed to allthingsweezer.com, with all albumsix.com traffic being redirected to the new address.
===Chat===
One of the more popular features on Allthingsweezer was the chat function. The chat is a place where many boardies discuss [[All Things Not Weezer]], but when large pieces of Weezer news are released, the chat often turns into a heavily focused Weezer dicussion.  Many times, fans arranged gatherings for Karl himself to come into the chat and interact with boardies. Often, Karl gave hints and nuggets of info as to new happenings in the Weezer world such as potential tour openers, details of unreleased songs, and comments about different moments in Weezer history. The chat eventually became unused, and nowadays there is no chat function on the site itself, though some members of the forums have created separate chats for boardies.
[[Image:Atw screenshot.JPG|400px|left|thumb|A former banner of Allthingsweezer.com, made by Headcheese.]]
[[Image:Atw screenshot.JPG|400px|left|thumb|A former banner of Allthingsweezer.com, made by Headcheese.]]
 
After ''Tout Ensemble'' proved to be a hoax, Albumsix.com was revamped into a forum. Soon, the original creators kingofthecounty and lordofthemanor teamed up with Weerez.com to make albumsix the Official [[Weerez.com]] forums. The forums grew rapidly and were, over the years, visited by some Weezer-associated people, such as Karl Koch (under the username "karlophone") and [[Pat Wilson]] (under the username "thefranklinmint"). In the fall of 2009, the name of the website was changed to "AllThingsWeezer".
===Crash===
In late September of [[2008]], Albumsix mysteriously crashed, but the forums were only temporarily down. User and Administrator lordofthemanor posted on the official [[Weezer.com]] forum that the site would be up again soon. When the site came back it had been significantly revamped and required re-registration (all of the data was lost in the crash).
 
===T-shirts===
During the early Albumsix period, the site temporarily had an online store featuring t-shirts with many designs created by the fans for the fans as well as several slogan t-shirts perpetuating the memes of the forums.  The store was closed after it became too expensive to keep open.
 
===Recent years===
Allthingsweezer celebrated ten years in 2018. Later that year in December, a large section of the user base had become unsatisfied with the moderation of the website and created their own web forums, named [[Weezer Club]]. As of 2020, ''Weezer Club'' had been replaced by [[Strange And Distant Land]].
 
==External links==
*[http://allthingsweezer.com/ All Things Weezer Forums]


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums]]
* [[List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums]]
* ''[[Tout Ensemble]]''
* ''[[Tout Ensemble]]''
* [[Weezer Club]]
* [[Strange And Distant Land]]
* [[Strange And Distant Land]]
* [[All Things Weezer]]
* [[All Things Weezer]]
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* [[Teenage Victory Songs]] - Weezer songblog run by Albumsix boardie Soymilkrev
* [[Teenage Victory Songs]] - Weezer songblog run by Albumsix boardie Soymilkrev
*[[Weerez.com]]
*[[Weerez.com]]
 
==External links==
*[http://allthingsweezer.com/ All Things Weezer Forums]
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