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[[Weezer]] played '''a three-show tour in northern California in August of [[1992]].''' It was the band's first time performing outside of Los Angeles. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Background=== | |||
Weezer performed repeatedly in the same five Sunset Strip rock clubs for their first six months as a band. Though these shows introduced them to like-minded groups like [[Wax]]<ref>[[Weezer concert: 05/07/1992]]</ref> - as well as future [[Weezer Fan Club|fan club]] founders [[Mykel and Carli Allan]]<ref>[[Weezer concert: 07/09/1992]]</ref> - the band struggled to gain much of a following. In [[LA Times interview with Weezer - May 21, 1995|a 1995 interview with the ''LA Times'']], founding bassist [[Matt Sharp]] described their early audiences as “the same five to 10 friends who would show up because they felt guilty." | |||
==Tour== | |||
{{Main|Historic event: 08/13/1992}} | {{Main|Historic event: 08/13/1992}} | ||
{{Karl Koch quote 2|[[Jason Cropper|Jason's]] previous band, [[The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction]], was playing an outdoor party up in Gureneville, CA on the 16th and had invited Jason to bring his "new band" up to play. Weezer decided to try and fit some other shows in to make the trek north more worth it. They scored a gig at Marsuggi's, a smallish bar/live entertainment place in San Jose. They also had a gig lined up in Eureka CA, on the 15th, and then the party show on the 16th. The 14th was left up to chance. | {{Karl Koch quote 2|[[Jason Cropper|Jason's]] previous band, [[The Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction]], was playing an outdoor party up in Gureneville, CA on the 16th and had invited Jason to bring his "new band" up to play. Weezer decided to try and fit some other shows in to make the trek north more worth it. They scored a gig at Marsuggi's, a smallish bar/live entertainment place in San Jose. They also had a gig lined up in Eureka CA, on the 15th, and then the party show on the 16th. The 14th was left up to chance. | ||