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** The success of their debut album was also halted when their record label, A&M Records, folded just seven months after release. Thankfully their contract managed to be salvaged and transferred over to Geffen, but the band has gone on to say that moment really hurt the momentum they had early on.
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** "Without You" was a song originally written for ''Year of the Spider'' that didn't make the final cut; It eventually appeared on ''The Things We Can't Stop'' over a decade later.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Stupid Girl" was originally going to be a duet between Scooter and [[Music/{{Weezer}} Rivers Cuomo]] as part of an extended inside joke among him and the band.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Stupid Girl" was originally going to be a duet between Scooter and [[Music/{{Weezer}} Rivers Cuomo]] as part of an extended inside joke among him and the band.band.
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* CreatorsInJoke: Scooter Ward originally dismissed the melody for "Stupid Girl" as sounding too much like a Music/{{Weezer}} song. He later approached their frontman Rivers Cuomo for input. Not only did Cuomo end up finishing most of the song, but he eventually sang back up on the recording.
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* CreatorsInJoke: CreatorInJoke: Scooter Ward originally dismissed the melody for "Stupid Girl" as sounding too much like a Music/{{Weezer}} song. He later approached their frontman Rivers Cuomo for input. Not only did Cuomo end up finishing most of the song, but he eventually sang back up on the recording.
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* DevelopmentGag: Not a "gag" per se, but Scooter Ward originally dismissed the melody for "Stupid Girl" as sounding too much like a Music/{{Weezer}} song. During a chance encounter with Rivers Cuomo, Ward asked him for input on the song. Not only did Cuomo end up finishing most of the song, but he eventually sang back up on the recording as an inside joke.
* ExecutiveMeddling: After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
* ExecutiveMeddling: After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
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* DevelopmentGag: Not a "gag" per se, but CreatorsInJoke: Scooter Ward originally dismissed the melody for "Stupid Girl" as sounding too much like a Music/{{Weezer}} song. During a chance encounter with He later approached their frontman Rivers Cuomo, Ward asked him Cuomo for input on the song. input. Not only did Cuomo end up finishing most of the song, but he eventually sang back up on the recording as an inside joke.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving thelabel.label.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Stupid Girl" was originally going to be a duet between Scooter and [[Music/{{Weezer}} Rivers Cuomo]] as part of an extended inside joke among him and the band.
* ExecutiveMeddling: After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Stupid Girl" was originally going to be a duet between Scooter and [[Music/{{Weezer}} Rivers Cuomo]] as part of an extended inside joke among him and the band.
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* BlackSheepHit - "Stupid Girl", as explained by Scooter in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuQKeoIlfI this video]].
* ExecutiveMeddling - After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
* ExecutiveMeddling - After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
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* BlackSheepHit - BlackSheepHit: "Stupid Girl", as explained by Scooter in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuQKeoIlfI this video]].
*ExecutiveMeddling - DevelopmentGag: Not a "gag" per se, but Scooter Ward originally dismissed the melody for "Stupid Girl" as sounding too much like a Music/{{Weezer}} song. During a chance encounter with Rivers Cuomo, Ward asked him for input on the song. Not only did Cuomo end up finishing most of the song, but he eventually sang back up on the recording as an inside joke.
* ExecutiveMeddling: After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
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!!The band:
* BlackSheepHit - "Stupid Girl", as explained by Scooter in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuQKeoIlfI this video]].
* ExecutiveMeddling - After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
* BlackSheepHit - "Stupid Girl", as explained by Scooter in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuQKeoIlfI this video]].
* ExecutiveMeddling - After the release of ''Year of the Spider'', Creator/GeffenRecords inexplicably cancelled the video for "Suffocate" and stopped promoting the album, causing frustrations that led to several line-up changes and the band leaving the label.
