Historic event: 09/24/1996 (b)

tower records - los angeles

the somewhat infamous tower records parking lot show was the first public display of pinkerton era songs in the united states. "pink triangle","el scorcho", and "the good life" all premiered with old favorites like "undone- the sweater song" , "my name is jonas", and "getchoo". ironically, the show took place in parking lot of the tower records where rivers c. used to work with pat finn (the man who would eventually introduce weezer to each other). the picture above, from the good life ep, was taken on this very day, and features several blurred faces of weezer fanclub members.

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Posted on Weezer's official Facebook page on September 24, 2021.

25 years ago today, weezer played a free outdoor show in the “extra” parking lot of Tower Records on the Sunset Strip in L.A. Behind them was a massive banner emblazoned with the artwork from their album that was released that day, “Pinkerton”. Because the Pinkerton Security company had filed a cease-and-desist order over the album title, a @kroq banner was stuck over the word “Pinkerton”, and Rivers would shortly after the show be in a courtroom explaining the story of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly to a judge, in a (thankfully successful) attempt at allowing stores to stock the album. This weirdness was a bummer but yet it was somehow a fitting launch to an amazing, strange, and beautiful album that confused and infuriated much of the fan base and critics who had come to love The Blue Album in the preceding 2 years. The band poured all of their heart and soul into that album, reveling in the chaos and beauty they were wielding. It just took most of the world a while to catch up and groove on the raw power. 25 years later, the album and the band live on, and the music on Pinkerton continues to stoke up the band and fans alike. Here's a few glimpses of the album as it was being made (started 8/95 [ostensibly as "Songs From The Black Hole"], completed 8/13/96)

See also

• Super-Chrono - 1996