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{{Interview headline subtitle|Happy [cancelled] Days|David Daley|Alternative Press|January [[1997]]|America fell in love with the band that looked like "[[Buddy Holly]]," but the video for that song and the ensuing success of {{PN|Weezer}} [[Blue|debut]] created tensions between [[Rivers Cuomo]] and his bandmates that they’ve yet to resolve. On tour with the group in Australia and New Zealand, David Daley discovers that sweaters aren’t the only thing unraveling in the Weezer camp. | {{Interview headline subtitle|Happy [cancelled] Days|David Daley|Alternative Press|January [[1997]]|America fell in love with the band that looked like "[[Buddy Holly]]," but the video for that song and the ensuing success of {{PN|Weezer}} [[Blue|debut]] created tensions between [[Rivers Cuomo]] and his bandmates that they’ve yet to resolve. On tour with the group in Australia and New Zealand, David Daley discovers that sweaters aren’t the only thing unraveling in the Weezer camp.| | ||
SWM, 26, looks just like Buddy Holly. Ivy League-educated rock star with fondness for tattered sweaters. Likes [[Kiss]], but tired of sex. Shy, introspective, obsessive. A pig, a dog. Sometimes bearded hermit. Other times wants commitment and kids. Seeking Japanese woman for shaking booty, making sweet love all night. Must be willing to hear about our relationship on the radio. Please, no lesbians. | SWM, 26, looks just like Buddy Holly. Ivy League-educated rock star with fondness for tattered sweaters. Likes [[Kiss]], but tired of sex. Shy, introspective, obsessive. A pig, a dog. Sometimes bearded hermit. Other times wants commitment and kids. Seeking Japanese woman for shaking booty, making sweet love all night. Must be willing to hear about our relationship on the radio. Please, no lesbians. | ||
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Weezer or not, Rivers seems likely to carry on for a long time to come. | Weezer or not, Rivers seems likely to carry on for a long time to come. | ||
"Music is all I’ve ever really done since I was 12," he says. "It’s not transcendent, it’s not heaven on earth. It’s not what I thought being in Kiss would be like. But it is what I’m meant to do." | "Music is all I’ve ever really done since I was 12," he says. "It’s not transcendent, it’s not heaven on earth. It’s not what I thought being in Kiss would be like. But it is what I’m meant to do."}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||