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It would get worse. In 1997, Mykel and Carli Allan, close friends of the band and founders of the Weezer fan club, were killed in a car accident on their way to a gig. Next, following the completion of touring obligations after Pinkerton, bassist Sharp quit to focus on his own band, The Rentals, which had a minor hit in 1995 with "Friends of P." | It would get worse. In 1997, Mykel and Carli Allan, close friends of the band and founders of the Weezer fan club, were killed in a car accident on their way to a gig. Next, following the completion of touring obligations after Pinkerton, bassist Sharp quit to focus on his own band, The Rentals, which had a minor hit in 1995 with "Friends of P." | ||
Weezer spent the next three years in self-imposed purgatory. Cuomo's own ambivalence about the pop life drove him to the East Coast, where he found his solace in his on-and-off studies at Harvard. It took a full year to replace Sharp with Welsh, who'd played with Juliana Hatfield | Weezer spent the next three years in self-imposed purgatory. Cuomo's own ambivalence about the pop life drove him to the East Coast, where he found his solace in his on-and-off studies at Harvard. It took a full year to replace Sharp with Welsh, who'd played with {{PN|Juliana Hatfield}} touring band. Meanwhile, Bell and Wilson bided their time with their own projects (Space Twins and the Special Goodness, respectively). The band reconvened in 1998 for a round of demoing, but all that emerged from that period was "Velouria" a track for the 1999 Pixies tribute album ''Where is My Mind?'' | ||
"Our heads were just so screwy at the time," Mikey said. "We all had different ideas about what we should be doing. We were just struggling a bit with trying to get songs together, and what kind of sound we wanted." In 1999, Wilson took to the alt-weezer newsgroups, stating directly that, "we didn't have much in common, creatively or personally." | "Our heads were just so screwy at the time," Mikey said. "We all had different ideas about what we should be doing. We were just struggling a bit with trying to get songs together, and what kind of sound we wanted." In 1999, Wilson took to the alt-weezer newsgroups, stating directly that, "we didn't have much in common, creatively or personally." | ||