- Weezer · 1994
- Weezer (Green Album) · 2001
- Weezer · 1994
- Make Believe · 2005
- Sunburn · 2023
- Weezer · 1994
- Weezer (Teal Album) · 2019
- Pinkerton · 1996
- Make Believe · 2005
- Pinkerton · 1996
- OK Human · 2021
- Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) · 1996
- Weezer (Teal Album) · 2019
Essential Albums
- Known as “The Blue Album” to fans, Weezer's debut is practically a greatest hits set. Rivers Cuomo flaunts his obsessions without shame, shouting out Kiss and the X-Men (“In the Garage”) while proving he’d studied The Beach Boys as much as Nirvana by offering up sugar-rush harmonies ("Holiday"), surging power chords ("My Name Is Jonas") and deft-guitar shredding ("Say It Ain't So"). Unabashedly vulnerable, Weezer still resonates thanks to Cuomo's knack for making geekdom seem like the coolest move possible.
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- 2021
- 2023
- 2020
- 2019
Artist Playlists
- Catchy alt-rock gems fuelled by killer hooks and raw emotion.
- Plug into the upbeat power-pop zone.
- Trace the evolution of Rivers Cuomo's kooky crew.
- The quirky popsters have a penchant for '80s music.
- Listen to the hits performed on their blockbuster tour.
- Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
- The Beanie Bubble co-directors talk about the film.
- Mark talks with Weezer leaderRivers Cuomo.
About Weezer
Decades after their founding, Weezer remain something of an enigma, a blend of big, joyful arena rock with leader Rivers Cuomo’s shy-guy reticence, metal riffs with nerdy lyrics and goofy humour with obsessively precise pop craft. Formed in California in 1992, the band debuted with 1994’s Weezer (a.k.a. “The Blue Album”), an album whose indelible hooks (“Say It Ain't So”, “Undone - The Sweater Song”) and overall sweet disposition (“Buddy Holly”) made it an instant antidote to the angst of grunge. Weezer returned in 1996 with Pinkerton—a moody, noisy and self-loathing record that came to be embraced as a cult classic—and then took a nearly five-year break, with bassist Matt Sharp leaving to form The Rentals. The 2001 comeback Weezer (a.k.a. “The Green Album”) ignited a period of increased productivity, with the group regularly turning out albums of charming, polished and slightly eccentric power pop. A commercial high-water mark was 2005’s Make Believe, whose stomp-along anthem “Beverly Hills” became a U.S. Top 10 hit. Unexpectedly, Weezer would ascend back into the Hot 100 in 2018 when, after a fan-led social-media campaign, the band released a cover of Toto’s 1982 smash “Africa”—an expression of both their commitment to and utterly carefree attitude toward their place in the culture. The success of the song sparked a covers album, Weezer (a.k.a. “The Teal Album”), which was followed a month later by Weezer (a.k.a. “The Black Album”). Subsequent releases have found the band members forging new ground while tipping their hat to their idols: 2021’s OK Human is a baroque-pop collection backed by a full orchestra, while the same year’s metal-inspired Van Weezer recalls the concision and monolithic choruses of the group’s formative work. Cuomo then moved to get almost every other conceivable stylistic experiment out of his system on the following year’s ambitious four-EP SZSN series.
- ORIGIN
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- FORMED
- 14 February 1992
- GENRE
- Alternative