OK Crypto was a Weezer marketing campaign by Crush Music announced on April 22, 2021 in promotion of OK Human. It involved the sale of a limited quantity of NFTs, a form of "digital collectible" briefly popularized during the early 2020s. Among the collectibles sold were 12 random "ultra rare" NFTs which could be destroyed in exchange for a one-of-one physical toy by Death by Toys.
The campaign was heavily criticized by fans, citing the environmental and social concerns associated with NFTs. Ultimately, although the collection sold out quickly, only nine of the available 12 "ultra rare" NFTs were unpacked and only two were burned to redeem the associated physical toys.
In 2022, Karl Koch joined the official Weezerpedia Discord server. Shortly after, a channel inside of the server titled "#karlification" was created with the intent to host an ongoing Q&A session with Koch. The channel was opened on March 22, 2022, allowing any user of the server to ask questions of Koch.
Weezer Fanclub Cover Compilation Vol. 1 is a compilation album featuring covers of Weezer songs by members of the Weezer Fan Club. It was compiled by fan club founders, Mykel and Carli Allan, and released in 1996.
The List of Rivers Cuomo songs is an attempt to document every song written by Rivers Cuomo, including songs for Weezer, as well as pre-Weezer bands, solo demos, collaborations with other artists, and other side-projects.
Ryan Maynes, also known as "Shmedly" or "Shmed", is a musician. Best-known for his work with the pop band Arlo, he sat in with Weezer during the Album 5 demo sessions.
Thoughts from a Green Mind (or, It’s Not Easy Being Green) is a piece written by Karl Koch in 2021 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Weezer’s Green Album.
Pitchfork Media's album review for Make Believe was published on May 8, 2005. It was written by Rob Mitchum and awarded the album a somewhat bombastic 0.4 stars out of 10, marking a significant change in the critical discourse around Weezer's output.
Collectors Discography is the name of a chronological catalog of physically released media by and related to Weezer. It was compiled by Karl Koch and originally introduced in 2001 on weezer.com, where it was originally titled "tunes" (or "tunes - the weezer discography") before being renamed to "Collectors Discography" in 2010.
Indecision and Abandoning the Past is an in-depth essay, written in 2010 for the Weezer fan forum website All Things Weezer by former poster and current Weezerpedia contributor Tom, about the years 1997 and 1998 in Weezer's band history.
An article for MTV.com titled "Are Weezer Calling It Quits?" by James Montgomery from 2005. The article discusses how the band could possibly be breaking up, and how Make Believe would be their final release.
Maladroit is the fourth studio album by Weezer, released on May 14, 2002. The album is known for its "heavy metal" sound, and for the Weezer fanbase's involvement with the recording process.
Rivers Cuomo launched a demo storefront on his website, riverscuomo.com, in 2020, as an assignment for an online web programming class. To date, hundreds of demos have since been distributed through the website.
The Impossible Bend refers to a moment in the music video for "Hash Pipe," endearingly celebrated by Weezer fans, in which Brian Bell does an impressive dance move. Performed at the 2:32 mark of the video, Bell appears to bend his torso backwards far enough that he would seem to need to fall down, but he manages not to.
SPELL is a 2018 film. It is the first motion picture project from Crush Management, the management company of Weezer. Though it does not appear on the official soundtrack, "California Snow" plays over the film's credits. Rivers Cuomo makes a voice-over cameo appearance in the film as a "Dr. Haskell."
that dog. is a Los Angeles-based rock band that originally formed in 1991, disbanded in 1997, and reunited in 2011. They released their fourth album in late 2019.
Recording History is the name of an extensive chronological overview of demo and studio recordings made by Weezer or by individual band members from the late 80s to 2005. It was compiled by Karl Koch and originally introduced in 2000 on weezer.net.
The Album 5 Demos are a collection of songs recorded in 2002 for Weezer's planned fifth album. All of the demos from this period were ultimately scrapped, though elements from certain songs were reworked for future songs.
Goat Punishment is a pseudonym that has been employed by Weezer in the past, when the band played small, semi-secret club dates in the Los Angeles area. To date, there have been nine total shows that Weezer has performed under the Goat Punishment name.
Hear You Me! A Tribute to Mykel and Carli is a compilation album released in 1998 on Vast Records in tribute to Mykel and Carli Allan, founders of the Weezer Fan Club. The Allan sisters had passed away in a car crash in July of the previous year.
Brian Bell and Rivers Cuomo sat for an interview with Guitar World magazine in May of 2002. The interview has attained some infamy, as it documents Cuomo at his most antagonistic toward Weezer's die-hard fan community.
Deliverance At Hand! is an 18-track CD-R compilation of demos recorded in 2007 by Rivers Cuomo. It was presented to the rest of Weezer as potential songs for what would ultimately become The Red Album.
The Office Demos are a group of acoustic demos recorded in 2003 in a rented office space. From 2003 to 2008, the only Office Demos that had been heard were the songs "Everybody Wants a Chance to Feel All Alone" and "Private Message". Since then, several more demos have been released (presumably because of Karl) through iTunes and as bonus tracks on albums.
Written by Karl Koch... "...Anyway, for the first, uh, "feature", here are my recollections from the Special Goodness tour that took place a short time ago, on which I was tour manager, a role that involved some driving, some accounting, and a lot of music."
From the article: We asked Pat & Mikey from Weezer to give the inside scoop on what was up with them. The interviews were conducted in summer of 1998. Here's what we got back. We hope you find them entertaining.
Hammerhead is an Ithorian character from the movie Star Wars, featured on-screen for less than 5 seconds, who played a role in Brian Bell's joining Weezer.
Songs from the Black Hole (or SFTBH) is an unreleased, unfinished Weezer album. This space themed rock opera/musical was originally envisioned as the follow-up album to The Blue Album, but during the course of songwriting/demoing, the concept was discarded, and the project evolved into the album Pinkerton.
Mykel and Carli Allan were sisters that were friends and supporters of Weezer early in their career. They are considered the biggest Weezer fans of all time. The Weezer song "Mykel & Carli" was written for them.
"By the Side of the Road" is a poem written by Rivers Cuomo. An audio recording of Cuomo reading it was released on February 4, 2009 on daytrotter.com as part of their "Bookery" series.
Weezer (often referred to as The Blue Album) is the debut studio album by Weezer. It was released on May 10, 1994 by Geffen Records. The album was produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek and recorded in Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
The original 1996 Rolling Stone review of Pinkerton helped steer the critical consensus around Weezer's debut record, pegging the album as disappointing and juvenile.
Kara's Flowers was a Los Angeles-based punk-pop/power-pop rock band that is most notable for having evolved into the funk-pop band Maroon 5. Mykel and Carli Allen, the founders of Weezer's fan club, also supported Kara's Flowers.
Christmas with Weezer is an EP of Weezer Christmas carol covers and also an application for the iPhone and iPod touch created by Tapulous, the makers of Tap Tap Revenge.
The Flying =W= is an iconic Weezer logo. The famous Flying =W= was designed by Patrick Wilson during the making of Weezer's third demo, when he and Karl Koch were 'drawing' by dispersing fuzz that had collected on the studio walls.
Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (or simply Video Capture Device, abbrieviated VCD) is Weezer's only proper video release.
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