History Music / Weezer

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally in the 4 to 5 range. ''Pinkerton'', however, is mostly a solid 6 (with "Butterfly" being a 1). "Get Me Some", "Everyone" and several songs from ''Maladroit'' also reach a 6. They've gotten a bit softer in recent years, with ''Pacific Daydream,'' ''The Teal Album,'' ''The Black Album,'' and ''OK Human'' mainly sitting at a 3-soft 4. However, with the hard rock-influenced ''Van Weezer,'' they go up the scale again, with the most of the album residing at 5-6.

[[caption-width-right:350: The group in 2015. From L-R, Scott Shriner, Brian Bell, Rivers Cuomo & Patrick Wilson]]

* IAmTheBand: Since the band is actually named after him ("Weezer" being his childhood nickname), from the start it's always been apparent that Rivers is in charge, and this has sometimes led to a dictatorial streak in his frontman role (Matt Sharp left the band due to this). It reached an apex around 2001-2002 when he fired their longtime manager and took complete control of the band. Rivers himself [[http://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=What_I%27ve_Been_Up_To_Since_I_Left_School admitted]] he turned into a SmallNameBigEgo around this point thanks to his obsession with "conquering the world" with his music. It seems he's let up a bit lately, considering the other members' contributions to ''The Red Album'' and the co-writes on ''Raditude'' and ''Hurley''.

** ''Raditude'' and ''Pacific Daydream'' are their lightest albums to date, with an increased pop rock influence in both. "I'm Your Daddy", "Mexican Fender" and "Weekend Woman" are the closest you'll get to "classic Weezer" on those releases. ''The Black Album'' more or less is an expansion of the sound.
* LongestSongGoesLast: The ''Blue Album'' closes with the 8 minute epic "Only In Dreams", while the ''Green Album'' closes with "O Girlfriend", though no song on ''Green'' exceeds 4 minutes.
* LongRunnerLineUp: The current line-up has been in place since 2001, and Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson and Brian Bell have been together since 1993 (though Rivers and Patrick are the only founding members still there).

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

-->I won't mention any names, [[CoughSnarkCough (cough, cough) Pitchfork]]

* FriendlyRivalry: With Music/GreenDay, dating all the way back to when both bands were being courted by major labels and label reps would rave about one band to the other. Their respective breakthrough albums (''Music/{{Dookie}}'' and the Blue Album) were released three months apart in 1994. They work well as RedOniBlueOni counterparts (Green Day as the boisterous Red, Weezer as the more reserved Blue), and as [=SoCal=] (Weezer) versus [=NorCal=] (Green Day). Green Day gets a ShoutOut in "El Scorcho", Weezer has done a couple of acoustic Green Day covers, and both bands will join forces for a stadium tour with Music/FallOutBoy in 2020.

** ''Pacific Daydream'' is their lightest album to date, with an increased pop rock influence. "Mexican Fender" and "Weekend Woman" are the closest you'll get to "classic Weezer" on that release. ''The Black Album'' more or less is an expansion of the sound.

* {{Mondegreen}}: One of the more widespread ones came from "Hash Pipe"'s chorus, where the lines "I've got my eyes wide" and "You got your Big G's" were misheard as "I've got my ass wipe" and "You got your big cheese".
** Scott Shriner apparently had one for "Holiday" when he was still a new addition to the band: The version from the [[LiveAlbum live EP]] ''The Lion And The Witch'' has him singing the bridge backing vocals as "We will write a postcard to our friends and family and freebase" (instead of "...in free verse"), and ends with Rivers correcting him.
** "In the Garage" has "I've got Peter Criss" misheard as "I've got me a dress".

Weezer is a Los Angeles-based AlternativeRock[=/=]PowerPop/Music/{{Emo}} band led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Rivers Cuomo. After officially forming on Valentine's Day 1992, they played dozens of club dates and made several demo tapes, before securing a record deal. They became a household name with the release of their self-titled debut album (known to many fans as The Blue Album) in 1994, with its singles "Buddy Holly", "Undone - The Sweater Song", and "Say It Ain't So" becoming staples on MTV. Since their breakthrough, they've released 12 albums, with their most recent record and fifth self-titled one (known as The Black Album) having been released March 2019.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally in the 4 to 5 range. ''Pinkerton'', however, is mostly a solid 6 (with "Butterfly" being a 1). "Get Me Some", "Everyone" and several songs from ''Maladroit'' also reach a 6. They've gotten a bit softer in recent years, with ''Pacific Daydream,'' ''The Teal Album,'' ''The Black Album,'' and ''OK Human'' mainly sitting at a 3-soft 4. With the hard rock-influenced ''Van Weezer,'' they go up the scale again, with the most the album residing at 5-6.

* ''Van Weezer'' (to be released May 2021)

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally in the 4 to 5 range. ''Pinkerton'', however, is mostly a solid 6 (with "Butterfly" being a 1). "Get Me Some", "Everyone" and several songs from ''Maladroit'' also reach a 6. They've gotten a bit softer in recent years, with ''Pacific Daydream,'' ''The Teal Album,'' ''The Black Album,'' and ''OK Human'' mainly sitting at a 3-soft 4. However, with the upcoming ''Van Weezer,'' it seems they will be going up the scale again.

* ''Weezer (Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum)'' (1994)

* ''Weezer (Music/WeezerTheGreenAlbum)'' (2001)

* ''Weezer (Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum)'' (2008)

* ''Weezer ([[Music/WeezerTheTealAlbum The Teal Album]])'' (January 2019)

* ''Weezer ([[RunningGag The White Album]])'' (2016)

* ''Weezer ([[OverlyLongGag The Black Album]])'' (March 2019)

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** Music/LilWayne's verse on "Can't Stop Partying"(and Chamillionaire's verse in the alternate version), Omitted in the Acoustic Version.

** Jason Cropper was let go in the final days of the Blue Album sessions (Rivers re-recorded his guitar parts), and even signed a confidentiality agreement about the matter, leading to much speculation and gossip about the incident. But his case is largely an aversion since he remained on good terms with the others.

** [[Music/Blackpink]] is mentioned in their song "Screens".

** Music/Blackpink is mentioned in their song "Screens".

** The ''Blue Album'' B-side "Susanne" originally included a shout-out to Music/{{Nirvana}}'s Music/KurtCobain[[note]]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"; ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' also gets referenced in "Heart Songs", and the band would open the encore of the Troublemaker tour by playing a cover of "Sliver" as a trio[[/note]], and his rival Music/GunsNRose 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.

** ''OK Human'' has the 24 second instrumental "Everything Happens for a Reason", the shortest track to appear on a proper Weezer album... Though it can be considered a separately tracked intro to the following track, "Here Comes The Rain".

** The Rentals' "Please Let That Be You" has origins in a Weezer outtake called "Mrs. Young" - most of the lyrics were changed, and it also went from being an acoustic song to heavily keyboard-based NewWaveMusic (so to better fit in with the rest of the album ''Return of the Rentals'')

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally in the 4 to 5 range. ''Pinkerton'', however, is mostly a solid 6 (with "Butterfly" being a 1). "Get Me Some", "Everyone" and several songs from ''Maladroit'' also reach a 6. ''Pacific Daydream'' is their softest album, with most songs from it sitting at a 3.

* ''OK Human'' (to be released January 2021)

* ''OK Human'' (Release date TBD)

** A lot of ''The Red Album'' can be described this way. See "Troublemaker," "Everybody Get Dangerous," and "Cold Dark World." Bonus track "King" is full of them but the tone of the song has them intentionally come off as more pathetic and desperate than convincing

** A lot of ''The Red Album'' can be described this way. See "Troublemaker," "Everybody Get Dangerous," and "Cold Dark World."

* {{Adorkable}}: Rivers Cuomo can be this in some of his more naive lyrical moments. ''Pinkerton'' [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this trope, where the protagonists of the songs go past adorkable and right into creepy.