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Featured article: Ric Ocasek

Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 — September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek, was a singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. He is perhaps best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and rhythm guitarist for new wave rock band the Cars. He was also a producer for several bands including Weezer, Bad Brains, No Doubt, Guided by Voices, and Suicide.

Ocasek first worked with Weezer on the band's self-titled debut album (the Blue Album) in 1993. When Weezer was pressured by their label, Geffen, into using a producer on the album, the band requested Ocasek, with the logic that it should be someone who knew how to write good songs. To the band's surprise, Geffen allowed it. In preparation of Ocasek's arrival to their rehearsal, the band prepared a cover of the Cars song "Just What I Needed."

Ocasek would return to produce Weezer's next self-titled album (the Green Album) in 2001, as well as Everything Will Be Alright in the End in 2014. In 2011, Weezer covered the Cars' Ocasek-penned track "You Might Think" for the film Cars 2. Ocasek passed away in his New York City townhouse on September 15, 2019. He had recorded vocals for the Weezer song "I Need Some of That", which were released posthumously for the 2021 album Van Weezer.

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Featured song: "Mad Kow"

"Mad Kow" is a Weezer demo from the early 2000's.

The band played the song live numerous times in the summer of 2000, and initial recordings of the song were done at DA-88 at Cole Rehearsals in Los Angeles in July of that year. In November, Rivers Cuomo chose to include the song on a bootleg record he semi-officially released via Weezer.com.

"Mad Kow" was revived in March of 2002 during early demo sessions for the follow up to Maladroit. These recordings were done at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood. The band subsequently performed the song live at a few shows during that same month. One version of song recorded that summer features piano by session musician Ryan "Shmedly" Maynes. Rivers Cuomo also played the song during a session on the video streaming platform Ustream on August 6, 2011.

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On this day... September 11

2000 - Weezer performs at Numbers in Houston, TX on the Summer 2000 Tour.
2005 - Weezer performs at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL on the Foozer tour in support of Make Believe.
2011 - Weezer performs at Doheny Days Music Festival in Dana Point, CA on the 2011 Tour.
2019 - Weezer performs "The End of the Game" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2024 - Weezer performs at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on the Voyage to the Blue Planet tour.

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Featured quote: MTV.com article about Homie, March 5, 1998

While rumors continue to circulate that bassist Matt Sharp is leaving the band, there's news that Weezer will soon be entering a studio to begin work on its next album. Singer Rivers Cuomo is currently writing songs for the album, which the band hopes to start recording in the Spring.

Meanwhile, Sharp and Cuomo turn up on the soundtrack to the upcoming film "Meet the Deedles," which should hit record stores on March 24...The soundtrack features a song called "American Girls" that is credited to Cuomo and Sharp's one-off group "Homie," which features former Cake guitarist Greg Brown and drummer Yuval Gabay and bassist Sebastian Steinberg, both of Soul Coughing.

- MTV.com writer unknown, MTV.com interview with Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp - March 5, 1998

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