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Mikey Welsh (born April 20, 1971 in Syracuse, New York) is an American musician, best known as the former bassist of Weezer. He played with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo during Cuomo's time in Boston during the hiatus in the band Homie. Following, original bassist Matt Sharp's decision to leave Weezer to focus on his group, The Rentals. Welsh was chosen to take over for him. Welsh played with Weezer from the time that they regrouped in 2000 until August 2001, until he suffered a mental breakdown. Shortly afterwards, he retired from music to focus on his art career. full article | upcoming