Sunday 9 October 2011

Weezer.


Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner.Weezer co-headlined The Bamboozle in May, 2010, and performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee in June. In August, 2010, Weezer performed at the Reading and Leeds Festival, and performed at the Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans, LA in October 2010.
On June 11, 2010, the band released a new single, "Represent". The song is said to be an "unofficial US anthem" to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup.On November 2, Weezer released a compilation album composed of re-recorded versions of unused recordings spanning various years, Death to False Metal.
On November 2, 2010, the band released a deluxe version of Pinkerton, which includes "25 demos, outtakes and live tracks. A third volume of Rivers Cuomo's solo Alone series, entitled The Pinkerton Years is also planned for release.
In 2011, Weezer recorded a cover version of The Cars' hit single "You Might Think" for the Disney-Pixar film Cars 2 and its soundtrack.
On October 9, 2011, it was announced that former bassist Mikey Welsh had been found dead in a Chicago, Illinois hotel room.Many members of Weezer have bands of their own. Brian Bell has collaborated with Space Twins and The Relationship, Mikey Welsh was in Juliana Hatfield, The Kickovers, Heretix and Jocobono Patrick Wilson was in The Special Goodness, and Matt Sharp was in The Rentals as well as performing alone under his own name.

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