History Music / Weezer

** The ''Blue Album'' B-side "Susanne" originally included a shout-out to [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Kurt Cobain]][[hottip:*:Rivers is a big Nirvana fan, to the point that during Weezer's hiatus, the band played a secret show of Nirvana covers in 1998 under the name "Goat Punishment"; ''Nevermind'' also gets referenced in "Heart Songs"]], and his rival [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]]. The lyrics were revised after his suicide to replace Cobain's name with Rose's bandmates Izzy and Slash, but whenever the band plays "Susanne" live they use the original lyric instead.

-->''Weezer came up at a time when Music/JanesAddiction released ''Nothing's Shocking'' — everyone was trying to be controversial. We looked back to rock & roll's pre-drug days — to the clean images of the Music/BeachBoys — that felt, ironically, rebellious.

** Rivers is also a big soccer fan and wrote "Represent" as an unofficial anthem for the U.S. national team for the 2010 WorldCup.

* PrecisionFStrike: "Can't Stop Partying"

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Pinkerton'' was much darker thematically and rougher musically than its predecessor: the self-titled debut. The initial backlash was so great that the following ''Green Album'' marked a decided turn towards LighterAndSofter the band hasn't really returned from.
* EpicRiff: "My Name is Jonas", "Island In The Sun", "Undone (The Sweater Song)", "Only In Dreams", "Tired Of Sex", "Say It Ain't So"

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Pinkerton'' was very nearly a concept album called ''Songs from the Black Hole'', which was a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome space rock opera about a horny captain's exploits on board a ship bound to save a distant, dying planet]]. While ''Pinkerton'' is hailed as a classic now, it's hard not to at least wonder what ''Songs'' would have been like. Fans have compiled demos to something resembling a complete album and some of those demos appear on Rivers Coumo's two official ''Alone'' demo compilations. They're floating about the internet if you care to look.

+Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/ThePixies, Music/{{Scorpions}}, Music/TheCars, Music/{{Sebadoh}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/GreenDay, Music/{{Oasis}}, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/{{Kiss}}, Music/TheBeatles, Music/StevieRayVaughan, Music/TheFlamingLips

+Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/ThePixies, Music/TheScorpions, Music/TheCars, Music/{{Sebadoh}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/GreenDay, Music/{{Oasis}}, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/{{Kiss}}, Music/TheBeatles, Music/StevieRayVaughan, Music/TheFlamingLips

+Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/ThePixies, Music/TheScorpions, Music/TheCars, Music/{{Sebadoh}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/GreenDay, Music/{{Oasis}}, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/{{Kiss}}, Music/TheBeatles, Music/StevieRayVaughan

* ''Pinkerton'' (1996)

* EpicRiff: "My Name is Jonas," "Beverly Hills," "Undone (The Sweater Song)"

Weezer is an AlternativeRock[=/=]PowerPop band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, with its current lineup consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass), and Patrick Wilson (drums, occasional guitar). Its past members were Jason Cropper (guitar, 1992-1994), Matt Sharp (bass, 1992-1998) and Mikey Welsh (bass, 1998-2001)

* GuestStarPartyMember: The band's archivist Karl Koch has several appareances on albums, such as being responsible for the piano destruction at the end of "Undone - The Sweater Song" and playing percussion on "Butterfly". According to Koch, the latter's because "Butterfly" was recorded at the last minute around 3 AM, when the only people left in the studio were Rivers, him, and engineer [[MercuryRev Dave Fridmann]].

** The band wanted to produce ''Blue'' themselves, but Geffen pushed them to get an outside producer, so they settled for [[TheCars Ric Ocasek]]. When ''Green'' came around the label also said no since their self-produced ''Pinkerton'' had tanked commercially and critically.

Weezer is an AlternativeRock[=/=]PowerPop band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, with its current lineup consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass), and Patrick Wilson (drums, occasional guitar).

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Pinkerton'' was much darker thematically and rougher musically than its predecessor: the self-titled debut. The backlash was so great that the following ''Green Album'' marked a decided turn towards LighterAndSofter the band hasn't really returned from.

Weezer is an AlternativeRock[=/=]PowerPop band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, with its current lineup consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar), Scott Shriner (bass), and Patrick Wilson (drums).

* ShoutOut: "In the Garage" is basically an extended, geeky shout-out to all the things Rivers loves.

** "In the Garage" also has a nod to Rivers' tastes:
-->''I've got posters on my wall''
-->''My favorite rock band, {{KISS}}''
-->''I've got Ace Frehley''
-->''And Peter Criss too, waiting there for me''

-->''Music/IronMaiden, Music/JudasPriest and {{Slayer}} taught me how to shred''

* TakeThat: "Pork and Beans" is one against record executives.

** Most of ''The Green Album'' and ''Maladroit'' qualify as this - they're occasionally criticised for stubbornly refusing to make any sense. Some of ''Maladroit'''s outtakes, which the band posted for a limited time on their official site, got particularly strange lyrically: for instance, from "Big Chip": "And I don't believe in a burn like that \ I pick up my doughnuts for free".

** Most of ''The Green Album'' and ''Maladroit'' qualify as this - they're occasionally criticised for stubbornly refusing to make any sense.

-->''{{ABBA}}, {{Devo}} and Benatar were there the day JohnLennon died''

-->''IronMaiden, JudasPriest and {{Slayer}} taught me how to shred''