Bibliography
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This bibliography seeks to collate, in chronological order, all available interviews, articles, podcast appearances, transcripts, and other published works featuring members of Weezer or related persons.
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Pre-1994
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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1981 | Beverly's letter Beverly Shoenberger |
Letter by Rivers Cuomo's mother, Beverly Shoenberger, to family, regarding Rivers' congenital femoral deficiency. | |
August 18, 1991 | "Former Knoxvillian Bell signs with major record label" Wayne Bledsoe, The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
February 1992 | Outhouse Top 50 list Rivers Cuomo |
Listing of the top thirty-eight songs in contention for the band Outhouse, later renamed to Weezer. | |
September 1992 | Welcome to Vas Llegas Shira Berk, Beggars Banquet Records, and Michael P. Tak |
Press kit for the album Welcome to Vas Llegas by Carnival Art |
1994
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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[date?] | "Weezer" Lÿndsey Parker, Porkchops & Applesauce |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
January 6 | "Right Music, Price At Lingerie" Heidi Siegmund, Los Angeles Times |
Review of Club Lingerie weekly performances | |
February 12 | "Geffen's Modern Rock Methodology Pays Off" Kevin Bronson, Billboard |
Article about Geffen Records' roster of new artists | |
May 28 | "Popular Uprisings" Carrie Borzillo, Billboard |
Interview with Todd Sullivan | |
May 1994 | "Weezer" Karl Koch, Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Brian Bell, Patrick Wilson |
Press kit for Weezer's eponymous debut album. | |
June 7 | "John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List" John Sakamoto, Toronto Sun |
Column with short reviews of new singles, including a review of "Undone - The Sweater Song" No rating given. |
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July 31 | "Weezer: LA Alternative Group Is in from the Dark" Alan Sculley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
August 6 | "Weezer sings about breakup" Fred Shuster, The Greenville News |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
September 20 | "Hands-on experience" Arthur Staple, The Record |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
September 23 | "Weezer Nothing To Sneeze At" Glenn Kenny, Daily News |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
September 24 | [untitled] Larry Flick, Billboard |
"Undone - The Sweater Song" review No rating given. |
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October 6 | "Rivers Cuomo returns home with Weezer" Roger Catlin, Hartford Courant |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
October 14 | "The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth" Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly |
Interview with Weezer | |
November | "Smells like teen spirit" Chip Midnight, MOO Magazine |
Interview with Matt Sharp, Brian Bell | |
November 3 | "New faces, Weezer" Kara Manning, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Weezer | |
November 15 | "Weezer Sheds Their Sweaters" Starline |
Interview with Matt Sharp, Brian Bell | |
November 28 | "Out of the garage, into the charts" Lenny Stoute, The Toronto Star |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
November 28 | Songs from the Black Hole Rivers Cuomo |
First draft for abandoned musical concept album, Songs from the Black Hole. | |
Songs from the Black Hole Rivers Cuomo |
Second draft for abandoned musical concept album, Songs from the Black Hole. | ||
December 2 | "Weezer's Fans Dispute Band's Opinion of Itself" Roberto Santiago, The Plain Dealer |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
Winter | Weezine Issue #1 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club |
1995
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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January | "Rock Candy" Jac Zinder, Spin |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
January 25 | "Gee Weezer, it's a hot band" Neil Davidson, The Vancouver Sun |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
February 11 | "Nerd Up!" Garry Mulholland, NME |
Review of Weezer concert: 01/30/1995 | |
February 24 | "Pop" Angela Lewis, The Independent |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
March | "Man of Steel" Tom Beaujour, Guitar World |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
March | "WEEZER" James Bonisteel, Rational Alternative Digital Cyberzine |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
March 3 | "In the beginning was the nerd" Emma Forrest, The Independent |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
March 10 | "Bell tolls for couple of bands" Katherine Monk, The Vancouver Sun |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
March 14 | "Veruca, McLachlan, Weezer: Hitmakers are headed here" Gary Graff, Detroit Free Press |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
March 15 | "Le groupe américain Weezer surpris par sa soudaine popularité" Philippe Kezzonico, Le Nouvelliste |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
March 17 | "Stardom Comes - Even to Nerds" Michael Mehle, Rocky Mountain News |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
Spring | Weezine Issue #2 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
Spring | "Mykel & Carli" Mykel Allan, Carli Allan |
Autobiography of the Allan sisters, included in Weezine Issue #2 | |
March 23 | "Unlikely hit-makers: Weezer comes without disguise" Mark Lepage, The Gazette |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
March 24 | "Weezer: Nerds No More" Paul Gobicheau, The Boston Globe |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
March 25 | "Revenge of the Nerds" Mim Udovitch, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Weezer | |
March 31 | "It's not easy being Weezer" Sam McDonald, Daily Press |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
April | "Weirder by the Day" Al Muzer, Aquarian Weekly interview |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
May | "Tourbus Tales: Weezer" VOX |
Interview with Weezer | |
May 5 | "Weezer Finds It's Hip Not To Be Cool" Karla Peterson, The Daily Oklahoman |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
May 16 | "Patrick Wilson, Weezer Drummer" Bert B. Sulat Jr., Manila Standard |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
May 21 | "As Funny as They Wanna Be : Who’s laughing now?" Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times |
Interview with Weezer | |
Summer | Weezine Issue #3 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
July | "Weezer" Paul Lay, Encore Magazine |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
July 12 | [untitled] BBC Radio 1 |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
July 21 | "They're not short of breath" Darin Powell, Birmingham Post-Herald |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
July 21 | "Weezer's Success Far Exceeded Own Expectations" John Wirt, The Advocate (Baton Rouge) |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
July 22 | "Rocking the boat" Clark Parsons, The Tennessean |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
July 23 | "A Decision in the Desert, A Message on a Machine Equaled Good Fortune for Weezer's Brian Bell" Wayne Bledsoe, The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
July 23 | "Patrick Wilson and the Weezer Way of Life" Pat Riley, Buffalo News |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
July 27 | "Looking Beyond Today's Style" Gerald Mizejewski, Washington Times |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
August 6 | "Happy Days Are Here Again" What Magazine |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
August 8 | "A whirlwind for Weezer" Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
August 10 | "Nerd-chic? Weezer trashes the labels and just plain rocks" Vikki Tobak, Detroit News |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
August 11 | "'Happy Days' are here again in Weezer video" Marc D. Allan, The Indianapolis Star |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
Fall | Weezine Issue #4 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
October 1 | "Jocobono" Scott Hefflon, Lollipop Magazine |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
October 1 | "Profile of Self as Writer" Rivers Cuomo |
Essay written by Cuomo for expository writing class (Expos 17) at Harvard. | |
October 28 | "$400 Video Sells MTV on Rentals" Brett Atwood, Billboard |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
November 19 | "Weezer Bassist Doesn't Sell His Rentals Act Short" Jim Minge, Omaha World Herald |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
November 25 | "Rentals Look for Hire Ground" Kieran Grant, Toronto Sun |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
November 30 | "Weezer's Matt Sharp Focusing at the Moment on Rentals' New Album" Roger Catlin, Hartford Courant |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
November 30 | "Nerd's Revenge: His Own Band" Rob Runett and Gerald Mizejewski, Washington Times |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
December 1 | "Shooting Sharp With The Rentals" Corey Levitan, News-Pilot |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
December 8 | "Rentals Eye Long-Term Lease on Hit Parade" Michael Mehle, Rocky Mountain News |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
December 11 | "MATT SHARP ...is just plain exhausted" Jay Ramono, The Item |
Interview with Matt Sharp |
1996
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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Winter | Weezine Issue #5 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
February 2 | "Return of the Moog" Alan Sculley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
February 8 | "Sharp Leading More Than the Rentals" Grey Haymes, Times Union |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
February 9 | "A Band on the Run That Finally Took Off" Mark Brown, The Times Herald-Record |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
February 11 | "Rentals' Pop-Rock Drowns Out Retro" Scott McLennan, Sunday Telegram |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
Spring | Weezine Issue #6 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
Summer | Weezine Issue #7 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
July 10 | Letter to Weezer Fan Club Rivers Cuomo |
Letter written to members of the Weezer Fan Club. Published in Weezine Issue #7. | |
[date?] | "A Few Words from Rivers" Rivers Cuomo |
Press release for Pinkerton | |
[date?] | "Weezer - History and Biography" Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Brian Bell, Patrick Wilson, Karl Koch |
A reprint of biographies from the Blue Album press kit, distributed to journalists and music critics around release of Pinkerton. | |
September | [untitled] Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork |
Pinkerton review Rating: (7.5/10) |
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September 16 | "Preparing for Worldwide Success" Mike Pattenden, Dotmusic.co.uk |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
Fall | Weezine Issue #8 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
October | [untitled] Dylan Lewis, ABC Recovery |
Television interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
October 6 | "Obsession Drives Troubled Musician's Soul" Anne Hogan, Sunday News |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
October 6 | "Power Popsters Make Short Work of New Album" Gary Steel, Sunday Star Times |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
October 11 | "Pinkerton, Weezer at the Metro" The Daily Telegraph |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
October 11 | [untitled] Ray Marcano, Dayton Daily News |
Pinkerton review Rating: (1/5) |
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October 12 | "The Modern Age" Bradley Bambarger, Billboard |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
November | [untitled] 小口正貴, Crossbeat |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
November | [untitled] 宮嵜広司, Rockin'On |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
November 7 | "Rivers Runs Through It" Paul Watkin, Drop-D Magazine |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
[date?] | "Weezer Burns Brightly in "El Scorcho" Video: Quartet Rocks by Lamplight in Letterboxed Clip" Geffen |
Press release for "El Scorcho" music video | |
November 15 | "WEEEEEEEEZER" Michael Norman, The Plain Dealer |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
November 21 | "Pinkerton Secures Band Great Press" Kieran Grant, Toronto Sun |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
November 22 | "Weezer a pris un coup de vieux" Philippe Rezzonico, Le Soleil |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
December | "Weezer's Uncomfortable Success" Clare Kleinedler, Addicted to Noise |
Interview with Weezer | |
December | [untitled] 小口正貴, Crossbeat |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 4 | "Weezer's Worry" Roger Catlin, The Hartford Courant |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 4 | "Cuomo's Band One of Three to Evolve from Avant Garde" David Daley, The Hartford Courant |
Interview with Kevin Ridel and Kenneth Holton | |
[date?] | "Weezer Revealed: the Rivers Cuomo Interview" Clare Kleinedler and Michael Goldberg, Addicted to Noise |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
[date?] | [untitled] Rob O'Connor, Rolling Stone |
Pinkerton review Rating: (3/5) |
1997
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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Winter | Weezine Issue #9 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
January | "Happy [cancelled] Days" David Daley, Alternative Press |
Interview with Weezer, Kenneth Holton, Kevin Ridel, Jason Cropper | |
January | "Ol' Nerdy Bastard" Mark Lewman, Rip |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February | "Rivers' Edge" Gavin Edwards, Details |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February | "An Interview with Weezer's Pat Wilson" Jon Storm, Game Informer |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
Spring | Weezine Issue #10 Mykel Allan, Carli Allan, Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
March | "Schoolhouse Rock" Tom Beaujour, Guitar World |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May 6 | The Re-threading of Weezer: Band Hits the Road with No Doubt: Pinkerton's "Pink Triangle" Is Next Track Released to Radio Geffen Records |
Press release about Weezer's then-upcoming tour with No Doubt and the release of the "Pink Triangle" single | |
May 27 | "Ex-Weezer Guitarist Ready To Take Off With Chopper One" Gil Kaufman, Addicted to Noise |
Interview with Jason Cropper | |
May 30 | "Weezer Loves To Make Music, But Not Videos" Scott Iwasaki, Deseret News |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
June 3 | "Weezer Shows Love for Barry Manilow" Linda Laban, Wall of Sound |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
June 6 | "Weezer comes undone" Michele Chan Santos, The Wichita Eagle |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 10 | "Weezer's Bell Heading for the Ozone With Space Twins" Clare Kleinedler, Addicted to Noise |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
June 12 | "Weezer hits the road after singer's first year at Harvard" Courtney Reyers, Potomac News |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 13 | "Warped Weezer still waiting for press to catch up with them" Wayne Bledsoe, The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
June 18 | "Coming to grips with stardom, Weezer tours with No Doubt" Scott Cronick, Press of Atlantic City |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 20 | "Setting the record straight" Michele Amabile, The Central New Jersey Home News |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July | [untitled] Cake |
Interview between Rivers Cuomo and Joe Matt | |
July 10 | "Weezer leader finds out she wasn’t a lesbian" Steven Sandor, Vue Weekly |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July 19 | "Last Gasp? / WEEZER: Future Debated" John Roos, The Los Angeles Times |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
August 18 | [untitled] MTV News |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, and Karl Koch re: Mykel and Carli Allan | |
August 23 | "Chopper One lands at The Que" David Lee, Iowa City Press-Citizen |
Interview with Jason Cropper | |
September 19 | "Cropper's Family Values Give Chopper One a Lift" Martin Renzhofer, Salt Lake Tribune |
Interview with Jason Cropper | |
Fall | Weezine Issue #11 Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
December | "Analog Synth Summit with Bob Moog, Stereolab, Imperial Drag & Weezer" Musician Magazine |
Interview with Matt Sharp, Tim Gane, Roger Manning, and Bob Moog | |
[date?] | [untitled] Weezer.net |
Interview with Karl Koch |
1998
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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Fall | Weezine Issue #12 Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
February 2 | [untitled] Paul Evans, Rolling Stone |
Weezer (The Blue Album) review No rating given. |
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March 5 | "Weezer Headed to Studio, Meets 'Deedles' On the Way" MTV.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp | |
Summer | Weezine Issue #13 Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
Summer | "An Interview With Rivers" Karl Koch |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
Summer | [untitled] weezer.net |
Interview with Mikey Welsh and Pat Wilson | |
November 17 | [untitled] Gil Kaufman, Addicted to Noise |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
[date?] | "No-Fi 'Magazine' Interview with Space Twins" Chris Beyond, No-Fi "Magazine" |
Interview with Brian Bell and Tim Maloof (as Space Twins) |
1999
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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January 26 | "Jason Cropper Interview" O. Flaguel |
Interview with Jason Cropper | |
February 26 | "A note from Matt Sharp" Matt Sharp |
Matt Sharp writes to fans about Seven More Minutes and "Getting By." | |
March 6 | "A Playful Attitude Marks the Return of Maverick's Rentals" Carrie Borzillo, Billboard |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
April 1 | "The Rentals' Matt Sharp Goes Out of His Way for Seven More Minutes" Zac Crain, Dallas Observer |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
Fall | Weezine Issue #14 Karl Koch |
Quarterly periodical distributed to members of the Weezer Fan Club | |
May | "Bonus Time" David Daley, CMJ |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
Fall | The Special Goodness tour diary Karl Koch |
Tour diary by Karl Koch | |
Various | Rock and Roll Part Three recording blog Daniel Brummel, Ozma |
Blog posts by Ozma frontman Daniel Brummel about the recording of the album Rock and Roll Part Three | |
November | "Matt Sharp of the Rentals" Buddyhead.com |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
[date?] | [untitled] SonicNet |
Chatroom interview with Matt Sharp |
2000
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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January—October | Karl's FAQs Karl Koch, weezer.net |
Karl Koch responds to fan questions submitted via email | |
February 4 | "Weezer Brace for Return" Jennifer Vineyard, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
March 12 | "Especially Good" Claire Caraska, MusicRag.com |
Interview with Pat Wilson and Mikey Welsh (as the Special Goodness) | |
Spring | The Special Goodness tour diary Karl Koch |
Tour diary by Karl Koch | |
April | [untitled] Josh Frank and Darin Ranahan, Give Me Strength |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
June 15 | "Not Some Ol' Weezer" Chris Page, The Bakersfield Californian |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 27 | "Weezer Overcomes Warped Jitters" Neal Weiss, Warpedtour.Launch.com |
Article | |
July 28 | "Don't Call It a Comeback" Beatrice Springborn, ChickClick.com |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
August | ウィーザーをやめる気も 音楽をやめる気も毛頭なかった 毎日、努力はしてたんだ 小口正貴, Crossbeat |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
August | ? 柳憲一郎, Rockin'On |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
August 10 | [untitled] Lord, FrequenceRock.com |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
August 24 | "Back to the Good Life" The Skiz, WMCX |
Radio interview with Brian Bell and Mikey Welsh | |
August 25 | "Now Classic" Carly Carioli, The Boston Phoenix |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
September 1 | "All New Weezer" Riley Graebner, The Buffalo News |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
September 6 | "Weezer Sneaks Into Detroit For a Show; Chats About Future Plans" David Enders, Michigan Daily |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
November 15 | "Weezer Breathes New Life into Career After Four-Year Hiatus" Ashok Chandra, Daily Texan |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
Various | Ozma song explanations Daniel Brummel, Ryen Slegr, and Jose Galvez |
The three primary songwriters from the band Ozma describe the writing of songs from Cuatro/Ocho, Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars, and Rock and Roll Part Three. |
2001
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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January(?) | Yahoo! Outloud website biography Weezer |
Promotional blurb about Weezer's appearance on the then-forthcoming Yahoo! Outloud Tour | |
February 22 | [untitled] Courtney, Matt, and Eric, Emopop.com |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
February 22 | [untitled] Emopop.com |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
February 22 | [untitled] Courtney and Eric, Emopop.com |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
March | Weezer (The Green Album) order sheet Geffen Records |
Ordering sheet for Weezer (The Green Album) sent to retailers | |
March | "In the Garage" Erick Himmelsbach, Revolver |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson, and Brian Bell | |
March 5 | "Weezer Tour Electrifies D.C. Music Scene" Jane Smith, University Wire |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
April | "All That You Can't Leave Behind" Jon Regardie, CMJ |
Interview with Weezer | |
April | ? 小口正貴, Crossbeat |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May | "Hide and Geek" Alternative Press |
Interview with Weezer | |
May | "Weezer: The Ballad of Rivers Cuomo" CMJ.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May 1 | "50,000,000 Weezer Fans Can't Be Wrong" Request |
Interview with Weezer, Karl Koch | |
May 12 | "Where's Weezer Been?" Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times |
Interview with Weezer | |
May 14 | [untitled] Brittany, AOL Live |
Interview with Weezer | |
May 14 | [untitled] Spencer Owen, Pitchfork |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (4/10) |
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May 14 | [untitled] Terry Bezer, Drowned in Sound |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (3/5) |
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May 15 | [untitled] Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (4/5) |
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May 15 | [untitled] Ian Wade, Yahoo! |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (8/10) |
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May 15 | [untitled] Jason Thompson, PopMatters |
Weezer (The Green Album) review No rating given. |
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May 15 | [untitled] Stephen Thompson, The Onion A.V. Club |
Weezer (The Green Album) review No rating given. |
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May 24 | [untitled] Sarah Dempster, NME |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (5/10) |
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May 24 | "liveDaily Interview: Weezer Drummer Pat Wilson" Don Zulaica, LiveDaily.com |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
May 25 | "Older & Weezer" Rob Brunner, Entertainment Weekly |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May 30 | "Q&A: Not So Serious Rivers Cuomo" Harry Thomas, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June | Polydor Biografie Geffen Records |
Press kit for Weezer (The Green Album) by Polydor (the record label that distributes Interscope Geffen A&M Records' releases in the United Kingdom) | |
June | ? Yuko Kato, INROCK |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 4 | "Trying on a New 'Sweater'" Bret Begun, Newsweek |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Mikey Welsh | |
June 7 | "Weezer: Gang Green" Gidedon Yago, MTV.com |
Interview with Weezer | |
June 28 | [untitled] Terra Ocio |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Mikey Welsh | |
June 29 | "No Sweat" Nick Duerden, Q |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Mikey Welsh | |
July 7 | "Odd Man Out" Ian Winwood, Kerrang! |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Pat Wilson | |
July 10 | [untitled] Chris Heath, Dotmusic.co.uk |
Interview with Pat Wilson and Brian Bell | |
July 19 | "Post Geek? Weezer Might Be on Their Way" Jo Piazza, Daily Pennsylvanian |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
August 14 | "It's Not Easy Being Green" Craig Rosen, LAUNCH.com |
Interview with Weezer | |
August 15 | "The Human Sexuality Is Pretty Complicated" LAUT.de |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
September 13 | "Weezer's Cracked Genius" Chris Mundy, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
September 24 | "Nothing to Weeze At" Ben Rayner, Toronto Star |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Pat Wilson | |
September 25 | "The Glorious Noise Interview with Cherielynn Westrich" Jake Brown, Glorious Noise |
Interview with Cherielynn Westrich | |
Fall | [untitled] Michael K., No-Nothing Rock! |
Interview with Daniel Brummel and Ryen Slegr | |
October 15 | [untitled] Steve, The End |
Radio interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
October 31 | "WEEZER TOUR U.S. ONCE MORE" Geffen Records |
Press release re: the Extended Midget Tour | |
December 3 | "Weezer Webmaster Serves as Band's Fifth Member" Mike Riopell, Daily Vidette |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
December 7 | "Revitalized Weezer Celebrates Its 'Green' Thumb" Gary Graff, The Plain Dealer |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson | |
December 12 | [untitled] WRBC |
Radio interview with Scott Shriner | |
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (4.5/5) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Matt Parks, Fazed |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (7/10) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Jaan Uhelszki, Amazon |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (9/10) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Jonathan Cohen, Nude as the News |
Weezer (The Green Album) review No rating given. |
2002
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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January 8 | [untitled] Kyle, Weezon.com |
AOL Instant Messenger correspondence with Rivers Cuomo | |
January 10 | [untitled] Various, Weezon.com |
AOL Instant Messenger correspondence with Rivers Cuomo | |
January 11 | [untitled] Various, Weezon.com |
AOL Instant Messenger correspondence with Rivers Cuomo | |
January 22 | "Weezer Ready "Maladroit"" Andrew Dansby and Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February | [untitled] Mike, Mike's World of Weezer |
AOL Instant Messenger correspondence with Pat Wilson | |
February 7 | "A Rivers runs through it" Rex Rutkoski, The Weekender |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
February 8 | "Weezer wunderkind cherishes Crimson tie" Steve Morse, The Boston Globe |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February 8 | "Weezer drummer Pat Wilson humorous in the hot seat" Caralyn Greenemail, Penn State Collegian |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
February 22 | "The Grass Is Always Greener For Rivers Cuomo" Thalia S. Field, The Harvard Crimson |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February | [untitled] Kane and Annie, Breakdanceglove.com |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
March | [untitled] Kyle McDonald, Elevator.ca |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
March | "Weezer’s Brian Bell Was ‘Overwhelmed’ By Maladroit Material" Kurt Orzeck, ICE Magazine |
Article/interview with Brian Bell | |
March | [untitled] Ridd Sorensen and Jason Kaminski, Weezon.com |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
March 4 | "you need to read this!" The Rivers Correspondence Board |
Excerpt from forum thread on The Rivers Correspondence Board, wherein Rivers Cuomo describes the song "Only in Dreams" as "Disneygay" | |
March 15 | "Mighty Morphin'" Rob Brunner, Entertainment Weekly |
Article/interview with Mikey Welsh | |
March 18 | "Weezer asks stations not to air new album" Brian Hiatt, Entertainment Weekly |
Article | |
March 23 | [untitled] The Tragic Kingdom |
Interview with Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner | |
April | Maladroit order sheet Geffen Records |
Ordering sheet for Maladroit sent to retailers | |
April | "Redone - the Weezer Saga" Joe Robinson and Steve Reynolds, Rocknews.com |
Article/interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
April 20 | "Living the Good Life" Lisa Wilton, Calgary Sun |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
April 22 | "Easy Weezer; L.A. Rockers Keep The Mystery Alive" Mike Ross, Edmonton Sun |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
April 27 | "Tantrums. Beards. Paranoia. Teenage cyber girlfriends. Has WEEZER frontman Rivers Cuomo lost the plot?" Ben Mitchell, Kerrang! |
Article/interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May | "Weezer: As Dope As Ever" Kristin Roth, CDNOW.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May | "Odder Than Hell" Tom Beaujour, Guitar World |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell | |
May | "I like things to feel right." Chris Whyte, Mean Street Magazine |
Article/interview with Brian Bell and Pat Wilson | |
May | "Who's afraid to rock?" Alyson Mead, Rockpile |
Article/interview with Weezer | |
May 9 | [untitled] Ann Powers, Rolling Stone |
Maladroit review Rating: (4/5) |
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May 11 | [untitled] Ian Winwood, Kerrang! |
Maladroit review Rating: (5/5) |
|
May 30 | [untitled] Chris Heath, dotmusic |
Maladroit review Rating: (4.9/5) |
|
May 27 | [untitled] Rob Mitchum, Pitchfork Media |
Maladroit review Rating: (5.4/10) |
|
May 31 | "Foosball Wizards" Corey Moss, MTV.com |
Article/interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June | "The Weezer Rules" Althea Legaspi, Illinois Entertainer |
Article/interview with Brian Bell and Pat Wilson | |
June 4 | "Weezer Gives Good Shred" Erik Himmelsbach, Gene Simmons Tongue |
Article/interview with Weezer | |
June 6 | [untitled] Josue Munoz, Overlee.com |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
June 20 | "Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop" Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone |
Article/interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 28 | [untitled] Jason Damas, PopMatters |
Maladroit review No rating given. |
|
July | "A Largely One-Sided Conversation About God Knows What With Weezer's Rivers Cuomo" Gregg LaGambina, FILTER |
Article/interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July | "Alt-Shred" Matt Blackett, Guitar Player |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell | |
July | "Don't Fear the Weezer" Marc Spitz, SPIN |
Article/interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July 3 | "Maladjusted...An interview with some guy from Weezer" Randy Harward, Salt Lake City Weekly |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
August | "10 Questions with Matt Sharp" Mike, Mike's World of Weezer |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
August | [untitled] Scott Shriner Experience |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
August 9 | "Weezer Inserts More Rock Into Its Music: Quirky: Turning Out A Rush Of New Music, The Band Is Enjoying A Creative Wave" Cathy Maestri, Press Enterprise |
Article/interview with Brian Bell | |
September | [untitled] BassStreet.com |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
September | [untitled] Songlounge.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
September 4 | "Weezer Teams with Muppets" Fender |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
September 10 | [untitled] WeezerIsland.com |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
September 12 | "A conversation with Weezer bassist (and Toledo native), Scott Shriner" Mike Saccone, Toledo City Paper |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
October 7 | "Ex-'Weezer' comes to Ames as solo artist" Erin Randolph, Iowa State Daily |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
October 10 | "Former Weezer bassist discusses life after stardom" Dan Maloney, The Daily Iowan |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
October 3 | "Former Weezer guitarist slogs it out on the club circuit" Kyle Munson, Des Moines Register |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
November 4 | "The visual side of two musical minds: Weezer bassist in painter's Paradise" Alexander Stevens, The Boston Tab |
Article/interview with Mikey Welsh | |
[date?] | [untitled] Pat Wilson Wonderland |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Maladroit review Rating: (4/5) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Author unknown, E! Online |
Maladroit review Rating: (8.3/10) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Jon Horowitz, Nude as the News |
Maladroit review No rating given. |
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Various | Matt Sharp tour diary Matt Sharp, Mattsharp.net |
Matt Sharp details his experiences during his solo tour |
2003
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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[date?] | Ozma History - Ozmafans.com ? |
Biography of Ozma, from ozmafans.com | |
January 1 | A Letter from Matt Matt Sharp, mattsharp.net |
A letter to fans from Matt Sharp regarding his solo tour | |
February 9 | "Rockers take center stage for new exhibit at Zeitgeist" ?, Boston Herald |
Article | |
February 14 | "Welsh Works Out His Inner Demons" Selene Angier, Metro Boston |
Article | |
March 11—June 13 | Space Twins tour diary Brian Bell, spacetwins.com |
Tour diary by Brian Bell | |
April | "MusicBuzz: Rivers Cuomo" Playboy |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
April 7 | "Weezer's Bell changes worldview with Space" Ashok Chandra, Daily Texan |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
June 27 | [untitled] Someday Never |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
July | "Side Dish" Frank Valish, DIW |
Interview with Weezer | |
July 14 | [untitled] Josue Munoz, Overlee.com |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
October 23 | "The Story of Making the Blue Album" Karl Koch |
Karl Koch recounts Weezer's experiences between fall 1993 and spring 1994, as they recorded their debut album |
2004
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
[date?] | "What I've Been Up to Since I Left School" Rivers Cuomo |
Essay written by Rivers Cuomo when applying for readmission to Harvard in 2004 | |
January | Weezer (The Blue Album): Deluxe Edition liner notes Todd Sullivan, Karl Koch |
Geffen A&R rep Todd Sullivan describes discovering Weezer and signing them to Geffen Records. Karl Koch gives a song-by-song explanation of the second disc, which includes B-sides and outtakes | |
Februrary | Video Capture Device order sheet Geffen Records |
Ordering sheet for Video Capture Device sent to retailers | |
Februrary | Weezer (The Blue Album): Deluxe Edition order sheet Geffen Records |
Ordering sheet for Weezer (The Blue Album): Deluxe Edition sent to retailers | |
February 23 | "Weezer Mates Bury the Hatchet" John D. Luerssen, Rolling Stone |
Article | |
March 1 | [untitled] Richard Banks, BBC |
Weezer (The Blue Album) deluxe edition review No rating given. |
|
March 23 | Video Capture Device Karl Koch |
DVD featuring music videos, live performances, and miscellaneous footage of Weezer from the band's first decade | |
March 23 | Video Capture Device booklet Karl Koch |
Karl Koch's annotations for each video included in the band's 2004 DVD, Video Capture Device | |
April | "Karl Koch Talks Weezer" Daniel Robert Epstein, Underground Online |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
April 1 | "He Who Weezes Loudest" Will Fresch, Crazewire.com |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
April 1 | "Back in Blue" Nick Romanow, The Daily Collegian |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
April 16 | [untitled] Chris Carle, IGN |
Weezer (The Blue Album) deluxe edition review Rating: (9/10) |
|
April 19 | [untitled] Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone |
Weezer (The Blue Album) deluxe edition review Rating: (4/5) |
|
April 22 | [untitled] Christopher Weber, Pitchfork Media |
"You Won't Get With Me Tonight" review Rating: (3/5) |
|
April 27 | "Say it ain't so: Karl Koch on Weezer's Blue Deluxe Edition" Stephanie Kitts, Plasma Rag |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
May 3 | "And that's for a-all time..." Brent Johnson, Daily Targum |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
June 14 | "Weezerfied: An Interview with Karl Koch" Joshua, FunkDiggityFresh.com |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
July 24 | "Farewell post from 07/24/04 and Return on 01/09/06" Ozma |
Archived forum posts detailing the breakup and reunion of Ozma in 2004 and 2006, respectively | |
August | Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story John D. Luerssen, ECW Press |
Biography of Weezer | |
August 4 | "Note to Fans from Matt Sharp" Matt Sharp |
Matt Sharp details a number of projects | |
August | "MATT SHARP & GOLDENBOY come together for their 2004 fall tour!" Matt Sharp |
Press release for joint tour with Matt Sharp and Goldenboy | |
September | "The Mojo's Workin': Patrick Wilson's '67 Chevelle Has All the Right Chops" John Nelson, Chevy High Performance |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
September 19 | "Letter of Introduction" Rivers Cuomo |
A letter written to one of Rivers Cuomo's professors at Harvard | |
October 18 | "A Mad and Furious Master" Rivers Cuomo |
An essay written for one of Rivers Cuomo's English classes at Harvard | |
November 8 | "weezer fall '04 recap; looking ahead" Karl Koch |
Mass e-mail sent to the Weezer mailing list | |
December 9 | [untitled] Gavin Edwards, Rolling Stone |
Pinkerton review Rating: (5/5) |
|
December 13 | "Weezer: Out of the Garage" John D. Luerssen, Rolling Stone |
Excerpt from Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story | |
[date?] | [untitled] Jerry McCulley, Amazon |
Weezer (The Blue Album) review No rating given. |
2005
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
March | Make Believe order sheet Geffen Records |
Ordering sheet for Make Believe sent to retailers | |
March 22 | [untitled] Nick Sylvester, Pitchfork Media |
"Beverly Hills" review Rating: (1/5) |
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April 21 | "Unraveling Sweater" Jenn Wong, Terminal City |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
April 30 | [untitled] BANDS |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
May | [untitled] ARTISTdirect |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
May | "The World Has Turned and Left Us Here" Trevor Kelly, Alternative Press |
Article/interview with Weezer | |
May 5 | "Weezer's Invisible Man" Vanessa Grigoriadis, Rolling Stone |
Article/interview with Weezer | |
May 5 | [untitled] Dave Simpson, The Guardian |
Make Believe review Rating: (3/5) |
|
May 8 | [untitled] Rob Mitchum, Pitchfork Media |
Make Believe review Rating: (0.4/10) |
|
May 9 | [untitled] JR, IGN |
Make Believe review Rating: (9.3/10) |
|
May 13 | [untitled] Charles Merwin, Stylus |
Make Believe review Rating: (3.3/10) |
|
May 16 | [untitled] Chris Heath, Dot Music |
Make Believe review Rating: (8/10) |
|
May 19 | [untitled] Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone |
Make Believe review Rating: (4/5) |
|
[date?] | Make Believe band commentary Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Scott Shriner, Patrick Wilson |
Song-by-song commentary posted to Weezer.com in 2005 | |
June 9 | "I, Songwriter" Kate Sullivan, L.A. Weekly |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
September | "The Mojo's Workin' Revisited" John Nelson, Chevy High Performance |
Interview with Patrick Wilson | |
September 12 | [untitled] Ian Winwood, NME |
Make Believe review No rating given. |
|
September 12 | [untitled] Mark Beaumont, NME |
Maladroit review Rating: (4/5) |
|
September 14 | [untitled] AOLmusicTye |
AOL Instant Messenger correspondence with Rivers Cuomo | |
September 15 | The Pretender: Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Adam St. James, Guitar.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 28 | "Rocking with Weezer: Toledo native Scott Shriner lives his dream as band's bassist" Jon Stainbrook, Toledo Blade |
Article/interview with Scott Shriner | |
December | "My Apartment" Rivers Cuomo, for Elle Girl |
Write-up by Cuomo about his apartment | |
December 13 | Letter for readmission to Harvard Rivers Cuomo |
A letter written by Cuomo prior to his readmission to Harvard in 2005. | |
[Various] | Blog posts Rivers Cuomo |
Collated 2005 blog posts from Rivers Cuomo's Myspace blog | |
[date?] | [untitled] Chris Norris, Blender |
Make Believe review Rating: (3/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Make Believe review Rating: (4.5/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Author unknown, E! Online |
Make Believe review Rating: (6.7/10) |
2006
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January/February | "Dear Superstar: Rivers Cuomo" Steve Kandell, Blender |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February 15 | "Hey, Rivers Cuomo! What Did You Do for Valentine's Day?" Lena Chen, Harvard Crimson |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
March | [untitled] 小口正貴, Crossbeat |
Interview with Weezer | |
April 26 | "Rivers' End: The Director's Cut" Abe J. Riesman, Harvard Crimson |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May 8 | "The Graduate" Joan Anderman, Boston Globe |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June | "Alt Rocker Finds Inner Peace" Beliefnet |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July 3 | "The Rentals Reunite, Celebrate 10th Year" Mark Humphrey, The Daily Bruin |
Interview with Rachel Haden | |
July 11 | "Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Are 'Done' For Now — Again" James Montgomery, MTV |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
August | [untitled] Brian A. (et al.) |
Fan interview with Brian Bell | |
September | "Looking Back With Former Weezer Bassist Matt Sharp" Scott Heisel, Alternative Press |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
October | "Interview with Pat Wilson" Danyul Costin, Independent Music Online |
Interview with Pat Wilson | |
November 8 | "Matt Sharp Talks About Rivers Cuomo's Etiquette Fetish and Tegan and Sara" Treavor Hargreaves, ChartAttack |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
[date?] | [untitled] [various] |
Fan interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
[Various] | Blog posts Rivers Cuomo |
Collated 2006 blog posts from Rivers Cuomo's Myspace blog |
2007
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
Spring | "Interview with Outsider Artist Mikey Welsh" Jalina Mhyana, Rock Salt Plum Review |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
April | "Idol Worship" Josh Cain, Alternative Press |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
July 13 | "This week's guest: Karl Koch..." Vin Forte, Vin's F*****g Uncensored Blog |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
August 7 | "Return of the Rentals (for real)" Matt Rodbard, NewYork.Metromix |
Interview with Matt Sharp | |
October | "Web Exclusive: A conversation with Rivers Cuomo" Scott Heisel, Alternative Press |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
October | Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo liner notes Rivers Cuomo |
Liner notes for the compilation album Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | |
October 17 | "Rivers Cuomo Talks Solo Work, New Weezer Album, Ice Cube" Daniel Kreps, RollingStone.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 10 | "Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo goes it alone" Heather Adler, Entertainment Tonight Canada |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 21 | [untitled] JR, IGN |
Pinkerton review Rating: (9.5/10) |
|
December 21 | [untitled] JR, IGN |
Weezer (The Green Album) review Rating: (7/10) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Patrick, Independent Music Online |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
Various | Blog posts Rivers Cuomo |
Collated 2007 blog posts from Rivers Cuomo's Myspace blog |
2008
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January 28 | "Interview: Rivers Cuomo" Jason Crock, Pitchfork |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
March | [untitled] Mathew, Popular Sounds |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
April 17 | [untitled] Marc Hogan, Pitchfork Media |
"Pork and Beans" review No rating given. |
|
June | "Heck on Wheels" Steve Kandell, SPIN |
Interview with Weezer | |
June | [untitled] Dale Titus, WarwickBass.com |
Interview with Scott Shriner | |
[date?] | Weezer (The Red Album) liner notes Weezer |
The band describes the recording and songwriting processes behind Weezer (The Red Album) | |
ca. June | "Getting Dangerous" Adam Orth |
Orth, a childhood friend of Rivers Cuomo, recounts stories that informed the writing of the songs "Everybody Get Dangerous" | |
June 2 | [untitled] Marc Hogan, Pitchfork Media |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (4.7/10) |
|
June 3 | [untitled] "JR", IGN |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (6.9/10) |
|
June 3 | [untitled] Joan Anderman, Boston Globe |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (7/10) |
|
June 3 | [untitled] Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (3/5) |
|
June 5 | [untitled] James McMahon, NME |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (3.5/5) |
|
June 14 | "What Rock'N'Roll Has Taught Me" NME |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 26 | "Rivers Cuomo" Austin Scaggs, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 30 | [untitled] Paul Nolan, Hotpress |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (8/10) |
|
July/August | "Heart Songs: The Best of Nerd-Rock" Jim Derogatis, American Songwriter |
Interview with Weezer | |
August 12 | "Rachel Haden: few questions and answers" "RetroDan", RetroBlog |
Interview with Rachel Haden | |
c. September [date?] | "A few words about Colorado from Matt & The Rentals" Matt Sharp |
Sharp recounts the writing of "Colorado" and the reformation of the Rentals | |
September 14 | [untitled] Jon Jacobs, BlogCritics |
Weezer (The Blue Album) review No rating given. |
|
October | "Weezer: A conversation with Rivers Cuomo]]" Adam McKibbin, The Red Alert |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
October 3 | "=WP= interview with Karl Koch" Weezerpedia |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
October 7 | [untitled] Ohjonas, Weezerpedia |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
October 27 | "Rivers Cuomo Talks Alone II, Weezer, That Hair" Paul Thompson, Pitchfork |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
November 11 | "Q&A: Rivers Cuomo" Kyle Anderson, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
[date?] | Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo liner notes Rivers Cuomo |
Liner notes for the compilation album Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | |
December 5 | "The Billboard Q&A: Rivers Cuomo" Lavinia Jones Wright, Billboard |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
[date?] | [untitled] Various |
Fan interview with Scott Shriner | |
[date?] | [untitled] Lavinia Jones Wright, Billboard |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (7/10) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Tim Grierson, Blender |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (2.5/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Bud Scoppa, Uncut |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (4/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Weezer (The Red Album) review Rating: (4.5/5) |
2009
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January 27 | "Rivers Cuomo" Vadim Rizov, A.V. Club |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
February 11 | [untitled] Mathew, Popular Sounds |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
February 19 | [untitled] Andrew Lindsay, Stereokill |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
September 21 | [untitled] Football365 |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
October 19 | "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo: "How can I marry my rock with hip-hop?"" Joe Bosso, MusicRadar |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
October 28 | [untitled] Huw Jones, Slant Magazine |
Raditude review Rating: (0.5/5) |
|
October 30 | [untitled] Scott Plagenhoef, Pitchfork Media |
"Can't Stop Partying" review Rating: (3/10) |
|
November 1 | [untitled] Ben Ratliff, The New York Times |
Raditude review No rating given. |
|
November 2 | [untitled] Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone |
Raditude review Rating: (3.5/5) |
|
November 3 | [untitled] Erik Adams, The Onion A.V. Club |
Raditude review Rating: (5.8/10) |
|
November 4 | [untitled] Rob Mitchum, Pitchfork Media |
Raditude review Rating: (4.5/10) |
|
November 6 | [untitled] Justin Jacobs, Paste Magazine |
Raditude review Rating: (3.9/10) |
|
November 9 | "Facebook Q&A" Nicole Simone, Facebook |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
November 30 | [untitled] Josh Modell, The Onion A.V. Club |
Pinkerton review No rating given. |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Jason P. Woodbury, Tiny Mix Tapes |
Raditude review Rating: (1.5/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Matt Collar, Allmusic |
Raditude review Rating: (3.5/5) |
2010
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January | "Secret Service" Ken Micallef, EQ |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo, Butch Walker, and Jake Sinclair | |
June 23 | "Studio 90: Rivers Cuomo Interview" Aaron Heifetz, ussoccer.com |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July 12 | "Karl Koch Interview" Nick Houghtaling, Nick Interviews |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
August 8 | "The Icons of a Generation Return to Their Roots" Alexandra Johnson, TheWaster.com |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
August 9 | "Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo on signing to Epitaph, getting wild onstage" Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
August 13 | [untitled] Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone |
"Memories" review Rating: (3/5) |
|
September 7 | [untitled] Jessica Suarez, Stereogum |
Hurley review No rating given. |
|
September 14 | [untitled] Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone |
Hurley review Rating: (3.0/5) |
|
September 14 | "Rivers Cuomo" Erik Adams, A.V. Club |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
September 17 | [untitled] Ian Cohen, Pitchfork Media |
Hurley review Rating: (5.0/10) |
|
November 2 | "Rivers Cuomo: 'There's So Much Pain in My Voice'" Kevin O'Donnell, SPIN |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
November 3 | [untitled] Ian Cohen, Pitchfork |
Pinkerton deluxe edition review Rating: (10/10) |
|
November 3 | [untitled] Ian Cohen, Pitchfork Media |
Death to False Metal review Rating: (3.5/10) |
|
November 3 | [untitled] Austin L. Ray, The Onion A.V. Club |
Death to False Metal review Rating: (4.2/10) |
|
December 16, 2011 | "Indecision and Abandoning the Past" Tom Chansky |
A fan-written essay detailing Weezer's activity in 1997 and 1998 | |
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Hurley review Rating: (3.5/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Death to False Metal review Rating: (4/5) |
2011
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
May/June | "The Tweet Life of Rivers Cuomo" Gavin Edwards, Huck |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
July 4 | "Interview: Outsider Artist/Ex-Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh" Tom Faix, Square Cotton Candy |
Interview with Mikey Welsh | |
August—October | Facebook posts Mikey Welsh |
Curated collection of Facebook posts by Mikey Welsh, recalling memories of his time with Weezer, in the months before his death. | |
December 12 | The Pinkerton Diaries Rivers Cuomo |
A book featuring Cuomo's journals, letters, photos, sheet music, lyrics, etc. spanning the day of the Blue Album's release through the end of Weezer's tour in support of Pinkerton. Includes the CD Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997. |
2012
2013
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
April | リバース「ミュージシャンの天国です、日本は」 (transl: "Rivers: Japan is a paradise for musicians") 徳山弘基, Rockin'On Japan |
Interview with Scott & Rivers |
2014
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
October[date?] | "The End of Everything Will Be Alright" Scott Heisel, Alternative Press |
Interview with Weezer | |
September 4 | "11 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Weezer" Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone |
Listicle | |
September 30 | [untitled] Michael Nelson, Stereogum |
Everything Will Be Alright in the End review No rating given. |
|
October 2 | [untitled] Ian Cohen, Pitchfork Media |
Everything Will Be Alright in the End review Rating: (6.5/10) |
|
October 2 | [untitled] Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone |
Everything Will Be Alright in the End review Rating: (4/5) |
|
October 7 | [untitled] Evan Rytlewski, The Onion A.V. Club |
Everything Will Be Alright in the End review Rating: (7.5/10) |
|
October 19 | [untitled] Anonymous |
An anonymous A&R assistant's notes regarding demos by Rivers Cuomo recorded consideration for what would become Weezer's 2014 album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End | |
November[date?] | "Weezer Heads Prevail" Tom Beaujour, Guitar World |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell | |
November 20 | "I am Rivers Cuomo from weezer. AMA." Reddit (r/IAmA) |
Reddit Q&A with Rivers Cuomo | |
[date?] | Everything Will Be Alright in the End (script) Rivers Cuomo |
Scripts for the teaser videos used in the promotional cycle for Weezer's 2014 album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End | |
[date?] | Everything Will Be Alright in the End album (press kit) Island Records |
A discussion with Rivers Cuomo about Everything Will Be Alright in the End, the making of the album, and the years leading up to its recording | |
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Everything Will Be Alright in the End review Rating: (4/5) |
2015
2016
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January | Wannabeezer Jake Sinclair |
Curated posts by producer Jake Sinclair on the All Things Weezer forums regarding the production of Weezer's White Album | |
April 1 | [untitled] Zoe Camp, Pitchfork Media |
Weezer (The White Album) review Rating: (6.2/10) |
|
April 7 | "The Dream Life of Rivers Cuomo" Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
April 21 | [untitled] Tom Breihan, Stereogum |
Pinkerton review Rating: (4.5/5) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Weezer (The White Album) review Rating: (4.5/5) |
2017
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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February 26 | [untitled] Jillian Mapes. Pitchfork |
Weezer (The Blue Album) review (10/10) |
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July 17 | "Children Of 'The Con'" Daoud Tyler-Ameen, NPR |
Matt Sharp's reflections on recording The Con with Tegan and Sara in 2007 | |
October 26 | [untitled] Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, Pitchfork |
Pacific Daydream review Rating: (4.3/10) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Pacific Daydream review Rating: (3.5/5) |
2018
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
[date?] | Black Album bio Scott Heisel |
Biography for Weezer's eponymous Black Album, written for the press | |
Summer | 2018 VIP Karl's Corner Experience Edition Karl Koch |
Exclusive Weezine issue distributed to purchasers of the VIP merchandise package on Weezer's summer tour with the Pixies | |
November | Black Album interview Scott Heisel |
Transcript of Scott Heisel's interview with Rivers Cuomo and Dave Sitek for the above bio, shared with members of the All Things Weezer forum |
2019
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
Spring | 2019 VIP Karl's Corner Experience Edition Karl Koch |
Exclusive Weezine issue distributed to purchasers of the VIP merchandise package on Weezer's spring tour with the Pixies | |
May 9 | "Only in dreams: Meet the founding member who became the 'Pete Best' of Weezer" Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo! Music |
Interview with Jason Cropper | |
May 10 | "Entrevista a Weezer – Canciones desde el agujero negro" Jordi Meya, Rockzone |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
September 20 | [untitled] Chris Deville, Stereogum |
"California Snow" review No rating given. |
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November 13 | "Weezer: La playa y la ciudad con mascarillas humectantes." Andrea Jurado, Indie Rocks! |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
[date?] | [untitled] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic |
Weezer (The Teal Album) review Rating: (3/5) |
2020
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
March 29 | "Conversation with Jason Cropper" Chris and Chris, We'z Talkin' Weez' 2 Thee |
Podcast interview with Jason Cropper | |
April 24 | "Hi Reddit. This is Matt Sharp of The Rentals. Our upcoming new album Q36 touches on subjects from paranormal activity to space exploration, NASA & alien beings. The latest single “Conspiracy” was inspired by the late Art Bell of 'Coast To Coast AM’ fame. AMA" Matt Sharp, Reddit (r/Music) |
Reddit AMA with Matt Sharp | |
May 17, May 18 | "Q&A with Jason Cropper re Weezer - ask away my friends..." Jason Cropper, Reddit (r/weezer) |
Reddit AMA with Jason Cropper |
2021
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January 27 | "Weezer: The OK Human Interview" Interview with Rivers Cuomo |
Zane Lowe, Apple Music | |
February 8 | "Kyle Meredith with… Weezer" Kyle Meredith, WFPK |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
March 3 | "Somos una banda que polariza a la gente" Carlos Pérez de Ciriza, Mondo Sonoro |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
May 3 | "Brian Bell (Weezer): “El Hard Rock, el Metal e incluso el Pop, podríamos decir que está en nuestro ADN”" Belen Muñoz, iRock |
Interview with Brian Bell | |
May 6 | "Interview: Rivers Cuomo on the future of Weezer" Rob Wilson, Gigwise |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May 14 | [untitled] Nate Rogers, Stereogum |
Weezer (The Green Album) review No rating given. |
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May 15 | "Thoughts from a Green Mind (or, It’s Not Easy Being Green)" Karl Koch |
Facebook post by Karl Koch on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of The Green Album. | |
June 4 | "Rivers Cuomo of Weezer Talks Van Weezer, OK Human & Weezer’s Classic Hits" Zach Sang, Zach Sang Show |
Video/podcast interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 29 | "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “Like a lot of the other bands around that time, we were a little uncomfortable with the sound of our first album...”" Matt Doria, Guitar World |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
Winter | Tales of Weezer Karl Koch |
Special issue of the Weezine, illustrated by Alec Longstreth, wherein Karl Koch recounts stories from the early years of Weezer |
2022
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
March 22 (ongoing) | #karlification Karl Koch, Weezerpedia |
Curated Q&A responses from Karl Koch on the Weezerpedia Discord server | |
May 15 | Grass is Greener Bandcamp description Tom Ackerman |
Tom Ackerman, lead singer of Neighborly, details his band's career and various interactions with members of the Weezer orbit | |
July 15 | The Special Podness: "Meet The Special Goodness" Patrick Wilson, Atom Willard, Karl Koch |
Episode 1 of The Special Podness podcast, wherein Wilson, Willard, and Koch discuss their project, the Special Goodness | |
July 22 | The Special Podness: "Atom, Elvis, and Jay Leno" Patrick Wilson, Atom Willard, Karl Koch |
Episode 2 of The Special Podness podcast, wherein Wilson, Willard, and Koch discuss their project, the Special Goodness | |
July 29 | The Special Podness: "On the Road" Patrick Wilson, Atom Willard, Karl Koch |
Episode 3 of The Special Podness podcast, wherein Wilson, Willard, and Koch discuss their project, the Special Goodness | |
August 5 | The Special Podness: "Life Goes By" Patrick Wilson, Atom Willard, Karl Koch |
Episode 4 of The Special Podness podcast, wherein Wilson, Willard, and Koch discuss their project, the Special Goodness | |
December 15 | "Confused about Rivers Cuomo’s recent tweets? This AI bot might be behind them" Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times |
Article | |
December 21 | "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Discusses the Sad, Elliott Smith-ness of SZNZ: Winter and Teases “Big Tour Announcement”" Paolo Ragusa, Consequence |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 21 | "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on How He Reconfigured ‘Winter,’ a ‘Sad Christmas Album,’ to Fully Incorporate ‘That Weezer Crunch’" Greg Gilman, Variety |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
December 23 | "Rivers Cuomo on building an online community of fans who “like big guitars and weird lyrics”" Erica Campbell, NME |
Article |
2023
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January 6 | "Every Weezer Album, Ranked" Al Shipley, SPIN |
Listicle | |
February 5 | "Scott Shriner of Weezer Exclusive Interview" Justin Thomas, On Air with JT |
Podcast with Scott Shriner | |
February 7 | "On ‘SZNZ,’ Weezer Thrives By Looking Ahead" Carolyn Droke, Uproxx |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
March 3 | "5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Brian Bell of Weezer" Liza Lentini, SPIN |
Article/listicle | |
April 19 | "How He Got the Weezer Gig: Scott Shriner" The SBL Podcast |
Podcast with Scott Shriner | |
May 11 | "Rivers Cuomo" Flea, This Little Light |
Podcast with Rivers Cuomo | |
June 26 | "Rivers Cuomo on the Best, Worst, and Most Misunderstood of Weezer" Dan Reilly, Vulture |
Interview/listicle | |
June 28 | "Weezerpedia interview with Karl Koch" Conner Keating, Weezerpedia |
Interview with Karl Koch | |
July 27 | "Rivers Cuomo's Anti-Pedal Approach to 'Only in Dreams'" Chris Shiflett, Premier Guitar (Shred with Shifty Podcast) |
Podcast with Rivers Cuomo | |
August 31 | "Scott Shriner - Father's Day Special" Alison Newman, The Art of Being a Mum by Alison Newman |
Podcast with Scott Shriner | |
November 23 | "Come Undone: Revolutionizing the Digital Age with Open Source Coding" Sing for Science |
Podcast with Rivers Cuomo |
2024
Date | Work | Description | URL |
---|---|---|---|
January 17 | "The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth" S.W. Lauden, Remember the Lightning |
Blog | |
March 25 | "Weezer’s Blue Album at 30: The inside story of the debut that launched L.A.’s nerdiest band" Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson, Matt Sharp, Brian Bell, Anna Waronker, Todd Sullivan, Spike Jonze, et al. | |
April 26 | Generation Blue: An Oral History of the Hollywood Geek Rock Scene in the 1990s & 2000s S.W. Lauden |
Multimedia project consisting of an oral history book and a compilation album documenting the geek rock sub-genre surrounding Weezer in the '90s. | |
May 10 | "Happy 30th birthday to Weezer's Blue album, the ultimate Geek Rock masterpiece" Paul Brannigan, Louder |
Article | |
May 10 | "Rivers Cuomo Hasn’t Taken a Break in 30 Years of Weezer" Marah Eakin, Men's Health |
Interview with Rivers Cuomo | |
May 22 | "Weezer" Questlove Supreme |
Podcast, with Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson | |
May 30 | "“I know some people think I'm a weirdo. I'm working on it.” How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo learned how to embrace life following a near-death experience" Paul Brannigan, Louder |
Previously unpublished 2010 interview with Rivers Cuomo |
Date missing
Date | Work | Description | URL |
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[date?] | [untitled] Stewart Mason, Allmusic |
"Buddy Holly" review Rating: (5/5) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Tom Maginnis, Allmusic |
"Say It Ain't So" review Rating: (5/5) |
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[date?] | [untitled] Tom Maginnis, Allmusic |
"Undone - The Sweater Song" review Rating: (5/5) |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Jim DeRogatis, Amazon |
Weezer (The Blue Album) review No rating given. |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Robert Burrow, Amazon |
Pinkerton review No rating given. |
|
[date?] | [untitled] Author unknown, CDUniverse |
Pinkerton review No rating given. |
|
[date?] | [untitled] cowboy dan, Tiny Mix Tapes |
Pinkerton review Rating: (5/5) |
|
[date?] | The Teenage Infatuation with Matt Sharp That Ate My Brain... and My Buick Too Issue #1 - The Prom Edition ? |
First (possibly only) issue of a Matt Sharp fanzine | |
[date?] | [untitled] Zeke Piestrup, KROQ |
Radio interview with Rod Cervera, Cherielynn Westrich, Mike Fletcher, and Graciela Germann |
Other
Date | Title | Author | Description | Source |
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1994 - 2019 | Weezine | Mykel and Carli Allan; Karl Koch; Weezer band members, Alec Longstreth, etc. | Scans available for 18 of the 20 Weezines issued over the band's career. | [1] |
c. 1997 | Chopper One website - biography and news | Restless Records employee(?) [clarification needed] | A biography on Chopper One and a brief news section | [2] |
1998 - 2000 | Weezer.net - Patrick Wilson updates | Patrick Wilson | Updates posted by Patrick Wilson on weezer.net | |
[date?] | Allmusic Weezer biography | Stephen Thomas Erlewine | Biography for the band on the music criticism website. | [3] |
2003 - 2011 | Karlophone.com - News | Karl Koch | Updates related to Karlophone | [4] |
2003 - 2007 | Karlophone.com - Recording Journal | Karl Koch | Updates related to Karlophone's songwriting process | [5] |
c. 2007 | Karlophone.com - Bio | Karl Koch | Karlophone biography | [6] |