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Suburban Advantage is a demo EP recorded by Patrick Wilson in spring 1994. It was Wilson's first formal attempt at recording his solo work.
Wilson's first recorded solo material came in fall 1993 with My Spine. He then wrote a fresh batch of music that he developed on a four-track recorder over the following months. Music from this period, as well as some borrowed from the earlier demo, was compiled into a 7-song demo tape titled Suburban Advantage in late spring 1994. Wilson used a Dr. Rhythm drum machine (on the TR-808 kit) to create the record's percussion tracks, aiming for a sound unique from his previous demos. Roughly 8-10 copies of the tape were made and distributed among friends and Geffen industry contacts. Copies began circulating among fans as early as January 1996.
Wilson did not return to much of the music on Suburban Advantage. The demo tape preceded Wilson's 1995 Huge Guy demos, which evolved more directly into The Special Goodness.
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"Homewrecker" is the fourth track from The Autobiography, the debut album by Vic Mensa. The Weezer song "The Good Life" is sampled on the track, and additional vocals are provided by Rivers Cuomo.
Mensa told Acclaim Magazine that he's been a fan of Weezer since he was 10 years old. He created the song's beat around the half-time section of the guitar solo from "The Good Life," and then reached out to Cuomo about coming into the studio to record additional parts. Cuomo expressed surprise about the selection, calling it "the least likely 16 bars" from "a pretty obscure song from a pretty obscure Weezer album."
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On this day... July 27
- 1972 -
Maya Rudolph is born.
- 1992 - Weezer performs at the Coconut Teaszer in Los Angeles, CA.
- 1994 - Weezer opens for Lush at the Odeon Concert Club in Cleveland, OH.
- 2001 - Weezer performs "Island in the Sun" live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
- 2002 - Weezer performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on the Enlightenment Tour.
- 2012 - Weezer performs at the Venue at Horseshoe Hammond in Hammond, IN on the 2012 Tour.
- 2013 - Weezer performs at Boulevard Pool at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV on the 2013 Tour.
- 2017 - A Guns N' Roses-themed alternate music video for "Feels Like Summer" is released.
- 2018 - Weezer performs at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on the band's summer tour with the Pixies.
- 2019 - Weezer performs at North Dakota State Fair Grandstand in Minot, ND.
- 2021 - Weezer performs at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA on the Hella Mega Tour.
Featured quote: Mikey Welsh on meeting Iggy Pop backstage at Hultsfred Festival.
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Weezer's first photoshoot
Photo by: Heather Conley
May 31, 1992
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"Pink Triangle" live and acoustic at the Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, Washington on November 6, 1996.
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