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The choo-choo train left right on time
A ticket cost only your mind
The driver said "hey man, we go all the way"
Of course we were willing to pay.

Weezer history.

Weezer were formed in Los Angeles on feb 14th, 1992.
The original members were: Rivers Cuomo - vocals, guitar, Matt Sharp - bass, Patrick Wilson - drums and Jason Cropper - acoustic guitar.
The name "Weezer" is probably taken from the character Weezer from the show "The little rascals". However none of the band-members will admit that. Rivers has said that his father gave him the nickname "Weezer" when he was a kid.
After playing L.A. clubs for some 17 months they got signed by Geffen Records.


Soon before Weezer was to record their debut album Jason was replaced by Brian Bell.

Their self-titled debut album was recorder during the time-period Aug.-Sept. 1993.



The record wich was produced by Rick Ocasek was released in 1994. I reached the No. 16 position on Bilboard's top 200 album chart and remained there for 76 weeks.

The album includes songs like "Buddy Holly", "Say it ain't so" and "Undone - the sweater song". Buddy Holly reached No.2 on Billboards modern rock tracks. Say it ain't so reached No. 7 and Undone... reached No. 6.

The video for "Buddy Holly" was directed by Spike Jonze. It was recorded in a studio built up like the third-rate eating-house, "Al's diner" on the 60's TV show "Happy Days". Arguably one of the most popular clips of 1995. It scored for MTV video music awards, including "Breaktrough video", "Best alternative music video" and two Billboard music video awards.



Weezer's second album "Pinkerton", which was produced by Weezer, was released in Sept. 24, 1996. It was recorded between Sept. 1995 and June 1996. Rivers Cuomo wrote all the songs.
Pinkerton Inc, a security company filed a lawsuit against Geffen Records for using the name "Pinkerton." A Federal District Court judge dissolved the temporary restraining order on the album. Weezer says they took the name because Rivers was inspired by a character in the Puccini Opera "Madame Butterfly.

-- While an extended hiatus created a five-year lapse between Weezer's second album, 1996's Pinkerton, and third, 2001's self-titled effort, the group has made available demo versions of 13 new songs,
The full-length tracks were available in MP3 format on the group's official website (weezer.com).

The songs suggest the same punk-pop vein for which the group is best known. Upon the release of the band's 2001 effort, the so-called Green Album, Weezer guitarist Brian Bell and singer-songwriter Rivers Cuomo told WIGGZWAM that theirs is a sound that might never be dated. "(If) the songs are timeless, then it doesn't matter when they come out," Bell says.

Cuomo adds, "Yeah, I mean, the Blue Album (1994's Weezer) wasn't original in the first place. It's all very standard, almost old-fashioned-sounding songs. They're never really going to be in style and they'll probably never really be out of style either."

The quartet has since written 30 songs for a fourth release that is tentatively scheduled for arrival this spring on Interscope/DGC Records, according to reports.

Meanwhile, Weezer is still hyping its current release with European and Japanese tour dates this spring, and a soon-to-be-release video for its latest single, "Photograph."


-- The new album will be titled Maladroit, and it's currently in the mixing stage of production. The title was suggested by a member of the Weezer message boards on the band's website. "Lethe," as the fan is known, will be credited on the album for his artistic input.

Weezer tracked about 30 new songs for the release, which the band will narrow down to a number in the teens.
In December, the group began working on tracks that frontman Rivers Cuomo had been working since the completion of "The Green Album," which he describes as "the usual crap: girl stuff." The band has posted demos of fourteen songs that are being considered for Maladroit on www.weezer.com, along with a trio of other new songs. "I like the instant gratification of people hearing my new songs," Cuomo says. "Sometimes you don't get a good response. Bot a lot of times you do, and it feels good."

The lag between Maladroit and "The Green Album" is considerably shorter than the four-year wait between the latter and it's predecessor, 1996's Pinkerton. "I write maybe one song a week," Cuomo says. "That adds up to fifty-two songs over a year. People think I'm some kind of freak, but it feels like I'm slacking. Why should I wait two years for a typical album cycle to end so we can put out another one? We're just kind of doing what we want to do."

Weezer will kick off a fifteen-date North American tour on February 5th in Charlotte, North Carolina. After that, they'll head to Europe in March and to Japan in May.