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Featured article: 2226 Amherst Ave.
The Amherst House (2226 Amherst Avenue, Los Angeles) was the home of the Weezer members before their formation and well after their first album.
Matt Sharp and Rivers Cuomo moved into the Amherst House on March 19, 1992, which also marks the first time that Weezer ever played a show (at the Raji's on Hollywood Boulevard). They convinced the landlords that they were UCLA film students and therefore would make a lot of noise. Early band rehearsals and recordings took place at Amherst from now on. Members began to gravitate to the garage for recording, which was situated next to the kitchen. A picture of The Garage can be found inside the jacket of the Blue Album. The image was printed in black and white to save money, but a colored image is available in The Blue Album's Deluxe re-release.
The Amherst House is considered by fans to be one of the most important (if not the most important) place(s) in Weezer history. It is featured prominently in the "Say It Ain't So" music video, which shows extensive shots of the garage, the kitchen and the backyard. During the Video Capture Device commentary, Karl Koch gives extensive directions on how to find the house.
It was announced in November 2020 that the house was scheduled to be demolished. It was demolished at some point prior to January of 2024.
full article | edit | previous featured articlesFeatured song: "Midnight"
"Midnight" (also known as "Cardigan Disaster", though distinct from another song by that title) was the scrapped lead single for The Black Album by Weezer.
According to an e-mail sent out on October 14, 2018 to members of the Weezer Fan Club, the music video starring Pete Wentz for "Can't Knock The Hustle" was originally intended for "Midnight" (and Cuomo later confirmed in an interview that it had been intended for the 2017 Pacific Daydream song "Happy Hour" before that). The e-mail stated that "Midnight" was planned to be the debut single for the band's then-upcoming Black Album, before the unexpected success of "Rosanna" and "Africa" caused the single's release to be delayed, with the song (as well as the version of The Black Album it was set to promote) eventually being scrapped entirely.
"Midnight" was first premiered live acoustically by Rivers Cuomo at a solo show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on May 9, 2018. Cuomo performed the song one additional time at another concert on May 30.
On April 13, 2020, a 24-second clip of the full song was uploaded by a user named Alek to the leak-sharing internet forum LEAKTHIS. On April 13, Alek is understood to have sold the song to an unknown buyer. The song was uploaded and shared on various Weezer fan outlets shortly thereafter.
full article | edit | previous featured songsOn this day... December 5
- 1994 - Weezer performs at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY for Z100's Acoustic Christmas on the Blue Album Tour.
- 1996 - Weezer performs at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA for the WDRE Christmas Show on the Pinkerton Tour.
- 2001 - Weezer performs at the Value City Arena in Columbus, OH on the Extended Midget Tour.
- 2009 - Weezer performs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada on the Raditude Tour.
- 2014 - Weezer performs at The Big Ticket in Jacksonville, FL on the 2014 Tour.
- 2016 - Weezer performs at Z104.5 The Edge's Christmas Concert in Tulsa, OK on the White Album Tour.
- 2021 - Weezer performs at Audacy Beach Festival in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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Featured quote: Rivers Cuomo on his plans after the Pinkerton tour concludes; December 1996.
Rip magazine interview with Rivers Cuomo - January 1997 | edit | previous featured quotes
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Scan of the Christmas CD disc.
Photo by Karl Koch.
December 2000
Featured video
Weezer performs "December" at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey on July 26, 2001 during the Enlightenment Tour
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