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===Booking=== | ===Booking=== | ||
Dogstar only booked the show on the morning of the performance, creating a "a sudden need for some opening acts to try and beef up the draw."<ref name="hist031992" /> Led by [[Matt Sharp]] and [[Rivers Cuomo]], the still-unnamed Weezer was "doggedly" searching out opportunities to play, and managed to get on the phone with the Raji's staff the afternoon of the 19th. They were offered a spot on the bill for the show that night and accepted, leading to another urgent decision point: naming the band. As Koch [[Historic event: 03/19/1992|explained]] in a post on Weezer's social media: | Dogstar only booked the show on the morning of the performance, creating a "a sudden need for some opening acts to try and beef up the draw."<ref name="hist031992" /> Led by [[Matt Sharp]] and [[Rivers Cuomo]], the still-unnamed Weezer was "doggedly" searching out opportunities to play, and managed to get on the phone with the Raji's staff the afternoon of the 19th. They were offered a spot on the bill for the show that night and accepted, leading to another urgent decision point: naming the band. As Koch [[Historic event: 03/19/1992|explained]] in a post on Weezer's social media: | ||
{{ | {{Karl Koch quote 2|...a major brainstorming session ensued. In the end, [[Rivers]] stuck with his (until that moment unheard by the other band members) "weezer" suggestion, and while nobody but Rivers knew what it meant at the time, they couldn't quite come up with something that sounded more distinctive. One name that got shot down that night was "This Niblet", as well as "The Leafy Green Reefer Machine".}} | ||
The band spent the rest of the day leading up to the show recruiting people to come watch. They reportedly got 17 friends to attend, including members of the band [[Wax]]<ref name="hist031992" /> | The band spent the rest of the day leading up to the show recruiting people to come watch. They reportedly got 17 friends to attend, including members of the band [[Wax]]<ref name="hist031992" /> | ||
==Performance== | ==Performance== | ||