Weezer

Weezer is an American alternative rock band. Formed on February 14, 1992, they have released five full length albums, an EP, a DVD, and a two-disc set, deluxe remastered edition of their debut album with the addition of b-sides and imports. Besides these official releases, they are notable for having released dozens and dozens of otherwise unreleased material onto the internet from their official website and having hundreds of songs which have never been heard by the listening public. Their latest album, entitled Make Believe, was released on May 10, 2005.

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Weezer are also renowned for their music videos. Weezer's first two videos, for the singles "Undone (The Sweater Song)" and "Buddy Holly", were directed by Spike Jonze. The "Buddy Holly" video featured footage from episodes of the classic television show Happy Days, spliced together with scenes of the band performing in a remade "Arnold's Diner," a setting frequently featured in the show. The video had heavy rotation on MTV, and went on to win Jonze and the band four MTV Video Music Awards, including Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Music Video, and two Billboard Music Video Awards . Weezer's Pinkerton videos for singles "El Scorcho," directed by Mark Romanek, and "The Good Life," directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, didn't obtain as much airtime as the singles from their debut album. The video for first green album single, "Hash Pipe," (from The Green Album) directed by Marcos Siega featured sumo wrestlers. They then recorded two videos for "Island in the Sun," one by Marcos Siega the first focusing on a Mexican wedding, and the second by Spike Jonze involving Weezer with animals in a wildlife reserve. Their video for "Photograph," shot and put together by Weezer friend and unofficial "5th member" Karl Koch, had heavy rotation on Much Music USA (now Fuse). Maladroits "Dope Nose" featured a Japanese motorcycle gang, and was put into regular rotation. The following music video for "Keep Fishin'" combined Weezer with The Muppets, and had heavy rotation on MTV. Both videos were directed by Marcos Siega. Also directed by Siega is the video for "Beverly Hills," which features the band and its fans interacting with Playboy Bunnies and Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. The video was nominated for Best Rock Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, but ended up losing out to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day, a band that Cuomo has named on several occasions as one of his prime influences.

Related Topics:
Spike Jonze - Happy Days - Pinkerton - Mark Romanek - Jonathan Dayton - Valerie Faris - Marcos Siega - Karl Koch - Fuse - The Muppets - Hugh Hefner - Playboy Mansion - Green Day

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In March of 2004, Weezer released their first DVD. Entitled "Video Capture Device", the DVD contains all of their then current music videos, live concerts, and homemade movies. The DVD hit hard on the DVD compilation charts and was declared "Gold" on November 8, 2004.

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As of July 2002, Weezer had sold more than 5,000,000 copies of their albums in the US.

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