Monday, April 26, 2010 12:35PM - By Travis Woods
Pitchfork reports today that the long-running rock and power-poppers Weezer have left Geffen Records, their major-label home since 1994, which saw the release of their debut album, Weezer (the blue one). Further, the band has decided to “go independent.” It may seem odd of the admittedly already odd band to ditch the benefits of a major label, but it is certainly far more interesting than anything they’ve committed to disc since 2002’s Maladroit (proceed to go nuts, comments wall).
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Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:33PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Weezer, Cowboy Junkies and The Donnas are just a few of the artists donating exclusive songs to a new download series entitled The Right Track: Tunes To TargetCancer.
The series is being launched by TargetCancer, a non-profit organization devoted to helping fund research into rare and lesser-known cancers. In addition to these exclusive pay-what-you-wish downloads ($.99 minimum), TheRight Track will sponsor a series of concerts and events, with 100% of proceeds from all its initiatives going directly to research funding.
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Friday, January 15, 2010 5:06PM - By Seraphina L.
It’s been a whirlwind of year for Weezer. They’ve been pretty successeful with all their crazy ideas such as naming their album Raditude, using a flying dog on the cover art, not only endorsing but making their own Snuggie, rocking out as giant bugs for Yo Gabba Gabba! and more. However, the end of the year took an unfortunate turn when Weezer’s front man, Rivers Cuomo, was injured in a severe bus accident while they were out on tour.
Although Cuomo was released from the hospital shortly after, doctors told him he needed more time to recover before he hit the stage again. The rest of the year end’s tour dates were canceled. However, Weezer is all set to go back on the road now. That’s not all they’re up to either.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:06PM - By Krystal Clark
In the wake of Weezer bandmate Rivers Cuomo’s accident, several dates on the bands current tour have been cancelled. A couple of weeks ago the singer was hospitalized after his tour bus skidded off the road and landed in a ditch. Since then the group has been dealing with the aftermath of his condition. Therefore if you bought a ticket to one of their shows you might want to take a look at this list…
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Friday, December 11, 2009 8:28PM - By Seraphina L.
After spending nearly a week in the hospital after last weekend’s bus accident, Weezer‘s front man, Rivers Cuomo, was finally released from the hospital and is on his way back home. He looks pretty good based on this photo above from Weezer’s blog, and we’re happy to know that he’s okay and able to continue performing and working for the band’s upcoming west coast dates.
Unfortunately, since the accident happened in New York, Cuomo has to travel across the country to his home which is Los Angeles. So getting on a bus again may seem a bit intimidating for anyone who has gone through what he has just experienced. However, the band says that things should be great on the way back.
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Monday, December 7, 2009 10:49AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Word spread quickly Sunday that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was taken to the hospital after his tour bus skidded off the road in New York early that morning. Both Cuomo and a band assistant were injured when their tour bus fell 10 feet into a muddy ravine about 40 miles west of Albany, New York.
In the aftermath, the band are praising their tour bus driver, who’s driving skill helped reduce the damage in what could have been a much worse accident Sunday morning.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009 11:25AM - By Seraphina L.
Frontman, Rivers Cuomo, of Weezer has been taken to the hospital after his tour bus skidded off the road in New York early this morning. According to Rolling Stone (via Uticod.com and CNN), the bus was on the New York State Thruway when the accident occurred after a light snowstorm. The tour bus had slipped on some fresh ice, gone over a guardrail and eventually landed in a ditch.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:11AM - By Seraphina L.
Seriously. Entertaining or not, Weezer has got to take a break from this insanity sometime soon.
Within the last few months leading up to the release of their latest album Raditude, we’ve seen and heard EVERYTHING including a jam session with both Kenny G and Chamillionaire. Now – we have the official Weezer Snuggie (or Wuggie) infomercial for you. There are no words to describe it, really. It just has to be seen. Check it out after the jump…
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Monday, November 2, 2009 12:21PM - By Seraphina L.
Lady Gaga and Kanye West may be up for the craziest person of 2009 in regards to the music biz, but we think Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo may be next in line. He and his band just don’t get tired of throwing us random news, and we’re not sure if we’re sad about the loss of Weezer’s novelty anymore either because we can’t lie: All this new information is kind of interesting no matter how bizarre.
Covering Lady Gaga, using a flying dog photo for their album Raditude, creating their own Wuggie, working with Katy Perry, and dressing up in bug costumes seems like just the beginning of WTF moments. There’s more!
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