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Rivers Edge: The Weezer Story
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Rivers Edge: The Weezer Story
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| | | This compelling look at the inside life of Weezer, one of the most intriguing and dynamic bands in contemporary rock, offers insightful commentary on their rise to stardom. A complete historiography, it covers their first commercial success, "The Blue Album; their four-year hiatus; and their 2000 Warped Tour comeback. A detailed look at the childhood and failed hair-metal career of band founder Rivers Cuomo provides a revealing look at die inspiration that led this band to stardom. No secrets are left untold, revealing behind-the-scenes stories of infighting, power struggles, and lawsuits. Key interviews with band members and friends complete this dynamic analysis.
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From its performing debut as opening act for Keanu Reeves and Dogstar in Los Angeles to its later chart-topping success with the single "Undone--The Sweater Song," the story of Weezer is inseparable from that of its lead singer and songwriter, Rivers Cuomo. Though Cuomo is a notoriously uncommunicative subject, John D. Luerssen neatly circumvents the musician's insular personality to construct a portrait of a tightly run band dependent on, and often resentful of, its retiring and controlling leader. Throughout various enlightening tales of manipulation and financial ill treatment, band members attest to their continued involvement in Weezer solely for the money, any shred of camaraderie having been long destroyed by contested publishing deals and unpaid royalties, in addition to numerous ego clashes. Such, it seems, is pop life.
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