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[[Image:Weezinespread.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A spread of ''Weezine'' issues.]] | [[Image:Weezinespread.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A spread of original ''Weezine'' issues.]] | ||
'''Weezine''' was the official [[Weezer Fan Club]] periodical, the title being an amalgam of Weezer and 'zine', the shortened moniker for amateur, photocopied publications. | '''''Weezine''''' was the official [[Weezer Fan Club]] periodical, the title being an amalgam of [[Weezer]] and 'zine', the shortened moniker for amateur, photocopied publications. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Original run=== | ===Original run=== | ||
When the official Weezer Fan Club was started by [[Mykel and Carli Allan]] in late [[1994]], one of the first orders of business was to establish a quarterly zine to serve as the primary source of band news for dedicated fans.{{Citation needed}} | When the official Weezer Fan Club was started by [[Mykel and Carli Allan]] in late [[1994]], one of the first orders of business was to establish a quarterly zine to serve as the primary source of band news for dedicated fans.{{Citation needed}} This resulted in the creation of ''Weezine'', a publication hand-crafted by the two and sent out to all club members. Issues of the zine consisted of around 14 pages, each filled with fan encounters, information on b-sides, discography updates, tour dates, interviews with the band, [[Karl's Corner]], forms to order band merch, and anything else related to the Weezer. | ||
Following the [[Historic event: 07/09/1997|death of Mykel and Carli]] in [[1997]], [[Karl Koch]] | Following the [[Historic event: 07/09/1997|death of Mykel and Carli]] in [[1997]], [[Karl Koch]] took over full control of the zine (beginning with [[Weezine Issue 11 - Fall 1997|issue #11]], which was dedicated as a tribute to the sisters). Production of the zines slowed down significantly at this time, both due to Koch's busy life, and due to the lack of news caused by the band's [[Weezer#Hiatus|hiatus]]. ''Weezine'', alongside the fan club as a whole, would be officially ended by Koch and the band around [[2000]].<ref name=inbetween>Koch, Karl. 2002. In Between Time: The strange trip between "old" and "new" weez. (an ex-fanclub president's perspective). ''Weezine Volume 2 Issue 1''.</ref> | ||
The original run of ''Weezine'' ran for a total of 14 issues from | The original run of ''Weezine'' ran for a total of 14 issues from Winter, [[1994]] to May, [[1999]]. | ||
===Later releases=== | ===Later releases=== | ||
The publication would be revived in a small capacity in [[2002]], following the | The publication would be revived in a small capacity in [[2002]], following the formation of a new fan club by Koch and a fan named Suzanne. A second run of ''Weezine'' began, labeled "volume 2," with the release of [[Weezine Issue 1 - Fall 2002|issue #1]] in the Fall of that year. While these issues were sanctioned by Koch, he also writes that they were considered to be "unofficial" by the band as a whole, as they had collectively decided to do away with an official band fan club at the time.<ref name=inbetween /> | ||
In [[2018]], an issue of ''Weezine'' titled "2018 VIP Karl's Corner Experience Edition" was released, included as part of the VIP bundle for the [[Weezer/Pixies Tour]]. It was the first in the history of the publication to be printed in color, as well as the first not to be distributed through the fan club. | In [[2018]], an issue of ''Weezine'' titled "2018 VIP Karl's Corner Experience Edition" was released, included as part of the VIP bundle for the [[Weezer/Pixies Tour]]. It was the first in the history of the publication to be printed in color, as well as the first not to be distributed through the fan club. | ||