Maladroit Demos

The Maladroit Demos were recordings made by Weezer throughout 2001 during several recording sessions and live on the Extended Midget Tour, which includes:

• The DC Demos (May 27, 2001)
• The BBC Sessions (June 13, 2001)
• The SnS Demos (August 29 thru September 8, 2001)
• The Steak House Demos (October 21 thru November 1, 2001)
• The Cello Demos (November 2 thru 10, 2001)
• The Glenn Sound Demos (November 14, 2001)
• The Extended Midget Tour Demos (November 13 thru December 11, 2001)

Maladroit Sessions

The different demo sessions quickly evolved into the actual recording of the band's fourth album, Maladroit. The Maladroit Sessions started on December 17, 2001 at Cello Studios and lasted through February 13, 2002. Songs from these sessions were all written by Rivers Cuomo and recorded with the intention of being considered for inclusion on a fourth album. However, the phrase Maladroit Demos is often used as a blanket term to describe all the different songs that were demoed before and recorded during the album sessions, even though they are technically not demos. In total, thirty-two songs were recorded. These include:

• "Acapulco" (formerly "Puerto Vallarta")
• "Ain't Got Much Time"
• "American Gigolo"
• "Better Off Alone"
• "Broken Arrows" (formerly "Love Canopy")
• "Burndt Jamb"
• "Change The World"
• "Death and Destruction"
• "December"
• "Don't Pick On Me" (formerly "Big Chip")
• "Dope Nose" (a 'rescued' SS2K track)
• "Fall Together"
• "High Up Above"
• "How Long"
• "Keep Fishin'"
• "Listen Up"
• "Living Without You"
• "Love Explosion" (formerly "Do You Want Me To Stay?")
• "Mr. Taxman"
• "Porcupine" (formerly "Spend Some Time")
• "Possibilities"
• "Sandwiches Time"
• "Saturday Night"
• "Seafaring Jamb" (formerly "My Weakness")
• "Serendipity" (initially "Serendipitous Jam")
• "Slave"
• "Slob" ( a 'rescued' SS2K track)
• "Space Rock"
• "Take Control"
• "We Go Together"
• "Your Room"
• "Zep Song"

At least one version of each of these songs, recorded between December 2001 and February 2002, were released as free mp3s at the band's official site. This allowed the fans to critique the songs, and offer their opinions to Cuomo at message boards.

See also

• List of studios Weezer has recorded at