Brian: The whole irony of "The Sweater Song" is that people sing along and don't catch what he's talking about: a relationship break-up.
Brian: If someone's paying attention it doesn't worry me, no matter what the reason is. We're nerds compared to a typical rock band - none of us are big drinkers or partiers. We're not concerned with picking up girls every night. We like romantic endeavours and studying things on the road.
Rivers: I've sold two million records, I've toured around the world singing in front of thousands of people. And there's a girl sitting across from me in English 101, and I just look up at her every once in a while and put my head back down. I'm still a pathetic fool. No matter how many records I sell, I'm never going to be in Kiss.
Rivers: So we keep making all these wacky decisions and breaking the rules. Now [the label people] have no idea how to deal with me, 'cause I'm insane
Rivers: (At a Concert) We've got people dancing in the aisles and shit. Girls making out with each other. This rules!
Rivers: (at a concert about to play "El Scorcho") This song is in the key of Espanol.
Rivers: Alright… we're gonna play one more song, then we're gonna leave… then you guys are gonna cheer, and we're gonna come back and play another song.
Brian: (About changing up the set list) We try to not let things get too stagnant 'cause if we're not excited playing it, then it's gonna come across. So we try to challenge ourselves and play songs we haven't played in a long time.
Rivers: (about writing the hit song "Say it Ain't So") I was strumming those chords and just scatting some melodies and lyrics over it and then the Chorus came out "Say it Ain't So" okay so there, I have the music and this one lyric "Say it Ain't So", Now what am I saying that to? and uh, somehow I must have made the connection to this incident when I was in high school of coming home and seeing a bottle of beer in the fridge. For most people that wouldn't be that much of a cause for distress, but I had it stuck in my mind that my parents split up when I was four because my dad had become an alcoholic. So now I see a beer in my fridge suddenly out of no where. It's not mine, It's not my brothers, It's not my Mom's, It's gotta be my step-Dad's. So this means therefore that he's becoming an alcoholic, and my parents are gonna split up. This is bad. So I wrote the song about that moment of seeing that beer. It was only many years later that my mother told me, "What are you talking about? Your dad wasn't an alcoholic. He didn't drink." I was kind of embarassed at that point, and had to apologize to everyone concerned.
Rivers: (About how he feels when fans ask for another Pinkerton) I can't control what I write. I have to accept whatever comes. If its not what someone wants to hear, then at least they can agree with me to love Pinkerton and part as friends.
Brain cited throwing the contents fruit basket out his hotel window in Las Vegas in 1995 as the first time he felt like a rock star.
Brian Bell auditioned for Weezer by tape. He was in L.A. while the band was recording Weezer(1994) in New York.
The name Weezer was frontman Rivers' nickname as a kid, and Rivers says that it was not about him having asthma, as many believed.
The bands symbol of the Flying W is inspired by Van Halen's flying VH.
The Weezer song "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" was on the Angus movie soundtrack.
The song "O Lisa" appeared on the WWF Tough Enough 2 soundtrack. It was a Green Album era B-side.
Weezer covered "Velouria" for the Pixies tribute album Where Is My Mind?
In 2006, Weezer released "This is Such a Pity" as a single. It reached #31 on the US Modern Rock charts.
In 2005, Weezer released "We Are All On Drugs" as a single. It reached #10 on the US Modern Rock charts, #35 on the US Mainstream rock, and #47 on the UK Singles chart.
In 2002, Weezer released "Dope Nose" as a single. It reached #8 on the US Modern Rock charts.
In 2001, Weezer released "Island in the Sun" as a single. It reached #11 on the US Modern Rock charts, and #31 on the UK Singles chart.
In 1997, Weezer released the song "Pink Triangles" as a single.
In 1996, Weezer released the song "El Scorcho" as a single. It reached #19 on the US Modern Rock chart and #50 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Beverly Hills" was the most downloaded song on iTunes for 2005.
Weezer released "Undone -- The Sweater Song" as their first single in 1994. It peaked at #57 on the Hot 100 chart, was #6 on the Modern Rock chart, #30 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, and #35 on the UK Singles chart.
Rivers worked at an art gallery. He counted people as they came through the door. He worked on his music during this job. He remembers specifically working on "My Name is Jonas" and "Surf Wax America".
On the Make Believe and Foozer tours, Pat Wilson played lead guitar and sang during a cover of Blur's "Song 2".
The Spike Jonze video for the single Undone -- The Sweater Song is filmed in an unbroken take.
Wezer's third line up consisted of Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson, Brian Bell, and Mikey Walsh. This would last from 1998-2001.
The original Weezer lineup was Rivers Cuomo, Jason Cropper, Pat Wilson, and Matt Sharp and lasted from 1992-1993.
All the members, as of 2006, except Pat Wilson (drummer) meditate for 5 to 20 minutes before each show.
Rivers' trip to India was filmed for the purpose of possibly using it in a documentary.
Rivers graduated from Harvard University with an undergraduate degree in English in June of 2006.
Brian Bell's advice to aspiring young rockstars: Stop trying to be a rock star and work on musicianship instead.
The first song Brian Bell learned to play on guitar was Metallica's The Four Horseman.
Weezer released their 4th album Maladroit on May 14, 2002.
Weezer released their second album Pinkerton on Setpember 24th, 1996.
Weezer released their debut album Weezer (commonly refered to as the Blue Album) on May 10, 1994.
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