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The band is known to have played several shows during 1997 and 1998 in both California and New York City with other up-and-coming bands at the time, such as [[Ozma]] and [[Kara's Flowers]]. | The band is known to have played several shows during 1997 and 1998 in both California and New York City with other up-and-coming bands at the time, such as [[Ozma]] and [[Kara's Flowers]]. | ||
Chopper One disbanded in [[1999]] as a result of complications between the band and their record label, Restless Records. Cropper has continued various writing, recording, and production projects in the years since. In [[2021]], Cropper said of the group's disbandment:<ref>Andrew K "Weezercord Live- Jason Cropper Springtime Virtual Event 03/19/21" ''YouTube''. 1 August 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jjwp8jkVs</ref> | Chopper One disbanded in [[1999]] as a result of complications between the band and their record label, Restless Records. Cropper has continued various writing, recording, and production projects in the years since. In [[2021]], Cropper said of the group's disbandment:<ref name="Cropper Weezercord">Andrew K "Weezercord Live- Jason Cropper Springtime Virtual Event 03/19/21" ''YouTube''. 1 August 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0jjwp8jkVs</ref> | ||
{{Jason Cropper quote|The story about Chopper One that kind of sums up the whole thing is; one day a trade publication that measures radio airplay for new and current songs was handed to me, and someone said, "you gotta see this, look. Look in the Australia pop-rock chart and see who's number one." | {{Jason Cropper quote|The story about Chopper One that kind of sums up the whole thing is; one day a trade publication that measures radio airplay for new and current songs was handed to me, and someone said, "you gotta see this, look. Look in the Australia pop-rock chart and see who's number one." | ||
It was Chopper One (on top), the Verve, the Verve Pipe, Green Day, and Tonic, and I was like "oh my God we're number one over The Verve and The Verve Pipe, this is killer...in Australia, which means New Zealand, which means Japan, like the world! All we have to do is go and play shows. A little bit of a warped tour in Australia or something like that." I had high hopes and "[[A Punk Named Josh]]" was blowing up. | It was Chopper One (on top), the Verve, the Verve Pipe, Green Day, and Tonic, and I was like "oh my God we're number one over The Verve and The Verve Pipe, this is killer...in Australia, which means New Zealand, which means Japan, like the world! All we have to do is go and play shows. A little bit of a warped tour in Australia or something like that." I had high hopes and "[[A Punk Named Josh]]" was blowing up. | ||
So then I went to the record label and I threw down the trade publication and I said, "hey, we're number one in Australia! Let's go, let's put the record out in Australia." and they were like, "yeah, we'd love to send you out to Australia and put the record out, but ''the G-funk Squad'', we just signed them for a million dollars and we don't have any more money to put out records in Australia, so you're not going anywhere." and I was like, "how do I get out of this chicken-shit business?" and I just went home, and just played my music for myself for a while. For about twenty years or so.}} | So then I went to the record label and I threw down the trade publication and I said, "hey, we're number one in Australia! Let's go, let's put the record out in Australia." and they were like, "yeah, we'd love to send you out to Australia and put the record out, but ''the G-funk Squad'', we just signed them for a million dollars and we don't have any more money to put out records in Australia, so you're not going anywhere." and I was like, "how do I get out of this chicken-shit business?" and I just went home, and just played my music for myself for a while. For about twenty years or so.|Jason Cropper, 2021 Weezercord interview<ref name="Cropper Weezercord" />}} | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||