Weezer

Concert review: Weezer rocks the E Center

Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Should it really be a surprise that Rivers Cuomo can put an accordion, flute, trombone and jogging trampoline on stage and still make it all rock?

Concert review: High energy Weezer satisfies

Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Should it really be a surprise that Rivers Cuomo can put an accordion, flute, trombone and jogging trampoline on stage and still make it all rock?

Weezer Break World Records During Most Fun Video Shoot Ever

MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

By Jocelyn Vena Weezer (with the help of a couple hundred fans) managed to break at least five world records while shooting their latest video, “Troublemaker.” Guinness World Records official Stuart Claxton was at the August 21 shoot in Los Angeles to keep tabs on what went down, according to a press release sent out by [...]

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Weezer

Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Much like Aerosmith when the band was all on drugs, or Elton John when he was still bi, the general consensus is that Weezer reached its creative peak while Rivers Cuomo was at his all-time personal low. But the band has persevered, releasing its sixth album, Weezer (just call it “the red album...

Weezer at the Xcel Energy Center

City Pages - Culture To Go (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Weezer shows a new look to legions of fans: a cohesive unit rather than front man Rivers Cuomo and three other guys.

Weezer 2.0 thrives on collaboration

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

The fun-loving U.S. alt-rock band is one of the most ambitious musical users of YouTube

Weezer singer ditches shy personality

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Those attending a concert in St. Paul, Minn., by the rock bank Weezer would say front man Rivers Cuomo has finally overcome his shyness. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported Saturday that after years of Weezer performances in which Cuomo displayed a restrained on-stage presence, the 38-year-old singer rocked out during a Friday performance at the Xcel Energy Center....

Music review: Weezer becomes a real crowd-pleaser

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

The '90s rockers were led by a newly upbeat and playful Rivers Cuomo, a sharp contrast to dour second openers Angels & Airwaves Friday night.

Weezer Frontman Rivers Cuomo Says Baby Fuels His Creative Spark

Celebrity Baby Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

Charley Gallay/Getty In his single, pre-dad days Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo admits he was a skeptic when it came to the concept of domestic bliss. "I used to think, 'Who was great after he got married and had kids?' It's a very, very short list," he tells The Toronto Star....

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Weezer:weezer (the Red Album)

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

By: Scott Caffrey Weezer is at its best when it goes on hiatus and has time to rebirth itself. After the platinum-but-undeserved success of Make Believe, Rivers Cuomo got rid of Alone: The Home Recordings - a cathartic shedding of some solid extras kicking around in his Pro-Tools files. And the latest Weezer (The Red Album) (Geffen Records) is all the better for it. If nothing else, he remembered that...

Weezer singer sheds the angst

atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

Rivers Cuomo has lost control, and he seems to like it. The singer, famous for clutching the reins tightly at the front of his band Weezer, is suddenly no longer entirely in charge of any part of his life – and maybe it's no coincidence that he's more successful than ever.

Weezer / Sept. 24, 2008 / New York (Madison Square Garden)

Billboard (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

A trampoline, goofy mustache, crowd-pleasing track after track �� what better way to celebrate Weezer's first-ever gig at New York's Madison Square Garden?

From the Pit: Weezer @ Madison Square Garden, 9/24/08

Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

I was surprised to find out that in the fifteen years that Weezer has been putting out some of hardest and catchiest pop music around, last Wednesday night’s show was their first time headlining the storied arena. Go figure. Rivers Cuomo is one of the more interesting front men in rock. At some moments [...]

Weezer at Madison Square Garden: Singalongs and Old Songs

Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

Weezer Wednesday September 24 Madison Square Garden Photos by David Atlas There's a 1988 evaluation sheet from Rivers Cuomo's pre-Weezer metal band on Weezed.com . Not sure who wrote it, because there are three kinds of handwriting on tips like "gotta have a core following," and "need something special." But it does say this about Cuomo: "nothing outstanding, average - no smile no eye contact with...

Rivers Cuomo Knows Exactly How Long It’s Been Since You’ve Come to a Weezer Show

Vulture (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

Photo: Getty Images "I have a spreadsheet that documents every show we've ever played and how much we got paid and what was the capacity and then how many people actually attended." — Rivers Cuomo [ Sound of the City/VV ] "Nick Cave is a mustache on a wire. He has a black drape of hair, receding in the front; he is open-shirted and wild, pelvis undulating." — Carrie Brownstein [ Monitor Mix/NPR ]...