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| | Occupation = Musician, YouTuber | | | Occupation = Musician, YouTube personality |
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| | Active = [[2015]]–[[{{CURRENTYEAR}}|present]] | | | Active = [[2015]]–[[{{CURRENTYEAR}}|present]] |
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| '''Billy Cobb''' is an American musician, born in [[1998]], who has become popular through his [https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyCobbOfficial/featured YouTube channel], where he uploads vlogs, songs, tier lists, and memes. He became notable in the [[Weezer]] community when he released a tribute EP titled ''[[Zerwee]]''. | | '''Billy Cobb''' (born 1998) is an American musician and YouTube personality. In addition to his original music, he has recorded numerous tributes to [[Weezer]]. |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| Billy Cobb uploaded his first Weezer-related video on [[February 23]], [[2017]], in which he covers the ''[[Songs from the Black Hole|SFBTH]]'' song "[[Superfriend]]". While this cover did not gain significant traction, a later cover of "[[El Scorcho]]", released [[June 8]], [[2018]], received far more popularity, currently sitting at approximately 40k views on YouTube.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVLMsze9Gk "My Attempt at El Scorcho by Weezer"] YouTube. June 8, 2018. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201227211151if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVLMsze9Gk Archived] from the original on 2020-12-27.</ref> Two months after this cover, he released a [[Songs from the Black Hole (Billy Cobb)|full album of ''Songs From the Black Hole'' covers]], attempting to accurately recreate the lost rock opera. He continued to release many Weezer-related videos (alongside videos surrounding other topics, generally relating to music), including an album tier list, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztbHxtbzLo Weezer Hunger Games]", and numerous covers.
| | Cobb uploaded his first Weezer-related video, a cover of the demo "[[Superfriend]]", on [[February 23]], [[2017]]. He later released a cover of "[[El Scorcho]]" on [[June 8]], [[2018]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVLMsze9Gk "My Attempt at El Scorcho by Weezer"] YouTube. June 8, 2018. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201227211151if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVLMsze9Gk Archived] from the original on 2020-12-27.</ref> Two months later, on [[August 27]], he released [[Songs from the Black Hole (Billy Cobb)|an attempted re-creation]] of the scrapped Weezer album concept ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. Cobb has, additionally, released other Weezer-related videos and covers. |
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| On [[May 3]], [[2019]], Cobb uploaded a 4 song EP titled ''[[Zerwee]]'' onto YouTube. This EP was a tribute to Weezer (hence the title being a variation on the band's name), explained by Cobb to have been created because: "I got tired of waiting for Weezer to release another good album so I made one myself".<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/bk9uoy/i_got_tired_of_waiting_for_weezer_to_release "I got tired of waiting for Weezer to release another good album so I made one myself: Zerwee"] Reddit. May 3, 2019.</ref> This EP quickly gained significant popularity within the Weezer community, gaining multiple hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYWWuRSnZ5M "Zerwee Full EP"] YouTube. May 3, 2019.</ref> and harboring large amounts of interest and discussion online.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/blx857/zerwee/ "Zerwee"] Reddit. May 7, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/bq907v/zerwee_mama/ "Zerwee Mama"] Reddit. May 18, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/bm366j/the_reaction_to_the_zerwee_ep_shows_many_people/ "The reaction to the Zerwee EP shows many people who call themselves Weezer fans are actually fans of a particular sound and album. Which is what I always thought anyway."] Reddit. May 8, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/hold-on-we%E2%80%99re-all-aware-%E2%80%9Czerwee%E2%80%9D-is-better-than-white.53804/ "Hold On: We’re All Aware “zerwee” is Better Than White"] AllThingsWeezer. May 4, 2020.</ref> With this release, Cobb became a relatively well-known figure within the community, assisted further by his regular appearances on community forums such as [[r/weezer]].
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| With heightened YouTube popularity, Cobb continued to uploaded a number of other popular Weezer-related videos. Notably, one video titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4F3J5zFM8M Wheezer - Say it Ain't So]", in which he covers the ''[[Blue]]'' single "[[Say it Ain't So]]" while mimicking the Jimmy Neutron character Carl Wheezer, received upwards of 2 million views (making it one of his most viewed uploads of all time).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyCobbOfficial/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid Billy Cobb videos sorted by Most Popular] YouTube. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210324040258if_/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrfu-6zSLqPK-H_eFEZb9QA/videos?view=0&sort=p Archived] from the original on 2021-03-24.</ref> On [[July 2]], [[2020]], after some time teasing the project,<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8wT2KF09Y/ Instagram post from im_billy_cobb dated June 27, 2020] Instagram. June 27, 2020.</ref> Cobb released ''[[Zerwee, pt. 2]]'', a full Weezer tribute album and sequel to the ''Zerwee'' EP. Both Zerwee releases have been re-released by [https://needlejuicerecords.com/ Needlejuice Records] (an indie record label) in numerous formats, including vinyl, compact disc, and cassette.<ref>[https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1358884563083214860 "Billy Cobb - Zerwee, Pts 1 + 2 Now available for pre-order on vinyl/CD/tape"] Twitter. February 8, 2021.</ref>.
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| | On [[May 3]], [[2019]], Cobb uploaded an EP titled ''[[Zerwee]]'' onto YouTube, comprised of four original songs in the style of Weezer. Said Cobb, "I got tired of waiting for Weezer to release another good album so I made one myself".<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/bk9uoy/i_got_tired_of_waiting_for_weezer_to_release "I got tired of waiting for Weezer to release another good album so I made one myself: Zerwee"] Reddit. May 3, 2019.</ref> Cobb released a followup, ''[[Zerwee, pt. 2]]'', on [[July 2]], [[2020]]. Both ''Zerwee' albums received physical editions by [https://needlejuicerecords.com/ Needlejuice Records] in February of [[2021]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1358884563083214860 "Billy Cobb - Zerwee, Pts 1 + 2 Now available for pre-order on vinyl/CD/tape"] Twitter. February 8, 2021.</ref>. |
| ==Discography== | | ==Discography== |
| ===Studio Albums=== | | ===Studio Albums=== |
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| *[[Songs from the Black Hole (Billy Cobb)]] | | *[[Songs from the Black Hole (Billy Cobb)]] |
| *[[HotWeezerTakes]] | | *[[HotWeezerTakes]] |
| | ==External links== |
| | *[https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyCobbOfficial/featured Billy Cobb's ''YouTube'' channel] |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
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