BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "weezer" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:35:57 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Former Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh Found Dead http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/weezer-bassist-mikey-welch-found-dead The body of former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was discovered in his room at the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago on Saturday. Police say the 40-year-old was expected to check out around 1 p.m. yesterday, but it was around that time maid service found him unconscious and not breathing. An autopsy report is expected to be released by the Cook County Examiner's Office later today.

  1. A painter since the age of 19, Welsh took over for founding Weezer bassist Matt Sharp in 1998, al...

    A painter since the age of 19, Welsh took over for founding Weezer bassist Matt Sharp in 1998, although he quit the band in 2001 after suffering a nervous breakdown.  The band has left kind words about Welsh on their site, also pasted below.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/weezer-bassist-mikey-welch-found-dead Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:32:08 -0400 <b>The body of former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh was discovered in his room at the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago on Saturday.</b> Police say the 40-year-old was expected to check out around 1 p.m. yesterday, but it was around that time <a href="http://saskatoon.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111009/ex-weezer-bassist-dies-111009/20111009/?hub=Saskatoon">maid service found him</a> unconscious and not breathing. An autopsy report is expected to be released by the Cook County Examiner&#39;s Office later today. abrams nonadult Weezer Covers Radiohead&#39;s &#39;Paranoid Android&#39; http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/weezer-covers-radioheads-paranoid-androi-5xy Just when you thought Weezer was completely irrelevant, they go ahead and do this… and TOTALLY redeem themselves. (via Pitchfork )

  1. The Note-by-note Cover

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/weezer-covers-radioheads-paranoid-androi-5xy Sat, 28 May 2011 15:34:57 -0400 <b>Just when you thought Weezer was completely irrelevant, they go ahead and do this...</b> and TOTALLY redeem themselves. (via <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/42657-watch-weezer-cover-radioheads-paranoid-android/">Pitchfork</a>) nikoguy1 nonadult The Weird Collaborations of Rivers Cuomo http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/the-weird-collaborations-of-rivers-cuomo Miranda Cosgrove, star of iCarly, recently tweeted about her new song collaboration with Rivers Cuomo. Who hasn't the Weezer frontman worked with? Rap artist, pop artist, or rock, Rivers will work with you!

  1. Miranda Cosgrove

  2. Kevin Rudolph

    Co-Wrote, featured

  3. B.o.B

    Co-Wrote, featured

  4. Adam Lambert

    Co-Wrote

  5. Sugar Ray

    Co-Wrote, featured

  6. Lil Wayne

    Featuring Lil Wayne

  7. Katy Perry

    They haven't released anything yet... (They announced this in 2009). I'm still waiting!

  8. Leighton Meester and Nat Wolff

    They performed with him live in NYC.

  9. Also: He was in a commercial with Taylor Swift, Pete Wentz, and Travis Barker

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/the-weird-collaborations-of-rivers-cuomo Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:21:19 -0500 <b>Miranda Cosgrove, star of iCarly, recently tweeted about her new song collaboration with Rivers Cuomo.</b> Who hasn&#39;t the Weezer frontman worked with? Rap artist, pop artist, or rock, Rivers will work with you! ashleybaccam nonadult Paying Weezer To Break Up http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/paying-weezer-to-break-up

A Seattle man has started a campaign to offer Weezer $10 million in exchange for their promise to never make a record again.

The Best Links:

  1. Patrick Wilson responds: if they can make it 20, we’ll do the “deluxe breakup”!
  2. Interview with James Burns, Disappointed Fan
  3. We will offer Weezer $10 million to break up.
  4. Pitchfork via ArtsBeat
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/paying-weezer-to-break-up Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:18:10 -0400 A Seattle man has started a campaign to offer Weezer $10 million in exchange for their promise to never make a record again. akdobbins nonadult Hurley from &#39;Lost&#39; Sings With Weezer http://www.buzzfeed.com/emma/hurley-from-lost-sings-with-weezer-11bw

Jorge Garcia joined Rivers Cuomo at a secret show last night.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/emma/hurley-from-lost-sings-with-weezer-11bw Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:02:05 -0400 Jorge Garcia joined Rivers Cuomo at a secret show last night. emma nonadult Weezer Joins Auto-Tune The News http://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/weezer-joins-gregory-brothers-for-auto-tune-the-ne

Weezer has teamed up with the Gregory brothers for their latest episode of auto-tune the news. Man, The Gregory Brothers are having quite the year. ( Via )

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/weezer-joins-gregory-brothers-for-auto-tune-the-ne Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:13:56 -0400 <b>Weezer has teamed up with the Gregory brothers for their latest episode of auto-tune the news.</b> Man, The Gregory Brothers are having quite the year. (<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2010/09/13/weezer-autotune-the-news/">Via</a>) melismashable nonadult Weezer Sells Out To The Mall http://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/weezer-sells-out-to-the-mall It looks like Weezer's upcoming album isn't named after the Lost character “Hurley” after all. It has come out that the whole thing was just a gigantic promotion to get you to buy Weezer's new back to school clothing line “Hurley Rocks You Back to School” with Weezer—a “fashion and music collaboration.” Look out for Weezer's new line of Snuggies set to hit stores this Christmas.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/melismashable/weezer-sells-out-to-the-mall Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:39:24 -0400 <b> It looks like Weezer&#39;s upcoming album isn&#39;t named after the Lost character "Hurley" after all. </b> It has come out that the whole thing was just a gigantic promotion to get you to buy Weezer&#39;s new back to school clothing line "Hurley Rocks You Back to School" with Weezer--a "fashion and music collaboration." Look out for Weezer&#39;s new line of Snuggies set to hit stores this Christmas. melismashable nonadult The Cover For Weezer's Next Album http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/the-album-cover-for-weezers-next-album The album is called 'Hurley'.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/the-album-cover-for-weezers-next-album Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:43:29 -0400 The album is called &#39;Hurley&#39;. bfeld nonadult Japan &hearts; Weezer http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/japan-s-weezer-4t5

Looks like everyone in Japan knows the lyrics to this song.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/japan-s-weezer-4t5 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:31:04 -0500 Looks like everyone in Japan knows the lyrics to this song. provincialelitist nonadult Leighton Meester Got To Sing With Weezer http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/leighton-meester-got-to-sing-with-weezer

Blair Waldorf sang with Weezer on Halloween for reasons passing understanding.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/leighton-meester-got-to-sing-with-weezer Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:33:24 -0500 Blair Waldorf sang with Weezer on Halloween for reasons passing understanding. akdobbins nonadult Weezer Covers MGMT and Lady GaGa http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/weezer-covers-mgmt-and-lady-gaga-cci

Weezer ups both their hipster cred and pop cred at once when they cover Kids and Pokerface back to back. ( via )

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/weezer-covers-mgmt-and-lady-gaga-cci Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:27:38 -0400 Weezer ups both their hipster cred and pop cred at once when they cover <i>Kids</i> and <i>Pokerface</i> back to back. (<a href="http://flavorwire.com/28986/video-of-the-day-weezer-covers-mgmtlady-gaga">via</a>) awesomer nonadult Tay Zonday Covers Weezer, With Weezer http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/tay-zonday-covers-weezer-with-weezer

Tay Zonday of “Chocolate Rain” fame performs “Pork & Beans” acoustically with Brian on the set of the “Pork & Beans” video.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/tay-zonday-covers-weezer-with-weezer Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:34:02 -0400 Tay Zonday of "Chocolate Rain" fame performs "Pork &amp; Beans" acoustically with Brian on the set of the "Pork &amp; Beans" video. peggy nonadult Weezer, "Pork and Beans" http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/weezer-pork-and-beans-video

The video for the band’s new single brings almost all of YouTube’s celebrities together — it’s an Internet People music video.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/weezer-pork-and-beans-video Fri, 23 May 2008 13:04:09 -0400 The video for the band's new single brings almost all of YouTube's celebrities together -- it's an <a href="http://buzzfeed.com/buzz/Internet_People">Internet People</a> music video. scott nonadult The Red Album http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/The_Red_Album

Weezer’s new album is supposedly a throwback to the essential Blue Album . It won’t be out until June 25th, but the speculated album cover has been floating around the internets.

The Best Links:

  1. YouTube - Listen to Pork and Beans (The Whole Freaking Song)
  2. What’s Up with the Western Flair?
  3. Is This Album Cover for Reals?
  4. Weezer Unveil the ‘Red Album’ Cover, Tracklisting
  5. Rivers Looks Ridiculous, And Adorable
  6. Stream New Weezer MP3 “Pork & Beans” Off “The Red Album”
  7. Weezer :: Pork & Beans single available everywhere 4.24.08
  8. Weezer Gives Shout Out to Timbaland in New Single
  9. Weezer Promises “Blue” and “Pinkerton” Influences
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/The_Red_Album Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:55:09 -0400 Weezer's new album is supposedly a throwback to the essential <em>Blue Album</em>. It won't be out until June 25th, but the speculated album cover has been floating around the internets. buzz nonadult